2021 was a huge year for video game milestones. Pokemon turned 25, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Legend Of Zelda is now 35, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Donkey Kong celebrated its 40th birthday. While there don't appear to be quite as many big occasions in 2022, there are a few dotted here and there. One of the big ones will be 30 years since the launch of the very first 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Kart game. Perhaps the world's greatest spin-off series has gone from strength to strength since then, and rumors are abound that Nintendo has somethi🥂ng big planned to celebrate i🥃ts 30th year.
If you believe the rumors and leaks surrounding that something big, then by the end of 2022 Nintendo will☂ have announced it꧟s plans for an all new Mario Kart game. In fact, knowing Nintendo, we'll already have it. The studio doesn't tend to leave much time between its announcements and the subsequent release dates. The leaks will have you believe the all-new Mario Kart game will feature more characters from other branches of the Nintendo tree, such as Star Fox and Pikmin. Plus, other twists that will 🀅flip🌳 the successful spin-off series on its head.
All sounds pretty exciting, right? Sorry, I'm here to spoil the party. I don't think we need another Mario Kart game. In fact, I don't think anyone needs a new Mario Kart game. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is in the top ten best-selling games every single week even though we are fast-approaching five years since it launched on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo Switch. It has and continues to sell so many copies that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:it is now the b🦂est-selling Mario Kart game ever. With all that money continuing to pourꩵ in, you have to question why Nintendo would have Mario Kart 9, or 10, or Crossroads, or whatever it is allegedly going to be called swoop in and put a stop to thꦛat.
If millions of you are still buying Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, that means millions of you are still playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Nintendo revealed it was the seventh most played game on Switch in 2021, beating the likes of FIFA 21, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rocket League, and new arrival 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Unite. Everyone is still buying, everyone is still playing, seemingly everyone 🌌is happy🔯, so why upset the status quo and bring a new game into the mix?
I do see the logic to an extent. You can't ride the momentum forever and even though it appears as if Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's popularity will never dwindle, there will come a tipping point and Nintendo wants to get ahead of that. However, there's an easier and perhaps better way to do that than developing and releasing an all-new Mario Kart before it is really needed. A gap in the market that has been left empty by the conclusion of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's fighter reveals.
Instead of replacing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, add to it. The big reveal for Mario Kart's 30th anniversary should be that the game is getting a run of new DLC, five years on from the game's launch. It can kick off with the addition of one or two new racers, perhaps Star Fox and Pikmin as has been leaked online, maybe even with their very own unique tracks. Hell, maybe even some new items, although I don't want to upset the Mario Kart purists too much. The reveal can also include that the new characters are part of a Racers Pass. It will work the same way as Smash Ultimate's Fighters Passes. Either pay for the new racers individually, or cough up ahead of time to make sure you get new characters as soon as they arrive.
Even before the most recent leaks, the consensus was to keep Mario Kart interesting via whatever it does next, it will need to be more of a Super Smash Kart. Isabelle and Link have already been added to the roster, so the wheels are already in motion in that regard. Go all in with it Nintendo. Stop making Mario Kart 9 and start adding content to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. If for no other reason than I still can't move past having no strangers to fight with over who the next Smash fighter should be. There has been a gaping hole in my life 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:ever since Sora was announced. Give me a Mario Kart Racers Pass and let me yell about why Kirby should be the first new character added while someone I've never met who wants it to be Captain Falcon yells back.
