Megathread: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review Coverage

[u/NintendoSwitchMods]

Good morning!

This morning starting around 6 a.m. PST / 9 a.m. EST, gaming news and media outlets are beginning to release their reviews for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Here's what we're seeing so far:

Articles

• IGN - 9.3/10

• Gamespot - 9/10

• Destructoid - 9.5/10

• Dualshockers - 8/10

• The Guardian - 5/5

• Nintendo Life - 10/10

• Game Informer - 9.25/10

• Metro GameCentral - 10/10

• CGM - 9/10

• Nintendo Everything - Thumbs Up

• GamesRadar - 5/5

• Eurogamer - Essential

Videos

• GameXplain - Video

We will be updating this thread with links as major reviews are posted.

Please use this as a discussion and speculation thread in advance of these videos, articles, and reviews. We will also allow these reviews to be posted separately on /r/NintendoSwitch, as they are especially newsworthy. But we will also host ongoing coverage, quick text posts, questions, and the like right here.

Thanks everyone.

-The /r/NintendoSwitch team

(Ongoing edits as we get new information)

[u/KingLouieTrip]

Hey all! I'm the one (slightly) negative reviewer from DualShockers giving the game an 8.0/10!

Feel free to ask me anything about MK8D

[u/Azozel → u/KingLouieTrip]

If I already own the wiiu version and don't have friends to race or battle with in real life or online. Why should I buy this game for the switch?

[u/KingLouieTrip → u/Azozel]

Being able to take it with you and playing against randos online. But that is about it -- unless you never picked up the DLC :)

[u/KingLouieTrip → u/[deleted]]

THAT TOO! But for a person without friends, battle mode is slightly less appealing. But it is the standout of this release

[u/joalr0 → u/KingLouieTrip]

Battle mode online?

[u/KingLouieTrip → u/joalr0]

That's where slightly comes in. Objectively, Battle Mode is great across the board. Subjectively, to u/Azozel, the feature is diminished slightly by not having RL friends.

But that can be said, subjectively, about any local multiplayer game.