Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2774 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 171 out of 2774
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  1. Malim100
    Mar 20, 2022
    4
    Cobrarme por los mismos mapas una y otra vez me parece penosa política, a ver si se le da más caña a Nintendo...
  2. Potentdestiny
    Mar 12, 2022
    3
    The item selection system is trash even though it is supposed to be random . Some items are also useless. There’s not enough options to go after first place. The races aren’t close. First place runs away with the race while 2nd-12th crush each other. The base stats for characters is flawed. You can run a perfect race and lose because a character while they are using the same kart as you.
  3. Baxter2477
    Apr 2, 2022
    1
    This Game should be Rated R for Gamblin.
    Need no Skil just Luck at the Boxes like in CoD with the Aliengun.
    I don't understand the "Hype" of this. Ist like an 60$ Handygame with Gamblin.
  4. Altergame
    Oct 20, 2022
    3
    It's alright when it functions. Very soulless or outright confusing track design, drift controls don't work when I'd like them to and *do* work when I'd not like them to. Many unnecessary characters -- like, who was asking for Pink Gold Peach? -- and to be honest, do we really need 14 Mario Kart games total?

    Playing teams races is outright obnoxious. Many of your teammates attacks can    It's alright when it functions. Very soulless or outright confusing track design, drift controls don't work when I'd like them to and *do* work when I'd not like them to. Many unnecessary characters -- like, who was asking for Pink Gold Peach? -- and to be honest, do we really need 14 Mario Kart games total?

    Playing teams races is outright obnoxious. Many of your teammates attacks can still hit you, including something as simple as a green shell.    … Expand
  5. Hydrazine
    Dec 10, 2022
    3
    Played Mario Kart for the first time ever...

    And i can say that it may be fun with friends, but and a solo player, it gets boring really fast. There is no content for the game, besides race and battle, there is no sense of completion nor of achievement. Edit: After some hours, the game become extremely easy, to the point that it stop giving good items to you to start giving OP    Played Mario Kart for the first time ever...

    And i can say that it may be fun with friends, but and a solo player, it gets boring really fast.

    There is no content for the game, besides race and battle, there is no sense of completion nor of achievement.

    Edit: After some hours, the game become extremely easy, to the point that it stop giving good items to you to start giving OP items to the bots.    … Expand
  6. Turnipking123
    Mar 15, 2023
    2
    Frustrating. They sell us a game at full
    Price on the switch that was originally released for the Wii U over 5 years ago. I forgot how
    Much I had despised beating it before they added these new maps. And to have the audacity to charge for new maps and full price on an old game. Nintendo is lucky it has my nostalgia. I will Only ever buy Nintendo systems for Zelda games. The rest is going    Frustrating. They sell us a game at full
    Price on the switch that was originally released for the Wii U over 5 years ago. I forgot how
    Much I had despised beating it before they added these new maps. And to have the audacity to charge for new maps and full price on an old game. Nintendo is lucky it has my nostalgia. I will Only ever buy Nintendo systems for Zelda games. The rest is going down hill in my opinion. This game rewards playing poorly and sandbagging. There is no benefit to being good at racing. This game does not incentivize getting better at it.

    I will be returning my newly purchased copy tomorrow. What a waste of money.    … Expand
  7. Magolor21
    Aug 26, 2020
    4
    This game is the perfect example of the Nintendo casual approach post 2010: confusion rules over everything. From a racing game, Mario Kart has officially become a Party game where luck is almost as important as skills.
    Most of the choices, from the blue shell running through racers, to the lightning for not mentioning the green shells bouncing crazily everywhere seemed to be done in order    This game is the perfect example of the Nintendo casual approach post 2010: confusion rules over everything. From a racing game, Mario Kart has officially become a Party game where luck is almost as important as skills.
    Most of the choices, from the blue shell running through racers, to the lightning for not mentioning the green shells bouncing crazily everywhere seemed to be done in order to create confusion and help gamers without skills to obtain decent results.
    The Mirror mode is totally useless and the 200cc doesn’t suit a track design which wasn’t intended to that.

    The only good notes are the graphics, colorful and gorgeous, the nice Ost and the control system almost all the time price and reliable.    … Expand
  8. lilbagginz
    Mar 24, 2019
    2
    I've played this game for a long time and YES, it was fun at the beginning. But when I kept on playing I realised how broken it was. I was frustrated and discouraged by bad game mechanics.

    Threre are so many flaws that I don't even know where to start, but I try to be brief. 1. UNBALANCED: There are different weight classes. But everyone just plays heavies because they've got unfair    I've played this game for a long time and YES, it was fun at the beginning. But when I kept on playing I realised how broken it was. I was frustrated and discouraged by bad game mechanics.

    Threre are so many flaws that I don't even know where to start, but I try to be brief.

    1. UNBALANCED: There are different weight classes. But everyone just plays heavies because they've got unfair advantages if you build them right (great speed, high acceleration + turbo, can knock around lightweights).

    2. CHEAT MODE: There is literally a cheat option in the settings called 'smart steering'. Actually it's for kids or absolute newbies who have trouble staying on a course without knocking into walls or falling right off. But it's a clear advantage over your opponents on certain tracks like Rainbow Road or in 200cc and destroys any sense of competition.

    3. ONLINE: Just horrific! For playing online it's required to pay 20€ anually but getting nothing in return. With nothing I actually mean NOTHING. There aren't any dedicated servers, just Peer-to-Peer!!! The result: everyone lags, only lags, everywhere lags. Nintendo, what are you doing with my money?!
    Another side effect of lagging players is that everyone just gets mushrooms instead of other items.

    4. MATCHMAKING: As mentioned before there is no real competition because of babysitting/smart steering. High-skilled pros are tossed together with newbies. The philosophy: Everybody can beat/cheat everyone.
    Because of the item roulette It's more luck- than skill-based. There is no advantage of being the first because when picking up boxes you get only coins. Meanwhile the guy behind you gets triple red shells and beat the **** out of you right before the finish line.

    A typical game looks like this: You lead the whole game and defend your first position like a rabid dog. Then right before the finish line you will ultimately pay the price for your ignorance! Here it comes: First a lightning bolt to take away your items, then a blue shell, a red shell and finally a passing star and rocket. So you drop from your deserved first place to an embarrassing eighth place.    … Expand
  9. FrostNovaRanger
    Jun 9, 2020
    0
    Complete rng trash on 200cc. Why try and be good at a game when it is 100% luck based on higher difficulties.
  10. Fusy
    Mar 12, 2021
    3
    I loved Mario Kart Wii. While the core gameplay remains solid, aspects of this game stop me from finding enjoyment. The twisted tracks are incredibly uncomfortable to drive on. This is especially true for wall riding when your character drives diagonally at the side of the screen. I don't know if it's the angle of my character or the track, or if the camera is too close to the road, but II loved Mario Kart Wii. While the core gameplay remains solid, aspects of this game stop me from finding enjoyment. The twisted tracks are incredibly uncomfortable to drive on. This is especially true for wall riding when your character drives diagonally at the side of the screen. I don't know if it's the angle of my character or the track, or if the camera is too close to the road, but I can't stand these sections. It's weird that no body else seems to have this problem. I'm hoping Nintendo lay off the twists in any sequels or I won't be buying.… Expand
  11. Phuz
    Jun 16, 2021
    0
    Well this was bought for me as a present and it has been traded in. As I have been a life long fan of Mario Kart been playing since my SNES in the 90's, my GF bought this for me. The thing is I have it on WiiU with DLC and it plays better on there. The stiff, piddly little Switch wheels just don't work well and I like playing Mario Kart with wheels. I can play an incredibly similar versionWell this was bought for me as a present and it has been traded in. As I have been a life long fan of Mario Kart been playing since my SNES in the 90's, my GF bought this for me. The thing is I have it on WiiU with DLC and it plays better on there. The stiff, piddly little Switch wheels just don't work well and I like playing Mario Kart with wheels. I can play an incredibly similar version of the game on WiiU using my Wii wheels and it feels so much better to play. Zelda BotW (which is an absolute turd of a game), Mario Kart, Tokyo Mirage, Toads Treasure Tracker, Xenoblade Chronicles, all Wii/WiiU games. Nintendo need to stop rehashing old games. Fire Emblem 3 Houses was amazing, Mario and Rabbids was really good. They're still capable but being extremely lazy in my eyes.

    This should have been a brand new Mario Kart made to work well with the Switches design, not a WiiU game ported over and less enjoyable.

    Wii Mario Kart was a better game too.    … Expand
  12. NylonYT
    Jan 31, 2022
    0
    Great game to hop on and play a few races, though there should be more tracks.
  13. Ronacse
    Feb 20, 2021
    0
    Is fun to play with people, however the aspects that are troubling to me is whenever you are riding solo, the game just **** you for no reason
  14. GhostSurfer
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Just to balance out the numbers, this has to be the worst mariokart I’ve been ever played next to the first one. The way you unlock cars and parts takes wayyyy too long. You get a max of 10 coins per race and races take a good 2-6 mins and eventually you’ll get a new part at 100 coins increments later. They have a “smart” steering and auto driving for babies. I mean really? Where’s theJust to balance out the numbers, this has to be the worst mariokart I’ve been ever played next to the first one. The way you unlock cars and parts takes wayyyy too long. You get a max of 10 coins per race and races take a good 2-6 mins and eventually you’ll get a new part at 100 coins increments later. They have a “smart” steering and auto driving for babies. I mean really? Where’s the challenge in that. And that brings me to my last and the most offended decision they made in Mario 8 deluxe. Rubber banding, F-ing rubber banding, takes all the skill out of the game, you could be miles ahead but they will be given the best weapons and will be faster than you to catch up. I saw some say “it makes it interesting, it makes it fun” to that absolutely NO! Rubber banding treats you like a kid that is given a win that doesn’t know they actually didn’t do it on your own, that you can’t do it on your own. Rubber banding does the opposite for people that are good at the game, they take the win from you, they keep the other karts near you even if you hit a prefect run all the boosts, all the power drifts, power jumps, jump boosting. It takes a game that is somewhat skill based and says “nope we are going to restrict you because you are too good” and if you’re bad “we are going to pretend you are good” That’s what rubbering banding does to gamers and you can test it out for yourself. Do a good start have someone on split screen behind you watching your good start then do a bad start and you’ll see the other computers stick to your kart. It’s so f-ing bad… Expand
  15. MetalSoArtFenix
    Nov 8, 2021
    0
    0/10 Одна Из Худший Игр Во Вселенной 0/10.............................................................................................................................
  16. KohakuGaming
    Jan 6, 2022
    1
    This is by far the worst racing game I have ever played completely RNG based not very fun and a $60 remake of a wiiu game This game is not fun at all and evil.
  17. Mr_Nobody34
    Jan 14, 2022
    3
    Ratings for the time period it came out
    Story : 0
    Gameplay : 3
    Graphics : 4
    Fun Factor : 4
    Environment interaction : 1
    Sound effects : 4
    Overall Immersion : 3
  18. Browned
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    They keep bring this game back and it just the same recycle trash over and over again really getting sick and tired of it come out with Mario kart 8 ALREADY!
  19. manusax
    Mar 4, 2018
    1
    Es imposible girar, los vehiculos no giran en ciertas curvas, a veces ni derrapando.
    se ha hecho demasiado hincapié en la utilización del derrape para girar, no como en otros mariokart que podias derrapar pero la curva la cogias igual girando, en el mariokart Wii era mucho mas divertido y entretenido.

    este es frustante, de verdad,
  20. MIERIOCRITIC
    Jul 23, 2018
    0
    Mal juego. Malisima conexión. Refrito de un juego de wii u.demasiado caro.

    Y encima obligan a pagar por el online
  21. Technickle
    Aug 11, 2020
    1
    This game is a lot worse compared to it's Wii U release, and the luck factor that comes into play even makes it's a worse experience. Unlike the Wii U version where skill was a factor, luck felt more reasonable. $60 for this? no, no more like $30 maximum. For someone who played A LOT of the Wii U version, I can tell you that, this is not any better. If you still like Mario Kart 8, makeThis game is a lot worse compared to it's Wii U release, and the luck factor that comes into play even makes it's a worse experience. Unlike the Wii U version where skill was a factor, luck felt more reasonable. $60 for this? no, no more like $30 maximum. For someone who played A LOT of the Wii U version, I can tell you that, this is not any better. If you still like Mario Kart 8, make sure to keep the Wii U version and dump the Switch version entirely. Coming from someone who spent all their time on the Wii U Version (13K) it's recommended to skip this.… Expand
  22. Coryn78
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    The game is great, I have nothing against it. But instead of giving us a new Mario Kart, like Nintendo did for every console since Mario Kart exists, they just recycled another WiiU title and sold it again with little addition for another 60€. Mario Kart is not the only game to that this happened. It seems to be a trend at Nintendo to just rerelease WiiU games on the Switch. But unlikeThe game is great, I have nothing against it. But instead of giving us a new Mario Kart, like Nintendo did for every console since Mario Kart exists, they just recycled another WiiU title and sold it again with little addition for another 60€. Mario Kart is not the only game to that this happened. It seems to be a trend at Nintendo to just rerelease WiiU games on the Switch. But unlike most other of the recycled titles, Mario Kart is a game you just need for a Nintendo console. With this game, you can't just say: ,,I already own and played the game, I don't have to buy it again'', Mario Kart is just the game you play with friends and family, especially when they aren't that familiar with most or any video games. I am disappointed, because this just feels like a middle finger from Nintendo towards people with a WiiU, because Nintendo makes us having to buy one game multiple times to have something to play with other people. Instead of making the Switch downwards compatible, they recycle old games, and with Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe) I am the most disappointed.… Expand
  23. Xaphnir
    May 6, 2020
    4
    This is the most frustrating game I've ever played, and that's say a LOT. Skill doesn't feel like it factors into the game at all. To give an example:

    I spent 4 hours trying to win a 150cc grand prix. Was it due to lack of skill? Was I improving consistently throughout these four hours? No. All I was doing was rolling the RNG over and over and over again trying to get one attempt    This is the most frustrating game I've ever played, and that's say a LOT. Skill doesn't feel like it factors into the game at all. To give an example:

    I spent 4 hours trying to win a 150cc grand prix. Was it due to lack of skill? Was I improving consistently throughout these four hours?

    No.

    All I was doing was rolling the RNG over and over and over again trying to get one attempt where I didn't get repeatedly screwed over by blue or red shells right before the finish line, or didn't get targeted 10 times per lap by items. And when I finally won, I was also helped by different AI doing better in different races, reducing their score and allowing me to win by one point.

    I could see this being fun if you have friends or family to play on the same console with. The core game mechanics are solid, and the tracks are quite good. But if all you're going to do is play against the AI or online? Don't waste your time or money.

    Overall, it's a game with potential ruined by excessive RNG.    … Expand
  24. AdaptiveTech
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    I've played every Mario Kart ever made -- and, unfortunately, the series is just getting tired. You'll find the same annoying gameplay mechanics from when it originally came out in 1992: Random rivals are impossibly fast -- even with a star, you will lose ground; and you will get absolutely demolished when in the lead, while CPU players skate by with little trouble.

    There are new bugs,    I've played every Mario Kart ever made -- and, unfortunately, the series is just getting tired. You'll find the same annoying gameplay mechanics from when it originally came out in 1992: Random rivals are impossibly fast -- even with a star, you will lose ground; and you will get absolutely demolished when in the lead, while CPU players skate by with little trouble.

    There are new bugs, like being the final target of blue shells even when you're in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place.

    Lastly, battle mode now has a split vertical screen, which means you see almost nothing around you. Verticality in this game is not a thing, this orientation is not helpful.    … Expand
  25. Luanneto
    Sep 22, 2019
    4
    Tudo que foi adicionado na versão do switch poderia ter adicionado na versão do Wii U, movimentação travada e animações pobres, fica bem claro seus defeitos se comparado com crash team racing
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  26. ferllenAvel
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    That's the worst Mario Kart ever made. I played all others, and believe me, this is the dumbest Mario Kart Ever. The IA is ridiculous. Item distribution is terrible. When you are winning you know you just gonna get crappy items. They removed all the shortcuts from the classic tracks. I still love Mk Wii and 64 (my favorites) but this one is dumb !
  27. Sukatees
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    this game has Music Park which is my least favourite course in the series..
  28. IHateThemBoys
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    I. Hate. Mario and his stupid, retarded friends. **** this little Italian guy and his dumbass brother. Btw **** them ‘boys.
  29. MahoganyVince
    Jun 30, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is wildly overrated and dramatically inferior to other games on the market… Expand
  30. mayday2592
    Jul 24, 2019
    3
    Rehashed port of a Wii U game with minimal new content that's being sold for 60 bucks. Save your money and get a better kart racer instead.
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Universal acclaim - based on 95 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 93 out of 95
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 95
  3. Negative: 0 out of 95
  1. Power Unlimited
    Oct 19, 2017
    85
    You could see Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as an easy port, because it is to a certain extent. But it would be silly to disregard the ultimate fun this kart experience offers because of this. If you have a Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an essential purchase you will play for over three years and never regret buying.
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  2. Wired UK
    Aug 30, 2017
    90
    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a refinement rather than a remaster, but one that corrects the few flaws of its predecessor. It would be nice if there was just a bit more new content to help justify the full price release, or if you didn't have to unlock kart mods all over again, but for the foreseeable future, this is the definitive – and best – Mario Kart experience.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 5, 2017
    60
    Funny racing game featuring the most popular tracks from all older sequels and versions. Don’t waste your time with reality – shoot the enemy with the turtle shell! [Issue#275]
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