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Chocobo GP is out. https://twitter.com/TangoBun/status/1501898430284656643 Looks like a real winner.
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Mario Kart is probably my favorite series of all time. I am so psyched for these new courses in Deluxe. I hadn't logged as much time with Mario Kart Wii, 7 and 8 until recently and decided to get 3 stars in every cup in Deluxe and fell in love with the game. It's now up there with Super and Double Dash as my favorites.
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Mar 11, 2022 18:17
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Silver Falcon posted:Diddy Kong Racing is a kart racer with a story mode, starring Diddy Kong, Banjo, Conker, and various other Rare OCs that only appear in that game. Awesome write-up. Thank you. My PS1 owning best friend had CTR. We played it a bit and it was fun. It was definitely that generation's Kart game for me, as I never got MK 64. I got my N64 near the end of the cycle with Majora's Mask and Smash 64. Then the GC got got for Melee and I eventually got Double Dash, which is unquestionably a blast. I'm happy they have that Yoshi Circuit in 8 Deluxe because I love that track. I rolled with Koopa and Parakoopa ideally, maybe taking Yoshi, who was my go-to the few times I played MK64. Great weapons and great team.
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Mar 11, 2022 20:07
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I love Diddy Kong Racing and CTR is also very good.
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Rugikiki posted:DK Mountain in MK8 when??? Probably within the next year or so.
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Mar 12, 2022 02:27
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alright, accomplished what i needed to accomplish, now i guess i have to star the rest of the cups
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Mar 12, 2022 16:10
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Friend code: SW-1400-9432-5731 Ready to smoke some grass and eat some rear end
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Palmtree Panic posted:Chocobo GP is out. It was a bold move to release a kart racing game where you have to race the same course two or three times in a row to advance in story mode, with only 9 tracks total in the game, at 50 dollars, and charge for in game currency, when Mario Kart 8 DX is on sale for 40 bucks and has 48 tracks with another 48 being added.
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Mar 12, 2022 21:43
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Well maybe knowing what they're going up against they figured they didn't stand a chance so they might as well go for broke and try very hard for every last cent.
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Mar 12, 2022 23:02
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The game was announced before the reveal that Nintendo was putting 48 more tracks into MK 8 DX, so honestly my conspiracy theory is that the game was just a normal game while it was in development, then when they saw the Mario Kart announcement they just went "Well gently caress it" and added in all the microtransaction bullshit at the last minute.
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I've been in a kart racing mood lately, so of course the first thing I do is load up Team Sonic Racing because my Playstation was plugged into the TV rather than the Switch, and I'm lazy. What a functional but disappointing game. I like the stuff they do with the team concept (building up team points by sharing items, drafting together, etc, in order to build up a team boost bonus), but the whole thing is just stuck in a competent but completely bland package. It's doubly disappointing because it follows up the Sega All-Stars racing games, which were either better than their Mario counterparts (Wii) or at least a tremendously fun alternative (Wii U), imo. If they'd added the teams concept into a full budget All-Stars sequel, it could've been tremendous. But I finally got around to plugging the Switch back in and I've been replaying Mario Kart 8 for a while now. It's easily my favorite kart racer, especially in how it adds verticality into tracks. I've been trying to get back into online mode in preparation for the new tracks and man, I've lost my edge. I'll keep trying, but I just keep getting stomped. My new realization is just how much the lightning bolt screws you over. Everyone complains about the blue shell, but lightning feels like it does 10x the fuckery for everyone across the board, and it's been pretty common to be getting hit by it at least a few times per track. That's the one thing I'd take out of the game if I could. But oh well, it's still a super good game, and I can't wait for the first round of new tracks 
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Mar 13, 2022 02:23
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I've been meaning to play those Sonic games, sound fun. Just got the Switch Mario Kart, looking forward to digging those tracks I hadn't seen on Wii-U, Hyrule Castle and whatnot. Also Double Dash was my fav, got the GC with that right before RE4 hit. Good times.
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We played far more of the kart mini game in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle than it deserved.
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Mar 13, 2022 10:00
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Sorry about the double-post. Keep forgetting to add this. Friend code: SW-5181-2261-0743
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Did some housekeeping, linked the Diddy Kart Racing secondary OP in the main OP, updated the list of friend codes.
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Mar 16, 2022 02:38
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Coconut Mall was one of the better tracks in Mario Kart Wii. Glad it’s one of the first courses returning in the DLC.
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i went home recently and introduced my mom and older sister to mk8, since we all used to play tons and tons of 64 when we were children (ma was incredible, knew all sorts of proto-speedrunner strats n everything). they loved it and were immediately readdicted and now my mother wants a switch. mario kart is good people
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What plays in my head when I tune out of reality: https://youtu.be/nqK3LbwTdls
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DLC is out! Paris level is kinda lame but every other track has been great.
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Are the DLC courses not online? I've been playing for like a half hour and haven't seen them once
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Mar 18, 2022 06:19
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Are they only out for people with the Switch Inline Expansion Pass? I have the DLC pass purchased separately and it was showing the courses but wouldn’t let me play them.
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Mar 18, 2022 06:23
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Nintendo said they'll show up in online regardless of ownership. The release has been wonky, probably getting slammed.
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Mario Kart DS has always been my favorite, I played that game all the time as a kid. I thought snaking was cheap, then I started doing it.Silver Falcon posted:Diddy Kong Racing is a kart racer with a story mode, starring Diddy Kong, Banjo, Conker, and various other Rare OCs that only appear in that game. Diddy Kong Racing was easily one of my favorite games for the Nintendo 64. It really went super hard. The overworld really took the single player from just another kart racer to a whole adventure. IIRC Tiptup (the turtle) ended up in Banjo-Kazooie, too.
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Mar 18, 2022 06:33
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I loved the Mario Kart threads back when 8/8D were initially released. I'd love to get some more goon rooms going sometime. My FC is SW-0237-3075-2140 Also, I did this eight years ago and I'll take every opportunity I can to repost it. Lemming still hasn't forgiven me, and rightly so
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Oh man I remember those days, goon rooms back in the wii u days were a blast.
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Maple Leaf posted:I loved the Mario Kart threads back when 8/8D were initially released. I'd love to get some more goon rooms going sometime. My FC is SW-0237-3075-2140 The replay highlights were an absolute game changer for MK8. I think anybody who has ever played this with a group of friends has 6 phenomenal clips of friends getting absolutely hosed at the finish line.
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Mar 18, 2022 11:48
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Maple Leaf posted:I loved the Mario Kart threads back when 8/8D were initially released. I'd love to get some more goon rooms going sometime. My FC is SW-0237-3075-2140 That’s loving amazing, holy poo poo. 
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So do the new maps look up to the graphical standard of the rest of the game or are they just the MK Tour versions like people were worrying?
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Escobarbarian posted:So do the new maps look up to the graphical standard of the rest of the game or are they just the MK Tour versions like people were worrying? They don't have anti-gravity but they have really polished everything and the music is great. Plus the tour tracks change the route every lap.
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Nice!!! Can’t wait to play on these 
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Aw boo, when I saw that the dlc had downloaded itself, I briefly hoped that maybe the first round was a free teaser. Oh well, I guess you can't hope for too much free content. But it seems good so far. The first new cup feels like a pretty simple start but it seems like they're basically presenting these as a second whole round of courses, just in the same game engine, so I guess it makes sense.
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Maple Leaf posted:Also, I did this eight years ago and I'll take every opportunity I can to repost it. Lemming still hasn't forgiven me, and rightly so I was racing 150cc Flower Cup as Koopa Troopa, Luigi was apparently my “rival” destined to be the biggest pain in the rear end for the whole cup. First race, last lap, Luigi blows past me on the home stretch to the finish line. What he doesn’t know is I’ve got a red shell in my back pocket. I dunked on him just before the finish line and took 1st place, he ended up taking 5th and it totally jacked up the point spread for the AI players for the rest of the cup. By the last race, as long as I got 4th or better I couldn’t lose lol
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Escobarbarian posted:So do the new maps look up to the graphical standard of the rest of the game or are they just the MK Tour versions like people were worrying? No. They don't look close to the OG tracks. It's a stark contrast.
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They look fine
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The new tracks look slightly less good overall, but just to a degree that only pedants will give a poo poo. What's important is that, so far, the new tracks are extremely good. I'm especially impressed with the ones from Tour, they have a neat gimmick.
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Is the Ninja one a brand new track?
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I still hop on SMK from time to time, so complaining the textures aren't up to snuff misses me. The tracks are fun and that's what I care about in Mario kart. Also they're really not noticeable in either way unless you're determined to think about it.
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Yeah they're fine, they're obviously not as polished visually as the original MK8 tracks, but they work fine and it's also a $25 add-on rather than a new game.
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Captain Hygiene posted:Yeah they're fine, they're obviously not as polished visually as the original MK8 tracks, but they work fine and it's also a $25 add-on rather than a new game. Yeah, more tracks is good tracks. I was just answering if they are the same quality and they obviously aren't. The ninja one is pretty wild. And they hosed up coconut mall.
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