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the great equalizer for anyone brave enough to be winning at mario kart.
means a homing weapon in mario kart that seeks out and blows up whoever is in first place, no skill required.
from introduced in super mario kart (1992) as the spiny shell, it turned races into a referendum on ambition — get too far ahead and the game itself conspires against you.
official namespiny shell, not blue shell
can't dodgeunlike other items, nearly unavoidable by design
cultural exportnow slang for punishing anyone getting ahead