Played for a few hours now. Game looks really good but honestly it kind of sucks. MK8 had this issue for me sometimes where specifically with 200CC races - it felt pure RNG because of the items and the never ending middle cluster shitshow because of the speed.
Now naturally, Mario Kart World is always like that because of the number of players in a race. At 100CC....
This game is the Nintendo epitome of "Any retard can win and no ones a winner". Thanks Nintendo.
Still decent fun, but if MK8 online wasn't irrelevant enough this is even worse. Not putting as much stock into online as I thought I would. Definitely just another dumbed down party game to play with friends.
I didn't look really at any pre-release news and stuff too much, but will say also the Free Roam and Track Transitions that were mentioned are nowhere near as cool as I imagined.
Most underwhelming Nintendo launch title in history and definitely doesn't warrant the price increase.
Some cool things since I've mostly been shitting on it however - is the grinding is fun, and when you do a circuit, the "Good AI" is usually the character you end up unlocking. So there's that. The new Warios' Galleon is really nice too.