Love it or hate it, it sounds like Mario Kart's Blue Shell is here to stay

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It is, almost without doubt, one of the most infuriating things that can happen to you in games.
You're riding out at front, holding on to a well-earned lead as you drift this way and that in Mario Kart. And then it strikes. Maybe you'll have spotted it on the mini-map, or maybe it won't be until you hear the ominous swirling and insistent beating that you know what's about to happen. Maybe, if you're playing with friends, they'll shout out with glee what's coming your way. "Blue shell! Blue shell!"
The blue shell - or spiny shell, as it's also known - was first introduced to Nintendo's series in 1996's Mario Kart 64, and it's been one of the more, shall we say, controversial elements in the company's entire oeuvre ever since. A homing missile that targets the player in first place, it's the ultimate leveller whose wider significance might also provide the solution to society's wider ills.
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