I’d actually be shocked if the koopalings didn’t return. I think the roster will be revealed during the Mario Kart World direct, so I guess we’ll find out then.
From what they've shown so far, there are 7 cups for the Grand Prix, but 8 rallies for the Knockout Tour!
It will likely be at least a year after release before we end up having MKW sessions in any events that we run, since naturally we understand it'll take awhile for people to buy the Switch 2 and any multiplayer games for it, especially after the pricing reveal. Any staff hosted sessions will be restricted to just Neighborly Games until we think it's appropriate to include them in the events.
Hmm, I watched the direct but not all that closely. I had already decided I wasn’t going to be buying the new system OR any games soon. Once I read the games are going to be priced at $80, it killed it for me. And honestly it isn’t even that it wouldn’t be within my budget, I just balk at paying that much money for a game. We know that they will be offering paid expansions to this game in the future so then it becomes even more pricey. Seeing some of the things you mentioned, like not being able to make kart combos is crazy…especially for an $80 game. Also I’m not a huge multiplayer game kinda player. I prefer to play single or with 1 or 2 players that I know irl. Here’s hoping that some of the things that look like they are missing pre-release is just that they kept some of the info back either to reduce direct length (which was already over an hour) or just for surprise. I saw that about 1 less cup as well but it seemed like the individual ones were actual longer tracks/races? That could have just been the way it was presented. Idk. I guess the only way to buy this game would be in a bundle because if I remember correctly, buying it as a bundle would in effect make the game $50 instead of $80. I guess it’s a wait and see. I do know Nintendo creates some decent bundles for the holidays. Wish I could justify the cost because I loved the look of the updated/udgraded Zelda BOTW and TOF kingdom. I bought both of the recent Switch ones because of the nostalgia I have for the older Nintendo versions. Even those will cost additional money though.
i know some people have been saying removing kart combos is good because it erases the meta and "tryhards", but if the pre-made karts still have stats then meta and tryhards are still going to exist anyway. at that point, it would've just made more sense to remove stats and keep kart combos. sure, not everyone wants to make karts, but iirc it saves your usual combo (at least online, 'cause i just spam A through the kart maker screen) so you only have to do it once if you Really don't like them, and it's at least still an option for people who did like making more specific karts. (like me and my motorbike with monster truck wheels lol.)
Very well said! I was on the fence on the price but I have been saving a bit here and there for exactly this and decided I will pull the trigger on the buy. I planned on pre-ordering the Switch 2 bundle with Mario Kart World, since I can't ever pass up Mario Kart.
