Eighthours Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Harsin said: Or pay £4.99 and get 100+ curated games on Apple Arcade (with a MONTH'S free trial). Hmmmm, what a dilemma. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 That already exist in tandem with mainline games. It's not an either or. The assumption is that a company with extensive experience in developing for console and mobile markets are suddenly going to abandon one for the other is actually "fucking idiotic". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 It wasn’t an assumption, it was a throwaway suggestion. I am sorry if you have decided that “gets any ideas” actually means “will definitely happen” and has pumped up your blood pressure this morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Just now, Strafe said: It wasn’t an assumption, it was a throwaway suggestion. I am sorry if you have decided that “gets any ideas” actually means “will definitely happen” and has pumped up your blood pressure this morning. Something has, and I apologise. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorgot Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 16 minutes ago, DC Lemon said: 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. Exactly the way I am feeling about it. Its OK to have a quick go on when I've a few spare minutes. Will never spend a penny on it though, but I don't tend to play games on the phone much anyway, I have far better devices for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorgot Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Double or more post, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hub2 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 That's a blue shell for you @Vorgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corranga Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, Vorgot said: Exactly the way I am feeling about it. Its OK to have a quick go on when I've a few spare minutes. Will never spend a penny on it though, but I don't tend to play games on the phone much anyway, I have far better devices for that. Sounds OK to me. I already use Dr Mario in this way, and used Fire Emblem in this way, and to a degree did the same with Mario Run, though I bought that, and the content felt well worth the money. The F2P / freemium etc. discussion is quite interesting, and obviously Nintendo are keen to exploit it for profit, which is a bit of a shame really. They will make money from it because it stands above the existing freemium titles due to the exposure of a known brand. It's a shame they don't look at it the other way - making a lower cost / high value freemium title that's perhaps a little short or light on content, and use it to push actual console game sales, but perhaps the golden eggs are more frequent in the mobile space. 5 minutes ago, Vorgot said: Exactly the way I am feeling about it. Its OK to have a quick go on when I've a few spare minutes. Will never spend a penny on it though, but I don't tend to play games on the phone much anyway, I have far better devices for that. 1 lap to go! 5 minutes ago, Vorgot said: Exactly the way I am feeling about it. Its OK to have a quick go on when I've a few spare minutes. Will never spend a penny on it though, but I don't tend to play games on the phone much anyway, I have far better devices for that. Glad you sorted out the extra newline in the 3rd post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirubagan Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 The controls are horrible. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W. Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 It’s weird that this isn’t promoted on the App Store at all apart from where it appears in the charts. Apple gave it prominent billing when pre-orders opened but on launch day there’s nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorgot Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 All Blue Shells etc fully deserved. I did edit the posts as fast as I could so apologies again. I shall go to the back of the grid. And I agree with @shirubagan that the controls are pretty horrible. I really do not understand why people want to pump money into these kind of games, but I suppose if that is the limit of your exposure to gaming, you might think this is pretty good. If there is a quick break on the TV or similar I am far more likely to pick up my 3DS for a few minutes rather than my phone as the quality of the experience for stuff like this is miles better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotters Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I am using the sliding option and keep going the wrong way, can't see an invert option either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsin Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 What you have to remember about gacha games is how the actual ‘game’ part plays is largely irrelevant. That part mainly exists just as a mechanism for collecting whatever currency/resources you need to get to your next dopamine releasing spin on the virtual fruit machine and hopefully getting something good that will make your resource collecting go slightly faster to get to your next spin. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Lemon Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Damn, already got my first duplicate. If there was ever the slightest chance of me handing any money over, Nintendo blew it within minutes. You need five rubies for one turn at the pipe and it costs £1.99 for three rubies. So it basically costs £3.98 to buy a loot box that starts throwing out duplicates after a handful of rewards. WTF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Suspect all of about 5 people will take the three rubies option. It’s just there to create assumed value in the higher priced offerings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Calashnikov Posted September 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2019 I’m not going anywhere fucking near this thing. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanho Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 It’s ok, as someone said earlier, it will be fine to pass time when out & about, but at home, MK8 will take priority. Nice to have some new tracks though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capwn Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Playing on a iphone6+ and it stutters like hell, unplayable. At least it works, CallOfDuty doesn't even install on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3d Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Deleted it. The controls are just terrible. They seriously charge 4.99 for the "gold pass"? Per month? What on earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SozzlyJoe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Nintendo coming on like some sort of ultra vulgar new-money Russian Oligarch. GOLD! GOLD EVERYWHERE! All the normal things - BUT GOLD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Grossman Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 If only there was another way to play Mario Kart when out and about. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strafe Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Harsin said: What you have to remember about gacha games is how the actual ‘game’ part plays is largely irrelevant. That part mainly exists just as a mechanism for collecting whatever currency/resources you need to get to your next dopamine releasing spin on the virtual fruit machine and hopefully getting something good that will make your resource collecting go slightly faster to get to your next spin. This was my takeaway. Also, am I racing against real people? They all have names above their head and I keep coming first but I don’t think this is through a large degree of skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsin Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 No, all bots for now. Multiplayer being added later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotters Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I binned it too after a couple of goes as touch control for this and its horrible implementation makes it no fun - especially with the glut of high quality ad & timer free Apple Arcade games I've got to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabelRich Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, DC Lemon said: Damn, already got my first duplicate. If there was ever the slightest chance of me handing any money over, Nintendo blew it within minutes. You need five rubies for one turn at the pipe and it costs £1.99 for three rubies. So it basically costs £3.98 to buy a loot box that starts throwing out duplicates after a handful of rewards. WTF. I got a dupe with my 'tutorial' go on the pipe, how the fuck do they let that happen? I wasn't really in to begin with, just had a look out of curiosity, but with that I'm hard out. Also having to either steer normally, or drift everywhere is ridiculous, makes slight line correcting nigh on impossible. Avoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheekyLee Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I installed, and saw something that amused me and made me wish I'd screenshot. So, I went into Settings and selected the "Start Fresh" option. Here's what's interesting - my 1st driver was Toadette, and the I got Peach from the pipe. 2nd time, it gave me Toad, and then Bowser. Bowser can use 2 items per item box, and I didn't have to pay for him or grind for him. This means some will be playing the FTUE repeatedly in order to get a specific driver, and I guess that Pauline is a possibility as she is in the same tier. For what it's worth, I quite like it. There's a "Smart steering" option in settings, which I'll have to play about with ON and OFF to see which I prefer, but I can confirm that not using it with Bowser in 100 cc was quite fiddly, so further test runs will have to be made. I finished 2nd, which is nigh-on unheard of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsin Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 'Re-rolling' is a common practice in these type of games. People will start dozens of new accounts until they get what's considered the best item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudderless Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, CheekyLee said: I installed, and saw something that amused me and made me wish I'd screenshot. So, I went into Settings and selected the "Start Fresh" option. Here's what's interesting - my 1st driver was Toadette, and the I got Peach from the pipe. 2nd time, it gave me Toad, and then Bowser. Bowser can use 2 items per item box, and I didn't have to pay for him or grind for him. This means some will be playing the FTUE repeatedly in order to get a specific driver, and I guess that Pauline is a possibility as she is in the same tier. For what it's worth, I quite like it. There's a "Smart steering" option in settings, which I'll have to play about with ON and OFF to see which I prefer, but I can confirm that not using it with Bowser in 100 cc was quite fiddly, so further test runs will have to be made. I finished 2nd, which is nigh-on unheard of! You do know you’re not racing against other people, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaveDisco Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Nintendo wallowing in the quagmire of free to play with a flagship title during the simultaneous launch of the fantastic, premium flagship apple arcade should be a humiliation for Nintendo. A humiliation that makes bank, but a humiliation nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheekyLee Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 10 minutes ago, Rudderless said: You do know you’re not racing against other people, right? It's irrelevant, man! 2nd is nowhere in Mario Kart against AI. I'd be okay if it were actual online racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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