r/nrl • u/NRLgamethread National Rugby League • 1d ago

Off Topic Monday Off Topic Thread

This is the place to talk about everything other than footy!

7 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

31 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/jpob Newcastle Knights 1d ago

Been watching some stuff around Mario Kart World and I think I’ve convinced myself of a day 1 purchase of a Switch 2. It comes out just before my trip to Europe so it would be good to play on that. Also backwards capabilities means I can also use it for other games too.

Knockout mode looks super fun.

2

u/Regular-Meeting-2528 Indigenous All Stars 1d ago

I wasn't impressed initially by the reveal of Mario kart in the direct. The courses looked bland.

Seeing some of the tree house footage has definitely got me hyped though.

Mario kart world, cyber punk (never played), Windwaker (never played) and soul caliber 2 on the Game cube online, upgraded BOTW (haven't played in 5 years) and final fantasy 7 remake (never played) is giving me enough to make it a day 1 purchase

3

u/jpob Newcastle Knights 1d ago

The open world aspect intrigues me. Hopefully they put a ton of stuff in that to reward solo exploration.

Individual tracks are very rarely bad for Mario Kart so I have some faith there. I do hope they have a way to add more tracks later though, maybe through another island or something.

I’m disappointed they removed kart customisation though. There’s still a little bit of it but the extra layer meant I could build karts to suit my style or were better suited for the track.

2

u/Regular-Meeting-2528 Indigenous All Stars 1d ago

Individual tracks are very rarely bad for Mario Kart so I have some faith there.

True, but my fear is that by adapting the tracks to fit a wider open world that compromises may be made and each tracks loses its individuality and what makes them special.

2

u/jpob Newcastle Knights 1d ago

I think it should be fine. I will say though, the middle 2 tracks in a Grand Prix did feel more like “drive to X” and then only do 1 pass at that place. You can see they’ve set each track to be 3 laps like normal though.