Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - General Thread - The Bear and Badger

yourfavouriteuncle

davyK wrote:

Do I need to make friends to get involved or something? That still the Nintendo way?

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davyK

Moot_Geeza

Mrs. Moot wants the telly so that's me for tonight. Good games.

EvilRedEye

The new Yoshi's Island track is excellent.

davyK

EvilRedEye wrote:

The new Yoshi's Island track is excellent.

It is ..... gorgeous tribute to YI.

davyK

Played through the 2 new cups. The game really is gorgeous. It's hard to see where MK can go after this. Nintendo have pretty much perfected the formula.

Wondering if the next Odyssey-like game will have racing integrated into it. The new animated film might be a huge hint at that.

EvilRedEye

Yeah, it's definitely hard to see what radical new thing they could introduce. The anti-gravity they introduced was already quite a lot. I think it would have to be some kind of Mario Kart Ultimate, an open world Mario Kart or perhaps expanding it to Nintendo Kart.

davyK

They could start introducing some long point to point driving courses across a large expanding world. The way that Bowser's Fury bonus game on 3D World unfolds. Bit of platforming. Into the kart onto the next area.

The anti-grav races are great but I'd still have liked to have seen a new F-Zero

Funkstain

VR MK

retroking1981

Good online games tonight. Need to try and make it a more regular thing, such a fun game.

davyK

First time for me since MK-Wii with randomers. Is a good experience all right,

Moot_Geeza

It's great. We had mostly AI set up though - was me, retro and another mate + an assortment of medium CPU drivers iirc. Not sure how the booster packs work because the other guy doesn't have the premium online sub but could play the new tracks anyway. Maybe everything is unlocked for mp, regardless of whether you've got the extra stuff?

davyK

I think you get hauled in - but that means the extra tracks are included in updates whether you paid or not.

I remember in the early days of online MKWii I was racing on tracks I hadn't unlocked yet.

That "other mate" was that Fitz guy I presume?

Moot_Geeza

Yep, a dirty non-forumer.

RamSteelwood

i don't have the DLC or intend to get it, but if it's unlocked for MP i could be tempted to join in for a sesh when you're next playing (assuming the online sub we got for daughter is still active!)

stellavista

EvilRedEye wrote:

Yeah, it's definitely hard to see what radical new thing they could introduce. The anti-gravity they introduced was already quite a lot. I think it would have to be some kind of Mario Kart Ultimate, an open world Mario Kart or perhaps expanding it to Nintendo Kart.

Mario Kart Maker. Has to be.

DrewMerson

Vela

Like the Mario kart with the AR racing cars?

DrewMerson

davyK

Final batch of tracks released today. I haven't played this in an age - I haven't even properly "finished" the main game. My enthusiasm for the series has waned a bit - original, DD and Wii really tickled me. I think the MK8's 100cc class being far too easy put me off a bit but I'm using this to get back into it.

I'm also losing patience with just getting taken out by CPU drivers all the time - I prefer TTing now on MK to the GPs in single player.

Moot_Geeza

MK is an underrated TT experience imo, especially with the three laps/three mushrooms thing. Single player GP races are annoying - GP online with randoms or friends is much more fun.

Moot_Geeza

Plus you can download player ghosts in this one iirc? Or you could on the Wii U anyway.

davyK

You could download TT ghosts in MK-Wii as well. MK-Wii was a pretty slick online experience.

hylian_elf

I've hardly played proper multiplayer races over the decades. Always always been about the TTs for me.

Haven't played this since the first batch of extra courses were released.

Moot_Geeza

The Wii MK passed me by, as did the DS & 3DS versions. My Mario Kart journey in terms of actually owning them has been Superstar Saga (GBA, which I have a soft spot for), Double Dash on Gamecube (which I didn't really play, partly because I was influenced by the low score in Edge) and MK8 twice. As a non-connoisseur I'd put MK8 way out in front for the whole series.

Funkstain

As a connoisseur who owned super famicom (NTSC fast) Super Mario Kart from release and had two siblings to compete against, there is no question that MK8 is the absolute pinnacle of the series. The music alone wins it, if only you could turn down SFX and turn up music

PS high five for GBA super circuit (superstar saga is the Mario & Luigi RPG lite innit?), the first SMK-like controls / driving feel since the original

retroking1981

We really should give this one last hurrah for some multiplayer hi-jinks.

davyK

We played MK-Wii to death in our house - my two daughters were at just the right age. Was a real sweet spot. It was the first one to add a large selection of retro cups.

I played MK-DD to death in 1P - unlocked the trophy car by golding the all cup tour at 150cc mirror mode. It was a TT favourite with my daughters too as they got older. They loved playing it in 2P when younger as well.

DD has a 2 characters per kart setup (1 driving, 1 on weapons - swappable mid race) which allows for some tactical selection and it also supports 2 vs 2 with each player controlling 1 character. You also need to work together to get the turbos right. When playing in 1P I had Toad driving (his powerups were boosts) and Red Koopa on weapons (he had red shell based specials)

I see DK Mountain from DD is in this last batch of tracks.

Moot_Geeza

Funkstain wrote:

As a connoisseur who owned super famicom (NTSC fast) Super Mario Kart from release and had two siblings to compete against, there is no question that MK8 is the absolute pinnacle of the series. The music alone wins it, if only you could turn down SFX and turn up music PS high five for GBA super circuit (superstar saga is the Mario & Luigi RPG lite innit?), the first SMK-like controls / driving feel since the original

Derp.

Although I also had that and quite enjoyed what I played of it.

Moot_Geeza

retroking1981 wrote:

We really should give this one last hurrah for some multiplayer hi-jinks.

Yes. Especially with all the tracks out now.

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