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[Hudo]

No thank you, if I want RPG I will play proper RPG, I don't need RPG element in every fucking game.

Next 3D Mario game is gonna be a Soulslike.

 

[blacktout]

It is also apparent that either Nintendo is scared to death about NS2 and are playing it safe; or
they are having software development problems again. Both of which could easily be true.

There's really no evidence of this at all. Not counting Welcome Tour, Nintendo has already announced either 6 or 7* first party games for the 6 months between when the Switch 2 releases in June and the end of the year. That's essentially the same release cadence as the Switch era, and that's assuming that they don't announce any 2025 games during their June Direct.

* - depending on whether Hyrule Warriors' "this winter" release date means December or January/February.

 

[Zuzu]

They didn't justify the open world. It needs a big story/quest mode that uses the open world in a much more expansive manner or something like Forza Horizon's festival structure.

The game looks good though. It has wonderful animations and 24 racers is gonna be wild.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Xenoblade Kart would be sick. Image doing some sick drifts off of the Bionis' leg while being chased by a Territorial Rotbart jamming to some Mitsuda, Kiyota, Shimomura, ACE+ tunes.

Needs some Shulk DLC so we can all hear Monado Rewind. Bonus points if it's Malos and then it's just MONADO REWIND.

 

[RoadHazard]

Small thing but they need to stack all the costumes together on individual characters on the roster. It kind of drives me crazy that each costume has its own slot (seemingly placed randomly too).

Definitely, if they don't do that for the final release I'm afraid they might be a bit retarded. The current system makes zero sense, except maybe to make it extremely simple to casuals. In which case I'm not sure this is a game I want to play, since that might mean the entire game is very tuned to people who have never played a video game before.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

To me game's worth is not about how long the game, it all about enjoyment.

And put LOT OF hours in MK8D and I'm not type of person who plays online.

So for me worth it.

And to me, MKW is relegated to party only status.

Something you play on occasion when friends or family are over

A legitimate campaign adds a ton more value as someone that also wants to play solo

I just can't get excited about racing around a bunch of maps solo, it's not very compelling

 

[RoadHazard]

Absolutely. And it would sell even more if you could play as Pikachu and if you could drive on a Pokemon track.

Also, everything? I'm only talking about Mario Kart doing the Smash thing. Nobody gives a s F about most Mario characters except the more famous one.

Nintendo has much more valuable characters and IP than the damn Cow.

Nobody gives a shit about Samus either. Sorry, but it's true.

 

[Shaki12345]

Nobody gives a shit about Samus either. Sorry, but it's true.

If you think Pikachu in a Kart won't attract millions more new players, I don't know what to tell you mate.

 

[bender]

And to me, MKW is relegated to party only status.

Something you play on occasion when friends or family are over

A legitimate campaign adds a ton more value as someone that also wants to play solo

I just can't get excited about racing around a bunch of maps solo, it's not very compelling

 

[Danjin44]

I just can't get excited about racing around a bunch of maps solo, it's not very compelling

People said same thing to me with Monster Hunter but I played all Monster Hunter solo and offline and did same thing with almost all Mario Kart games.

Mario Kart is not about competition its about chaos and now with MKWorld more drivers, it gonna be even more fun.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Y'all really need to work on actually watching the videos, when they're showing the Battle Mode they're clearly playing in dedicated Battle Arenas. You can even see little mini maps of the arena, one is like a square one with multiple levels and another is a circular lava one you can jump across.

I'll have to take another look, but still over all fairly disappointing for one of their flagship games.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Yep, almost everyone who plays MK right there. That's about how fun it is

A horizon or dkr style campaign would have added tremendous value

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

People said same thing to me with Monster Hunter but I played all Monster Hunter solo and offline and did same thing with almost all Mario Kart games.

Mario Kart is not about competition its about chaos and now with MKWorld more drivers, it gonna be even more fun.

What's fun about completing Mario kart by yourself? If anything it's a bit depressing

 

[Woopah]

Ok, so a few things...

1- Is it just me, my TV or is there a weird washed out look in this game? Not at all times, but something seems off. Colors aren't nearly as vibrant as i expected, hell, 8 is more colorful. Same with night time in this footage but also last time, raised black levels, perhaps HDR issue? Since the game will have HDR?

2- So the big new thing basically is......open world?

3- When they show the game chat you see the users down below taking up screen space, not great. But surely you can hide this, right?

The main new things are the open world with missions/secrets/collectibles, and the new hop/grind/wallrun mechanics.

I guess knockout tour could count as part of the open world.

and yes you can minimise the chat.

And to me, MKW is relegated to party only status.

Something you play on occasion when friends or family are over

A legitimate campaign adds a ton more value as someone that also wants to play solo

I just can't get excited about racing around a bunch of maps solo, it's not very compelling

I also want to play solo, but wouldn't the hundreds of missions count as the campaign? I'm hoping at least some of the missions are boss fights.

 

[bender]

Yep, almost everyone who plays MK right there. That's about how fun it is

A horizon or dkr style campaign would have added tremendous value

 

[kevboard]

Y'all really need to work on actually watching the videos, when they're showing the Battle Mode they're clearly playing in dedicated Battle Arenas. You can even see little mini maps of the arena, one is like a square one with multiple levels and another is a circular lava one you can jump across.

what they should consider is maybe adding an arena and a track editor later.

it could be a very simple one, you select an area on the open world map for balloon battle maps or checkpoints for races, and then place simple blocks like ramps, rails and walls etc.

 

[Danjin44]

What's fun about completing Mario kart by yourself? If anything it's a bit depressing

I played all arcade racing and Kart games solo.....Honestly when online was free back in WiiU I had more miserable time playing Mario Kart 8 with other people.

There is always someone in the group who has no interest wining the race more interest ruining other people's games.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I dunno man Online Mario Kart was fun until the whole snaking bullshit in Mario Kart DS and later entries came with bad Online Infrastructure.

Mario Kart is generally best enjoyed Solo or Local and you can pour a TON of hours getting Gold Trophy with Max Stars and unlocking all the things.

The real Mario Kart game starts when you unlock Mirror mode....which begs the question is due to the size of the World. Will we have a MIRROR WORLD?

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I also want to play solo, but wouldn't the hundreds of missions count as the campaign? I'm hoping at least some of the missions are boss fights.

The only footage we've seen so far is basic challenges in the world which may unlock skins, the MKW equivalent of deku seeds

I'm not getting my hopes up for anything more compelling than that, else they would have shown it

 

[Danjin44]

Mario Kart is generally best enjoyed Solo or Local and you can pour a TON of hours getting Gold Trophy with Max Stars and unlocking all the things.

Also in this direct they showed they have difficulty option CPU drivers which will make more fun for solo player like me.

Thats basically how I played all racing games, I never had all that fun playing these games online.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I never had all that fun playing these games online.

You also consider players will min max vehicle build and choose characters within a specific weight class and that's all you will see online. MK8 may as well just be full of Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight drivers.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Just watched the direct. Absolutely bonkers. This game is going to be YUGE!

 

[Branded]

Looks amazing but I am loving the soundtrack here.

 

[fallingdove]

I also want to play solo, but wouldn't the hundreds of missions count as the campaign? I'm hoping at least some of the missions are boss fights.

The "hundreds of missions" were represented by collecting blue coins and completing a time attack from one point to another. I wouldn't get my hopes up that the missions are anything more than a time waster/collectathon.

 

[Aldric]

I just don't get what was the reasoning behind the open world beside trying to make Mario Kart the new BotW as in the big open world AAA launch title for their new system which seems like a completely baffling proposition to me.

Mario Kart's core mechanics are way too simplistic to sustain dozens if not hundreds of hours of exploration in a giant open map. It's not like in a Zelda or even a 3D Mario game where a big part of the fun is using the various movement options and traversal mechanics to move across the world. Mario Kart has basically two core mechanics, accelerate and drift. Doing that in vast expanses of nothingness for hours on end sounds like a miserable experience, probably the most boring concept from a big Nintendo developed game I've ever seen. And yes I know that you can "jump" now and ride grindrails and walls but this seems like a much better fit for the multiplayer races, if that was supposed to be the big new hook that'd justify free roaming then they've done a dismal job demonstrating how that could be fun.

That's not even mentioning the big vehicles you can drive that seem to barely change the core gameplay and sound entirely gimmicky, essentially just a cosmetic change or the fact the world seems devoid of any big surprising discoveries. They could have at least hinted at some big creatures to fight, or maybe P-switches that significantly change the environment, or a spectacular view system like in Xenoblade games where you can find hidden landmarks scattered around the world. ANYTHING that'd justify this game being open world. As it stands it really sounds like one of the biggest waste of time energy and money ever, in more ways than once.

 

[Danjin44]

You also consider players will min max vehicle build and choose characters within a specific weight class and that's all you will see online. MK8 may as well just be full of Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight drivers.

Yup gamers have amazing ability to suck all the fun out of games in order to guarantee they will win.

 

[bender]

Only the Nintendo Soy boys are really amped up!

 

[Fake]

Next 3D Mario game is gonna be a Soullike.

Open World Souls Metrovania Rogue-like Mario game.

 

[Danjin44]

I HATE stupid face thumbnail with Youtubers these days, it cringe as fuck.

 

[VGA-Games]

Already pre-ordered with the Nintendo Switch 2

 

[SupaComputa]

I reserved my final opinion about that whole fiasco until that Direct because there was still the possibility that they really were hiding some very creative feature or concept that'd somehow justify the baffling pricepoint and overall game design of this new Mario Kart but after watching it I think they've lost the plot.

The open world seems absolutely pointless and the gameplay scenarios they've shown to illustrate what you're supposed to do in it are exactly what I thought the worst possibility would be: basic blue coins collecting and micro racing challenges, probably copypasted all over the map. Hard pass.

I said the same thing for Prime 4, bland, nothing new that's not surface level. DK we'll see, but if it's only breaking rocks to get collectibles I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I said the same thing for Prime 4, bland, nothing new that's not surface level. DK we'll see, but if it's only breaking rocks to get collectibles I wouldn't be surprised.

Donkey Kong looks like a bizarre fusion of Super Mario Odyssey and Wario World. So I'd expect it to be a full on level based collectathon.

 

[Neff]

Not a whole lot to do unless you're playing with other people

That's basically why people buy Mario Kart

 

[Aldric]

I said the same thing for Prime 4, bland, nothing new that's not surface level. DK we'll see, but if it's only breaking rocks to get collectibles I wouldn't be surprised.

No Prime 4 isn't the same at all, they've barely shown anything of it but it seems like an evolution of the classic formula which is exactly what it needs after almost two decades of being MIA. It's not like MKW where they're trying to shoehorn it into a structure that doesn't make sense for it.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

That's basically why people buy Mario Kart

Yeah and maybe this time they don't need a $90 dlc pack + $450 console to get that same experience when they can just play MK8 on their switch 1

 

[Fake]

That's basically why people buy Mario Kart

Spoiler tag that please.

 

[alf717]

People were crazy when saying there were barely any graphical upgrades over MK8D lol.

OK, I'm sold on it now. MKWorld will be mine. I'm hoping on June 5th via the bundle.

 

[blacktout]

Yeah and maybe this time they don't need a $90 dlc pack + $450 console to get that same experience when they can just play MK8 on their switch 1

Where are you getting $90 from? I'm not aware of any region where it's $90.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Yeah and maybe this time they don't need a $90 dlc pack + $450 console to get that same experience when they can just play MK8 on their switch 1

Yeah but you can't play as a Penguin in MK8.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

And to me, MKW is relegated to party only status.

Something you play on occasion when friends or family are over

A legitimate campaign adds a ton more value as someone that also wants to play solo

I just can't get excited about racing around a bunch of maps solo, it's not very compelling

You need to try time trail. Racing ghosts and perfecting the tracks is very addicting in Mario Kart. Its the hidden juice of the game that many never even try.

 

[Hudo]

Open World Souls Metrovania Rogue-like Mario game.

There's a whole zone full of environmental lore about why Mario says "Let's a Go!".

 

[Fake]

There's a whole zone full of environmental lore about why Mario says "Let's a Go!".

"daddy issues'.

 

[MagiusNecros]

You need to try time trail. Racing ghosts and perfecting the tracks is very addicting in Mario Kart. Its the hidden juice of the game that many never even try.

Staff ghosts also teach you shortcuts you would have never thought of on your own which only serves to improve your skill as a racer.

 

[Kataploom]

Looks good but also kinda meh, tracks look all too static, I'm kinda spoiled by Sonic Racing tracks... I'll get it soon only if I can get the bundle, else I'll pass for a while

 

[Neff]

Yeah and maybe this time they don't need a $90 dlc pack + $450 console to get that same experience when they can just play MK8 on their switch 1

I mean the thing's sold out everywhere, so

But since you mention it, new courses and new ways to play (open world, 24 racers, elimination mode, etc) is a pretty sexy prospect

 

[ADiTAR]

Looks good but also kinda meh, tracks look all too static, I'm kinda spoiled by Sonic Racing tracks... I'll get it soon only if I can get the bundle, else I'll pass for a while

Really? I actually found lots of different elements on the track. Like the sand worm, dinos, and more.

 

[MacReady13]

Game looks amazing! Was sold before this direct and now I'm completely in! Game world looks huge. Going to be a joy driving around finding all those secrets! Can't wait for 5th June.

 

[AJUMP23]

I do want to get a bundled switch 2.

 

[Gambit2483]

What's fun about completing Mario kart by yourself? If anything it's a bit depressing

I'm not exactly sure what you are complaining about. The game has online. You can race other people or even family and friends while online.

If you don't have friends or family or you don't play other players online AND you can't find fun in playing by yourself solo...well, that sounds like a YOU problem. Guess it sucks to be you.

 

[Codes 208]

Where are you getting $90 from? I'm not aware of any region where it's $90.

People are still hyperboling the physical price since nintendo left it out. Turned out to be $80 just like the digital version

Still too damn high imo, definitely going for the bundle to cut out a good $30