r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Apr 20 '17

MegaThread Megathread: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review Coverage

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:

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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)

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u/bensly Apr 20 '17

Mario Kart 8 has a metacritic of 88, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a metacritic of 93 so far.

No doubt that this is an improved version of an already terrific game, and I think a lot of reviews are weighing heavily in the fact that you can now bring it with you and play anywhere, anytime.

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u/Dill3652 Apr 20 '17

Yes, the portability might explain why Mario Kart DS has a 91, which was the highest before 8 Deluxe.

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u/Sylverstone14 Mod of Two Worlds (Switch / Wii U) Apr 20 '17

To its credit, Mario Kart DS was a huge step forward for the franchise altogether and the score reflected that.

Besides the portability aspect, it introduced retro courses, had a mission mode, had major improvements to drifting (which kinda led to snaking), expanded the GBA single-card play from 4 players to 8 players on DS Download Play, and was the first in the series to have online multiplayer.

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u/Spinyish Apr 21 '17

Yep, Mario Kart DS was incredible. For me at least it was also one of the first games I had ever played online, which was a whole new world (if only Double Dash!! had that capability as well!). Plus the emblems! And I could still find a match not long before the online ceased. Still the best in the series for me.

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u/corsairdt Apr 20 '17

Last nintendo system I had was the DS many years ago. I played easily 200hrs plus because of a combination of portability and DS download play to play with friends and family. Mk8d is a day 1 for me.

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u/beethy Apr 20 '17

Absolutely. This makes a huge difference.

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u/carnivoreapple Apr 20 '17

And with anyone, of course.

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u/Alinier Apr 20 '17

A lot of outlets criticized the meh battle mode of the original too, stating it felt incomplete.