@romanista Nah, the proper term is 'sandbagging', but over time it got shortened to bagging. Either way, it was an incredibly lame and cheap strategy that Nintendo was very wise to nerf. Now if they could just balance the stats so we no longer have an annoying 'meta build' dominating. The Japanese try hards are the absolute worst with this crap! Through out the years I've watched them infest and completely take over online games with these builds. First it was Morton/Blue Falcon in the good ol Wii U game(RIP). Then it was everybody's favorite (LOL) Waluwiggler and now it's Yoshi/Teddy Buggy. I hope they at least do some more balance updates so we aren't now stuck with Yoshi/Teddy Buggy forever.
@HalBailman That's why you race online. The only purpose of racing against the boring bots is to get the trophys or to practice. Online or local mutiplayer is Mario Kart's bread and butter.
@Keman Unless it is not a handheld. Everyone naturally assumes it will be, but that's in no way confirmed yet. Nintendo has been known to throw wild curveballs from time to time.
@Stew Because Bowser Castle 3 was already in Tour, 3DS Bowser Castle was not. They've been doing this since through the entire BCP to reduce the workload in bringing the tracks to MK 8.
@Not_Soos Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The trees and bushes are still lacking, but everything else is pretty close to the base game. Also it is now a bit jarring going from wave 1(easily the ugliest of the bunch) to these later waves.
@Dr_Corndog Uhm, how so? They're different tracks, just with similar DK jungle theming. Using that logic, wouldn't Rainbow Road be redundant now? There's now going to be 5 Rainbow Roads in the game.
So Konami actually took note of Legends not being included in the Anniversary Collection and rectified that. Well done Konami. Gives me some hope that maybe they'll put Castlevania 64 and/or Legacy of Darkness on NSO.
@SoIDecidedTo Haha. You married the wrong woman. My wife actually got me the first Splatoon for my birthday. I'll never forget when she came into our bedroom and saw me playing it for the first time she said "What is this?!" and she immediately fell in love with it.
Congrats to Team Ghost. I still can't believe Ghost got 63% of the popular vote. PS Zombies are still way cooler and zombie movies are the best LOL. All hail the George Romero classics like Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, the all time comedy horror great The Return of the Living Dead and the Lucio Fulci Italian gore epics Zombie, City of the Living Dead and The Beyond!
yawn Let's get some Perfect Dark and Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness action instead. Oh, and where are the Cruis'n games? No reason not to throw the whole N64 trilogy on there since Nintendo owns the publishing rights to them.
@Desrever Don't forget you can go see Murch and have him change the primary abilities on the gear for you. As long as you have enough ability chunks of course.
@Judgedean I don't think it's aged any worse than any other early to mid 90s "boomer shooter." Not to mention this will be like all other Nightdive remasters where it's going to look significantly better than it did 28 years ago while staying true to the original presentation/style.
@Otoemetry Yeah I know. It's extremely disappointing. The belief was they were rotating each season. New or returning stage and a new King Salmonid, but now sadly it appears that is not the case. Unless there is still a new King coming and they're just keeping him in secrecy for the upcoming Big Run. Possible at least.. Also, aren't some of those weird Salmon Run locker stickers supposed to be some of the new Kings? Surely there's going to be more than just Coho and boros..
@PKDuckman Do mods for those actually exist? I know the N64 Quake 1 mod was already a thing upon Quake Remastered's release so they included it day 1, but I've not heard of mods for the PS1 and N64 versions of Quake 2.
I didn't even know they had been offline this whole time LOL. I spent countless hours playing MK 8 and Splatoon on my Wii U, makes me slightly nostalgic. However, unless you're someone who is obsessed with firehopping, I can't see any reason to play the original MK 8. It's just so lacking in content compared to Deluxe. I do miss some of those stages(come back salt spray rig!) and the music from Splatoon, but still, 3 is vastly superior in almost every regard and Splatoon 1 doesn't even have my beloved Salmon Run, so really no desire to play it now.
LOL! This garbage bottom feeder developer is the literal Asylum of game developers! [If you don't know who Asylum is, look them up. Ever heard of the Shark Tornado movies? Yep, that's them.]
@marcelominucelli For real, it's really infuriating. What is Nintendo's obnoxious obsession with this crappy mobile game that hardly anyone plays? Last I checked MK 8 Deluxe was the big dog. Has sold a mind boggling 54 million copies.
@HammerGalladeBro "-I'm disappointed that GBA Sunset Wilds doesn't transition to night like in the original, but the lack of transition was also a thing in MKT."
That is incorrect. It does transition to night in Tour.
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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@romanista Nah, the proper term is 'sandbagging', but over time it got shortened to bagging. Either way, it was an incredibly lame and cheap strategy that Nintendo was very wise to nerf. Now if they could just balance the stats so we no longer have an annoying 'meta build' dominating. The Japanese try hards are the absolute worst with this crap! Through out the years I've watched them infest and completely take over online games with these builds. First it was Morton/Blue Falcon in the good ol Wii U game(RIP). Then it was everybody's favorite (LOL) Waluwiggler and now it's Yoshi/Teddy Buggy. I hope they at least do some more balance updates so we aren't now stuck with Yoshi/Teddy Buggy forever.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@HalBailman By "not everyone has online" do you mean internet access or an NSO membership?
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@Yosher Sadly no, but it was a long shot anyway. Best hope is that it will be in the next Mario Kart and fixed there.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
They did a great job with DK Mountain. Best version by far, looks great in HD.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@HalBailman That's why you race online. The only purpose of racing against the boring bots is to get the trophys or to practice. Online or local mutiplayer is Mario Kart's bread and butter.
Re: Shuntaro Furukawa Claims Recent 'Switch 2' Rumours Are Not Accurate
Stupid internet rumours are not accurate. Who would have thunk?
Re: Digital Foundry Digs Into The Nvidia Chip Rumoured To Power 'Switch 2'
@Keman Unless it is not a handheld. Everyone naturally assumes it will be, but that's in no way confirmed yet. Nintendo has been known to throw wild curveballs from time to time.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Missing Tracks - Which Legacy Courses Aren't In MK8?
@Stew Riverside Park is great.
Re: Nintendo Download: 27th July (North America)
I downloaded the Zombie Hunter demo, played one game and promptly deleted it. Trash, avoid it
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 6 Speeds Onto Switch Next Week
@Stew Oh really? I don't know then.. Maybe they did a coin flip and SNES won LOL.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 6 Speeds Onto Switch Next Week
@Stew Because Bowser Castle 3 was already in Tour, 3DS Bowser Castle was not. They've been doing this since through the entire BCP to reduce the workload in bringing the tracks to MK 8.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 6 Speeds Onto Switch Next Week
@HaileySheridon Mario Kart Ultimate.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 6 Speeds Onto Switch Next Week
@Not_Soos Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The trees and bushes are still lacking, but everything else is pretty close to the base game. Also it is now a bit jarring going from wave 1(easily the ugliest of the bunch) to these later waves.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 6 Speeds Onto Switch Next Week
@Dr_Corndog Uhm, how so? They're different tracks, just with similar DK jungle theming. Using that logic, wouldn't Rainbow Road be redundant now? There's now going to be 5 Rainbow Roads in the game.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES & Game Boy Library With Three More Classics
So Konami actually took note of Legends not being included in the Anniversary Collection and rectified that. Well done Konami. Gives me some hope that maybe they'll put Castlevania 64 and/or Legacy of Darkness on NSO.
Re: Team Ghost Is Victorious In Splatoon 3's 'Splatoween' Splatfest
@SoIDecidedTo Haha. You married the wrong woman. My wife actually got me the first Splatoon for my birthday. I'll never forget when she came into our bedroom and saw me playing it for the first time she said "What is this?!" and she immediately fell in love with it.
Re: Team Ghost Is Victorious In Splatoon 3's 'Splatoween' Splatfest
Congrats to Team Ghost. I still can't believe Ghost got 63% of the popular vote. PS Zombies are still way cooler and zombie movies are the best LOL. All hail the George Romero classics like Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, the all time comedy horror great The Return of the Living Dead and the Lucio Fulci Italian gore epics Zombie, City of the Living Dead and The Beyond!
Re: Sakurai Is Sceptical That Future Smash Bros. Titles Can Match Ultimate's Scope
RIP Super Smash Bros. 1999-2018
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Another Game This Week
@johnvboy True, but Microsoft works with Nintendo these days so it seems like a strong possibility.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Library With Another Game This Week
yawn Let's get some Perfect Dark and Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness action instead. Oh, and where are the Cruis'n games? No reason not to throw the whole N64 trilogy on there since Nintendo owns the publishing rights to them.
Re: Splatoon 3 News Channel Is Giving Out Free In-Game Splatoween Gear
@Desrever Don't forget you can go see Murch and have him change the primary abilities on the gear for you. As long as you have enough ability chunks of course.
Re: Splatoon 3 Version 5.1.0 Arriving Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Please tell me Mahi-Mahi is reverting back to it's original proper form! What they did to that stage in Splatoon 3 is criminal.
Re: Review: Horizon Chase 2 - More Arcade Racing, With Some Bumps In The Road
I actually prefer this to the 1st, but damn does it need a patch ASAP. I've never had a game hard crash this much. Rage inducing.
Re: Quake II Receives Its "First Major Update" On Nintendo Switch
@Stamina_Wheel Oh really? That's idiotic. I don't think I've seen other game do that intentionally.
Re: Quake II Receives Its "First Major Update" On Nintendo Switch
@MirrorFate2 The music doesn't loop.
Re: Quake II Receives Its "First Major Update" On Nintendo Switch
I can't believe they didn't fix the huge music bug. Unbelievable..
Re: Evil Dead: The Game Has Been Cancelled For Nintendo Switch
As a huge Evil Dead fan, still disappointing. I second Mana, just give us a collection of all the old games.
Re: Skull Island: Rise Of Kong Swings Onto Switch This October
Looks like trash, but I'll wait and see what the reviews say.
Re: Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster Confirmed For Nintendo Switch
@Judgedean I don't think it's aged any worse than any other early to mid 90s "boomer shooter." Not to mention this will be like all other Nightdive remasters where it's going to look significantly better than it did 28 years ago while staying true to the original presentation/style.
Re: Turok 3: Shadow Of Oblivion Remaster Announced For Switch
Whoa, go Nightdive! The N64 trilogy will finally be complete.
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 16.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
I'm beginning to think we're never going to get a real update ever again.
Re: Hands On: Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 Could Be So Much More, But Isn't
@NiallMitch14 Why are you just repeating what the author said?
Re: Splatoon 3 'Drizzle Season' Update Revealed - New Weapons, Stages, Gear And More
@Otoemetry Yeah I know. It's extremely disappointing. The belief was they were rotating each season. New or returning stage and a new King Salmonid, but now sadly it appears that is not the case. Unless there is still a new King coming and they're just keeping him in secrecy for the upcoming Big Run. Possible at least.. Also, aren't some of those weird Salmon Run locker stickers supposed to be some of the new Kings? Surely there's going to be more than just Coho and boros..
Re: Splatoon 3 'Drizzle Season' Update Revealed - New Weapons, Stages, Gear And More
Uhh. WTH... Where's the new King Salmonid? I do like Salmonid Smokeyard though. I'll take it over Marooners Bay any day.
Re: Video: The N64 Kart Racer That Deserves To Be On Switch
@Giancarlothomaz Why is Rare required for Nintendo to make a sequel? Diddy Kong is Nintendo's property, not Rare's.
Re: Boom! Quake II Is Now Available To Download From The Switch eShop
@Cashews 🤣🤣🤣
Re: Boom! Quake II Is Now Available To Download From The Switch eShop
@Atariboy Yes it does! It is every bit as good as the Quake 1 remaster. Arguably even better in some regards.
Re: Review: Turok 2: Seeds of Evil - A Painfully Incomplete Version Of An N64 Classic
Why was the score not updated to reflect the addition of full fledge online crossplay multiplayer?
Re: Switch eShop's Massive QuakeCon Sale Includes DOOM & More For "Lowest Prices Ever"
I always prefer physical, but those are some damn good deals.
Re: More Quake II Rumours Point To An Imminent Switch Release
@PKDuckman Do mods for those actually exist? I know the N64 Quake 1 mod was already a thing upon Quake Remastered's release so they included it day 1, but I've not heard of mods for the PS1 and N64 versions of Quake 2.
Re: RoboCop Gameplay Reveal Highlights Peter Weller's Return As Murphy
June 2023 came and went, so where is it?
Re: After 5 Months, Mario Kart 8 And Splatoon Are Finally Going Back Online For Wii U
I didn't even know they had been offline this whole time LOL. I spent countless hours playing MK 8 and Splatoon on my Wii U, makes me slightly nostalgic. However, unless you're someone who is obsessed with firehopping, I can't see any reason to play the original MK 8. It's just so lacking in content compared to Deluxe. I do miss some of those stages(come back salt spray rig!) and the music from Splatoon, but still, 3 is vastly superior in almost every regard and Splatoon 1 doesn't even have my beloved Salmon Run, so really no desire to play it now.
Re: Forever Entertainment Hints At New Remake Announcement In 2023
I think it's Panzer Dragoon Zwei as they said before they wanted to remake it.
Re: Review: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
@Fandabidozi LOL. You finally got your wish all these years later.
Re: Random: Digital Foundry Says Switch 'Last Of Us' Clone Has "No Redeeming Features Whatsoever"
Haha I think this garbage got taken off the eShop. I can't find it.
Re: Random: Digital Foundry Says Switch 'Last Of Us' Clone Has "No Redeeming Features Whatsoever"
LOL! This garbage bottom feeder developer is the literal Asylum of game developers! [If you don't know who Asylum is, look them up. Ever heard of the Shark Tornado movies? Yep, that's them.]
Re: Random: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Sunset Wilds Is Missing One Key Thing
@NintendoWife LOL, what? There's already tons of night time tracks in the game. This wave even has one. It's called Moonview Highway.
Re: Random: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Sunset Wilds Is Missing One Key Thing
@Kimyonaakuma Frankly people seem even more outraged over this than the Coconut Mall cars.
Re: Random: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Sunset Wilds Is Missing One Key Thing
@marcelominucelli For real, it's really infuriating. What is Nintendo's obnoxious obsession with this crappy mobile game that hardly anyone plays? Last I checked MK 8 Deluxe was the big dog. Has sold a mind boggling 54 million copies.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 2.4.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@HammerGalladeBro "-I'm disappointed that GBA Sunset Wilds doesn't transition to night like in the original, but the lack of transition was also a thing in MKT."
That is incorrect. It does transition to night in Tour.