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@Suketoudara I imagine there reason they split Kirby up is because the switch 2 version has a new campaign, so they’ll release the rest after that comes out.

Why they couldn’t just do the full original sound track in one go, beats me, but I see their broken logic

Cannot be upgraded?
Or cannot be bothered?

I think a good number of users are eagerly awaiting the day Mario kart worlds ost gets uploaded. That’s gonna be a monster of a soundtrack

Fascinating the lengths people will go for a tiny bit of plastic coated cardboard, isn’t it?

Well, that’s nice for them

Justify it all you like, it’s still theft. It’s taking something you don’t own without paying for it. Maybe it’s something you wouldn’t have been able to have otherwise, doesn’t matter. It’s still taking something you don’t own.

“But it’s the only way I can get it!” Well, I apologise, that does genuinely stink. It does, and I’m sorry. But it’s still taking something that doesn’t belong to you, and that shouldn’t be normalised. You’re not being Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to feed the poor, your just stealing from the rich.

@The_Nintend_Pedant no, you got a point, even if it’s free, it had to be produced, and something that has been produced is by definition a product

I think it a per game basis: some games are definitely art, some are absolutely just products.

Technically, every game is a product (because it’s something you purchase (unless it’s 100% free of course))

Some are works of art, but they’re still products, because someone has to produce them.

Yippee? Huzzah? Wahoo?

Good choice. Not likely to go in my personal playlist, but that just me, I recon this is a crowd pleaser

At what point can Xbox be charged with murder, they’ve been killing off a lot of studios and projects

Hmmm, let’s see… executives take a 2% payout, or put a ton of people out of a job?
I wonder which option they’ll pick?

Thank goodness toys for bob saw this coming and went indie

Fascinating, I’m curious to see how this plays out…

Good heavens, could it be what everyone suspected all along?

To be clear, 3 lap races are still in rotation. Just less likely.

All smooth sailing until a points failure at Peterborough?

Wow, it was still above their expectations? And I assumed their expectations were pretty high to begin with

Ah yes, I’m sure he works hard enough to have earnt enough in a year that would set most ordinary people up for life

Ooo, goody! I’ll definitely check that out

I mean, there are so many different routes that you never see in any of the grand prix’s or knockout tours, not to mention different course variants that can only be played on depending on which direction you’re coming from. It means there’s a good chance you’ll race on something new, it certainly helps the slight tediom of running on a course you aren’t a fan of over and over again.

And to be clear, 3 lap races do still show up, I’ve tested it. It means online racing has quite a variety. I rather enjoy the intermissions (so many shortcuts, oh, those are fun)

Whilst this news isn’t ideal, once again it’s being blown out of proportion as a lot of things are.

I’m guessing that means there isn’t much depth to this game then? Like, stuff they haven’t shown yet?

I’ve won more knockout tours than regular races, and I think I’ve figured out why.
I’m not the best racer, I can win a match on my day, but most of the time I’m more in the middle of the pack. I’m fairly consistent in avoiding the bottom four. And because avoiding the bottom four is how you stay alive in knockout tour, I can usually hang in there. And if you survive long enough to get to the final four, we’ll, there’s only three people who can hit you with items instead of 23, which means your less likely to get slammed by a ton of items heading into the finish line (which is usually what happens when I’m having a decent regular race)
So if you manage to make the final four, you’ve got a decent shot at winning, which is how I’ve managed to get a few under my belt

That is quite amusing

But what about our investors profit margins?!!!?!?

Makes sense, it is cheaper in Japan. And Xbox doesn’t sell well over there

A bit late in reporting this aren’t you? This has been known since launch day

Can only afford so many games at once you know

Gamesharing to the switch one, that’s pretty neat

That would require me having a copy of the game. Don’t have any bias against it, just not my cup of tea.

Why would they announce a release date when they haven’t even finished casting?

Crash Team Racing, one of the most “oh, I didn’t realise how deep the mechanics of this game actually get” game out there.
Like, you can play through it as a newbie and have a good time, but you’ll probably be “I don’t see what people are raving about it for.”
The thing about this game is that is has a waaaaaaaaaaay higher skill ceiling than most other kart racers. You can turn the hardest CPUs to mincemeat and still be miles off from the best players out there.
The key mechanic this game has that can transform it completely is that through skillfull driving, timing your power slide boosts correctly etc. you can basically drive over a boost pad, and maintain that level of speed the entire race. It takes a lot of skill to master, but the speeds you can blitz through some of the courses is pure N.sanity.
And it having an adventure mode is always a plus, Mario Kart still hasn’t done one of those (please do).
You can tell I love it, but sadly, it’s best days are behind it. Shortly after launch it had 8 month long seasons of challenges, new characters (including some deep cuts, Mario kart please take note) and a brand new course each time, as well as making changes according to community requests, things the game didn’t need but it was nice to have.
I imagine the online scene must be fairly dead these days, and the few matches you do find will be between experts, so you have no chance of beating them.
(You can actually drive so fast that this games equivalent if a blue shell can’t catch them)

So, is this a direct, or another overview trailer?

@SirLink I wonder how a booster course pass would work for MKW… would they need to build a second continent?

It’s impressive that there are still people out there who haven’t got Mario kart 8. So long selling so well, you’d think most people who want one would have it by now

Good start, but that’s not too surprising. The important part will be the ongoing sales. The die hards have grabbed theirs, it remains to be seen if the general audience will follow

@Axecon for some its the only way they can see themselves earning enough money to live on…

Yeah, I’ve pinched my fingers a few times doing this, no notable damage though

Got mine, doing a system transfer at this moment

@Yoshi3 that wouldn’t surprise me

Are you allowed to like something the internet has collectively decided should be burned at the stake?

Do you put your screen protector on top of it?

What does OEM mean?

I wasn’t aware I had an inner hot girl…

Depending on who you ask, Pokémon is somewhat last generation in its construction

That’s quite an advanced announcement… that’s nearly two months away…
Not a complaint, just a little odd

Randy saying something really stupid?

Checks out. Business as usual then

@Dev-N i get excited too! Unfortunately, NES era music doesn’t really do it for me, but I’m glad you’re excited for it!

@Dev-N happy for ya, there can’t be too many of you out there

Using AI to replace actors entirely? I don’t approve.

Using AI to make an actor sound like a different actor? That I can get behind