What are your thoughts about Mario Kart World?

[mdl2401]

This one is my first post with a poll I think

 

[Xiahou Ba]

I don't need a Switch 2, and I don't need this game. Simple as that.

 

[Dorayaki]

Well since NIntendo acknowledge that NPCs are additional to the main roster, they pretty much don't really hide themselves about the contents here. There are some changes in World base roster, but not in obvious ways or not actaully giving any vibe of improvement from Wii which was from almost two decades ago, sorry to say I don't think this is acceptible at all.

In Nintendo's perspective, I guess there are two reasons behind: one is Tour and MK8's BCP weren't too far from now, and this leaves no time for them to produce much more contents for next game. The other is it's the landmark of NS2 debut game so they want to save efforts for other upcoming projects.

Aside from the price argument, I think a simple base game is okay entirely depends on whether Nintendo could reveal BCP plan from the start, just like Sonic's Crossworlds. If they do confirm that major contents are going to be added by phases, fans wouldn't be too bothered by a simple base. But at this point, either people are losing hope for this brand or they'd only consider buying it after BCP revealed.

 

[Tangle the Lemur]

There probably aren't additions to the base roster because there hasn't been a new major character since like 2000

 

[Night King]

There probably aren't additions to the base roster because there hasn't been a new major character since like 2000

Rosalina debuted in 2007, and Pauline was upgraded to major status ever since Mario Tennis Aces

And Bowser Jr. has been a mainstay since 2002

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

There probably aren't additions to the base roster because there hasn't been a new major character since like 2000

my take on that is they should start letting more characters onto the rosters so they can have an extended presence in some form in the series rather than letting the vast majority of interesting new characters remain one-offs and lost to time. There hasn't been a shortage of interesting new characters in the series, just a shortage of ones Nintendo has any interest in allowing out of one-off (or single-subseries-exclusive) hell. A mindset I've always been, and always will be, critical of.

 

[Aniki]

I always thought that Captain Syrup would be an easy choice for the Mario Kart roster. Tatanga might be more unconventional, but he's from the same game as Daisy and there are even references to Super Mario Land in World, so it'd make sense for him to appear. For villains though, it's shocking that Wart hasn't shown up yet. He's the first non-Bowser villain and from the same game as Birdo and Shy Guy, seems obvious for him to be a playable character. There's no shortage of potential new characters, and that's before really digging into the spin-offs, which Nintendo is severely opposed to doing for some reason. I know I would love to play as Mona from Wario Ware in Mario Kart.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

I mean, I think Nintendo is more likely to add Spongebob, Minecraft Steve, etc. to their kart racer before touching the deeper cuts, Sega did it in Crossworlds before they added any deep cut Sonic characters like Sally Acorn. And honestly, as someone who isn't even that deep into Sonic, I'd prefer the likes of Spongebob over Sally Acorn.

It's not even a Nintendo thing, it's mostly because Mario is a mass media franchise with an unfathomable reach that the corporation would prefer the likes of big media crossovers to win nonMario audience members to play their game than pander to people who would already buy Mario Kart even if *niche Mario spin-off character* wasn't in it. I know for a fact that if General Winter from Company of Heroes wasn't playable in Transformed, I wouldn't even try it, same with Link being in Soul Calibur II, and Nintendo and all other big companies know this.

 

[Tangle the Lemur]

I'd prefer the likes of Spongebob over Sally Acorn.

Insane take

 

[Xiahou Ba]

I mean I barely know who she is other than she appeared in some old Sonic cartoon.