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Nintendo Direct | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isreceives paid DLC (remastered courses) 48 additional courses will be released in waves until the end of 2023
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InterMusketeer
Gold Member
It's a good value. It makes business sense since MK8D is still selling like hotcakes. MK8 is also a great game. Lots of people seem happy with this move.
I personally find it disappointing though. I've been playing MK8 since 2014. By the time the DLC is fully rolled out, the game will be about ten years old. That's ten years without a truly new MK game. That's just sad. No matter how good MK8 is (It's great) and no matter how many tracks it gets (There's a lot of tracks) it's just not the same as a new game with new mechanics and improvements.
These tracks would have been interesting to me if they started coming out three years ago. It's too late now.
I personally find it disappointing though. I've been playing MK8 since 2014. By the time the DLC is fully rolled out, the game will be about ten years old. That's ten years without a truly new MK game. That's just sad. No matter how good MK8 is (It's great) and no matter how many tracks it gets (There's a lot of tracks) it's just not the same as a new game with new mechanics and improvements.
These tracks would have been interesting to me if they started coming out three years ago. It's too late now.
Punished Miku
Member
I can't wait to buy Splatoon 3 amiibo.
SoggyBiscuit
Banned
Well, as long as they don't keep locking content behind additional purchases then I'm right there with you. Love my Pearl and Marina set
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
48 tracks for mk8 is great but they needed to add an interesting mechanic to that to make those tracks more interesting imo
DonF
Member
Oh sweet naive child... When switch dos releases Nintendo will launch Mario kart 8 Deluxe Royale edition.
PlaystationFan5349
Banned
This is the worst kind of Nintendo. They are actually releasing DLC instead of releasing a new fucking game: why bother? They did it with smash.
InterMusketeer
Gold Member
Mario Kart Live Circuit on the Switch?
Tams
Member
Some people just want the endorphin rush from getting something new, even if that new thing isn't new and maybe even worse.
Thankfully, lots of people don't care for that in this case and are more than happy to continue buying Mario Kart 8.
It's the same people who cheer the loss of the headphone jack on phones as 'innovative'. Really, they just wanted the thrill of buying something.
InterMusketeer
Gold Member
I'm looking forward to Splatoon 3. Despite the fact that the game looks nearly identical to the previous entry which was also on Switch. It being a new game opens up all kinds of possibilities for new mechanics, content, modes etc. that wouldn't be possible with simple DLC. That's why a new game is exciting.
I don't understand why you think it's impossible to make a fantastic MK8D sequel on the Switch. Nintendo is capable of that, I think. They have the time, the resources, the talent. There's no reason they couldn't do that. They simply choose not to.
Thaedolus
Gold Member
I don’t need a new Mario Kart tbh, the mechanics in this one are pretty much perfect and 48 extra courses is more than enough to keep it going for another couple years. Maybe some new game modes would be nice but I don’t need any other gimmicky things added like the magnet tracks
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
Why do the graphics look so shitty? Mario Kart 8 has much more detail than whatever this nonsense is.
They could charge $3–5 for characters like link and inklings and just release the courses free. It would achieve what you’re after pretty well.
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Zannegan
Member
It is very simple, but it looks sort of claymation-esque to me. It makes me think of the Earthbound promos.
That's probably more unintended effect than artistic choice though. They probably kept that level simple to match the original limited geometry of the original. *shrug*
Daniel Thomas MacInnes
GAF's Resident Saturn Omnibus
The enjoyable thing about this announcement is that it means Nintendo really won't replace the Switch for another 2-3 years. Let's be honest: they've always operated along a franchise checklist, and that list is just about at its end. Yet this console continues to sell like crazy and shows no sign of slowing down, so the incentive is there to keep the party rolling on. But what else to come up with for software? Enter DLC and Expansion Packs and use Smash Bros. as the inspiration. The result is, essentially, a "new" Mario Kart without actually creating a new Mario Kart. Nintendo gets to pad out its best-selling racing title, and they also get to keep their "one entry per system" rule.
Personally, I'm loving this and can't wait to see what Nintendo comes up with.
Personally, I'm loving this and can't wait to see what Nintendo comes up with.
CS Lurker
Member
From the 8 tracks showed, 6 are coming from MKTour (2 native from Tour and 4 classics that were already remade for it. And I'm pretty sure the other 2 tracks are also coming to MKTour at some point). Now, Tour doesn't have anti-gravity mechanics...
Personally, I'm not expecting either anti-gravity sections or tracks that were made exclusively for MK8D (and that are not coming to MKTour)
I agree it looks crap but you are seeing from a view you won't see in-game.
I suspect it looks better from a driving view.
vanguardian1
poor, homeless and tasteless
Another possibility is that it's a different group remaking those courses rather than the team that made the courses for MK8D (since the extra courses that came with the switch version fit in far better than these newer tracks seem to). Just my 2 cents.
mcjmetroid
Member
What do you think a new game will offer that DLC won't?
It's not like a mario kart 9 is going to look much better
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I think it is a mix of the view angle there compared to races as well as intended art style. Some of these are meant to be throwback / remastered old tracks too right?
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
That seems pretty likely. Probably young crew, while the veterans work on Mario Kart 9. I think they courses look great though.
How would a story mode work in Mario Kart?
SoggyBiscuit
Banned
Maybe like what we had with Diddy Kong Racing? No-one ever really expanded on that concept and it disappointed me a bit.
Banjo64
cumsessed
How is this bad? £22.49 for 48 courses rather than splitting the player base and releasing MK9 for £49.99?
This is best Nintendo.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
DKR. But even without that, can we at least have a proper campaign/career mode? Like I said, SP in MK8D is pathetic.
VN1X
Banned
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Nintendo even said that themselves. They're from all Mario Karts including the phone one.
ManaByte
Gold Member
No. That’s not what this is saying. They remastered those tracks for Mario Kart Tour and they’re just taking those remastered tracks from the mobile game and adding them to the Switch one. As in, these AREN’T new and you can play them right now for free on the mobile game.
In this case they're from mobile version specifically as mobile version has had tons of those old tracks remastered already. Nintendo are basically touching up remastered tracks for mobile and bringing them over to Switch. This is classic Nintendo
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
Ah like that. Oh well. Check the gamexplain video, they look great.
I'm sure all of these new tracks will be added to Mario Kart 9 too. 100+ tracks!
Punished Miku
Member
I'm pretty skeptical that you can just copy and paste tracks like that, like you're suggesting. Are they even in the same engine? The drifting and controls are so wildly different as well. Would it really take them until the end of 2023 if that's all they're doing?
Sounds like an exaggeration, but I guess we'll see next month.
VN1X
Banned
I wonder if that means they really did the minimum amount of work? In that these remastered versions don't even include the gravity gimmick from MK8 in any of them?
I mean obviously I'd love to play any of these old tracks from the N64 and SNES era in glorious HD but I wouldn't mind it if they spruced it up a bit with the new mechanics as well...
I mean obviously I'd love to play any of these old tracks from the N64 and SNES era in glorious HD but I wouldn't mind it if they spruced it up a bit with the new mechanics as well...
You're talking about a company that put an expiration date on a digital version of a game so that people would rush to buy it. The fact that it's taking them so long could mean that It's a small team doing this project while the main team focuses on other projects (Mario Kart 9 etc), or they're purposefully delaying it to bridge gap to 9th entry.
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SoggyBiscuit
Banned
The trailer even shows the gravity stuff in action so I think there's a bit more work than just a simple porting job from mobile happening here.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Mario Kart Tour is just a version of Mario Kart 8 modified to use swipe controls.
Punished Miku
Member
If that's true, then I guess that's smart of them. But how do you know this is true? It says MK Tour is made in Unity by a totally different developer.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Download and play it. It's MK8. It's entirely free (except for 200cc, which is $5 a month).
Punished Miku
Member
I have played it. It's a fun game honestly, given the limited control scheme.
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
Member
You know it’s kinda funny when I bought my Switch I didn’t have any intention of getting Mario Kart, but then one of my friends gave me an extra copy he had for some reason.
Probably not gonna get this pack; I really don’t play it that often, but it would be an extra good deal for me since I got the game for free.99.
Probably not gonna get this pack; I really don’t play it that often, but it would be an extra good deal for me since I got the game for free.99.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Just ordered this off Argos for £36.
I waited for MK9 and it's just not happening.
I waited for MK9 and it's just not happening.
fart town usa
Gold Member
This is the one thing I really hoped Nintendo wouldn't do, bleh.
It's really cool of them to have the DLC but I play MK8 on the Wii U and clearly these tracks aren't making their way to the Wii U eShop, lol. Now I'd have to buy it on Switch and pay for the extra DLC. Still might do it if I can find a used copy for a decent price but I've already bought the game new and paid for the Wii U DLC, not gonna spend $60+ on it again.
48 tracks is insane though. MK8 is insanely fun.
It's really cool of them to have the DLC but I play MK8 on the Wii U and clearly these tracks aren't making their way to the Wii U eShop, lol. Now I'd have to buy it on Switch and pay for the extra DLC. Still might do it if I can find a used copy for a decent price but I've already bought the game new and paid for the Wii U DLC, not gonna spend $60+ on it again.
48 tracks is insane though. MK8 is insanely fun.
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SoggyBiscuit
Banned
Probably because it isn't true lol
Astral Dog
Member
I believe we will see a 9 for Switch 2 since Nintendo needs ways to sell the thing, but tbh i don't see any reason for Mario Kart 9 on the current Switch when Deluxe+DLC works fine.
Sequel should be more impactful, on Switch it would just be more of the same