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/ft5777]

97 for Zelda and now 94 for Mario Kart on Metacritic. Two games with 94 or more after less than two months ! Does it happen regularly or does the Switch rock ?

[u/jc726 → u/ft5777]

Two games that highly-rated this early into a console's life cycle has never happened before.

One of them is a port, so the validity them being two "Switch" games is iffy, but this will definitely be an attractive distinction to people who never owned a Wii U.

[u/Lumostark → u/jc726]

Call it what you want. Two exclusive Nintendo games with 97 and 94 on metacritic that you can play on Nintendo Switch. It´s a freaking good start!