Mario Kart 8 reviews- 89 on Metacritic (again)

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the_dengle said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

Whut? Honey Queen n Wiggler >>>>> Baby Rosalina and Pink Gold Peach! While the roster may be the biggest, it's still less diverse than Mario Kart Wii, as instead of unique and staple franchise characters like Birdo, Diddy Kong, and King Boo, you get a bunch of turtles and reskins. I agree though that the roster is not something to knock the game for, especially when only one other Mario Kart game had a better roster imo.

Mario Kart 8 is full of reskins, when Wii had Bowser & Dry Bowser, Koopa Troopa & Dry Bones, Mario & Luigi?

Everyone hated Honey Queen and Wiggler when 7 came out. That game's full roster was 17 compared to 8's 30. It had four new drivers to 8's nine, and Lakitu was the only popular addition.

Since when are Birdo and Diddy Kong "staple franchise characters?" Just because they were in Double Dash and Wii? Diddy Kong isn't even a Mario character, and Birdo hasn't had a significant role in a Mario game since that NES game that, as it turns out, wasn't even really a Mario game.

Whereas the Koopalings are unique recurring boss characters in main entries of the Mario series. Yeah, unique. They're not reusing the same character model and animations 7 times over for these guys.

And that's why sometimes less is better.

 

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