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New Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gameplay
- Thread starter CaVaYeRo
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The Horror the horror
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Can you go into more detail about the novice-friendly features and if they're "game-changers" for those who've never played MK? Wife tried MK8 on Wii U and just couldn't navigate through the tracks. Would she now be able to compete with this?
TheContact
Member
MK 8 had the stupid design of giving last placers the best rolls so they could just hit the lightning or blue shell and win, yes?
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I wish that didn't appeal to me.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Driving assist helps you to stay on the road. Perfect for playing with little kids (and grown ups that are very bad video games)
Jack The Nipper
Banned
no gif of new boost yet?
...That's every Mario Kart
Herb Alpert
Banned
Much less frequent than in previous entries though.
You don't see 2 blue shells in the same game very often.
21st century cowboy
Member
I'm actually super happy there are 3 stages of drift boost again. It seemed weird in vanilla 8 that there were only 2. I'm so hyped for this game and the language races and battles I'll have at work
The Horror the horror
Banned
How is this executed?
Does your kart bounce off an invisible wall and you maintain your speed?
Graphics Horse
Member
At least it has the music!
TheMoon
Member
I don't know but I'm still 100% sure that you won't be able to play classic MK8 Battle Mode.
Since the new boost has been seen in video a month ago, why not just look at the video I linked earlier.
I think it's because technically Urchin Underpass is an 'old' map from Splatoon.
Anyways, this looks like the perfect Mario Kart. If only we could disable the timer in balloon battles...
Herb Alpert
Banned
Not sure. In the footage they have shown you can see the kart with a small antenna changing direction when about to exit the road. They still have to explain.
PotionBleue
Member
It looks like it takes ages to charge. If you look at the current time trial world records on the Wii U version, there are very few places where players hold the orange sparks for a long time. Even then, two successive orange drifts may give a longer boost than a purple+blue.
You would prefer all items having same chances regardless of position?
SkyMasterson
Member
I mean, statistically, yes they have greater odds at getting the better items, but a blue shell won't give you first place if you're last place and the same goes with lighting.
Not sure why you think that.
Game looks fantastic mode and I cannot wait to play the real battle mode.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
mavericktopgun
Member
A game this big and with those graphics on a portable device....
Just think about it.
Just think about it.
mavericktopgun
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Deleted member 231381
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No Diddy, no sale.
Looks great! They just need to add Kirby and the game will be perfect. I can live without diddy if it means we're getting a new Diddy Kong racing.. but otherwise that's another weird exclusion
Isn't this every Mario Kart? Lol
Isn't this every Mario Kart? Lol
We can still hope for a new Diddy Kong Racing but I'm afraid they will try to differentiate it so much from Mario Kart that they will somehow ruin it.
Maybe it's so they could have more Switch shipments along with it.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
YES!
This has annoyed me since day one and nobody ever notices/talks about it.
Apparently this game has a great soundtrack but I don't know how anybody is able to hear it properly, the mixes in this game and Xenoblade X were absolutely dreadful.
This right here was my biggest gripe with the game. It legitimately has one of Nintendos best soundtracks of all time. And you can't hear a thing, even less in Multiplayer. It's a real shame.
Such awesome news to hear battle mode let's us change options such as time limit and turning off cpu players and no teams. Havent enjoyed a battle mode since MKDS and now FINALLY I can enjoy battle mode again. This is gonna get some crazy amounts of play time from me and me friends.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Jaded Alyx
Member
Gonna have to agree with this.
Maybe
But i think we can all agree that - as simple as Nintendo wants to keep the settings in games like Mario Kart - two sliders for music and SFX volume wouldn't hurt, would they?
LordOcidax
Member
O_0 really...
Jaded Alyx
Member
Man i don't know what kind of setup you guys have but that's such a bizarre thing for me to read today. Never once have I had that issue nor have i heard anyone complain about it. When i think of MK8, i think of the amazing soundtrack.
Have you guys tried playing it on the Gamepad? Is the music still quiet that way?
Have you guys tried playing it on the Gamepad? Is the music still quiet that way?
Dagobert Duck
Member
But how the hell is the game only a 7gb download...I guess i will go digital with Mario Kart...
Robin64
Member
Nintendo games are always tiny. It's refreshing to see, frankly, in the age of patches bigger than 7GB on other machines.
I am thinking about going digitally since it would be nice to have this game ready to go whenever I want to play a race without having to switch cards, but I expect the digital version to be more expensive then the physical one
I can't say the Gamepad only experience differed much. It's not that the music is too quiet, but when you're playing splitscreen with 3+ people there is a constant barrage of SFX of all kinds fighting the music down. You can still hear it but it's a far cry from hearing the tracks isolated as a YT video from the OST f.ex. It's just not worthy of such godly composed and produced music.
Both TV and gamepad (also PC monitor with speakers come to think of it) had the same problem for me, other games were fine. *shrugs*
In any case sound options seemed like the bare minimum these days to me but guess Nintendo decided otherwise
esmith08734
Member
I have the game preordered for now but am conflicted. I put an ungodly amount of time in the Wii U version and the lack of new tracks kind of bums me out. It's an amazing game, though. If you've never played it, you simply must.
Robin64
Member
Should be.
And yeah some of the posters above talking about sound need to check their cables and TV settings because I've never experienced any lower game audio during gameplay.
I had no issues with the mix myself (unlike Xenoblade X), but as someone who doesn't care to hear the sfx, it was very annoying that there weren't any audio options.