Surge135 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 You beat me to that, pb. I was about to post the same thing except their tweet. purple_beard 1 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 22 minutes ago, Surge135 said: You beat me to that, pb. I was about to post the same thing except their tweet. Tweet is more direct and I saw yt video first but was driving and couldn't navigate to Twitter. ******** If it rolls tomorrow evening we can fire up a friend room early! Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I know PB already put it out there that he's offering to play the DLC online tonight. In some rare cases I will hop online but a nah for me. I won't even be playing the DLC at launch. I'll be doing the grand prix around 10pm with Birdo of course! purple_beard 1 Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Update live! purple_beard 1 Quote Link to comment
Ithrak Utopia Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 I'm looking forward to this one. Hopefully, the atmosphere of Waluigi Stadium is intact, and I want to see if racing on Mario Circuit makes me forget about Airship Fortress's exclusion a bit more. Quote Link to comment
alienboyva Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) Looks like we're getting more new characters than just Birdo... Will Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, even Petey Piranha return? Could we even see SMB Movie Mario and Luigi? ...Or maybe characters introduced in MKT, like Kamek (not including costumed characters). 🤔 Edited March 9, 2023 by alienboyva Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Digging the mkt tracks. Graphics look improved. Yoshi island is solid but not demanding. Quote Link to comment
TheBarkinHyena Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Some of these turns are going to be fun in 200cc! purple_beard 1 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Who wants to go online? Quote Link to comment
TheBarkinHyena Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Wish I could, but I'm leaving to go to the store soon. I need to buy all the food! Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Who wants to go online? Say here... my laptop isn't near me, and I'll join. Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 13 hours ago, alienboyva said: Looks like we're getting more new characters than just Birdo... Will Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, even Petey Piranha return? Could we even see SMB Movie Mario and Luigi? ...Or maybe characters introduced in MKT, like Kamek (not including costumed characters). 🤔 ...if that leak was right... I'd say kamek, Petey, and nabbit could be locks. Funky and Diddy should be there. Quote Link to comment
Link, the Hero of Dreams Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Since I finally defeated both waves 3 & 4, here are my thoughts: General: By the way, does anyone have some serious steering problems? I thought it was just my controller, and so I switched, but some problem. I thought it was only Birdo and the tracks, but no. Wave 3: Tour London Loop: I love the track design. Love the music. I love that the Chain Chomps become unchained in the last lap. I love the little bridge jump. 10/10 GBA Boo Lake: ... Underwater tracks return! And anti-gravity too! I love this music too. I wish it was Broken Pier, but still... 9/10. No Boos, and a lot of Dry Fish. 3DS Rock Rock Mountain: Hasn't really changed, besides the anti-gravity part. Love the music. 10/10 Wii Maple Treeway: Great course, though maybe there's something weird with the camera. Love the music. 10/10. Tour Berlin Byways: This has some of the best music in MK8 EVER. That aside, the track is fine. ... Wait, are the Thwomps falling an analogy to the fall of the Berlin Wall of the 90s?! 10/10 DS Peach Gardens: It's still the same track, but the reverse turn at the end got me, like Kalimari Desert, and it's better than Sydney Sprint's execution. I love the music too. 10/10. Merry Mountain: Better than that Sundae Surprise track or whatever. The half-pipe stuff was fun, and the gliding after the first lap was fun. Love the music too. Again, too close camera at times, but it's festive and cozy. Best original track so far. 10/10. 3DS Rainbow Road: We have essentially four Rainbow Roads now. Why this track as well?! Aside from that... Some people have criticized the sun flare and the color of the Rainbow Road. I don't know, but the track is still playable, those qualms aside. 9/10. Overall, 78/80. Best Wave so far. Wave 4: Tour Amsterdam Drift: I think this is the only Tour track which goes off-track. Feels like Moo Moo Farm in a sense. I love the countryside aesthetic, but the turns at the end are maybe too close for comfort. Plus, I don't like the little monk chant stuff in the music. It seems really inorganic. 9/10. GBA Riverside Park: I wanted Lakeside Park, but I'm glad we got this too. Feels fresh and new. I love the weird Piranha Plants. Love the music too. 10/10. This might be my favorite Booster Course GBA track so far. Wii DK Summit: I wanted to like this track, but I feel like there's a glaring problem with these trick tracks now. Does anyone feel like the camera zooms onto the racers too much after a half-pipe jump? Like, I had a hard time focusing on drifting, and kept falling off. Speaking of which, this track is not Lakitu friendly. 7.5/10. Yoshi's Island: I really wanted to like this track, but on 200CC, it's a nightmare. DO NOT DRIFT. EVER. Still, the atmosphere is cute, and the music and sound affects make this track solid. 8/10. Tour Bangkok Rush: WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO BANGKOK... Love the Rush reference. And the music. That aside, it is somewhat fun to race on, even if some turns are too close for comfort. It also feels like a better version of Shy Guy Bazaar too. 8/10. DS Mario Circuit: DID WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER CIRCUIT?! (Plus, Figure-8 Circuit was a totally better option. RUINED POTENTIAL!) Turning at the end at 200CC sucks. But, I do like the woods area, and when the Wiggler comes out at the end. But, they have... missed potential again with Peach's castle. WHAT A TAUNT! 6/10. GCN Waluigi Stadium: I would have preferred Wario Colosseum, but this will have to do. My problems with DK Summit are here too, maybe two-fold. Plus, don't go on the anti-gravity stuff here. Or do tricks off of some ramps instead of drifting. Just no. 7.5/10. Tour Singapour Speedway: I like that it's essentially a section track like Wuhu Loop. It's so gorgeous too. Although the race was shorter for me to hear most of the music, it was nice. Narrow turns aside from time to time, 9/10. ... Wait, those turns in the third lap... homage to Toad's Factory. Overall 65/80. It's not as solid as Wave 3, but that had some heavy shoes to fill. But, it's not as bad as Wave 1 or 2. Edited March 11, 2023 by Link, the Hero of Dreams purple_beard 1 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 @Link, the Hero of Dreams I'm with you on the camera in dk and waluigi tracks...several times I got spun around taking the banks and end up in reverse. Quote Link to comment
Link, the Hero of Dreams Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I'm not sure if any of these will be right, be here I go: Top 16 or so Tracks I would not want to see in MK8D: 16. DS Yoshi Falls Boring. 15. 3DS Wario Shipyard Still my least favorite Wario track. 14. 3DS Daisy Hills Amsterdam Drift called. 13. 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon That new interesting track... 12. Wii Luigi Circuit IF WE GET ANOTHER CIRCUIT TRACK, I SWEAR TO ROSALINA- 11. N64 DK's Jungle Parkway That turn after the boat ride. No. 10. DS Desert Hills The turning on 200CC. No. 9. SNES Ghost Valley 2/3. Like 9. 8. GCN Mushroom Bridge We already have Shroom Ridge. Plus... 7. DS DK Pass No. Just no. 6. GCN DK Mountain After what happened with DK Summit... noooo... 5. 3DS Rosalina's Ice World It would be worse than DK Summit, trust me. 4. DS Delfino Square Too narrow turns. 3. SNES Choco Island 1/2 Too slippery for 200CC. 2. Wii Moonview Highway They would never dare. 1. SNES Bowser Castle 2 Practically impossible to play on. ------------------------------------------------------------- Top 16 Tracks I would want to see in MK8D 16. GBA Shy Guy Beach So little hope for this one, but it's cute. 15. SNES Ghost Valley 1 The only Ghost Valley that would work. 14. GBA Rainbow Road If the game can have Rainbow Roads, I'm throwing my hat with this. 13. SNES Vanilla Lake 1/ 2 Snow Land is amazing, but these need redemption too. 12. GCN Wario Colosseum Waluigi Stadium crushed my dreams somewhat. 11. GBA Bowser Castle 4 I'm beginning to lose some hope for this. 10. GCN Peach Beach The only other Sunshine level that actually has a big space. 9. Wii Daisy Circuit The sunset would be phenomenal. 8. 3DS Wuhu Loop/ Maka Wuhu Singapore Speedway took its chance, but I shill have hope. 7. Wii Toad's Factory Singapore Speedway took its gimmick, but I still have hope. 6. Wii Koopa Cape Fun all around! 5. DS Airship Fortress That turn at the end might be a problem, but this is the only good DS track left. 4. GCN Mushroom City The best city track! 3. GCN Daisy Cruiser Still waiting for anti-gravity! 2. GBA Cheep Cheep Island That sunset. That, and it's heavily under-appreciated. 1. GBA Sunset Wilds DO IT, YOU COWARDS! THIS IS THE BEST GBA COURSE PERIOD! purple_beard 1 Quote Link to comment
DLurkster Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Going back the the character that will come to MK8DX. (Not talking about who and that's nice but this isn't Smash where character attributes is important and not like in Mario Kart where the characters attributes fall in 3 classes of weight: Light, Medium and Heavy. So to me we can talk about the characters we want but some or all these character play similar because of their weight so me it doesn't mean much to discuss coming to MK8DX) In total 6 characters are coming to MK8DX, one came in Wave 4 and the other 5 in the last 2 waves. This is where Nintendo done fuck up, one wave is gonna have 2 characters come and another with 3. I don't they are gonna release just one in the next and 4 for the last wave. It's gonna be 2 and 3 character release for the last 2 waves. It is so simple, if they knew they were gonna release 6 characters for the last waves, release 2 at time. Now we're gonna have this uneven release of characters per wave. At least, similar to Smash when characters is reveal ppl won't think it's a waste because of one character but with 2 characters a wave, they might avoid. 'who asked for the character? I rarely hear that for MK and more Smash but you never know but it sure would be cool and easy 2 release 2 at a time with waves we have left. They should of release another character with Birdo this wave. Hmmm, who know maybe they will before the next wave is revealed and release but not holding my breath. Quote Link to comment
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