Mario Kart 8 Deluxe GS review: 9/10; beats Wii-U version

I can still dream.

@emgesp: ...... But just buy those games on your PS4. :P

Dream achieved.

Man this is gonna be great. Between this, Wonder Boy The Dragon's Trap, and Samurai Showdown 4 on Switch this week, I am very happen with my quickly growing collection of games for the Switch. And Street fighter 2, Disgea 5 complete, and Minecraft is also on the way next month. This system is white hot. It is very fun to take it to work to show people games. It has been a blast so far.

@jumpaction said:

@emgesp: ...... But just buy those games on your PS4. :P

Dream achieved.

Hell, or Scorpio.

Well its not like Nintendo is making up the lack of third party support with a crap ton of exclusives. How many real exclusives did the Wii U see? Now compare that to the number of great third party games available. I'm sorry, but I can't justify a console purchase based off a couple of good games. I'm not lying when I say that the Wii U literally had maybe 2 games that I would have wanted to play (MK8 and Mario Maker).

Switch currently has only 2 games that peak my interest (Bomberman and MK8 Deluxe).

@jumpaction said:

@emgesp: ...... But just buy those games on your PS4. :P

Dream achieved.

Then Nintendo needs to start cranking out a shit ton more of exclusives that peak my interest.

I went over this with another user, using the PlayStation 4 as an example for 2017 so far, 95.79% of the games it has seen this year are multi-platform games.

It's very hard to justify spending $300 (let's be honest it's $370, you need a Pro controller) on something that is so limited in what you can experience on it regardless of how good the few games it gets are.

...With E3 hot on the heels of the console's announcement/release. Expect the biggest reveals to be done there. Also, that's a personal opinion, not some broad sweeping opinion of a collective group of potential buyers. Sure, Nintendo may not be able to get you on board, but it doesn't mean others won't.

@emgesp: You don't sound like a very convincing fan of Nintendo games to me.

Not interested in Smash Bros. Mario 3D World, Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade or Retro's excellent Donkey Kong?

Sounds a bit fishy wishy to me. ;)

I empathize with those who feel they would like to have seen Nintendo modernize themselves. Fortunately there is an alternative in PS4 and Xbox One. I also feel that despite efforts to secure quality 3rd party titles like Bayonetta 2 and The Wonderful 101, people were looking for more, but sometimes you just have to confess and say Nintendo just really isn't for you. I mean a fan of Nintendo who doesn't like Zelda is quite a rarity.

Yeah, to me $370 is not secondary console level pricing. Switch is more of a $199.99 console in my eyes.

Mario Odyssey is more my style in terms of 3D Mario games. I'd pick up BOTW if I owned a Switch and it was on sale, I don't like RPGs like Xenoblade, Donkey Kong would be another game I'd pick up at a discount.

I want a Star Fox game that hasn't been bastardized by awful controls, I'd also like to see another Punch Out and F-Zero game. F-Zero GX on GC is still amazing.

@emgesp: I take it you weren't a Wii fan either? Didn't that console have Smash, Mario Kart, some of the best 3D Mario titles, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Punch-Out, Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime, Sin & Punishment and Zelda to name a few?

Honestly? You might not be as big a Nintendo fan as you think. I feel like you enjoy the idea of Nintendo but it sounds to me like you don't enjoy much of their franchises at all. :P

Considering the previous console was a bust, I'm not willing to say who is or isn't buying the Switch. Do you really think the overall sales (in excess of 2.4 mil) can be accurately represented by the few web pages and facebook posts you've read?

Japanese third-party developers are already on-board with the Switch. It's the Western third-party support that might be an issue.

I own a Wii and some of those games you mentioned. Its definitely not one of my favorite Nintendo consoles, but it has some gems that are worth playing and it was priced adequately for what it offered.

@Jag85: Well some of them are. :/

There hasn't been a whole lot of content announced from Platinum Games, From Software, Namco Bandai or Konami yet for Switch.

@emgesp: It had great titles like SMG 1&2, Metroid Prime and Punch-Out but then Smash, MK Wii and Animal Crossing were among the most disappointing in their franchises.

Still, I don't want to make any definitive assertions but it sounds to me like your tastes in video games has changed since the SNES days and your preferences have moved towards what Sony is offering with PS4; which is a great thing because the PS4 is a titan of a system and offers such a diverse range of games but maybe you're only giving Nintendo a hard time because they didn't change along with you? They are still rather traditional which I feel alienates them quite a bit understandably, even if they still produce excellent games.

Come on, we both know who the majority are that is buying the Switch right now. I'm surprised you even question that. The Switch is not a Wii level smash hit. Yes, the sales are very good right now, but the Switch isn't ushering in a whole new audience of gamers. Wii U sold excellent at launch as well and look how that turned out.

I highly doubt a big group of casuals payed $360 to play Breath of the Wild.

@goldenelementxl:

Whoa there, let's not forget that, unlike both the ps4, and the x1, the Switch is in an extremely low supply, hence the such high demand for the console/handheld hybrid. Secondly the Switch is breaking records set for a Nintendo console, in which the only console in recent times that saw a massive success in the sales department was the Wii. The ps4 was selling at a faster rate than the world's highest selling console of all time, WITH direct competition, the x1 (something that is clearly absent in the Switch case). Now I'm not knocking on the Switch achievement, but let's not get so carried away that we forget the actual perspective of the Switch sales success.

Nice. Loved the game on the Wii U and will definitely be getting this version when I get the Switch.

@ermacness: Actually we don't know yet if that's the case.

We will have to see. The Switch is selling at a faster rate than the PS4 in Japan, but then the console market isn't that big in Japan so it's understandable and worth mentioning that I think the PS4 did really well considering Japan primarily prefer portable gaming.

Source: http://gonintendo.com/stories/278515-japan-switch-vs-ps4-sales-launch-numbers-compared

It's also, apparently, the second biggest launch in the game industry since 1995.

Source: http://gonintendo.com/stories/278532-npd-switch-the-biggest-launch-for-nintendo-hardware-ever-secon

But this is only right now. What really matters is if the pace continues on.

Will definitely pick up. Need another switch game desperately. This one might be my favorite MK especially now that they fixed battle mode

The last of us remastered was full priced, and released months after the launch of the PS4. This remaster is most equivalent to that. Did you criticize Sony for that too?

I would say my tastes have evolved. I mean I still game heavily on my old Nintendo consoles, so I can't say my tastes totally changed. I just like consoles with a variety of good games.

BOTW is not germane. Maintain focus on MK8D. Why? We knew when it was coming and it is within the launch window and I'd bet many people focused on that game and purchased a Switch well before it came out because of the availability of the console. The game drops next Friday and there will be a lot of bummed out people who will not find a console at retail.

And no no no. The overall atmosphere surrounding the current console as well as its predecessor is night and day with enthusiasm (consumers and Nintendo), advertising, etc.., For this reason one I wouldn't bet anything regarding who is and is not purchasing a Switch.

@emgesp: If that's how you feel. I think you'd find more enthusiasm in your game discussion if it was less about Nintendo, because I don't get the impression you like many of their games. That's just what I read from your posts.

Currently, no I don't like many of the games they have been pumping out. I'm just bitter old school Nintendo fan that is all.

@emgesp: Mmm maybe. :P

I'll be buying on launch I guess. I feel like playing some Mario Kart and posting so sick screenshots.

Nintendo's current marketing strategy is super effective, just look at iJustine's Youtube channel and her advertising Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Noice!!..will be buying it again.. :P

Nice! I'm thrilled to pieces that Mario Kart has a TRUE Battle Mode again!

@onesiphorus: so Nintendo can re release a game that came out 3 years ago with a shitty battle mode and now fix it and they get a pass? Pass

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the second-highest scoring Mario Kart game given by GameSpot. The highest scoring is Mario Kart DS which GameSpot gave a 9.2/10 score.

@jcrame10: folks weren't really crying about the tlou remaster, so yeah.

Did you cry about TLOU: Remastered?

@jcrame10: Nintendo can shit in your hands and it will be celebrated.

Frankly they really shit on Wii U owners with this move, they should have updated the game.

Mario Kart isn't good enough for a double dip.

@manticored: When was the last time Nintendo gave a rats ass about their consumers?

I couldn't tell you.

Nice, another game I'll pick up if I can ever grab a Switch...lol. I can't remember the last Mario Kart I played, I think it was Double Dash. I still won't expect picking up a Switch until later this year, I'm more curious to see what Nintendo does for E3...

I wonder how much Nintendo paid gamespot and these reviewers from the truckloads of money they make pedaling gimmicks to give this score.

so far the Switch itself shits on people who supported the Wii U its kind of like how Sony supported PS4 with remakes in the beginning to wow the 360 owners who switched over.

what was wrong with the first TLOU that they improved with the remaster?

That may be so but other, competent companies are laughing at how much Nintendo is losing money by being out of stock every day practically since launch...

You cant use GTA V, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil...

Sony and Microsoft didnt publish those games or have anything to do with them being re-released

@jcrame10: No 60 fps.

is that a fault of the developer or because the technicalities of the game made it impossible to reach 60 on ps3?

@jcrame10: It's on the developer- they made a conscious choice to not support 60 fps to focus on other things. The same as Nintendo, they made a conscious choice to focus on other areas of the game over Battle Mode.