Oh, Mario Kart. What have they done to you?
The Mario Kart series, in which Nintendo's famous mascot characters jump into go-karts and race each other on wacky tracks, has been one of Wired's favorite series ever since the 16-bit days. Since Nintendo has only ever released one Mario Kart game for each of its consoles, the launch of each new version is always a big event, and hasn't ever been disappointing.
Until now.
For a lot of people, Mario Kart Wii was their introduction to the franchise, and what a terrific introduction they had.
Major 2023 game anniversaries include The World Ends With You, Mario Kart Wii, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, among many others
Nintendo has provided a sales update on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and it's confirmed that the game has now outsold Mario Kart Wii.
Always remember Polygon's take on MK 8 and how it would end up being worse selling entry in franchise history. Oof. MK 8 deluxe is going to have one hell of a holiday. You know that Switch bundle is coming back.
Baffles me that they haven't made any new dlc for this, and yet they focus on the mobile game smh
I can only imagine that the Mario Kart devs have been hard at work on the follow-up to 8, hence why it got no dlc.
We can only assume that they'll show something next year if they are working on the next game. With the way Ninty has been announcing games close to their release they don't leave room for any leaked info
Its not like its the same developer. The one working on the mobile game isnt even a Nintendo developer
If they did gimp the battle mode, then I agree wholeheartedly with this review. Though I think mario kart pales in comparison to crash team racing (I never played double dash, though, and apparently the power sliding actually required skill, like in CTR?).
its true ...never was into mario karts battle mode...and now its worse ..... HOWEVER....playing battle mode with my brothers = 100% laughter
But yeah i love mario kart for the racing.
it's so sad that Nintendo dropped the ball on this one... I was on the fence about getting this game, but after reading the most recent reviews it looks like that's not gonna happen.
surprised it didn't get a 10/10.
>_>
It's totally awesome!