Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

[Nellie Rose Morningstar]

Honestly, I know it got added, but I want Waluigi Pinball. TBH I want more Waluigi because he's perfect in every way and I love him. Waluigi did nothing wrong and he deserves the very best

 

[Biddybud]

Has anyone else noticed the Rival System changed?
I played 50cc Turnip Cup as Mario, and had Baby Peach as a rival instead of Peach.
Then I played 50cc Propeller Cup as Mario, and had Cat Peach as my rival instead of Peach.
Both in Grand Prix to be clear.

Now the question is, is the change exclusive to the Booster Pass cups, or did it implement onto the old cups too?

 

[J-Yoshi64]

Finally a GBA remake that's faithful to the original. In both map and music.

 

[Biddybud]

So this time, on grand prix 100cc Turnip, the rival system was completely bonkers.
While Bowser and a variation of Peach (Pink Gold Peach) are still present, they were not Mario's rivals.

I should clarify, I have never used any mods, whatever is going on is coinciding with Booster Pass.

One theory is my console is gaining consciousness and grew bored of routine, it's only a matter of time till it takes over the world.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

I think rivals are hardcoded anyway like vehicle preferences, so you can't change rival order, even with mods.

EDIT: Never mind, they're stored in a file called AIRivalTable.byaml. I guess that might have changed with the update.

 

[Koopa con Carne]

Edit: Snippets of each course's soundtrack can be heard in gameplay videos on the Japanese Nintendo site. I got a bit of whiplash from the brass used in Berlin Byways; it's supposed to be violin, Mario Kart Band!!!

 

[Xiahou Ba]

Man I didn't even play booster course pack 2 yet lol

 

[J-Yoshi64]

Pretty cool variation on the rainbow.


Or maybe I'm just glad it's not just squares again.

 

[Dingodile]

I think the courses in Wave 3 look phenomenal. Can't wait to play the new tracks!

 

[Biddybud]

Merry Mountain was a given! Glad to see Boo Lake there too.