Wman1996 said:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still largely Mario characters and key IPs like Kirby, Pokemon, and Metroid are absent. Captain Falcon isn't even available as a character. Mario Kart is currently Nintendo's Top IP if we look at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's sales and Mario Kart Tour. Heck, even Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8 were the top-selling games on 3DS and Wii U. No Mario Kart title had been the best-selling title on a Nintendo platform until 7 and 8. Heavy emphasis on non-Mario characters and locations would be a huge gamble for the Mario Kart IP. |
I'm not following your logic. How would that be a huge gamble? By far the most popular MK ever, and by far the best selling game on the Switch has multiple characters and courses that are non-Mario characters. The only gamble would be to turn away from that and say nevermind we're just going back to to how Mario Kart used to be with fewer and less interesting options.
If anything they should be adding more stuff, not taking stuff away. MK8 tested out adding in non-Mario things to MK, and it was hugely popular, so it'd be natural (and very much desired by gamers) for them to do even more of that with MK9. Nobody is like "nooo I hate non Mario things" lol.
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