Thread 723892267

How does it compare with its predecessors?

It's comparable to 8, some slight graphical updates here and there, but now you get to drive in straight lines all the time and do 1 laps across maps.
What, you don't like it? Check you're privilige, Nintendo can never do wrong!

Just another 8 using the same engine.

>>723892267 (OP)
don't listen to these two faggots who've never played the game

it's mechanically much better than 8 and is only brought down but an incomprehensible lack of options, it only needs a few updates to be the best game in the series

>>723892618
It will be the best game in the series once they add 200cc

>>723892267 (OP)
The best gameplay in the series locked behind the tracks themselves and not the open world routes being featured.
It's actually hard to go back to 8 after playing it, the gameplay feels so limited now. It's not nearly as expressive or varied as World's is.
I think additional content would make it pretty much locked for the best in the series, but I also have a sinking feeling that Nintendo has absolutely no intent to support the game over the Switch 2's lifespan beyond minor tweaks and fixes. I'd love to be wrong.

Advance is still the best game in the series

>>723892267 (OP)
I've had quite the blast with it

>>723892267 (OP)
i get dizzy spells where it feels like everything is spinning and turning around, but I pop Mario Kart World in and all that goes away

>>723892267 (OP)
It has less content than 8 Deluxe.

>>723892267 (OP)
Favorably

What about online?

>>723893856
I've been dealing with the exact same thing and found it to be similarly remedial, bizarre

An 8/10 that could be a 10/10 with more options

>>723893956
Not surprising when that game came bundled with the wii u version’s dlc

>>723894060
I play GP and Knockout regularly and have a blast, but I've not touched the battle mode once because it looks like shit.

>>723892267 (OP)
Knockout Tour is fantastic. But. The free roam is a shamefuru display of emptyness. No wonder Nintendo refuses to negotiate for Diddy Kong Racing because that multi-decade old dinosaur would embarrass their open world efforts.

>>723894807
And this game costs even more than that.

>>723895639
>booster course pass is an extra $25 on top of the base price, or a $50 annual subscription

Daisy :)

>>723896040
Mario Kart 8 was $60 and the DLC was 12. World can't even match the Wii U version.

Soooo

Do any of you guys just sit in free roam mode to listen to the music?

>>723892658
Skins and maps also

>>723892267 (OP)
The air is polluted.

God, I can’t wait to get this game

>>723897478
Same. I bet it'll get DLC tracks for the next decade.

>>723897592
holy crapjuice batman. that sounds EPIC. might just get another credit card to max out just for that. lets go gamers!

Intermission tracks suck
Bagging is even more encouraged
Driving in water is abysmal dogshit
At around 8k online rating the algorithm kicks in and the game becomes a grind for no-lifers who memorize every track, shortcut, common shock spots, optimal line

>>723897412
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>723892267 (OP)
Good gameplay, but the intermission tracks get boring.
If I could go online and just strictly play the actual race tracks, it would be the best mario kart.

>>723897989
he means youre inhaling combustion waste products with unknown effects on the human body and mind every waking second of your life

>>723897974
still buying a Switch 2 :)

>>723897989
Look at the game, the air is clearly polluted.

>>723897989
he means the anti-soul gas

>>723892618
No. Drifting feels like shit in this game. No amount of tricks and jumping offf walls will change this.

>>723892267 (OP)
Best Mario Kart game by a mile. Just a joy to play.

>>723898812
Honestly this. It's my go to "take a break from every thing else" game. The knockout tour is endless fun.

>>723898149
I don't regret buying a Switch 2.
I do regret buying MKW

Kind of soulless. Barely get a taste of the tracks because the game wants you to do the in-between segments so much you usually just get one actual lap on them. Hate how the jump charge mechanic means you have to be constantly doing it and spamming tricks. I just want to drive in a line sometimes.

Also the items automatically being held behind you bothers me since that usually ends with the items being ruined before you want to actually use them (like 3 shells instantly being destroyed when running into one character).

https://youtube.com/shorts/vlznKuQGA6E?si=x_4aUYUJkKxJvyNX
Legit my least favorite console Mario Kart. I actually don’t even prefer the graphics to the switch game because for some reason this game is really hazy and it ruins the color and a lot of the scenes. One of my favorite things about Mario Kart has always been how colorful it was and how much it pops off the screen. So not only as this game more boring than the others to me, but I feel like the haze kind of ruins the graphics for me. I don’t really care about “graphical fidelity“ I care about art style, contrast and color.

>>723892267 (OP)
I dont like any of the tracks tbqhfamalam.

They really feel like they're a openworld thing first and a track second

>>723892267 (OP)
It's mechanically sound. The jumping, drifting and the shortcuts are very well implemented and the tracks are relatively fantastic. I do think that it's getting compared to MK8's enormous track list of almost 100 tracks when that game had time to marinate with both the Wii U era and the Switch era so it's very skewed. I do think what kills it though is the battle modes and for some intermissions though I just enjoy it like mario party.

Probably my favorite Mario kart, love the courses and new mechanics.
>>723899575
Honestly, I prefer world’s graphic way more over 8. Feels more cartoony and natural, 8 felt high tech and sterile.

How many people in this thread actually own the game

>>723899379
>Hate how the jump charge mechanic means you have to be constantly doing it and spamming tricks. I just want to drive in a line sometimes

Are you fucking retarded? You don't need to use the jump mechanics ever.

Is intermission that bad? Will it be fixed?

>>723900915
I think the hatred is overblown due to nintendo forcing them so much in online for a while

>>723900915
No it was never bad. But the haters had absolutely nothing else to shitpost about because the game is so good.

>>723899705
The shortcuts are a mixed bag. Tracks like Peach Beach are boring straight lines with one stupidly powerful shortcut that causes every experienced player to bag like a little bitch.
Driving in water is awful.

>>723900915
Yes.
No.

>>723898694
no one gives a fuck what you think drifting "feels" like, world is objectively much more interesting mechanically than 7, 8 and likely will end up more interesting than wii and ds too

>>723900915
>pic is a gigantic ski jump
>shitters will act like this isn't fun

Mario Kart Wolrd is legitimate brilliant. And when they end year reviews come around, there's no denying it's been a landmark game this year.

Being a launch title for the Nintendo Switch made all the schizos shit themselves because they can't play it.

>>723892267 (OP)
I think some of the tracks aren't as interesting as they could be, but overall it's probably my most favorite game in the series.

>>723892267 (OP)
It feel better than 8 that's for sure. I also love the sprint races because it gives me a wacky racers vibe.

>>723901652
>legitimate brilliant
hello saar

>>723892267 (OP)
by my estimates, it's probably earned its eclipsing of 8, and will probably deserve to get eclipsed by the next Mario Kart.
Intermission tracks were a neat idea but they kind of overstay their welcome, especially when they cut real badly into the amount of time you can spend actually on a track.
the costume unlocking is the actual worst shit I've ever seen.
items are more brutal than ever with the embiggened lobbies and item wipeouts retaining the absolutely murderous impact they've had in every Mario Kart except Double Dash.

>>723895193
frankly battle mode's been shit ever since Wii, and hasn't been good since Double Dash

>>723892267 (OP)
By far the best MK ever. Already played it more than 8 Deluxe with all of its dlc.

It just needs a 3 lap races only mode and it's golden, like, don't get me wrong, I don't mind the intermissions, but the regular races are where the game shines the most.

I really hope it gets as much dlc as 8 because holy fuck, the game is so much fun with only 32 tracks, imagine if it ends up with 90+.

>>723901304
I still can't do alot of the shortcuts because I never did them on my own. The peach on I think requires the feather item to grind on the rail turn. I've never bagged but I've heard about it and think some people have been doing it with the races I've played.

>>723893001
You mean super circuit?

>>723902826
The one I played is called Advance

>>723903032
What’s the benefit of playing mario kart in japanese

>>723902575
Your winrate will increase once you start learning to bag. It's so stupid.
t. 8.44k rating online

>>723903186
extra soul

>>723901652
I love daisy

Favorite character/vehicle combo?

>>723897834
Faggot

>>723903186
I like larping as a japanese schoolboy in the 2000s

>>723892267 (OP)
Surprisingly bland. The races themselves are the worst aspect, most of them are straight lines, which is terrible. It could be the best MK game, easily if the tracks were so fucking terrible.

Objectively bad video game for $80.

>>723895193
why isn't balloon battle just the same as ds where its a battle royale and you have 3 lives with a chance to restore yourself by pumping more up or using mushrooms

>>723900882
If you want to lose due to no speed boosts, sure.

>>723893720
Based

>Dogshit roster padded with npc characters
>Removed inside drift because meta fags were not using it
>Intermissions
>Bagging is even worse than it was in 8
>Gay ass wall jumping shit that let you jump off stuff that makes no sense to jump off of
>The babies getting more costumes than fucking donkey kong

Yeah, I'm going back to 8.

Anyone else think free roam is comfy?

>>723911075
Me. Driving around by itself feels super nice, and I enjoy just seeing if I can reach certain places and explore.

>>723910293
>>Dogshit roster
opinion discarded

>>723911075
Free roam is fun, but I do wish they had more to unlock in it besides stickers. I think they should have tied some characters and kart unlocks to it.

>>723892618
the new mechanics and animations are massive upgrades, but I think everything else is worse than 8. I dont think they can do anything to get me to come back to mkw, I think they should just make a new one and cut their losses, but I expect them to milk this shit with a big season pass

>>723912382
Hope they add some more to do in an update ro dlc, the fact that they added the ability to unlock npc drivers in free roam with the ufo gives me slight hope

>>723903253
It's ok. I don't want to use meta just for a win and besides that I'm pretty terrible with shortcuts and item management.

>>723910293
only thing I really hate is the wall jump shit, hopefully the next mario kart in ten years is better.

>>723892618
>It need post launch patches to be the best.
ZIP ZOOOOMMMMM

>>723912239
>DUDE, COW LMAO
I don't care for your opinion.