StarDoor on 20 April 2017
I put together a table of the 24 (out of MK8D's 40) reviewers who scored both games.
| Publications | MK8 | MK8D | Increase |
| 3DJuegos | 90 | 95 | +5 |
| Cheat Code Central | 84 | 100 | +16 |
| COGconnected | 89 | 89 | ~0 |
| Destructoid | 90 | 95 | +5 |
| Digital Spy | 80 | 100 | +20 |
| Digitally Downloaded | 70 | 90 | +20 |
| Game Informer | 93 | 93 | ~0 |
| Game Revolution | 100 | 80 | -20 |
| Gameblog.fr | 90 | 100 | +10 |
| GameSpot | 80 | 90 | +10 |
| GamesRadar+ | 80 | 100 | +20 |
| God is a Geek | 90 | 100 | +10 |
| Guardian | 100 | 100 | ~0 |
| IGN | 90 | 93 | +3 |
| JeuxActu | 90 | 90 | ~0 |
| Meristation | 93 | 95 | +2 |
| Metro GameCentral | 90 | 100 | +10 |
| Nintendo Life | 90 | 100 | +10 |
| NintendoWorldReport | 75 | 85 | +10 |
| Post Arcade | 80 | 85 | +5 |
| Shacknews | 80 | 90 | +10 |
| USgamer | 90 | 100 | +10 |
| Vandal | 93 | 94 | +1 |
| TOTAL | 87.3 | 94.1 | +6.8 |
