Mario kart 8 dlc pack 2 looks astonishing! (new trailer)

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Einsam_Delphin said:

curl-6 said:

Because its faster, cheaper and easier to apply a different texture to an existing model than to build a new one from scratch. Rather than delay the game for what amounts to a reskin, they chose to literally reskin instead.

Does it really take that much effort to make a Mario Kart character? Smash has more characters with more animations despite each one being very different from the rest, unlike in Mario Kart where as you said they're essentially just re-skins.

It wouldn't take as much effort as Smash characters, no, (though the stages in MK8 would take way more work than stages in Smash) but being less important means it's a more acceptable shortcut to take when you want to get your game out on schedule.