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Mario Kart 8: first update (+ Mercedes DLC) finally available

Rich!

Member
Thank you ! It's a shame it's not default after updates as it's quite hidden:)

What the. Doesnt work for me using the pro controller

Edit- minimap works with the minus button on gamepad but not pro controllers. Thats fucking stupid.
 
Going to be a long few months
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I HATE that they put them there to tease us, but it's so smart lol.
 

Richie

Member
Seriously, the track selection screen, man. Gonna be like that all the way to May 2015 eh? Would have preferred if the ? ? ? icons only appeared after the content was actually available for sale.

But meh, I'll adapt.
 

Rich!

Member
Seriously, the track selection screen, man. Gonna be like that all the way to May 2015 eh? Would have preferred if the ? ? ? icons only appeared after the content was actually available for sale.

But meh, I'll adapt.

Its the best way of marketing. No one who owns the game will ever miss it
 
These unselectable portraits are seriously going to be there for 8 months?
Oh wait you can select them... to see an advertisement.
Edit: Cup select as well.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Just a question: can you preorder packs even if you don't have credit on the eShop right now?
 

HUELEN10

Member
Dammit, you NEED the GamePad to use the TV map!

Pressing select on your non-gamepad controller won't work, only select on the GamePad works. This better be patched soon, as should the ability to not have to deal with things we can't select, for the sake of those of us with slight OCD tendencies.
 
Dammit, you NEED the GamePad to use the TV map!

Pressing select on your controller won't work, only select on the GamePad. This better be patched soon, as should the ability to not have to deal with things we can't select, for the sake of those of us with OCD.

Every race or just once? That would be rather cruel idd.
 

Richie

Member
Gamepad minus button only

What the fuck nintendo. I have to reach for it at the start of each race?!?

Dammit, you NEED the GamePad to use the TV map!

Pressing select on your non-gamepad controller won't work, only select on the GamePad works. This better be patched soon, as should the ability to not have to deal with things we can't select, for the sake of those of us with slight OCD tendencies.

I have to laugh. Oh Nintendo, you so silly.
 

KingSnake

The Birthday Skeleton
Good, downloading now. And the DLC pack, so good, this is the first DLC (pack) ever that I pre-order. What's going on with me?
 
Yeah really. Fucking ridiculous.

One step forward, two back.

Dammit, you NEED the GamePad to use the TV map!

Pressing select on your non-gamepad controller won't work, only select on the GamePad works. This better be patched soon, as should the ability to not have to deal with things we can't select, for the sake of those of us with slight OCD tendencies.

What's the point of an on-screen map if you need the Gamepad anyways. -_-
 

69wpm

Member
Something about the Play Stats isn't right. There is no way in hell my most favorite map is Bone Dry Dunes. I hate that map.
 
Just noticed: you can't keep triple bananas with you anymore. They start dropping randomly now.

EDIT: Nvm. I probably hit the wall/button.
 
I was wrong about the size of the Mercedes DLC, it seems to be only 128KB :D

Could it be that the download is 12MB, but the DLC file is just 128KB??

Cause the 2.0 update file on my hard drive is only 95MB while OP says the update is 136MB.
 
Please, someone tell me they stealth fixed the frame repeating.

Dammit, you NEED the GamePad to use the TV map!

Pressing select on your non-gamepad controller won't work, only select on the GamePad works. This better be patched soon, as should the ability to not have to deal with things we can't select, for the sake of those of us with slight OCD tendencies.

I've got some bad news for you.
 

AdanVC

Member
Just noticed: you can't keep triple bananas with you anymore. They start dropping randomly now.

WHAT?!?!?!

Someone please confirm this! 8's item distribution was already whack to begin with, this would be horrid if true!

DON'T WORRY! I just finished a race and I got a triple banana almost at the end of the first lap and I tried to skip everybody so I could keep the bananas and none of them dropped randomly :) Sometimes the bananas drop when you pass near somebody and you barely notice that, it's been like that since forever.
 

Lettuce

Member
Looking at the character select grid we could maybe possibly see another 2-4 DLC packs!?. If each DLC has 3 new characters there's room for another 6 characters squares each side of the current character select grid. Maybe 4 DLC packs is asking a bit much but another 2 looks a possibility.

Begs the question which characters would you like to see, for me it would be.....

Birdo
Hammer Bro
Wart
Kamen
Dry Bones
Petey Piranha
Diddly Kong
Dixie Kong
Pit
Star Fox
Samus
Pikachu

Works out nice actually as there's 6 characters from the directly from the Mario universe and 6 that are not
 
Its the best way of marketing. No one who owns the game will ever miss it

Which is what makes this a little disappointing. I absolutely love this DLC, and already pre purchased it. But having it marketed so prominently in both the character selection screen and the track selection is just tasteless. If you don't want to buy this DLC, you shouldn't be burdened with an ad that covers an eighth of the entire screen. No matter how good of a deal it is - this is really annoying.
 
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