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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe confirmed (with playable Inkling, new Battle Mode, etc.)

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capylikesgames

Banned
Battle Mode? Bowser Jr? Splatoon crossover content? The trailer continued to improve upon itself with every passing moment. MK8 was one of my most-played online titles when my Wii U worked, alongside SSB and Splatoon. The additions are really selling me on picking this up eventually.
 
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Burning Justice

the superior princess
As someone who played the hell out of Mario Kart 8, I am firmly in the "no new race tracks, no buy" camp.

Maaaaybe if I can get it really cheap. but at $60, not a chance.
 
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evanmisha

Member
The thing that stands out the most to me is how dirty Nintendo did Mario Kart today.

This is a huge franchise, arguably their biggest, and they don't even put the trailer in the presentation? Then they don't even put the release date in the trailer (which is only a month after the console itself), and instead hide it in a press release? Huh?

The trailer is literally 92 seconds and they can't find the time to show it. I don't get it.
 
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Yukinari

Member
At minimum they should have added 2 new cups. Kind of absurd that we finally get characters we want and a proper battle mode but for 60 dollars again.
 
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watershed

Banned
Battle mode is great but there needs to be more new content they haven't announced yet in this game if Nintendo expects WiiU Mario Kart 8 owners to double dip. This can't be a barebones "definitive" edition.
 
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daffy

Banned
evanmisha said:
The thing that stands out the most to me is how dirty Nintendo did Mario Kart today.

This is a huge franchise, arguably their biggest, and they don't even put the trailer in the presentation? Then they don't even put the release date in the trailer (which is only a month after the console itself), and instead hide it in a press release? Huh?

The trailer is literally 92 seconds and they can't find the time to show it. I don't get it.
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It's a rerelease though. Splatoon was a sequel at least.
 
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Incitemaybe

Member
Huh, sadly may have to skip out on this.

I have hundreds of hours on the Wii U version already. Why would they charge 60 for those that already own it.... I don't see enough to justify the price of an entirely new game.
 
bender

bender

What time is it?
I think this would have been an ideal pack-in. It would encourage people to sign up for Nintendo online and they could build more tracks/cups and offer them as DLC.
 
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UnemployedVillain

Member
evanmisha said:
The thing that stands out the most to me is how dirty Nintendo did Mario Kart today.

This is a huge franchise, arguably their biggest, and they don't even put the trailer in the presentation? Then they don't even put the release date in the trailer (which is only a month after the console itself), and instead hide it in a press release? Huh?

The trailer is literally 92 seconds and they can't find the time to show it. I don't get it.
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It's a rerelease. This isn't even the actual Switch MK game, which will surely come out eventually
 
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Maiar_m

Member
bender said:
I think this would have been an ideal pack-in. It would encourage people to sign up for Nintendo online and they could build more tracks/cups and offer them as DLC.
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Oh yes, right, forgot about the now paid-for online, which makes the full retail price even less interesting since a huge chunk of the game is now locked behind that gate.

I don't understand how they could be so greedy when they had such an amazing opportunity.
 
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leroidys

Member
Skeletos311 said:
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been begging for this to make a comeback in literally ever MK since the original!
 
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ShockingAlberto

Member
Cerium said:
I'm actually skeptical that we'll ever see MK9 on Switch.

I think it's more likely they go with some other mascot racer, possibly the rumored Diddy Kong Racing 2.
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You think they're never going to make a Mario Kart on Switch

one of their most successful series in the history of the company

the only title on Wii U to be a sales success even outside of that system's vacuum
 
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PotionBleue

Member
Pottypotsworth said:
The original trailer got taken down for some reason, here is the official re-uploaded MK8 Deluxe trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKlRN2YpxRE

I'm hoping someone can do a graphical comparison soon, it looks to me that the 1080p resolution does fix a lot of the jaggies, but hard to see exactly due to YouTube compression.
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If native 1080p is confirmed, I wonder if they'll do 720p60 for 3/4-player TV splitscreen (Wii U version cuts framerate down to 30 fps) or 1080p30.
 
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Cerium

Member
ShockingAlberto said:
You think they're never going to make a Mario Kart on Switch

one of their most successful series in the history of the company

the only title on Wii U to be a sales success even outside of that system's vacuum
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I think MK8D is supposed to fill that role.

Then again if there are no new racing tracks it's less robust than rumored.
 
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jonno394

Member
the launch line up wouldnt be a problem to me if Mario Kart had a good single player moder akin to the World Tour mode of the Sonic kart racing games of a few years back.

Standard tournaments just don't do anything for me:(
 
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