Slownenberg said:
super_etecoon said:
Mario Kart 9 or 10 has such potential to be a revolutionary experience. I really hope they have their Breath of the Wild moment with this series. Mario Kart 8 is an absolute refinement of everything that came before it, but I just don’t see how they can top that experience without doing something kind of crazy.
A few things I would consider to fit this bill:
1. Nintendo Kart, with an emphasis on introducing new characters to the franchise. Would also love to see animation intros ala Smash Bros for this. This sets up the potential for so many cool new tracks and items and would replace the Smash reveals throughout the Switch 2 generation.
2. Actual Mario Bros levels. Mario Kart levels are great, but I wouldn’t say they are taken out of any of the Mario levels. I would love to drive around the settings if Mario 3 or Mario Galaxy. A course that went through New Donk City would be pretty cool, too.
3. Grand Theft Mario Kart. This would be an open world Mushroom Kingdom with plenty of tracks to run through but would also allow you to complete side missions and explore the levels when you’re not racing. You could earn to licenses to compete in the 100, 150, 200, etc. Coins would be available to find to use to purchase new kart pieces and special karts could be earned by performing long missions or by navigating platforming levels, either 2D or 3D.
I know none of these ideas will happen, but I just hope that when we return for another title that there is a wow factor of some kind. |
Hell yes to #1 and #2. A "Nintendo Kart" is definitely the direction they started on MK8 and they need to bring to full fruition for MK9. I want to see courses, characters, and weapons/items cover a large range of Nintendo IP. Also yeah it would be cool to have some course designs ripped straight out of Mario games. #3 sounds god awful though tbh. I'd have to give up on Mario Kart if they turn it into a GTA style game with courses. It is definitely time for Mario Kart to make some big changes rather than small refinements. Especially considering MK9 will come out what like a decade after MK8. That alone is a reason to make big changes. |
I don't think I would want missions. I would want Mario levels with courses to run in those areas. Find blue coins. Reach a certain high up spot. Kill all the enemies, etc. I just feel like some of these Mario Kart tracks would be great to be able to actually go explore. But yes, that isn't quite Mario Kart and I understand that. But the idea of being able to collect coins in a Mario world and then being able to use those coins as actual currency to expand your garage and upgrade your kart sounds very appealing.
