PAOerfulone said:
Ehhh, I could see them going either way. But I think they should just leave the 'Smash Bros' crossover appeal to Smash Bros and just let Mario Kart be its own self-contained thing within the Mario universe. You know that saying of, "Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing?" The biggest reason why Smash Bros is so special and such a huge deal every time we get a new game is because of the concept of gaming's greatest legends and icons coming together to beat the shit out of each other. And the fact that it's the ONLY franchise where something like that is possible. If Nintendo did a "Smash Kart" or a "Smash Party" for all their franchises, then Smash Bros. wouldn't really be that special anymore. |
I think Smash would still be plenty special. There is a big difference between a racing game, where characters are pretty much all skins, and a fighting game where each character actually brings their unique traits from their games. I don't feel like I would be the least bit less excited for Smash if they made a Nintendo themed cart racer.
And, I just don't see where else they go with the Mario Kart franchise. With the DLC, MK8 now has pretty much every course throughout the history of the game that's worth racing through. And virtually every Mario family character is already playable. Racing through Brinstar as Kirby just feels a lot more interesting than Bowser's Castle 10.
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