James Scott
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Look carefully at any game and it has flaws. Being outstanding in its genre is worth a 10/10 to a lot of reviewers even if they can see some things they would improve.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe review thread
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The salt is potent. Some of you just hate it when Nintendo games review well. First, BotW, and now this, lol.
Garrett Hawke
Member
people still acting like reviews start at 10 and then you just chisel away negatives until you get to a final score, lol
CharminUltra
Member
Dayum so many 10s.. Switch library already starting to get epic.
Between this and portable PuyoPuyo Tetris my free time is ded.
Between this and portable PuyoPuyo Tetris my free time is ded.
The "perfect score should mean a perfect game" mentality is one of those things that I'm surprised still exists as much as it does.
Dark Cloud
Member
What's going to happen when that not real game called ARMS gets good reviews? Lol
sixteen-bit
Member
lol, out on the same week, no less. Relentless.
The original release didn't have any dedicated battlemode arenas, it instead simply reused the 8 of the mains modes racetracks and called it a day. Needless to say this did not work particular well as you would spend most of the match just trying to find other players and not really having enough space to manuevre we you did bump into each other.
Deluxe dumps the origanal maps replaces with 8 entirely battle mode specific arena style maps (5 new, 3 remakes). On top of that it adds more modes.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Why don't you just say "you mad" and get it over with
ftfy
Having the ability to do 4 player tabletop is great but damn... essentially playing on a 1.55" (6.2/4) screen is going to be rough.
Or that Splatoon "port"
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
How big is the download? I'm wondering how much room I will have since I own Zelda physically.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Speaking as someone who owns the original game and its DLC, I share your astonishment. Granted, the DLC included and restored Battle Mode stages really helps round out what's already a great package, but I wasn't expecting the metascore to surpass the Wii U version or for the reviews to be this enthusiastic.
Sodium levels will shoot through the roof!
6.75 GB
Best Mario Kart gets better, and now is on a platform people want to own. Can't wait
Sure, but it's been done for ages and Nintendo knew reviews would be poisitive. No reason to not get it out there and let the hype build for people that missed it.
Sure, but it's been done for ages and Nintendo knew reviews would be poisitive. No reason to not get it out there and let the hype build for people that missed it.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Here's my review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RE0yyTTcQk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RE0yyTTcQk
Least MK8 bought back SP Vs from the looks of it, which the lack of in MK7 was so freaking lame.
Would love for missions to make a return through.
sixteen-bit
Member
correct
Lionel Richie
Member
Don't get me wrong, it would be great if MK 8 had a better single player, although I own it on the Wii U and played it a lot and I don't like multiplayer games. However, it's still a multiplayer game and if that aspect is deemed to be great, so is the game. Occam's razor says that's more likely than it all being a conspiracy to praise Nintendo games when they're not worth it or whatever.
Battlefront was heavily criticized because the game was bare bones as fuck even for a multiplayer game and previous games in the franchise had SP and just all around more stuff. Same with Street Fighter. Mortal Kombat was praised for adding a robust single player, not the other way around.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
Member
Damn, I need a Switch soon enough but I'm waiting for Xenoblade 2. This, Zelda, and Xenoblade 2 + more.... holy hell I'm gonna be set.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Wait, did they put all this effort in to bringing back battle mode and just cripple it by not allowing elimination?
Who makes these terrible decisions?
I'd say you can out that on the setup of the Switch in comparison to WiiU.
Want multiplayer?
On Switch? No problem you already have 2 controllers out of the box and you can buy more for roughly how much you would have spent for WiiU
On WiiU? You gonna spend for these pro controller or you better have kept wiimotes.
Oh and the tablet does nothing.
It's also a more meaty proposition.
I would guess any remasters/ports/whatever that does the same should score better if the base game hasn't gone old in the mean time.
nowheretorun
Member
I agree with the part if you skipped the Wii U but I don't agree with the if you had the Wii U that this year is still better than the last couple of Wii U years.
I understand this can now be played portable but really how many hours can one play the same MK lol? I've already spent many hours playing the game and thus got the enjoyment in the last couple of Wii U years.
It's a good game but not my personal favourite MK by a long way, probably to do with its the same game over and over again. Lol when you look at the courses comparing the 3DS>Switch!
Plus I'm a touch salty
;- They couldn't bring the Battle Mode to Wii U? I already bought their DLC so why not DLC this?
- They couldn't have released ZBOTW for Wii U earlier?
Def good for non Wii U owners though so enjoy to the full for those people
I think it would be a really interesting piece of research to look at videogame journalism, and the inherent biases and how they differ geographically.
When I look at video game journalism in the United States, it is heavily biased towards Nintendo, but I don't think its just blind bias. I think reviewers grew up with the kinds of games Nintendo produces (and are good at producing) and review accordingly.
Somewhere like the UK though, we've traditionally been more biased towards Sony, and narrative driven games. And I think that's because the biggest growth in video games in the UK came later, when PS1 was out. A game like Zelda for example does little for me because its so gameplay heavy, and I want my games to be an immersive narrative experience. Some of you probably did a little inside sick when I said that, but equally when I see people saying "games are games, gameplay > story I think 'that's crazy'.
Obviously its not as simple as US likes Nintendo, UK likes Sony (metro.co.uk being a perfect example), but I'd love to see in depth analysis that takes in to account market/economic growth, scores..
In fact maybe I should write this piece. Does it sound interesting to anyone else?
It's not a direct equation. The game is greater than the sum of its parts. They're essentially saying, "Single-player is basic, but it's still so much fun, and everything else is so much fun that we can overlook it."
And that's not surprising, because this is Mario Kart — pretty much the most universally loved franchise in existence. The high scores are well-deserved.
Lights and Waves
Member
So excited to play this with my friends! Now all we need is Smash Bros. and then I can officially retire my Wii U.
Whompa02
Member
Glad you're sensible!
I think it was interesting that the fallout to MK having a great single player was Capcom's SFV ( another pretty bare bones experience) responding by adding a (albeit half baked) single player experience. I don't think Mario Kart needs that, but I do find it funny, that despite someone thinking the SP was bare bones, that it didn't effect the game's review. Guarantee another IP with the same layout would have been docked for that. Like DooM was for the multiplayer being bare bones and people shitting on that.
Probably best to have a debate on this stuff outside the review thread tho for MK8 deluxe tbh. Would be a decent thread/debate.
THANK YOU...I personally find this topic extremely interesting. Some people are more knee jerky reactionary without actually understanding the context of the OG comment.
LegendofLex
Member
I can see myself easily getting another 200 hours out of it on Switch.
A lot of that due to being able to play multiplayer on the go.
Skittzo0413
Member
Might want to go over that statement about 1.55" again
Yeah it should equate to four 3.2 inch screens right? EDIT: 3.1 duh, not 3.2
6.2 is the diagonal right? So each quadrant gets a 3.1" screen play on. Still rough but 1.5 inch would be hilariously small.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Eh the first it completely your opinion so doesn't say much. The rest are reasonable, though I thought they had tweaked some of the core gameplay which involved some items/glitches unless I'm wrong.
Might want to go over that statement about 1.55" again
I knew that would be wrong when I posted it
Thanks for correcting me!
Single player is very lacking. On Wii U there were various unlockables that could keep you playing the cups to earn them(including Miiverse stamps which are probably gone now and replaced with...?). So unless plenty of new car parts were added in their stead, it will have even less incentive to play against the AI, which in itself was never really thrilling.
Always wished for more track variance among the laps, and even among the difficulty classes. Shifting obstacles, time transitions, anything. That doesn't exist in MK8(or most any MK sadly) so taking on AI drones that are borderline infuriating on the higher difficulties is all you have to look forward to which demands an element of luck. Game is still fun to play in bursts, but do not expect a solo experience to last beyond the initial weekend. This is designed around online play.
ThatStupidLion
Member
Might want to go over that statement about 1.55" again
2.85 x 1.6 inches, 3.1 diagonal
just for the sake of the thread
all I want is nintendo to add an adventure mode a la DKR. why can't they put that in after all these years? i've guessing it's a business decision. " we keep getting good reviews and selling millions, so no reason to add more (taxing) content then keeping with just simple race tracks/chars/items forumla