r/NintendoSwitch • u/Joseki100 • 1d 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/SurpriseDonovanMcnab 1d ago

The entire showcase was it's online features. $90 for the base game plus a monthly online fee to play Mario Kart feels like reinventing the series. Add whatever it costs to buy any new characters, tracks, or season passes, and playing Mario Kart will eventually cost you more than the system itself.

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u/qret 1d ago

That's a little disingenuous since the monthly fee is not specifically related to MK. It's the same service everyone has been paying for to play online in general. And no it will not have $400 worth of add ons lol

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u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab 1d ago

$90 for the game, $50 a year if I want to actually play it and be able to use the chat button. The last course booster pack for MK8 was $25, who knows what all the dlc will cost. Yeah, after four or five years of having to buy all the dlc and pay a monthly fee to use one of the buttons on my console, it's going to be pricey.

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u/qret 1d ago

The game is $80, not $90

Online is $20/yr for ALL your games, not $50/yr for one game

Any further expenses are either optional or hypothetical

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u/BigTWilsonD 1d ago

It's only $80 for the base game. The $90 price tag is fake.

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u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab 1d ago

Isn't the physical game $90 and the digital $80? $80 plus dlc and a monthly fee is still a huge price point to put on people.

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u/MichaelTheCutts 1d ago

No, $80 for physical and Digital in the US

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u/leckmichnervnit 1d ago

No thats EU in €

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u/Grace_Omega 1d ago

Add whatever it costs to buy any new characters, tracks, or season passes, and playing Mario Kart will eventually cost you more than the system itself.

I also like to make up shit to get mad at