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Forums - Nintendo - Mario Kart 8's Final Roster Will Only Have 30 Characters!? <(o_O<)

RealGamingExpert on 15 April 2014

Meh. Koopalings and the babies take up too much space! I dont mind having them, but not for the cost of other characters. I hope we'll get 36 characters though.



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the2real4mafol on 15 April 2014

Seems like a good number



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Augen on 15 April 2014
hsrob said:

I generally settle on one pretty quickly so that doesn't particularly bother me. I get the point about the seven Koopalings but what's a Karter to do?

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Yep, 30 almost seems excessive to me. I mean, I'm just going to be Koopa Troopa or Toad anyways as I've always done.



Lonely_Dolphin on 15 April 2014
RealGamingExpert said:
Meh. Koopalings and the babies take up to much space! I dont mind having them, but not for the cost of other characters. I hope we'll get 36 characters though.


Finally someone gets it! These are my thoughts exactly!

NintendoPie on 15 April 2014

All I needed was Baby Luigi. However, I blame the Koopalings for all the problems possible in this game. That was one of the dumbest roster decisions in all of Nintendo games.



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DevilRising on 15 April 2014

How the hell is 30 racers concerning? That's more than any MK has ever had (not counting the double car crap in Double Dash). Even IF that's all it has, that's more than enough. And frankly, if previous iterations are any indication, what you think is the final roster, isn't always the case, because certain secret characters take up extra spots on the screen.

Either way, I fail to see how this is "bad" or concerning news. This game is shaping up to actually be amazing. So let's quit trying to jinx it otherwise.



superchunk on 15 April 2014

Nah, MKWii's character grid slowly got larger as more players were unlocked. This is surely the same thing.

Personally I hope they drop the babies and add other real characters. Babies are stupid.



Lonely_Dolphin on 15 April 2014
NintendoPie said:
All I needed was Baby Luigi. However, I blame the Koopalings for all the problems possible in this game. That was one of the dumbest roster decisions in all of Nintendo games.


Nah, R.O.B. was the silliest!



RCTjunkie on 15 April 2014

I think it's shaping up to be an amazing roster. Good mix of old and new as well as some interesting surprises.



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DevilRising on 15 April 2014
ToxicJosh said:
Is anyone else hoping that there's a 'surprise cup'?

We've all assumed 4 new and 4 retro, because that's how it's always been (at least since double dash), but what if Nintendo are sitting on an extra 2 cups (1 new, 1 retro)?

Or, perhaps more likely, another 2 as DLC?

(And I'm not kidding, DLC cups for MK8 could be a very smart move by Nintendo)


Double Dash didn't have retro cups, it only had 4 like MK64. Super Circuit on GBA featured courses from the SNES original, but did not have official, different "retro cups" either. That didn't start until MKDS, and has been the format since then.

 

I wouldn't be adverse to having more remade retro tracks as DLC either, so long as they aren't absurdly priced. I would especially like to see whatever MK64 tracks they don't use initially, remade for DLC, as that's my fav. MK game.