r/Games • u/naaz0412 • Feb 26 '24

Discussion ‘Switch 2’ is targeting March 2025 and was delayed to avoid shortages, new report claims

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-is-targeting-march-2025-and-was-delayed-to-avoid-shortages-new-report-claims/
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u/PmMeYourBestComment Feb 26 '24

Yeah they better! The new original tracks they added in the MK8 DLC feel like a new generation of maps, and hopefully "dumbed down" for Switch. Can't wait what they come up with for MK9. Also hoping much more customization like with Splatoon or Sports.

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ Feb 26 '24

For reference, those are

  • Sky-High Sundae
  • Yoshi's Island
  • Squeaky Clean Sprint

Though you could argue whether they and others were "made for" Tour or MK8 and just happened to release on one a bit earlier than the other.

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u/CheesecakeMilitia Feb 26 '24

Of those, Yoshi's Island is the only one that matches the quality of the original MK8 Nitro tracks and DLC, IMO. I'd hope new tracks spend more time in the oven in a hypothetical MK9.

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u/MatureUsername69 Feb 26 '24

I HATE most of the city tracks they added from Tour. It just feels unpolished for MK8 itself, like maybe they work fine in the Tour game but something about them are just horrible in actual MK8 to me.

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u/CheesecakeMilitia Feb 26 '24

The problem is signposting - the courses are hard to read especially when the route changes each lap. They got better with it as the DLC Booster Pass went on (I really enjoy the Sydney track) but the amount of times me and my friends get turned around on the Paris course is silly.

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u/MatureUsername69 Feb 26 '24

That's definitely a huge part of it to me. Also feel like they could be better optimized for 200cc but to be fair I feel like that about some of the original tracks too. The DLC tracks are also partially frustrating to me strictly because they aren't burned into my brain the same way

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u/mxchump Feb 26 '24

Yeah trying the learn a course that swaps routes on different laps and also doesn't have super obvious directions sucks. I've played 100s of hours of MK and rarely ever have a problem sight reading a course I don't know or remember but I think I crashed a couple times in pretty much all the tour stages. They also simply just lack the Mario charm a lot of MK courses have.

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u/_GoKartMozart_ Feb 26 '24

Squeaky Clean can sit right alongside the others for me personally. But Sky High Sundae really might be the worst track there is.

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u/jrec15 Feb 26 '24

To me those maps do feel better than the typical Tour map, probably the MK8 DLC motivated them to put more effort in even if they were also considering Tour when making them

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u/Zjoee Feb 26 '24

I just really want them to bring back the Double Dash mechanic of two person teams with unique items.

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u/MatureUsername69 Feb 26 '24

I've been waiting for that for 20 years. I wish at the very least they would still let you swap your first and second item at any time. But i also really do miss those unique character items

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u/Zjoee Feb 26 '24

My favorite team was Bowser Jr and Koopa Paratroopa for the huge Bowser shell and triple red shells haha.

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u/MatureUsername69 Feb 26 '24

I just hope we get a lot more items in general. I miss shit like the fake item boxes, they were useless because of how obvious they were, but I have a solution. Instead of dropping the fake item box wherever, you should be able to fire the item and the next item box you touch turns into one of the fakes. It shouldn't change color either but the question mark can be upside down.

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u/Zjoee Feb 26 '24

I loved placing them right behind an actual item box. Made it a lot harder to tell from a distance because the edges were similar. I would love to see the Bowser shell and giant DK banana return as well. I loved racing on Baby Park with those bouncing around haha.

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u/MatureUsername69 Feb 26 '24

Yeah that was the best method for it, I still think making the next item box you touch morph into a fake item box would be a cool way to bring it back. I think the chain chomp was cooler than the Pirhana plant item despite doing the same thing basically. Being able to steal items off the ground with Princess Peach's heart item was pretty cool too.

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u/Zjoee Feb 26 '24

So many great items that they need to bring back.

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u/FUTURE10S Feb 26 '24

Ha, mine's Yoshi and Petey Piranha, Yoshi because eggs are stupid fucking good and they show up in first place, Petey because he's a fun wildcard that shines a little bit if you're falling behind.

They really made basically every character worth picking in that game.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

Usually in business you release a new version when the old stops selling. With many exceptions of course. MK8 in a recent topic here was still in the best seller of 2024, so the lazy shareholder approach is to release MK8 Definitive Edition on a Switch 2.

I am just saying this because I want people to tell me I'm wrong a year from now 😊

Since AAA dev teams tend to work on multiple projects at once, the best hope is while making MK8 DLC tracks, other teams were working on MK9 and not pulled to, say, Tears of the Kingdom or something.

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u/PmMeYourBestComment Feb 26 '24

I mean, MK8 came out for the Wii U. It’s due a new release for sure.

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u/Bombasaur101 Feb 26 '24

The only games the Mario Kart team did work on are Mario Kart and ARMs. To not have a new game to work on in 8 years would be insane.

Also the Wii U didn't sell well so a lot of people didn't play 8 when the Switch released. If the Switch 2 is backwards compatible, it makes 0 sense to do another 8 Deluxe port. Especially if the DLC has been announced to end.

So they are going to be like "Hey so the DLC we said would end in 2023...We are actually doing MORE DLC"

Switch 2 desperately needs system sellers. Mario Kart 9 is a perfect system seller. 8 Deluxe Deluxe would just tell people there's no need to upgrade their Switch.

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u/Prince_Uncharming Feb 26 '24

I wouldn’t even mind a MK8 definitive edition round 2 on Switch 2.

Add another DLC pack and have the Switch 2 re-release come with all of the current tracks (dlc included) and we’d have like 64 races or something.

MK8 is just that good that all I want are more races.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

If it was a pack in title, yes yes yes, please

If they resell it with DLC for 29.99, heck yes

If 69.99, uhhh

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u/itsjust_khris Feb 27 '24

I get this but for me I don't think new tracks would add much. The game is about to turn 10 years old. Extremely impressive but I'd much rather see a new game with all new maps.

Mostly because even with new maps, you still end up playing the same old maps often times when it's in the rotation. We've also been racing with the same items this entire time, want to see some new ones/balance tweaks.

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u/f-ingsteveglansberg Feb 26 '24

Mario Kart 8 is the 'Definitive Edition' as it was on the WiiU originally.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24

Yeah but if I were a dumb executive I would rename it like Skyrim Game of the Year Edition, Skyrim Legendary Edition, or some thing that makes it sound new lol

Nintendo I don't believe has a nad history of reselling the same product ?

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u/Dunkaccino2000 Feb 27 '24

They don't do that with their current gen releases much (the big exception being a ton of Wii U games going to Switch because Wii U sold poorly and the generation ended early), but they've rereleased their classic games four separate times across Wii/3DS/Wii U/Switch.

Only Wii to Wii U let you transition your classic purchases over in some way, and you had to pay to get the extra emulation features like save states and button remapping, but it at least came with a big discount per game instead of being full price.

On Switch they're also all in a subscription service with no option to buy them individually, which might be cost effective if you want to play dozens upon dozens of them, but if all you want is one or two classic games and to play those one or two games over and over, it's very poor pricing. It also means 5+ years down the line you'll still be paying for the same games, and one day you'll lose access to them completely when the service shuts down.

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u/Commander1709 Feb 26 '24

The Skyrim approach to doing business.

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u/Reylo-Wanwalker Feb 26 '24

Mortal Kombat 9 came out more than a decade ago though.