Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 2.2.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

hot dog.

"Fixed an issue where the warning sound was not playing when a Red Shell or Spiny Shell comes from behind."

This was super annoying, good thing they fixed it!

Next Mario Kart Game Should be 'Mario Kart Maker' where you can build, share Tracks and Karts! That'll be a blast!

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@StarPoint There are new issues now though. First Spiny Shells are no longer displayed on the mini-map once thrown and the second is something I ran across when playing offline today. I got hit with waves of Spiny Shells 3-6 within 30 seconds a number of times which is neither normal nor fun... 😒

By the way, Nintendo Switch just Outsold the ps4 Worldwide! Next up, the gameboy/gameboy color. Then Nintendo Switch will be in the list of Top 3 Best Selling Consoles of All Time!

@nukatha that's cool, but would be Incredible if we got something official from Nintendo like that. Could only hope.

I wonder, when Nintendo decided to release Mario Kart Deluxe as a filler game on the Switch, did they even think it was going to sell as well as this.

@TowaHerschel7 Haven't played the update yet, but if they actually removed Spiny Shells appearing on the minimap that is a HUGE change. Having to deal with first place slowing down or throwing themselves off the track when a blue shell appeared has been a big part of races when there's a tight pack.

Have you experienced the lightning not closing gliders yet? I'm curious to know how that works out.

I would love to have the feature 'Reversed start order' added. This would be great for family races. So, the lower ranked racers in the family gets a better start position than the higher ranked ones. =)

@UsurperKing Can confirm you carry on flying now (but it still shrinks you)

Someone elsewhere pointed out they probably made the change because people can play All Lightning games now (thanks to the new item select mode) so probably about balancing that out.

The fact they've added the custom items feature makes me very happy.
It shows they're still thinking of how to make the game better instead of just adding paid content.

I'm still hoping for a custom event cup mode where we can create a showdown just like MarioKart Tour (e.g. round 1: race, round 2 balloon battle, 3: the capture the shiney round and then another finale race, before we announce the winner)
Would be fun to create and share imho.

"When getting struck by lightning while gliding through the air, the glider no longer closes."

This is a game changer! I noticed this but wasn't sure if it was just a feature of the new maps! Makes me wonder what other possible updates we could get by wave six! Maybe even something like item switching a la double dash!

"When a user cannot download any new ghost data, they can now delete all the ghost data they downloaded until then."

(note: a different (or alternate) version of this part of this article)

When a user cannot download any new ghost data, the user can now delete certain ghost data downloaded previously (specifically ghost data downloaded by the user) until then.

So I messed with Custom Items last night. That's really wonky. Some friends and I played and we removed boomerangs, fire flowers, triple bananas, triple green shells and the all 8 items item.

THERE WERE SO MANY BLUE SHELLS!!!! So we tried turning blue shells off too. NOOOOOO! NOOOOO! Too many red shells, like, RED SHELL HELL.

So we ended up just not messing with it and it was much, much better.

We do plan on playing where the only items are bullet bills though.

@NintendoEternity Sony did it with LittleBigPlanet about 10 years ago. Wasn't a classic. I'd enjoy the novelty, but the best courses will likely always be the ones created by Nintendo's geniuses, as proven by many inferior imitations over the past couple of decades.

@Dev9417 AAA FLYFISH IS HERE TO TAKE OVER MARIO KART RUN FOR THE HILLS!!

Custom items is the best part.

I did notice a strange over-abundance of Blue Shells happening sometimes, as well as two Bloopers being used at the same time.

It's important to point out that certain positions have different item probabilities, so turning off some items messes with that. For instance, turning off almost all the items you can get in 1st place suddenly allows you to get all the other items too! (including blue shells!)

@JohnnyC yes I remember that game. And Mod Nation Racers on PS3. If Nintendo made something similar to that with Mario Kart, that would be Incredible!!

“The period of invincibility after spinning or crashing now changes, depending on the driver or machine parts.”

Just saw this…another interesting development. Maybe there are implications for the Waluigi/Roy/DK setups?

Honestly, the most surprising thing, was custom items.