I forgot that these are still coming out.

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    They’re going to have a hard time selling MK9 when 8 has a bajillion tracks.

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      Kinda gives me suspicions that the next console won’t be backwards compatible. They couldn’t market another Mario Kart, or Smash Brothers while I’m at it, if you could just play the old one… unless it’s a significant upgrade.

      I sure hope the next console is backwards compatible, or I aint buying it.

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        I mean… mk8 is from the wiiu. This is the exact situation you are describing, it already happened. They just resold that game and many others and people bought them in droves

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          This is true, but the slight difference is that the WiiU extremely undersold. A significant number of people who own a Switch did not own a WiiU-- I myself did own a WiiU, and was bummed to not be able to play Mario Maker, Splatoon, Mario Kart 8, 3D World, and so on… but most of my complaints were met with re-releases and sequels. I can’t say I entirely disagree with the decision, again since the WiiU was a major flop, but it would have been nice to have my WiiU library brought over. But for most people, they didn’t care. I mean, MK8D sold more copies than the WiiU itself.

          But this is a different ball game. The Switch is a success. Many people own a Switch. The Legend of Zelda games on Switch are among the highest rated video games in history. If this catalog is lost when transferring to the next console, Nintendo would absolutely be shooting themselves in the foot. Historically, Nintendo is somewhat on board with backwards compatibility, but not always, so we’ll see.

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            1 year ago

            I guarantee that a switch 2 running botw at 60fps and upscaled to 4k would sell huge numbers.

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      There’s a lot of room for improvement. The physics change from each major entry, and I’d like to see more realistic inertia to everything, and less floaty. Having to generate speed (or control it) to make a jump or stay on course would change the feel of the game and make things more interesting.

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      Unfortunately they cram at least one of the World Tour tracks into every one of the new cups. I can’t stand playing the new cups because of them

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      48 courses that are truly remade rather than copy-pasted in (support MK8 features) for $25 doesn’t seem too bad to me.

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        Yeah, the amount of work that has gone into these for a one-time purchase of $25 is a pretty great deal.

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          My only complaint (other than I’ve always hated when they recycle maps from previous games) is that you need Internet connectivity to play these. That completely defeats the whole point of the Switch.

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            You don’t need internet connectivity to play these, unless you mean downloading them initially. I’m sure they’ll make an updated physical with these maps in it at some point too.

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              I definitely could not access them without Internet. This was after they had been downloaded and played. The error even said as much. Maybe they’ve changed that since? Hopefully…

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                Wait, what? Got a screenshot? Cos, let’s face it, the switch has terrible wifi, and I’m frequently not on network and can play offline fine and have never had any pop up like that.

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                  If I put it in airplane mode, voila: (sorry for the crummy phone capture). You can still play the default courses, but this is complete bullshit.

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              Even with the online pass you can go a while between checking in, I play mk8 on planes pretty regularly

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                You can play the original courses, but not the booster courses. Once you quit the game and lose your internet, no more dlc.

                I suppose if you don’t change games you might be fine. But it feels like a low blow on a system marketed for it’s portability.

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                  I don’t know what to tell you, I literally do it.

                  I turn the system fully off on the way to the airport, then boot it back up and play whatever I want, including the booster courses.

                  I just checked, and it let me start the game and load up the feather cup while in airplane mode.

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            You can’t play them solo?

            I’m pretty sure I have the initial free booster tracks and I was able to play them solo offline just like any other course. It has been awhile though, I could be wrong.

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        I stand corrected. I didnt think ninendo ever dropped prices of games. Major ones that is

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          They didn’t. It’s $25 for the 48 DLC courses. Base game is still $60 in the eshop.

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          Nope, you’re not corrected. The expansion tracks are $25, the game itself is still $60.