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but did you know Splatoon is a more relevant franchise to the Mario series
 
ZelenPixel said:
- one track reused from mario kart 7, which is based on donkey kong country returns, which is no longer relevant due to tropical freeze releasing the same year as mk8
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This shouldn't be disappointing. Remember, we got to see Tiki Goons and Screaming Pillars in HD! Also, it's the only DK track in Mario Kart with actual references to any of his games, except for the arcade jungle courses, and it returned in the best Mario Kart game to date!

ZelenPixel said:
- one track idk any details abt it i dont play zelda but it has unique coin replacemenrs unlike dk jungle???
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I actually prefer DK Jungle to have Mario-like coins instead of something specific (like rupees in the Hyrule track or bells in the AC track) because it puts it in the same repertoire as the other Mario courses, reinforcing that DK is part of Mario's universe.
 
What especially irks me about the Splatoon representation in Mario Kart is that it has even less history with Mario than other established Nintendo franchises; Kirby comes to mind in my opinion as a Nintendo franchise that should have been repped first. Kirby at least appeared with Mario in Club Nintendo comics, Super Mario kun, and even in Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and even referenced Mario a bunch in his games especially Kirby Superstar. Same goes to an extent with Animal Crossing but to be fair Animal Crossing did have Mario furniture since the beginning.

But no. People harp on Mercedes GLA for product placement when the Splatoon one is far more blatant. At least you get an awesome vehicle anyone can use and its DLC was free.
 
Also you can excuse the gla for being a free update in a game that's lacking a lot in the roster and a bit of bike and atv variety. Splatan came out after Nintendo supposedly had more time to develop, especially after getting additional time to sick us with paid glorified costume swaps being Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach as well as nonMario characters and then screwing over Wii U owners with tieing Dry Bones, Bowser Jr., and King Boo behind an overpriced port. All this time and extra money we give them to remedy a roster with glaring omissions and STILL has glaring omissions.
 
I don't care whats in Mario Kart anymore since I'll always have the 3 or 4 specific characters I like to use.