Mario Kart Switch: all Wii U + new tracks, characters, battle mode, < 3 mos fr launch
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JB-the-Hunter
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They never should have gotten rid of Double Dash's Battle Mode variety. That, plus a mix of Double Dash and Wii's arena design would be perfect.
Not necessarily. When you vote for the track, you can also vote for the preferred time of day by holding the right button.
Actually, if it's just superficial appearances, would it really matter if it displayed one time of day for you, and another time of day for the others?
Not like it affects the gameplay.
Some nice features I'd like to see:
- Lap toggle: This would be great for, say, two-lap races on N64 Rainbow Road (the real sweet spot)
- Vehicle profiles: Let my friends and I save our preferred vehicle combos for easy access
- Item toggle: Let me adjust item frequency on an item-by-item basis, even turning certain items off
- More camera angles in MKTV: At each turn in a track, let me choose from multiple camera angles
- Lap toggle: This would be great for, say, two-lap races on N64 Rainbow Road (the real sweet spot)
- Vehicle profiles: Let my friends and I save our preferred vehicle combos for easy access
- Item toggle: Let me adjust item frequency on an item-by-item basis, even turning certain items off
- More camera angles in MKTV: At each turn in a track, let me choose from multiple camera angles
All this news is awesome... Except fucking Zelda. 
That's by far the game I want the most, and while I'll love Mario and finally get to try Splatoon, I'm really bummed about the added wait for Zelda. Whatever it takes to get the game as polished as possible is good, though, I guess.
That's by far the game I want the most, and while I'll love Mario and finally get to try Splatoon, I'm really bummed about the added wait for Zelda. Whatever it takes to get the game as polished as possible is good, though, I guess.I never bought MK8 because I have no one to play it with locally but this brings to mind how I really wish it were otherwise. Idk. Couldn't even get people into Smash 4 when Melee and Brawl had been a lot of fun.
Dream I guess is to one day have wife and kids that'd play with me lol
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Dream I guess is to one day have wife and kids that'd play with me lol
.blitzwolf215
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Those sound like great features. Seriously, MK and Splatoon need to have a way to save load outs.
RampagingSoul
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It's from Rosalina's Smash 4 announcement trailer if I remember correctly.
I imagine it won't be too painful once 3D Mario has a proper trailer.All this news is awesome... Except fucking Zelda.
If Mario Switch really is a return to SM64-style sandbox adventures, it'll be painful in a different way painful to wait for Mario!
Jawbreaker
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Meh. I'll buy a new Mario Kart when they do something interesting with the formula again. I wasn't into MK 8 at all.
Vital Tundra
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Regarding MKTV. I would hope they do it right this time and let you control the camera completely as well as splice videos together. Kinda like Skates video editor so you can create your own awesome highlight reals.
I'm talking high video length, as many snippets of races as you want, slow mo, speed up, filters, dof options, camera angles and moving/static camera placing.
D Bo Chops
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Not having Zelda as a day ONE launch title is a huge miss. "Several months after launch" is a long time wait for a system selling game for people who are wanting to be an early adopter. I guess the holiday 2017 sales of Zelda are projected to do better than when the system launches? i dont get it.
ElectricBlanketFire
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You race and hit people with items.
MK8 is the most refined game of the series. What would you like?
Not even close, honestly. My interest in another 3D Mario, while high, is a mere fraction of my interest in the first ever open world 3D Zelda.
But oh well. I can wait. I think Splatoon will be the main game to hold me over. I love competitive shooters and sold my Wii U before it came out, so I'm pretty excited to try it out.
Troubled Bat
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All I ask for is Bowser Jr. and Diddy Kong!!
Captain Falcon, Kirby and
Edit:
Captain Falcon, Kirby and
Mach Rider
and Sonic
Edit:
with Pac-Man as well
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
If they announce Bayonetta 2 coming to Switch I will have no reason to keep my Wii U.
Dark Cloud
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Bruh this wasn't their choice. They have some QA or localization things going on that's forcing it to release after launch.
balladofwindfishes
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What if they pull a Dry Bowser, and the only returning vet racer is King Boo? Meanwhile we get more clones of Peach and Mario.
belteshazzar
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Man, I loved that mode from Double Dash! I want it back too.
Polioliolio
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3D Mario at launch, and Mario Kart 8 special edition in a matter of months...
This is going to be difficult to resist.
This is going to be difficult to resist.
Jawbreaker
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Another Double Dash. Or for my brain to not find the game stupidly boring because it feels like I've already played the same game to death over the years.
I want baby PGP but not at the cost of returning vets and newcomers lol.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Absolutely. I expect to see the Switch subtitle for a bunch of games.
You should google Rosalina Super Smash Bros trailer
I was just going to say the same thing! One of my favorite bits of CG ever seem from Nintendo.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Splatoon character!
Let make 2017 as Year of Splatoon/Inkling. Put them in Kart, Smash, etc!
BlastProcessing
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New Battle Mode hype.
...That's been shyguys voice for nearly 2 decades.
ElectricBlanketFire
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capylikesgames
Banned
Did MK8 have 12-player Online Battles? I never touched the mode, so I'm not sure. I'd love to see them create some big maps just for that. Maybe even bring back and rework some older ones; Double Deck would be great for this.
A gimmick that basically made everyone stick to Koopa Troopa and the Toads was a more interesting gimmick than one that lead to interesting course design?
Parapraxis
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>battle mode
Ugh, I should be happy about this, but as a WiiU owner who desperately wanted proper battle mode in MK8, i'm actually kinda pissed.
EDIT: Proper battle mode means an arena and balloons.
Ugh, I should be happy about this, but as a WiiU owner who desperately wanted proper battle mode in MK8, i'm actually kinda pissed.
EDIT: Proper battle mode means an arena and balloons.
Dark Cloud
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I want Battle Mode to be expanded too. If you want more than 4 characters it should be allowed.
Living the Dream
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Adventure Mode like the king Diddy Kong Racing
Why, that's not much of a launch. It needs about 3-4 times the games in that timespan (6-12 months).
Graphics Horse
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Was DS the last one with a proper mission mode? They should do something like that.
PotionBleue
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Mario Kart Wii had similar missions, with online leaderboards, but they were online-only.
http://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Mario_Kart_Wii_tournaments
Oh man, now that would get me excited. I'm gonna need something on that scale to get me to consider rebuying MK8.
SmoothRunningGun
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Make this the packin. A primarily mp shooter makes no sense for portable.
SuperÑ;224638914 said:
Within 3 months of launch...
We still have no idea about Zelda. Also, seeing a lot of Wii U ports fleshing out the year is not exactly "memorble," these are games many of us already have.
For that matter, I'm guessing this is a $60 release? So after paying $60 + $12 for DLC I gotta pay full price again?
After I buy a new system, of course. They could sell this as a Wii U DLC upgrade, I'm certain. I understand why they wouldn't, and all the new content sounds great, but I can't get excited about it.
1) It's not a portable and Nintendo has been pushing it as a home console first and foremost.
2) A primarily MP shooter would be great for a portable
3) Mario Kart Switch is going to sell like gangbusters, much better than Splatoon would
4) Thus, making Splatoon the pack in is actually really good for Splatoon's MP community and legs
LostMyNarbles
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Oh god I'm already getting so excited for the Switch I wish it was March already. ;_;
All this news is awesome... Except fucking Zelda.
Eh... it's already been like 3 years. Might as well keep waiting. At least we now know how well the game plays.
but a primary MP racer does? MK will sell more than Splatoon as well, so its stronger as a standalone title.