I wonder how often the DLC tracks will be picked online.Hopefully now I can stop seeing Ribbon Fucking Road and Electrodome every two seconds when playing online matches. It was cool the first few times, much less the 500th. There's other tracks you guys.
I can't remember the last time I played the Animal Crossing track or Excitebike Arena online
I imagine people will be picking the new tracks every time just to play them, lol. Unless they add a seperate lobby just for the DLC down the track when there are enough tracks.
I'm going to take a guess and say it'll be Ninja Hideaway or Wii Coconut Mall.
I haven't played MK Tour but if I have to guess I'd say Coconut Mall will be a fan favorite due to the nostalgia.
Ninja Hideaway would like a word with you. That's by far my most anticipated track of this Wave. So many branching paths.
Definitely Coconut Mall and Ninja Hideaway from Wave 1. The popularity of Tokyo and Paris depends entirely on how they handle the different routes, I feel.
I really don't get the Ribbon Road love, and yet people keep voting for it. Mid course design and it's one of the very few music tracks I don't care for.Hopefully now I can stop seeing Ribbon Fucking Road and Electrodome every two seconds when playing online matches. It was cool the first few times, much less the 500th. There's other tracks you guys.
I can't remember the last time I played the Animal Crossing track or Excitebike Arena online
It's probably the theming. Major Toy Story vibes.
If they have the will and ability, then screw it, why not. Do it. Sure, you may have "who else is left for the next Mario Kart?" Just make more Mario characters, Nintendo. Expand the universe once more. I believe in you.If we did get any additional characters, I wonder how close they'd get to making 8 Deluxe the Everyone is Here Mario Kart game.
Right now Tour has the following veterans that didn't return in 8 Deluxe:
Tour has also introduced a ton of series newcomers too (and a ton of alts, but these ones comfortably count as unique racers):
- Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)
- Birdo (GCN / Wii)
- Diddy Kong (GCN / Wii)
- Funky Kong (Wii)
That leaves five more veterans who aren't in 8 Deluxe or Tour
- Pauline
- Peachette
- Captain Toad
- Dixie Kong
- King Bob-omb
- Nabbit
- Hammer Bro (cut from Wii) / Fire Bro / Ice Bro / Boomerang Bro
- Monty Mole
- Chargin' Chuck
- Kamek (cut from N64 and Wii U)
and Tour is inevitably going to get more newcomers in the future too; Luma being the one currently known to be happening eventually. The one remaining cut character from previous games, now that Tour has introduced Kamek and Hammer Bro, is E. Gadd (planned for DS, replaced by Dry Bones).
- Paratroopa (GCN; cut from Wii)
- Petey Piranha (GCN; cut from Wii)
- R.O.B. (DS)
- Wiggler (3DS)
- Honey Queen (3DS)
Will all of these characters ever be playable in a single game? Probably not; but it'd be nice!
Would be nice if they added a new max race count every wave (+8 each time); the more options the better!
I would expect further change the model as it is currently directly from Wii but with a few small changes already applied to it. The unmodified wheels look really distractingly low poly.Last bit of curious cut content from 8 Deluxe (again, none of this existed in the original Wii U release) is the Bomb Car from Double Dash and Wii; present on GCN Mushroom Bridge, GCN Mushroom City and Wii Moonview Highway. Maybe they planned on adding it to one of the battle maps? In any case, it may actually end up used now, as the object also exists within Tour (alongside the Wiggler and Mushroom cars also present on the former two GCN tracks), likely to be used in the future.
Yeah, I hope it makes the cut. But whatever they serve up, I'll be happy. Just got to buy the pass now... or maybe I sign up for the next tier of NSO.
Oh, sure, I wouldn't expect it to be used as-is (it isn't even finished, no animations besides the rotating wind-up key); but if it does show up via Mushroom Bridge or Mushroom City i'd still consider it being "used". That'd just make this older model an earlier version.
My trash opinion is that Excitebike Arena is for people who can't admit to themselves that Baby Park is awesomeI can't remember the last time I played the Animal Crossing track or Excitebike Arena online
I'd really like to see an option to group tracks differently than by cup. Series would be a good start, followed by difficulty/complexity. It feels like the easy -> hard progression in the cup progression went right out the window with the new cups that were added in the Wii U DLC.
It's not "Everyone is Here" until I can race as three Goombas in a lab coat
I'm probably in the minority on this, but I really wish they would drop the Race Count from VS mode, and just go back to the "just play until you want to stop" setup (similar to how Smash works) that was present in older games. I don't need the frivolity of a custom cup with a winner screen after X races.
Wow I'm having a Mandela Effect moment here. I could've sworn DD had a reverse mode. Or am I confusing Mirror and Reverse?
A while back I made my wishlist for a MK9; that was prior the Illumination movie cast announcement (I'd probably include Cranky in this today); But besides the WarioWare/Land and Arcade characters, I think some of my picks could still very well happen (Toadsworth needs to be un-banned);If we did get any additional characters, I wonder how close they'd get to making 8 Deluxe the Everyone is Here Mario Kart game.
Right now Tour has the following veterans that didn't return in 8 Deluxe:
Tour has also introduced a ton of series newcomers too (and a ton of alts, but these ones comfortably count as unique racers):
- Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)
- Birdo (GCN / Wii)
- Diddy Kong (GCN / Wii)
- Funky Kong (Wii)
That leaves five more veterans who aren't in 8 Deluxe or Tour
- Pauline
- Peachette
- Captain Toad
- Dixie Kong
- King Bob-omb
- Nabbit
- Hammer Bro (cut from Wii) / Fire Bro / Ice Bro / Boomerang Bro
- Monty Mole
- Chargin' Chuck
- Kamek (cut from N64 and Wii U)
and Tour is inevitably going to get more newcomers in the future too; Luma being the one currently known to be happening eventually. The one remaining cut character from previous games, now that Tour has introduced Kamek and Hammer Bro, is E. Gadd (planned for DS, replaced by Dry Bones).
- Paratroopa (GCN; cut from Wii)
- Petey Piranha (GCN; cut from Wii)
- R.O.B. (DS)
- Wiggler (3DS)
- Honey Queen (3DS)
Will all of these characters ever be playable in a single game? Probably not; but it'd be nice!
Unfortunately I think an “Everyone is here!” moment isn’t going to happen in Mario Kart as long as bikes are a thing, since I can’t see characters like R.O.B., Wiggler, and Honey Queen coming back unless their lower bodies are always able to be hidden away in a kart like in DS and 7, ‘cause they wouldn’t really work otherwise.If we did get any additional characters, I wonder how close they'd get to making 8 Deluxe the Everyone is Here Mario Kart game.
Right now Tour has the following veterans that didn't return in 8 Deluxe:
Tour has also introduced a ton of series newcomers too (and a ton of alts, but these ones comfortably count as unique racers):
- Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)
- Birdo (GCN / Wii)
- Diddy Kong (GCN / Wii)
- Funky Kong (Wii)
That leaves five more veterans who aren't in 8 Deluxe or Tour
- Pauline
- Peachette
- Captain Toad
- Dixie Kong
- King Bob-omb
- Nabbit
- Hammer Bro (cut from Wii) / Fire Bro / Ice Bro / Boomerang Bro
- Monty Mole
- Chargin' Chuck
- Kamek (cut from N64 and Wii U)
and Tour is inevitably going to get more newcomers in the future too; Luma being the one currently known to be happening eventually. The one remaining cut character from previous games, now that Tour has introduced Kamek and Hammer Bro, is E. Gadd (planned for DS, replaced by Dry Bones).
- Paratroopa (GCN; cut from Wii)
- Petey Piranha (GCN; cut from Wii)
- R.O.B. (DS)
- Wiggler (3DS)
- Honey Queen (3DS)
Will all of these characters ever be playable in a single game? Probably not; but it'd be nice!
I agree that Reverse Mode is a bit of an ask (though, hey, if Nintendo wanted to charge for it, they probably could), but I'd like to try that expert mode. I've played 150 and 200cc Cups plenty of times by now, the new challenge would be appreciated!Would be nice if they added a new max race count every wave (+8 each time); the more options the better!
Speaking of options, I wonder if they'll revive any of the scrapped features found in the files of Deluxe. The unused Expert difficulty feels like the easiest one to add; doesn't even need to be applied to 200cc GPs, just have it as an option for VS Mode. Reverse Mode is a far taller ask though, and not one I expect. It was scrapped from Double Dash, then revisited again for 8 Deluxe, and finally ended up being realised in Tour. Sure, that means the layouts already exist for the tracks being ported up from Tour (all of the DLC), but would they really leave out the vanilla tracks like that, or would they go through the effort of making reverse versions for all of them? Both outcomes feel unlikely to me.
Last bit of curious cut content from 8 Deluxe (again, none of this existed in the original Wii U release) is the Bomb Car from Double Dash and Wii; present on GCN Mushroom Bridge, GCN Mushroom City and Wii Moonview Highway. Maybe they planned on adding it to one of the battle maps? In any case, it may actually end up used now, as the object also exists within Tour (alongside the Wiggler and Mushroom cars also present on the former two GCN tracks), likely to be used in the future.
That's a pretty good wishlist. If we even got a chunk of that, I would be happy.A while back I made my wishlist for a MK9; that was prior the Illumination movie cast announcement (I'd probably include Cranky in this today); But besides the WarioWare/Land and Arcade characters, I think some of my picks could still very well happen (Toadsworth needs to be un-banned);
Maybe the new Luigi's Mansion characters have a shot as well (Gooigi and Hellen Gravely) since now Next Level is a 1st Party studio, who knows...
Tour is going to have Honey Queen eventually; and while that game has no bikes, it does have karts that look like this:
Oh, I didn’t realize Honey Queen was datamined from Tour, huh. Well of those three she would be the easiest to make work, and I guess it wouldn’t be that much different from King Bob-omb and they made him work, though bike animations might be a bit more complicated for either of them. R.O.B. and Wiggler, though…yeah, I dunno how they’d really work, lol. Wiggler had a significant amount of his body hidden in the kart in 7.Tour is going to have Honey Queen eventually; and while that games has no bikes, it does have karts that look like this:
If they can get Honey Queen looking fine on that thing, they’d be set.
R.O.B. is the biggest problem I can imagine, but if worst comes to worst I could see them just embedding his torso into the seat of the bike.
She isn't necessarily datamined, but there is a badge of her emblem (from 7). There was a badge of Nabbit's emblem in the game before he was added too. There's also a badge of Luma's emblem among all the racer emblem badges, which even predated the use of it in Dr. Mario World; that's how we know Luma will be added eventually.
Ah okay, thanks! Well clearly, as your screenshot shows, they can stick big, round characters with short, stubby legs in a kart like that just fine, lol, though I imagine for Honey Queen they may have to, like, curve her stinger backwards or something. Curious to see how they’ll pull it off!She isn't necessarily datamined, but there is a badge of her emblem (from 7). There was a badge of Nabbit's emblem in the game before he was added too. There's also a badge of Luma's emblem among all the racer emblem badges, which even predated the use of it in Dr. Mario World; that's how we know Luma will be added eventually.
Went to go take a screenshot of King Bob-omb in the broomstick kart for reference too; really wish 8 Deluxe had a photo mode like Tour's.
Tour has a photo mode? They really put all the good ideas into the mobile game, didn’t they? Hopefully at least some of them come over to the next Mario Kart on Switch 2.She isn't necessarily datamined, but there is a badge of her emblem (from 7). There was a badge of Nabbit's emblem in the game before he was added too. There's also a badge of Luma's emblem among all the racer emblem badges, which even predated the use of it in Dr. Mario World; that's how we know Luma will be added eventually.
Went to go take a screenshot of King Bob-omb in the broomstick kart for reference too; really wish 8 Deluxe had a photo mode like Tour's.
It does! It's a seperate mode though, can't just pause in the middle of a race to take a picture, but it works well enough for a mobile game's photo mode.
what in sam hell is row four column fiveA while back I made my wishlist for a MK9; that was prior the Illumination movie cast announcement (I'd probably include Cranky in this today); But besides the WarioWare/Land and Arcade characters, I think some of my picks could still very well happen (Toadsworth needs to be un-banned);
Maybe the new Luigi's Mansion characters have a shot as well (Gooigi and Hellen Gravely) since now Next Level is a 1st Party studio, who knows...
It's everyone's favorite Mario character - Stanley the Bugman!
Unfortanutley the wider mario universe will never acknowledge wario’s weirdo friends.A while back I made my wishlist for a MK9; that was prior the Illumination movie cast announcement (I'd probably include Cranky in this today); But besides the WarioWare/Land and Arcade characters, I think some of my picks could still very well happen (Toadsworth needs to be un-banned);
Maybe the new Luigi's Mansion characters have a shot as well (Gooigi and Hellen Gravely) since now Next Level is a 1st Party studio, who knows...
The cool thing about the GameCube era (and the Wii era, to a lesser extent) is that spinoff material really leaned into Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion, the big main series games at the time. But after early Wii, NSMB became the brand, and that's where so many of the references come from.
Somebody forgot to tell Camelot that 3D World was getting a Switch port...
As it deserves.
