Today’s game is Mario Kart World. I was debating picking up the console because my Switch 1 is broken, but also it’s outrageously expensive. Luckily, it doesn’t seem like I’ll have to do that as it was bought by my family instead for the younglings to play. So now I get to experience it without the massive price tag of the game or console.

My consensus was just kind of “Yep, that certainly is the next Mario Kart”. It’s not anything special in my opinion compared to the others, but also Mario Kart doesn’t really need to be. Mario Kart is the kind of game I throw on when I have friends over. It’s not this big thing I spend hours myself trying to complete. It’s certainly not worth that outrageous price tag though.

One thing I’ve liked about it is the outfits. Horribly organized, but they have some amazing outfits. Like for example Rosalina’s Halloween ish outfit. It’s got this cool design that reminds me of sea anemones.

The character roster feels a bit stretched to meet the goal of racers(looking at you Cataquacks and Cow). They’re fun and funky additions but take up too much space on the roster for me to really justify them being there.

Overall, it’s Mario Kart again. Not something id spend all that money on, but to each their own I suppose. I was also wanting to talk about the races, but there’s a lot to talk about there, and I’m wiped (something I’m sure shows in this post. I’m legit passing out while typing this) after a long day today, so maybe this won’t be the last time this shows up as id love to discuss the races.

  • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 days ago

    I had a friend give it a try too. I personally didn’t notice a difference (but also my go to Mario Kart is 64). But he plays a lot of 8 deluxe and kept commenting on how slow it is.

    I really like the switch 2, and with my switch 1 being broken for me. It’s much more of a “Buy a new switch 1, and a $100 investment into the new system”. I think I will get one soon, but I think I’m gonna hold off for a bit just to see what exclusive it’s gonna get, because the ones I’ve seen aren’t very appealing to me.

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      11 days ago

      good call. I’ll wait for a few more games to come out then maybe pull the trigger later. I’m busy going through a catalogue of unplayed games like ace attorney and luigi’s mansion (I’m playing couch coop with my significant other through the stories of games we found on sale).

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        10 days ago

        Damn. You just reminded me I need to pick up Ace Attorney again. I played it on my 3DS, got to the second game, then dropped it and proceeded to be it on 3 separate systems. I really should pick it up again because it was so much fun