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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

Can’t wait for it to come out and see if people are right to post multiple hour long essays on something that hasn’t come out yet.

Not to say that those essays are wrong, we won’t know until it comes out.

Although personally I just want to enjoy a new system without the wrath of the internet bubbling in the background. Not that they are necessarily wrong to be angry, but it is one of the few things in this admittedly pretty miserable world I’m looking forward to, so I’d like to have the best chance to enjoy it.

I mean, many such services need to monitor their users, because when say, someone regularly hurls racial abuse and dances in front of the camera naked, when that user is reported, they can look at a record to tell if the report is true or if the person reporting them is salty for getting hit by a blue shell at the finish line

Goodness, driving the train and tending to the passengers at the same time?

That sounds like a major health and safety hazard

I can certainly see some uses for it.
It’ll be handy for me and my sister when filling out our pokedexes when we trade with each other

Basically this is here because if you’re playing a game with mouse controls, and you go to the home menu, you don’t need to adjust how you’re using the controller when you’ve left the game for whatever reason

“You can’t scoff at pokemon and Metroid”.

Yes you can, people do it all the time!
Actually you can scoff at literally anything if you wanted to…

You ain’t the only one chief

I say, does it? I would have had no idea

Well, no surprises there. You expect Ubisoft to put the customers preferences first?

Does this make them a candidate for a Darwin Award?

Something made with passion would be nice (from the developers I mean, not the executives, they can be passionate but it’s usually about ways of wringing more money out)

If I find like a game at a heavily reduced price, sure. Otherwise, no thanks.

Oh, well, there are loads of things we don’t get in Australia so this is… well, it doesn’t really make up for it, does it?

Oh, you can lend people dlc?! That’s great!

Dunno why Nintendo are like this, is it an ego thing?

I usually check in just to see if anything interesting has popped up. Not much to report on that front so far

Are they the same kind of analyst who planned Nintendos marketing strategy? Because those ones clearly aren’t worth whatever fee they charge

Makes sense, isn’t there like, one less shoulder button or something

Not exactly a surprise, almost everything is going up these days

Given all the controversy about this, and the fact they were saying “stay tuned for the direct”, it did not do what it needed to do.

Don’t get me wrong, the game still looks great, but you’d hope they’d have pulled all the stops out. In some areas, the direct made the game seem smaller. Like why are there less battle modes? Why are there named characters missing from the roster? I mean I’m excited to see all these newcomers, but I’m not convinced I want them at the expense of others.