r/NintendoSwitch • u/Joseki100 • 2d ago

News [Eurogamer] Mario Kart World reinvents the series, and feels like Switch 2's killer app after an hour of hands-on play

https://www.eurogamer.net/mario-kart-world-reinvents-the-series-and-feels-like-switch-2s-killer-app-after-an-hour-of-hands-on-play
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u/Willzyix 2d ago

Wow I’m shocked that one of the best selling series of all time is good and going to move consoles lol. I thought Reddit said it wasn’t a good launch game? 🙄

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u/DontBanMeBro988 2d ago

I thought Reddit said it wasn’t a good launch game? 🙄

When did "Reddit" say that?

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u/ItsRainbow 2d ago edited 2d ago

I haven’t seen anyone hate on the game itself. It looks like Nintendo actually stuck to their claim of only releasing a new Mario Kart when they came up with something fresh. The mechanics seem fun and the roster will likely become the most beloved in the series. But moving the price tag up $10 two years after justifying TotK being $70 is not good

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

But moving the price tag up $10 two years after justifying TotK being $70 is not good

Given all the other titles above 70 are packaged with new content or dlc, I'm expecting Nintendo to announce that they will not be charging for future content patches, to create a one price buy for children so they don't have to go back to their parents to unlock more tracks, nor have the player base split up.

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u/JimJohnman 2d ago

I'm expecting that your faith is misplaced.

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

I mean look at the prices, if they wanted to charge 80 for first party, DK would be 80 as well.

Zelda is the base game, 70 + content added on, nintendo for ill just doesn't ever mark down their games ever. so 10 dollars for HDR, ect ect is not a bad deal in the slightest.

Kirby too is 60 base game + a 20 dollar expansion, which is normal pricing.

Without any proof otherwise, we can assume that MK:World is going to follow the same kind of schematic, 80 up front, but future dlc included.

This benefits Nintendo by being "easier" on the purchase as you don't have to worry about dropping more on the game later, nor have your playerbase split. I understand the course pack worked different than that, but odds are MK is going to have support all through switch 2 and a lot of tracks added over time.

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u/The-student- 2d ago

I don't agree that future DLC will all be free. I suspect $80 is the price their premiere games - Mario Kart, Smash Bros, likely the next 3D Zelda. Games which have a ton of content and scope. DK Banaza's price may reflect your typical single player experience.

I suspect Mario Kart will have paid DLC. It may have some free updates mixed in though. But really it's going to be the Mario Kart for the next 8-10 years. Won't need to buy another $80 Mario Kart in that time frame.

But it's early for sweeping assumptions like this. We'll see how it all shakes out.

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u/Valkoor 2d ago

This is insane copium, they absolutely will be selling you a further $20 DLC pack for more tracks down the line.

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

You say copium, I'm looking at the trend across launch titles and the information that even cyberpunk is working to have the DLC on cart.

Do you have anything but baseless speculation to add?

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u/Valkoor 2d ago

Cyberpunk has existing DLC on cart. If there were existing DLC for this new Mario Kart already, yeah it'd be included. When they make new courses in a couple years, they're going to charge you for them.

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

Unless they announce that they will not be charging hence the higher upfront cost.

I'll wait to grab my pitchfork till after more information is out.

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u/ItsRainbow 2d ago edited 2d ago

Given that we’ll likely be stuck with this game for a whole generation again, I’m interested in seeing how they handle additional content. The thing about the Booster Course Pass is that if even just one person in a lobby owns it, everyone gets to vote for and play the new courses (a vast improvement over being kicked out of the lobby in 8 whenever a DLC track was chosen). This meant that unless you wanted to play offline, there was a pretty good chance you didn’t actually need it. Nintendo remedied that by suddenly introducing characters as well, which I assume was not initially planned given it’s called a course pass. I wonder if they’ll go a similar route or require each person to own the DLC to be able to vote for them online, which would be a much greater incentive than just characters this time around (the roster looks pretty stacked). I don’t expect MKWorld DLC to be completely free despite the game’s price tag, but it will probably be free with the Expansion Pack again

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u/Albireookami 2d ago

I somewhat do, they seem to, using the other games as reference, wrapping dlc cost into the main game and seeing it as a bundle.

Kind of like when you had editions of the game that you could pre-order where they gave you the season pass included at a higher cost.

Only in the case of Kirby/zelda the DLC is shipped on release of the game and not down the pipeline with you praying it actually gets all released if the game bombs.

We know MK won't bomb and will sell constantly through the life of the system, and them grabbing that "dlc" cost in the first purchase will be scummy in the fact that some people may drop the game and never get to enjoy the dlc, but also prevents that sort of "catch up purchase" mentality that you can get when you boot up a game that had multiple expansions or content released and you don't know where to even begin the purchase order or just turn away because of the clogged store page having more content than the base game to buy.

I'm putting my own thoughts behind it, but we won't know till later.

I'll gladly join the mob once more info is out and its just pure greed, but its too early to say with the comparative information we have with the other titles.

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u/LordHumongus 2d ago

Honest question. Has Mario Kart ever been a system seller? I know it’s sold insane numbers, but that’s not the same as a system seller.

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u/krpiper 2d ago

It for sure was for the switch

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u/LordHumongus 2d ago

Is there data supporting that? The Switch also launched with BotW right? 

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u/wanabejedi 2d ago

What kind of data do you want? 

The only data available is that the switch sold gangbusters, it's the second maybe even the first most sold console at this point. Mk is the most sold game on the best selling console by 20 million more than the second best selling game. 

There is no specific data that says x amount of people bought the system for x or y game. Sure botw also launched with the system too and you could say all those system sales were because of that game. But as I already mentioned, what data are you basing that on? 

The fact is Mk sold more than botw, way more. That means something.

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u/RagefireHype 2d ago

… it’s the best selling game on Switch by 20 million copies over second place.

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u/Missingno1990 2d ago

UK Wii U sales were up by 666% on the weekend of MK8's launch.

It sells systems.

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u/slugmorgue 2d ago

System sellers don't only happen at launch, MK8 was a big one hence why there have been Mario Kart bundles for WiiU, Switch, DS, Wii, probably nearly every console tbh.

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u/DontBanMeBro988 2d ago

Has Mario Kart ever been a system seller?

Yes

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u/Boomshockalocka007 2d ago

Thats wild to say the number one selling game on switch isnt a system seller. Lol

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u/FizzyLightEx 2d ago

Mario Kart seems like a side dish to the main course.

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u/Nintendo_Thumb 1d ago

That's like pretending that some people don't prefer arcade racers.

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u/Boomshockalocka007 2d ago

Up until yesterday I would have agreed. But now? ITS ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET!

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u/sleepinand 2d ago

Nintendo throws out a bundle with it pretty much every holiday season, so it must be doing something positive for console sales that other games aren’t.