Thread 724998591

its shit
simple as

>>724998591 (OP)
I've even seen diehard nintentoddlers shitting on this game... what went so wrong?

>>724998678
You should already know the answer to that.


Intermission tracks.

>>724998591 (OP)
Incorrect. 20 years from now people will still remember how Nintendo was such a shitty/retarded company that they released a worse version of a decent game as their only launch title, and then proceeded to patch it for the sole purpose of making it less fun.

>>724998662
Yeah, it’s like they took all the soul out and replaced it with a checklist of marketable features. No charm, no innovation, just a bland husk riding on brand loyalty.

>>724998591 (OP)
It literally just had a thread that hit 500 yesterday

I really hope this wasn't meant to be MK9

>>724998591 (OP)
9.5 million people have forgotten this game.

>>724998591 (OP)
How do you fuck Mario Kart up this bad?

>>724999235
>make the bold move of developing a detailed open world
>it's used not for a Diddy Kong Racing style adventure mode, but rather to shove intermissions down the online playerbase's throat
True game design wizards at Nintendo

>>724998928
Sure was. Don't worry I'm sure MK10 on the Switch 4 will be better

>>724998906
You best believe in falseflag shitposting threads made by snoys...
You're in one

>>724999235
by being nintendo and committing to a retarded decision because you spent millions on it instead of listening to the fans

>>724998678
wasn't it a a new team? they shit the bed.

it'll get a nice update eventually but no reason to push it out before kirby even releases

>>724998591 (OP)
Some it still keeps selling, it’s probably because of the Bundle

>>724998591 (OP)
needs more regular maps.

>>724998591 (OP)
Nearly 10mil copies sold since Switch 2 launch. Stay seething, Eric.

>>724998591 (OP)
But tendies keep spamming the board saying it and Bananza sold trillions already

>>724998591 (OP)
I feel like I've barely played this but my Switch says I have 85 hours logged...... I hope DLC is soon

>>724999813
>MKW sells 9.5M
>Combined with titles released by other software publishers, unit sales for Nintendo Switch 2 software for the first half of the fiscal year were 20.62 million. Please note that this sales result includes the approximately 8.10 million units of Nintendo Switch 2 software that were bundled with the hardware.

There might be a reason why your lobbies aren't filling up.

>>724998678
Still no way to only play 3-lap courses online without setting up a room via Discord server.

>>724998591 (OP)
so what exactly did they do with the open world?

>>725000873
made it everyone's problem.

>>725000146
I bit the bullet and just bought a Switch 2 for Air Riders and I went out of my way to not get the MKW bundle

test

>>725000873
Absolutely fucking nothing of worth to the game itself except Knockout Tours. The only place the open world is actually used outside of a gorillion intermission tracks is the free roam, where you can do literally nothing of consequence as the game begs you to Press Start To Play, reminding you that you're not actually playing the game despite the fact this is the main draw of the game.

>>724998678
No you haven't

>>725000873
umm theres a gorillion secret coins you can collect

>>724998591 (OP)
>>725000873
>>725000992
It's still insane to me that they thought revolving the entire game around free roam was a good idea.
Yeah the hundreds of millions that bought previous Mario Karts always wanted to do mundane coin challenges and take virtual pictures of video game characters having
Save that shit for one of the 3D Mario collectathon games they shit out, not the racing franchise that makes 3x more money than any 3D Mario platformer.

>>725000992
Yeah I thought there was going to be like hidden side quests or races or something, but nope, just stupid sticker challenges.

>>724998591 (OP)
Remember when people figured out how to have fun in this game and they patched it out so you just had to drive in a straight line?

somebody make the case for intermissions

like was the idea you focus on madcap item fun and less on steering and racing?

mario kart snes is the best mariokart btw

I played it a ton, but they really need to release some new content for the game. Its insane how the one major launch title for the console isn't getting any love.

>>725006186
>like was the idea you focus on madcap item fun and less on steering and racing?

Pretty much which is why I actually like them. It gives players of varying skill levels more chances to win.

I would bet some good money that there are more people playing MK8 than MKW at this very moment

>>724998591 (OP)
Bananza DLC right around the corner, this time for sure!

>>724998591 (OP)
>pic related

>>724998591 (OP)
It sold 10 million and has a near 1:1 ownership for switch 2 owners. This game will continue to sell tens of millions of copies like mario kart 8 deluxe

>>725006186
I like the intermissions. There are a lot of shortcuts and metafag tryhards haven't mastered them because the competitive scene refuses to play them.

>>725006726
pic related

Mario Kart 8 is just the better game and probably impossible to top. Plus Bananza came out and its one of the best games of the last decade

>>724998591 (OP)
I didn't forget it.
But it's still boring straight lines only in any game mode I care about.
Online was dead for me after the first patch where they stopped us being able to get real 3 lap courses by selecting random.

It'd be so easy for them to fix, but hubris won't allow them to. We apparently have to like the boring straight lines.

Sonic Crossworlds mogged it and Kirby Air Riders is going to mog them both.

>>725006631
Comparatively speaking, Crossworlds is a cheaper game to get than MKW since you don't HAVE to get a switch 2 for it.
However, it's still pricey, hence why so many people are waiting for a sale.

>>725006919
It sold quite well actually, people just stopped playing it.

>>724998591 (OP)
Good

I love how the NintenJaps wont fall on the sword and admit that their Intermissions are ass and a mistake

>>725006812
something tells me this would actually be slower than taking the normal path

>>725007168
the last part of it yes but the first part is definitely faster. you got straight ahead instead of around a turn.

>>725006986
>stopped playing
I wouldn't say that, you can still get full lobbies and events are still notable.

>>725000146
You can go easily buy the console for cheaper without the game. People are spending more money to own the game. How does that not count?

>>725006540
I've played more MK8 than MKW since getting my Switch2.

>>724998591 (OP)
Nothing but cope. Most people love it, and l every time I hop on I find full lobbies. The lobbies have only gotten fuller as time has gone on

>>724998678
Track "design".

>>725000873
LOL

>>725007287
nta but when the store I bought my Switch 2 from restocked, they only had MKW bundles. I wasn't planning on getting Mario Kart but I also didn't feel like waiting to get a non-bundle just to save $50 so I said fuck it and bought it. I imagine if you didn't get a S2 on launch and waited until restocks then a lot of people's only option was a Mario Kart bundle

How did Nintendo get away with only including white characters in this game?

>>725007284
Obviously it still has a userbase but the dropoff is quite severe, it reaches a new all time low player count almost every day.

>>725007880
Nah. It will get to 5000 on Steam alone once Ichibans festival starts.

>>725007931
Ok, that's still pretty low. The drop off of players is happening really fast. It's probably gonna hit another all time low today.

>>725008097
Yup, mario kart world won...

>>724998591 (OP)
Kek dat cope.

Here comes porn spam...

Inflate Peach mains

Notice how nobody says anything about these modern nintendo games besides how much they have sold. 10 million players yet there is nothing to be discussed. I dont think it will even get a passing mention at the game awards

>>725011095
Sonic lost and Mario won.
That's all that matters.

>>725011095
Brand momentum is a hell of a thing.

>>724998591 (OP)
it lost to Nortubel

>>724998591 (OP)
It's just fucking boring.

>>724998678
Mario Kart 8 are just the new smelly Melee fanbase.

MK World is different and fun.

I suspect this board will see this thread get posted regularly for the next 8 years, just a hunch

>>725003839
>Yeah the hundreds of millions that bought previous Mario Karts always wanted to do mundane coin challenges
Yet /v/ always complains that Nintendo never tried to do another DS Mission Mode.

>>725006812
>implying lakitu isn't grabbing you in the first three seconds

>>725014616
that's an actual shortcut, anon. It's so obvious that the shitposters form this game haven't played it...

>>725014616
lakitu is far less restrictive in this game than in 8 and it already has a ton of fun and difficult shortcuts

at least watch youtube videos of games you shit on

>>725011095
people mention sales to counter the ridiculous idea that the game flopped or was forgotten. this game will sell consistently well for the foreseeable future. I can also tell that you will seethe about it for the foreseeable future.

>>725011095
>I dont think it will even get a passing mention at the game awards
It'll probably win best sports/racing game. Deserves best music nomination too desu

>>725003839
>It's still insane to me that they thought revolving the entire game around free roam was a good idea.
this could have honestly been cool if the free roam was actually good
hell Nintendo had over 20 years of open world racing games to look at to see what people like in them and they decide to make the most barren openworld you can think of
i would have been fine if it was a 2:2 copy of NFS most wanted with police goombas, stunt jumps and highway battles

>>725014925
the overworld is fine, it-s people that have had their attention span and idea of fun completely destroyed by the gaming industry's focus on achievements and collectibles. If people played NFS today they would complain it's useless and a waste of time because you don't get "anything meaningful" form doing it.

>>725015042
I like the game but the overworld needed far more content

boss battles, more of the very fun short platforming challenges (imagine the equivalent of champion's road but it's a long test of skill like the six already in the game), more hidden stuff like caves or underground areas and less fucking stickers

also the giant vehicles are a waste of time, the definition of a gimmick, there was so much more they could have done with them

>>724998984
Yeah, and Forbidden West sold over 8 million copies and generates even less discussion than MKW does, normgroid sales don't count for much.

>>725015042
Lick those boots.

I always wanted a free roam mode since I first played MKDS but it felt a little underwhelming now that we have it.

Been needing to trade mine in for something else at my local game stores by. Waiting for something to come in.
So keep talking about how good it is tendies so the trade value don’t go down.
Thanks.