Happy Mario Kart 8 Deluxe day! Yep, the racer is here, and plenty of us will be clearing cups, trying out Battle Mode and hopping into online races. Some of you may also recall that earlier in the week we started voting for community online tournaments, and now we have the results and details for you.
First of all, we've tweaked the start times to bring back one of our old YouTube shows. On Saturday we'll have racing and on Sunday Battle Mode, with the rules you all chose; it's not competitive this first time around, so within the six hour windows you can play as much as you want - the more the merrier.
First of all a primer for those new to the game. In order to take part in Tournaments you follow some simple steps.
- Select 'Online Play' and then 'Tournament'
- Select 'Search Using a Code' and enter the codes below.
- Or search for the tournament names
- That's it! Easy.
So, below are the all-important tournament details.
NLife Grand Prix (Code 4698-2634-6539) - starts on 29th April at 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern / 3pm UK / 4pm CET - Six hour runtime
- 150cc Grand Prix
- Normal items
- All vehicles
- No smart steering
- Hard CPU to fill out lobbies if necessary
NLife Battle Time (Code 4737-8576-9515) - starts on 30th April at 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern / 3pm UK / 4pm CET - Six hour runtime
- Random Battle
- Normal items
- 3 minute rounds
- All vehicles
- Hard CPU to fill out lobbies if necessary
There's more, too, as a certain series of ours on YouTube will make a return...
Our video man Alex will be online at the start of the Grand Prix tournament on 29th April to play with you lovely people, and he'll be capturing the footage for a return of one of his earliest show formats from the channel. Those of you that previously took him on in the likes of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U now have a chance to take it to the track.
So there you go - we'll have live chat articles up when the tournaments go down this weekend so that we can diss each other in between races. We'll see you on the start line!
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Hm... interesting.
Shame i'm not getting this game until November, but to be honest still playing Zelda so still loving the switch, even take it to work to play at lunchtimes now. So much for never leaving the house as it is a console
I'll be at work during the hours of playtime both days😖
I'll be giving this a go
Is everyone going to Skype whilst playing?
Can't wait! I'm just sad i will not be able to join chat
Happy Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Day to all the NLifers!
Sad to say that I was planning on purchasing physical copy but went to the eShop last night and saw that it was available for purchase and had to get it then and there!
Happy with the game thus far! Haven't jumped on line until I unlock my kart and tire set that I normally use. So, more one player action until I collect enough coins to unlock.
See you all tomorrow
So sad, why do I have to buy this again. I wish I never bought a WiiU.
How does voice chat work on the switch?
@Aurumonado It doesn't yet
If only I had MK8 Deluxe....will be getting in a few weeks.
This is why I'm not mad about this game unfortunately.
But for newbies to the game it should be great.
Can't wait! I'll definitely be there!
I look forward to the 10am Eastern Time Schedule, hopefully. Sounds good!
Are we all adding eachother as friends, or how does that work? I'm going to pick up MK8D right now.
I will be there with all the lovelyyy people
I'm looking forward to the competition!
I'm not really much into online gaming but I love the site and its community so I think I'll jump in on this one. Never raced in an organized group like this before, so it'll be interesting to try out.
I can't make these times, and didn't have it on Wii U so I need to get familiar with the game first. I hope there will be more of theee arranged?
@SLIGEACH_EIRE If you played that much then I'd think you'll be able to get your money's worth on the Battle Mode alone.
I bought it on Wii U and my wife and I got gold cups on everything including 200cc and all DLC so at first I wasn't going to get this, but then I learned about the battle mode especially Shine Thief (I loved that mode on Double Dash) and Renegade Roundup and I couldn't talk myself out of getting it for the battle mode. Throw in the smart steering which will allow my 3 year old, 5 year old and 7 year old to compete with us and suddenly it's spewing value.
Hopefully they fix online play so you can join a friend to play online together in the same global room. Now it gives an error.
COUNT ME IN !! XD
@16bitdave yoouuu, you tossed a shell at me, how dare you! Haha, I recognized your name out there:p
@NickOfTime90 Those shells do get tossed around a lot
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