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Fair enough but like nobody played OG 8's Battle Mode because of the racetracks as battle courses thing lmao
I do think Mario Kart World provides a lot of exciting potential for map expansion... crossover with the likes of Zelda, Animal Crossing, Splatoon etc naturally provide opportunities to explore a Hyrulian Temple, an Animal Crossing village and/or Inkopolis Plaza in free roam among a number of other possibilities. Pikmin or Metroid feel like they'd offer really immersive courses to explore in this way too. I just want them to take full advantage of the shiny new features because that's how these crossovers will feel distinct from the last ones we got, and worth paying for again.
I would like it. At least, if we're not going to get notable Mario or DK/WarioWare/RPG characters as DLC, crossover characters would certainly be better than a random Mob or another Baby character as DLC.
It will probably happen but I think Nintendo should prioritise bring the characters that aren’t going to return. Not sure it’s even confirmed if it’s the final roster like how Miis aren’t confirmed yet despite being in every game since Wii.
Yes, but if they have courses, then you should have to drive through Warp Pipes to get to them.
Lol, like who?
I think Kirby as DLC might step on Air Riders toes a bit. It'd be cool to have a track based on BotW or Prime 4, but I agree with the idea that attention should first be put to tidying up any Mario content that's missing before further exploring Crossovers.
I'm pretty bummed that some of the big boss guys like Petey Piranha and King Bob-Omb didn't make it. I feel like they should rightfully be chilling there with King Boo but I suppose they just didn't really fit with the priorities this time around. Fair enough but I'd pay top dollar to play as KBB since I pretty much exclusively downloaded Tour to use him and was hoping I could main him in a real Mario Kart game this time.
Diddy Kong, for one. Funky Kong, for another. Petey Piranha, for a third. Heck, might as well bring Honey Queen back.
Motto for life tbh
Basically the main character of Mario Kart Wii.
Mouser is a better choice than Wart will ever be, I'm sorry.Ahem…
I am kinda sad about no King Bob-Omb tbh (he was my favorite addition to Tour even if I never played it), but it's been offset a bit by King Boo being back from day 1 and getting that aristocrat costume, plus some of the goofier mook racers are kind of up my alley, like Swoop, Fish Bone, and Pokey lol
On the bright side, I love Aristocrat King Boo also and I do quite like Conkdor, Pokey and some others. As far as costumes go I'm digging almost all of Waluigi's and the ice cream Toadette is adorable. Nice to have Wiggler back also... so I'm not at a shortage of characters I want to try out, but those other two I mentioned would have been the "drop everything and play them" characters that I'm sorta missing here.
Even if the NPC recruitment theory ended up being wrong, I'm still really baffled that they let all these track hazards become playable and yet they still omitted Thwomp.
Could also be unlockables we just don't know about yet, like I thought it was kinda weird that the Special Cup wasn't in footage when we first got a look at the game but then realized Special Cup is only unlocked from the start in like 64 and 8 Deluxe, it's just been like a decade since we've had to unlock it so it feels weird lol
Gooper Blooper has been my biggest pipedream want for so long, the day he gets in is the day my existence on this planet is validated
The lack of playable Tostarenans in any spin offs has been the biggest crime of the Switch era
Ooh that could be fun. Assuming each new map gives us 1 cup, that could easily be something like:
No love for DK Jungle, a track actually made by Retro Studios
The lack of Odyssey representation in spinoffs outside of New Donk City in general has been baffling.
Honestly with how much this game seems to be a celebration of everything Mario (Shy Guy Bazaar takes place in Sarasaland even) I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he and his spaceship (as a kart) were in the game as unlockables.
Actually my first thought went to that, but I wanted 2 retro tracks, and it thematically overlaps with both DK's Jungle Parkway and DK Mountain due to them all being jungle based (DK Jungle also technically goes into a mountain so it overlaps even more with DK Mountain). I could have paired it with DK Summit, but I didn't think it fit thematically in a Donkey Kong Country themed cup.
Would we get the Tiki Tak Tribe as playable characters?
I know that DKC isn't a stranger to ice levels, it's more the idea of there being a ski resort on what's generally shown to be a pretty uninhabited island aside from secret Kremling factories that gives me pause.
They also made Baby Rosalina way more fun and interesting to watch by
I'm confused as to why people are assuming we have.
Sure, it's definitely unlikely seeing as it's Mario Kart, but we have had instances of Nintendo hiding notable things until launch, the most notable being the Depths from Tears of the Kingdom. The main world and the sky were advertised alot during Tears of the Kingdom trailers and advertising, but the Depths were never shown until the game launched and people played the game.
Likely because we've seen so many already, but to be honest, if you were to try and hide playable characters, why pick the ones that can easily be spoiled by someone getting the Kamek item? Everyone revealed so far is either standard Mario fare, or a generic enemy/course element character, none of which people would be super gung-ho about unlocking even if the fact that you can play as them is really fun.
Dread it. Run from it. Baby Wario comes for all.
You mean to tell me that on Monday I'll be able to jam out to Bright Sandstorm (Fiery) for extended periods of time?Side note, but remember back during the Ultimate pre-release cycle where Castlevania content got leaked after Intern-kun accidentally uploaded Castlevania music to the Smash account the day before the Simon/Richter reveal?
Well, something similar happened today, with the Nintendo newsletter spoiling the (probably?) next game for the Nintendo Music app:
RISE A THOUSAND YEARS AGOOOOOOO
