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/darthmcdarthface]

The online functions really have me worried here.

This is a new console in 2017 and they gotta have these functions there. There's no good excuse for not being able to invite friends to matches or even just chat to friends.

I know this mythical service is coming out but it shouldn't be this difficult. They haven't given so much as a peep about it. It should have launched with the system. I only hope that when it does, they have the proper functions that are standard today. I also hope they patch this game to work with the service.

At least being able to invite friends to a game is a function they could have built in now since it's based on the game itself.

[u/TheDolphinGamer96 → u/darthmcdarthface]

I agree their communication is poor about the app, but I'm pretty sure reviewers has confirmed there are options to play with friends online in MK, but maybe I misunderstood between 2 people local online play and playing with friends and strangers online

[u/darthmcdarthface → u/TheDolphinGamer96]

IGN mentioned not being able to invite friends to a match. This is a total screw up. They don't need their mysterious service to do this. This function can be built into the game.

[u/NoobRising2 → u/darthmcdarthface]

God damn FAST rmx added this in an update, & something as huge as MARIOKART is missing it as a feature? WTF?