moosegrinder Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, Capwn said: Why is nobody talking about this? Because it's a free to play Nitnendo game. Dr Mario World killed off my last fuck to give about them. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehStu Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I signed up for the beta but didn't bother when I saw the monetization, and almost pre-registered for the final release when my phone notified me yesterday. Caught myself just in time. I'm just not going to support this sort of thing, however good the game may be. I've got a Switch sat there if I fancy some MK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Why is it using portrait mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capwn Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Stanley said: Why is it using portrait mode? Good question. I would imagine it's to do with reading distances, on a small screen when playing a fast game where you are going forward the shorter the vision ahead then the more unfair it feels as items/obstacles suddenly pop up. By making it vertical you can see further into the distance, this is why most free runner games are either played in portrait or side scrollers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirubagan Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayn Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 While I’m not pumped for this release at all, that trailer was rather good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Mario Can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footle Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Rayn said: While I’m not pumped for this release at all, that trailer was rather good! As long as you don’t want to know what the game is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Certificate Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 MEGATON 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusty Gusset Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 It's out! Well it downloaded and is currently throwing a maintenance page at me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudderless Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Yep - until 8am, it seems. Hey ho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorgot Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Until roughly 8 am apparently as I still can't start it. Hey ho, I'll look forward to giving it a go later though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Servers are overloaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanho Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) Servers are getting hammered pretty hard, this is as far as I can get so far... Edit @Strafe beat me while I was screenshotting. Did Ninty not think this might be popular? Edited September 25, 2019 by Ivanho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirubagan Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Lemon Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Animal Crossing Pocket Camp was the same. Nintendo sucks at mobile launches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsin Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Just got on for a few races. Looks nice enough, albeit more sanitised thanks to the course design and the iPhone screen. It controls about as well as you’d expect. I can’t see it taking up much of my time and - bare with me on this one - I hope it tanks so Nintendo don’t get any ideas about ditching the main series for this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsin Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Have you heard about THE PIPE? Did you know you can get valuable items from THE PIPE? Doesn't it feel satisfying to pull THE PIPE? How about spending some money on THE PIPE? Yep this whole thing is a complete freemium nightmare with all the worst practices of F2P all collected in one handy place for your wallet gouging pleasure. As to the game itself, it controls about as well as every other racing game on the App Store (ie. not very well). But a lot of people seem to like racing games with touch controls, so if you're one of them you'll likely get a bit of pleasure out of this before it stops giving you the free hits to try and get you hooked and you the hit paywall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 22 minutes ago, Strafe said: Just got on for a few races. Looks nice enough, albeit more sanitised thanks to the course design and the iPhone screen. It controls about as well as you’d expect. I can’t see it taking up much of my time and - bare with me on this one - I hope it tanks so Nintendo don’t get any ideas about ditching the main series for this. How did you reach this ridiculous conclusion? There's absolutely no reason to think Nintendo would ever do this, or that they can't exist in tandem. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp didn't stop them developing New Horizons.The notion Nintendo would ditch decades of console development because a mobile game has a modicum of success is fucking idiotic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterToad Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I agree with the point if not the "you're a fucking idiot" way it's put. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is currently 3rd in the UK charts. 2 years after it came out on Switch, 6 years after it was originally released on WiiU. They're not going to abandon that kind of cash no matter how well the mobile game does. I do kinda hope it tanks so that they go for more Mario Run style experiences over stupid shitty freemium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skadupuk Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, moosegrinder said: .The notion Nintendo would ditch decades of console development because a mobile game has a modicum of success is fucking idiotic. Little bit harsh. The risk is low of it happening, but like all businesses if this freemium model provides revenues/ROI far greater than other endeavours you'd be stupid to not move at least some of your resource across and it's not a simple as suddenly doubling your development teams to meet an (at this point unknown) need so you can run both in tandem A more likely outcome is that you could see the gap between releases of console versions lengthen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mugman said: I agree with the point if not the "you're a fucking idiot" way it's put. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is currently 3rd in the UK charts. 2 years after it came out on Switch, 6 years after it was originally released on WiiU. They're not going to abandon that kind of cash no matter how well the mobile game does. I do kinda hope it tanks so that they go for more Mario Run style experiences over stupid shitty freemium. Fair enough, but it's the kind of knee jerk reactionary statement that ignores any kind of common sense that you see on social media and reddit spouted by actual idiots. It also reminds me of a time when people were evangelising about how mobile gaming was going to kill console gaming, and now we're all laughing our tits of at the notion. Well, aside from Apple Arcade apparently bringing the goods, but then not everyone owns an apple device capable of that service. Speaking of AA, that's fucked this games monthly sub, hasn't it? The game itself is exactly as you'd expect, it's not going to supplant the main series simply by dint of it's not a good Mario Kart. Whether it's a good auto racer or whatever I've no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, skadupuk said: Little bit harsh. The risk is low of it happening, but like all businesses if this freemium model provides revenues/ROI far greater than other endeavours you'd be stupid to not move at least some of your resource across and it's not a simple as suddenly doubling your development teams to meet an (at this point unknown) need so you can run both in tandem A more likely outcome is that you could see the gap between releases of console versions lengthen. I doubt the gaps could be any greater than they already are. And seeing as MK8 is the biggest selling Switch game with nearly 18 million copies I doubt they're going to not make 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsin Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I think the worry is less that they abandon full fat Mario Kart games, but rather they they look at just how much they can make with these shady practices and start filling their console games with them as well. It's not like we've not seen this with other publishers, who will happily charge you full whack for a game and then monetise out the wazoo with practices that were previously reserved for free to play titles. Despite being one of the worst offenders in the mobile space, Nintendo have been pretty good at keeping their full releases relatively clean so far. But I don't think it's an unfounded fear, 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cohen205 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Hang about... $4.99 a month - Thats more than you pay for the online service on the switch, and at least with that you get NES/SNES games, and Tetris 99! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, moosegrinder said: How did you reach this ridiculous conclusion? There's absolutely no reason to think Nintendo would ever do this, or that they can't exist in tandem. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp didn't stop them developing New Horizons.The notion Nintendo would ditch decades of console development because a mobile game has a modicum of success is fucking idiotic. someone throw some water on moosegrinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Lemon Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I like it as a Mario Kart I can play on my phone when I’m bored. There’s plenty of free game here and the gacha element makes it addictive. You either play or your pay. I’ve unlocked Bowser, DK and Baby Peach so far along with some karts and gliders. And yes, the prize of Pauline is taunting me at the pipe. It might be days, week or months before I’m able to unlock her but so be it. But that’s me. It feels out of step coming out at the same time as Apple Arcade and will inevitably lead to problems for kids and their parents. Microtransactions, subscriptions, it all turns Nintendo into another Activision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, Harsin said: I think the worry is less that they abandon full fat Mario Kart games, but rather they they look at just how much they can make with these shady practices and start filling their console games with them as well. It's not like we've not seen this with other publishers, who will happily charge you full whack for a game and then monetise out the wazoo with practices that were previously reserved for free to play titles. Despite being one of the worst offenders in the mobile space, Nintendo have been pretty good at keeping their full releases relatively clean so far. But I don't think it's an unfounded fear, Yes, thank you. I don’t think it’s likely but you’d have to be a bit “fucking idiotic” if you couldn’t think of a single reason why it possibly could happen. The switch already has two first party freemium games on it (Kirby and a Pokemon one) and you’d, again, have to be “fucking idiotic” if you didn’t consider these to be an experiment of sorts to test different revenue streams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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