Nintendo Switch 2 - Magnets, how do they work?

[6souls]

https://x.com/Wario64/status/1934587087237329155

[Kaisha]

Huh, I've not been checking the pre-existing news of the game, but I didn't realize they were basically making Mario Odyssey: DK Edition, with a bigger emphasis on combat than platforming. It actually looks pretty damn slick in the Direct. Hopefully doesn't have the same issue Odyssey did of being too easy though. I kinda actually want a Switch 2 for it now, but that'll wait until another year or two given the prices are just stupid in Canada for it.

[Mayareira]

My cat decided that the whole desk was too small for her and knocked Switch 2 down to hard ground. Luckily it was in the case.

Get that official case w/ screen protector on day one lol.

[Ratatapa]

yay Mario kart update drama!

[Tyrath]

Go on

[Lucavi]

Pretty cut-and-dry Nintendo stuff: people found a way to circumvent an unwanted gimmick (intermission tracks) online by virtue of selecting random instead of choosing one of the 3 pre-selected tracks post-race. Nintendo responds in the most Nintendo way: instead of enabling a separate mode that allows for nothing but 3-lap races, they simply patch online so that selecting random now has a (hilariously high) chance of choosing one of the three intermission tracks.

Its the same thing as with Star Fox Zero: you WILL play with the Nintendo gimmick in that game. If you're lucky, it'll be a gimmick that people enjoy, like anti-grav in MK8 and rail grinding in MKW. If you're unlucky, it'll be straight-line intermission tracks (that throw off the item balance in the game entirely due to long stretches of road devoid of skill expression, making it nearly impossible for frontrunners to gain distance and thus promotion sandbagging for items to hold until the last shortcut of each intermission race).

There's a billion "I can't believe Nintendo did this!" videos up on Youtube explaining it; oftentimes poorly.

It ain't anything new. The only difference is that MK fans could largely ignore the plight of other Nintendo fans gripes because they weren't personally affected by the gimmick issues in their own game. Funny how well that translates to the current political climate... Ah well. Humans made politics, and humans made Mario Kart.

In Nintendo's defense, they've made quite a few changes to address balance between MKW and MK8: it'll remain to be seen how the meta develops around them. Sandbagging is still super effective, but loses some strength the more people actively do it at once.

[Tyrath]

That does sound very Nintendo.

What are intermission tracks and why do they suck?

[Ratatapa]

That does sound very Nintendo.

What are intermission tracks and why do they suck?

Intermissions tracks are new type of track that lets your 'race' between 2 races

People dont like them because they are mostly 1 straight line or simple turns instead of typical 3 laps

[Lucavi]

Imagine finishing one race and then... you just keep going. Down the road, off onto the highway, through the farmlands, over the water and eventually to the Port, where you finish with a single lap of another track. That's the actual race. While it works well with Knockout Tour mode (plays just like F-Zero where you have cutoffs between each leg of the race, incentivizing hauling ass consistently), there aren't enough critical shortcuts that either build a lead or steal one, save for the final shortcut before the end. Combined with changes to Lightning (shock) only affecting people ahead of you and it leads to people just sandbagging with 2 good items until the last leg, dodging a "shock" and then blowing past everyone for the win. There's not a lot of skill expression or thought in them outside of Knockout Tour... which is its own separate mode, so people are pissed that Nintendo doesn't even allow a separate mode for your classic 3-lap enclosed races.

[kuronosan]

That does sound very Nintendo.

What are intermission tracks and why do they suck?

Open World racing. The race doesn't end you just keep going until the next track.

[Andalusian girls]

you know i've made some terrible mistakes in my life but grateful rn that feeling strong emotions about Mario Kart race tracks isn't one of them

[Roranora]

i'm still making terrible mistakes sometimes and now i reckon i need a Switch 2 to get invested in MKW drama

[Lucavi]

you know i've made some terrible mistakes in my life but grateful rn that feeling strong emotions about Mario Kart race tracks isn't one of them

Everyone's got "that" gaming hill that they'll die on. I think a lot of this is boiling down to these MK players not being used to the classic Nintendo stubbornness affecting them negatively like it has with other franchises (looking at you, F-Zero and Star Fox). For some of these streamers and competitive racers, its like being a pro amateur boxer that finally got punched in the mouth and not liking how it feels very much.

"So this is what I've been doing to everyone else? What the hell, man?!"

[Ayn]

"But I never thought the Koopas would eat MY face!"

[kuronosan]

#yoshisatemyface

[Outlaw]

Nintendo's new slogan should be: "The games you love played OUR way!"

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[Lucavi]

"Please understand."

[Tyrath]

#yoshisatemyface

Way to close to Yoshi sat on my face

[Zealot]

Or the Yoshi equivalent; I never thought Mario would double jump off ME!

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[kuronosan]

Way to close to Yoshi sat on my face

#pirahnaplantsatemyface ?