Being on the Switch, with portability and being able to play with 12 other people locally in a lunchtime office space fundamentally changes the nature of Mario Kart 8 from its mediocre release on Wii U to the killer app it grew into on the Switch.
So while Mario Kart 8 did come out on Wii U, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch is a FAR better experience. You shouldn’t count the fact it began as a Wii U port against it considering how different the experience is thanks to the extra content and features - most importantly, the portability and local multiplayer expansion which turned a 7/10 game that people played 2 or 3 times after Christmas before boxing it up forever, into a 10/10 game that people look forward to playing almost daily, for years.
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