5 things that will make or break Mario Kart 8

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RolStoppable said:

UncleScrooge said:

I never claimed it was (and btw I LOVE Super Mario Kart. That seriously came out wrong. It can't compete with MK64 in 4-player mode for obvious reasons though). As for sales: Since it outsold all Mario Kart games released before Mario Kart DS I consider this a valid point.

I also never said the next Mario Kart should be like Mario Kart 64. And as you described my points in the OP as "reasonable" we don't seem to have broadly different tastes when it comes to our Kart games. Did you lose an online match or something?

If you wanna go the "I'm more in touch with the market" route here's my favorite Mario Kart games in order: Mario Kart Wii = Mario Kart DS > Mario Kart 64 = Super Mario Kart > Double Dash!! > Super Circuit (which I never owned before I got it as an ambassador game). I guess I'm pretty much in touch with the market haha.

All I want is not another Mario Kart 64 experience and it gets on my nerves whenever someone describes it as the pinnacle of the series. It's even more annoying than the Ocarina of Time praise when it comes to the Zelda series, because unlike OoT, MK64 was never a great game to begin with.

Why ask for "Mario Kart 64 multiplayer goodness" when later games did everything better? Well, I guess the battle mode is up for debate, but that's a mode I can't stand by default, so its state in each game is pretty much irrelevant to me.

I don't undetstand the appeal of Battle Mode either. It's incredibly random and doesn't compare with nailing opponets with items in an actual race. :P