FearMyWrench
Member
Aw yeah, love me some more fucking character recolours. You read my mind Nintendo.
That aside, the rest of the game looks fantastic.
That aside, the rest of the game looks fantastic.
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Mario Kart 8 : trailer and official PR (lobby voice chat confirmed)
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I think the idea is so that you can play as a version of Mario or Peach in all 3 weight classes.
test_account
XP-39C²
I'm not sure that voice chat is that taxing concidering how many games that has it. But i cant say for sure how it is. If it was an afterthought, maybe thats why (kinda like how Sony couldnt get party-chat to work on PS3 because there werent enough memory available for it, since it was an afterthought, the PS3 wasnt originally designed with party-chat in mind).
The gamepad is another thing that i dont quite understand either. The game supports splitscreen up to 4 player at the same time, yet its not possible to mirror one of those images to the gamepad.
It could be the memory for the voice chat. It's just a speculation.
As for the Gamepad, for split screen you still render 720p, while for asynchronous multiplayer you need to generate 720p + 854 x 480 on the gamepad, so almost 50% more pixels.
test_account
XP-39C²
That is true, but it doesnt have to run the game at 720p when doing co-op with the gamepad. The game is asynchronous multiplayer in splitscreen too (up to 4 different cameras/screens being rendered at the same time). Its either dropping the resolution in each screen and/or dropping the framerate. They could have shown one of these cameras on the gamepad instead of the TV. That shouldnt require any more rendering compared to what they are already doing. But then the image quality would be a lot worse on the TV if they run one picture in fullscreen on the TV and one picture on the gamepad. They could always have used the black border solution on the TV, but perhaps this is the reason why they dont have support for showing one splitscreen on the gamepad. Its not really a big deal for me personally, but i find it interesting from a technical and design standpoint =)
MannyToons
Member
And then you remember the day of release is at the very end of the month and get sad.
:'(
POWERSPHERE
Member
See ya, baby
This
Mario Kart 8 - 20 Minutes of Lovely Gameplay!
So much new footage in this video. Should be a new thread honestly.
So much new footage in this video. Should be a new thread honestly.
How did nobody else point out this beauty?
I had the same thought when I saw her in the direct.
Interceptor
Banned
We need an extra thread for those.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Baby Rosalina? Really? REALLY???
Oh for crying out loud....
Oh for crying out loud....
Can't wait for this. I'm glad there isn't going to be voice chat during the races - I really hate voice chat unless I'm either playing with friends, or it's the type of game that needs player communication in order to succeed. Voice chat in this game wouldn't have been anything more than trash talk and constant swearing anyway.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I don't understand this. 1.) They could simply add an option to not have voice chat during a race. 2.) The voice chat is only with friends anyways, presumably people you like.
EDIT: I guess it's not confirmed that it's only with friends, but my first point still stands.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Probably because she's pink gold, not regular gold.
midomidi2013
Banned
I can deal with only lobby chat. I rather not have to listen to people while I race. It would be better if you could talk in game with those on your friends list.
I just hope they have a report feature. To go after those people that will be curing up a storm or tossing racial slurs out there just because they know they can and it will piss people off or find it funny to do so when they see they're in a lobby with kids.
I just hope they have a report feature. To go after those people that will be curing up a storm or tossing racial slurs out there just because they know they can and it will piss people off or find it funny to do so when they see they're in a lobby with kids.
Dagobert Duck
Member
So I guess its 4 player local (as always) and 2-player online (just as MKWii)?