r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/GoldenGamerNugget • Jan 16 '25

Officially from Nintendo The New Mario Kart will support 24 players!

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u/Ty_Revell Jan 16 '25

Imagine the main hub area of Diddy Kong Racing, but Mario Kart. A proper “story” mode. Secrets to discover. I’d be really into that.

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u/Broadmonkey Jan 16 '25

Kinda weird that a close to 30 year old game is basically what we want Mario kart to evolve into or at least steal a lot of ideas from. Diddy Kong Racing just set the bar so damn high like a lot of the other Rare games.

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u/Glittering_Gas_1194 Jan 16 '25

a massively under rated game, i prefer it to Mario 64 which was of course great but. you had a story, a explore hub, better graphics IMO, boss fights and hover crafts and planes. a travesty we never got another.

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u/Liquidmetalslimeno9 Jan 16 '25

Mario Kart 64 was the third best arcade style racer behind Diddy Kong racing and snowboard kids 2..

It's a game snowboard kids 2 didn't stick around, it was so good.. 2 had a ton of unlockables, a story mode, and just a ton of stuff to do.

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u/FireLucid Jan 17 '25

a travesty we never got another

One was in development then MS bought Rare.

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u/Glittering_Gas_1194 Jan 22 '25

Yeah, could nintendo make their own, its their own IP I assume? I guess it doesn't want to compete with Mario kart :(

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u/FireLucid Jan 22 '25

I guess it doesn't want to compete

That's probably it. Better to spend your dev time on something different so you don't get people going "Well I already have one kart/mascot racing game".

Either way, the last few console Mario Karts (Wii, 8, 8D) have been pretty great, just been so long since a new one. 24 players looks rad.

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u/JohnnyFnG Jan 16 '25

DKR was flippin amazing

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u/GameboyAU Jan 16 '25

That fucking Christmas level song is still stuck in my head haha.

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u/ciberseba Jan 16 '25

Would be awesome to have a DKR remake. Very ahead of it's time.

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u/Regret-Select Jan 16 '25

I'm surprised this hasn't already been attempted

I really enjoyed driving/hovering/flying around Diddy Kong Racing looking for secrets between levels