In most Mario Kart games, you could fight other players in levels made specifically for fighting. In fact, in our original review of Mario Kart 8, we complained pretty loudly about the lame take on the series’ staple competitive mode. I remember when we only had eight characters to choose from in the original Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo.īut the new battle modes are the biggest additions. This puts the roster number at 42, which is an impressive number.

You can play as six new characters: Inkling Boy and Inkling Girl from Splatoon, and classic Mario Kart racers Dry Bones, King Boo, Bowser Jr., and Gold Mario. Zelda and Animal Crossing also get tracks, but classic Nintendo racing franchises Excitebike and F-Zero also have their own venues.īut Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also has new stuff. The DLC courses also take influence from other Nintendo series. This includes new racers, specifically Link from The Legend of Zelda and some characters from Animal Crossing.

If you, like me, were too cheap to buy the downloadable content for the original release, you can finally check it all out here. The game is just as much fun on the Switch.Īnd it comes with some extra stuff. It’s the first in the series to show off HD graphics, featuring some colorful courses with a wide range of themes (such a diamond-studded mines and a San Francisco-like hilly city).

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