>go against your customers' wishes and revamp a core aspect of the game that's been part of a franchise for 33 years >they find a way to do it anyway >literally release a fucking hotfix a week later to stop them Ball's in Nintendo's court. Clearly there aren't enough brainless cultists to keep the game alive.
>>716366606 (OP) MK8 was a tough act to follow in terms of content, so nintendo tried to do something different by making it open world. Only problem is open world racing games fucking suck.