Screamapillar
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Because it's technically also a handheld game, so the comparison does make some sense. I get it.
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[Digital Foundry] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch vs. 3DS/Wii U Comparison
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Because it's technically also a handheld game, so the comparison does make some sense. I get it.
Steve Youngblood
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Personally, I think I'm going to start complaining about any benchmarks anybody does anywhere unless the results are counter intuitive. Like an FPS graph showing that a Titan Xp has a higher FPS count than a 1070 which has a higher FPS count than a 960? Thanks for the information assholes! Couldn't have figured out which card was better without your helpful benchmarks!
Ooh I don't know.
There is actually a MK DS to MK7 video comparison:
I think, funny enough, the gap between both seems smaller than the one between MK7 and MK8D.
Polygonal_Sprite
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I disagree. They're going for entirely different looks. I prefer Zelda's stylised visuals, sorry.
Where did I say anything about the hardware? I said BotW and MK8 Deluxe when docked on Switch look as good as any game on PS4 and XB1 and I stand by that 100%. If you don't agree or think I'm taking drugs because I don't agree with your opinion then I'm very sorry.
LFMartins86
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No. But you can change the region of your account as long as you don't have any balance on the account.
I mean, you wouldn't be wrong
There is actually a MK DS to MK7 video comparison:
I think, funny enough, the gap between both seems smaller than the one between MK7 and MK8D.
To be fair, going by this particular example, MK7 only touches up the existing DS tracks. Nothing is reworked or added as far as track layout and visual elements. It's just higher res, with a higher poly count and texture filtering. They're remasters, if you will.
MK8 on the other hand completely remakes all the old tracks. Nintendo put much more effort into the retro tracks in MK8 than in any other title. Even MK Wii didn't alter the look of the retro DS tracks that much. It essentially made them wider (for gameplay purposes) and turned 2D elements into 3D elements, with a bit of lighting thrown in the mix.
FearMyWrench
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I want Waluigi Pinball in 8. 
Throwback to not even being able to play Pinball online on DS because too many moving pinballs too hard for poor DS wifi.
Throwback to not even being able to play Pinball online on DS because too many moving pinballs too hard for poor DS wifi.
Polygonal_Sprite
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It's incredible and I don't know why people are getting their knickers in a twist over DF comparing the last Mario Kart to the latest instalment, both of which ran on Nintendo handheld systems (one of which can be docked to a HDTV).
It looks far more than two generations apart. 3DS to Switch has got to be the largest leap in generations ever. Isn't Switch like 50x a 3DS when in handheld mode?
Of course it would and it is to be expected but it makes the work done to MK8 to become clearer as the low resolution "hides" the work that went into MK7.
Looking at it that way only makes me wish a new (not remastered) Monster Hunter right away.
I want Waluigi Pinball in 8.
Throwback to not even being able to play Pinball online on DS because too many moving pinballs too hard for poor DS wifi.
It would be great. The pinball board could be a zero gravity section so you could bump into other racers.
Graphics Horse
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I want Waluigi Pinball in 8.
Throwback to not even being able to play Pinball online on DS because too many moving pinballs too hard for poor DS wifi.
Wasn't that voteable in the hacked version? I think I came across every track in the game by playing against hackers.
Seeing as the music is already in they might as well add Pinball as dlc.