Topic: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Good thing I'm heading off to town for the start of the day then.

My predictions:
Tour: All 8 exclusives, plus 2 more that haven’t released yet.
SNES- Vanilla Lake 1
GBA- Cheep Cheep Island, Sunset Wilds, Bowser’s Castle 2
GCN- Dino Dino Jungle, Daisy Cruiser, Wario Colosseum, Peach Beach
DS- Airship Fortress, Delfino Plaza
Wii- Maple Treeway, DK Summit, Koopa Cape, Rainbow Road
3DS- Alpine Pass (Rock Rock Mountain), Rosalina’s Ice World

@vio Got that Spot On

The official announcement of release timing.

So it's 17:00 (5 PM) my time (EEST).

2 hours to go!! Hyped like crazy right now

10 minutes away holy guacamole. I'll be waiting a while to play it myself since I'd rather experience it for the first time with my sister (who's currently away at work) but I wish everyone else here the best of luck! Hope you enjoy some potentially banging tracks!

Downloading the update now!

Coconut Mall is updated, the cars move!

@Grumblevolcano Oh my goodness that is awesome!

@Grumblevolcano WHAT!? OH MY GOD YES!

Rev your engines boys and girls! It's go time!

Waaaaaahoooooooo

Oh and as we expected, the courses are in the online rotation immediately this time!

Are any patch notes available yet?

General

• Increased the number of ghosts you can download from 16 to 32.
• Adjusted the extent to which a vehicle is thrown, depending on its weight.
• Further shortened the time it takes for item boxes to regenerate after another player takes them.
• Shortened the time it takes for one player to be able to pick up a coin that another player has dropped.
• Made it so that it is easier to face the way forward in mid-air when using Smart Steering.
• The cars that the Shy Guys are riding in in Wii Coconut Mall now move from time to time in all modes other than the Time Trial mode.

Fixed Issues

• Fixed issue where player could not choose a DLC course even though a player in the lobby in “Friends” has the Booster Course Pass.
• Fixed issue where player did not receive coins even though they used the Feather in Coin Runners to steal a rival’s coins.
• Fixed issue where player could receive two items from one item box in N64 Toad's Turnpike.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a...

@Grumblevolcano So the Shy Guys not moving was a bug since they were only meant to not move in Time Trials? That explains a lot (especially why the Tour version of Coconut Mall had the moving Shy Guys when that one came out after). A bit underhanded to wait until the next wave to fix it but hey I'm not complaining (especially now that they do DOUGHNUTS!).

@Grumblevolcano Thanks!

Just played through the 8 new courses - I definitely like these more than the first DLC pack. The brand-new course is very interesting! The railings giving a speed boost is a bit counterintuitive, but cool. I love what they did with the last bit of the desert course, too!

My ranking after one play-through:

1. Mushroom Gorge
2. Waluigi Pinball
3. Sky-High Sundae
4. Sydney Sprint
5. New York Minute
6. Snow Land
7. Kalimari Desert
8. Mario Circuit 3

I do just want to give a special shout-out to what they have done to Kalimari Desert. I never really liked this in MK7 but they have used some of the variations from MK Tour to make a really good track that feels a lot less boring than it used to be.

Overall, a really fun selection of tracks that work extremely well. Can't wait to spend the next few days playing these some more!