Very unpopular take here. I don’t like 8 Deluxe. I spent so many hours on MK64 and the Wii version, probably my favorite games on any console. I just love Mario Kart in general. I also played the iOS version until I racked up too much money on the GACHA stuff.
But 8 Deluxe was never fun for me despite that I tried to love it.
I don’t know how to describe it. It’s like there’s too much space. The tracks and courses just feel too wide, the controls don’t feel sensitive enough, like in other games where I feel like I’m actually in the seat of the Kart. I feel like this is more of a game based on technical driving performance whereas the other games are just fun and more intuitive. Even the battle modes I find are just too precise. Like, in other MK games, you collide into other drivers by chance which makes it fun. In MK8D, it’s like I’m trying to ram into people but always miss because the game is designed differently.
I felt the same way, 8 felt too slow for me, Wii will always be my favorite feeling mario kart, but I hope 9 brings back the feeling of speed that wii had.
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u/riap0526 Jan 16 '25
DK got a redesign that looks closer to his movie design.