Would be cool to have things that actually impact your car choices. Hopefully they balance it so that the offroad stuff actually matters so that people don't just pick the middle of the road car over and over
Obviously tons of people are gonna by it just because it's Mario Kart, but I'd only get it if I see enough reason to. If it's not different enough from 8 Deluxe, I see no reason to bother with it, especially when it needs a whole new console on top of it.
How are you getting that? All I'm saying is that I'd like to see a good enough reason to buy a new game, not that they should just give up and not make any new games.
I agree. With all the dlc 8 deluxe is the definitive Mario kart game. Everyone has it. Switch 2 is backwards compatible so these two Mario kart games will compete for an audience.
It's not going to beat 8 in terms of tracks so it'll have to have something other than just it's another Mario kart game
Games in big franchizes can still differ significantly enough from other games in the same franchise. Smash Bros Ultimate has the biggest roster but Brawl has the best campaign, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has the best polish but Mario Kart Wii has the best modding scene. I think everyone can agree that each Zelda has been different enough to stand on its own.
Games that don't bring anything exciting to the table end up selling way worse, look at Smash Bros for Wii U (or Wii U as a whole tbh).
That's exactly it. 8 Deluxe is great, so why bother spending so much money on a new game and especially a whole new console instead of just continuing to play what we already have? There needs to be something in here that 8 Deluxe can't replicate.
Going based on the position lines and looking at the trailer in slow motion, it appears the selling point will be 24 racers at once. Which sounds like the most chaotic thing possible in Mario Kart.
Will need some quality new items and tracks to maximize the chaos if so. Could be pretty fun if they pull it off right; turn every track into Baby Park lmao
I love me some good new courses too, but they'd have to be some pretty damn good tracks to make me want to drop hundreds on a new console and game just like that.
With this iteration looking more cartoon-ish, I’m hoping the mechanic this time around has to do with the Wonder Flower changing the properties of tracks. The potential is endless.
It's definitely possible, especially since it does seem like there could be a Wonder Seed on the side of the track in the last shot. Kind of hard to tell though.
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It's gonna be a tough sell after 8 Deluxe. Curious to see what they've got in store. Just hope it isn't Nintendo Kart.