My EXPERT, PROFESSIONAL OPINION on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 1
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Wave 1 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course pass is out. Here are my very important and entertaining thoughts.
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Overall I actually really liked the tracks. Just wish they kept the ending of Coconut Mall the way it was in Wii. I didn't need to see the Mii's but having actual cars driving from left to right would have been nice
They totally nerfed the shit out of it. Those cars were brutal in Wii at times lol.
@@PulseOfOpposites yup!!!
They made track shorter too and there's no whimsy to it
They removed a bunch of boost panels and ramps for no reason and they removed the arches at the end of the track. The scale of the track is bad as well, on the wii it felt like a giant mall but in this game it feels like a toy
I thought so too. 👍
5:23 “I did not play Wii”
I never thought Arlo could top the strangeness of being a blue muppet creature but there it is
I know right???
Wii and 3DS are ironically the only ones I've played aside from 8 lol
I did play a little bit of DS tho too, but never owned it.
Thas what im saying. Missed out on the most legendary mario kart ever.
@@lukelcs8934 other way round for me! I played Wii but never had it, religiously played DS
@@masonmurphy5402 no way. Double-Dash and DS are the most legendary.
What's a Muppet?
I love how the Paris track makes you do the race backwards during the final lap, and now I wanna get really fast at it, so I can drive towards as many other racers as I can during that last stretch.
Just don't exagerate it, I tried that and I got hit from a bullet bill in 12th place when I was 1st, I finished that race 3rd because of that 😪
I was very confused the first time I saw them all racing towards me
Everybody seems to complain about the not moving cars in cocunut mall, but I really miss the ramp after the jump in the parking lot, that one just before the section with the moving cars
Fax. That sat with me way more than the car situation
Both the Ramps and the cars probably because of 200cc, because imagine how hard would it be to control and dodge throught the cars
@@blackmere tru last chance at a box before the end could help
Rodrigo Cancino I think the MK7 version is the best, since it not only still featured the cars that moved back and forth, but you could also use the Glider when coming out of the mall. Plus, the elevators inside the mall had arrows on them, making it a bit easier to tell which one is the best to take during that specific lap, but not TOO easy, since they sometimes swapped positions (like the conveyor belts in Toad's Factory), so there still is some resemblance of challenge here! So I think the MK7 version is the best one.
@@shadowspecter7580 just git gud don't remove an entire track section
"Oh my gosh, this is the best content you've done in years!!"
There you go! Now please make more of these when the new additions pop up! More Arlo is always a good thing! :P
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I was thinking pretty much the same thing when he said that.
i read this as he said it.
I was surprisingly taken aback by how good the Tour tracks actually were. Paris Promenade lulls you into a false sense of security of a casual drive in the City of Lights until all of a sudden your driving into oncoming traffic in lap 3. Even if it's basic, it's nifty that each individual lap of Tokyo Blur is a different route as it mixes up the formula. Ninja Hideaway is just damn good, full stop. Honestly, besides finding Toad Circuit really boring, I really like every other new course a lot.
For real. Every track, except Toad Circuit, is awesome and even though some of them are a little short (Coconut Mall seems shorter for some reason) I don't really mind because of how plain fun they are. Shroom Ridge and Coconut Mall especially! Though....Paris Promenade is probably my favorite. It looks the best, is a decent length, and the third lap is crazy in a good way.
Side note : The music is amazing as always and I'm glad they remixed every song, even the tour tracks that aren't even that old. (Tokyo Blur is the best imo)
Even though toad circuit is “boring” new tracks are new tracks it’s like pizza, pizzas always good even when it isnt
Play Toad Circuit on 200cc. You’ll enjoy it way more, it kicks into awesome mode and isn’t boring at 200cc.
Toad circuit is so damn satisfying at 200cc, it’s corners are so sweeping and deep, it’s a really fast circuit. Feels like it was made for 200cc
Having "Gold ☆☆☆'d" both Golden Dash & Lucky Cat Cups on 200cc over the weekend, I can admit Toad's Circuit is a little more fun but it's still my least favorite of the new tracks. On specifically 200cc, my favorite courses were Shroom Ridge and Ninja Hideaway because they forced me to learn how to drift around tight corners at that speed which allowed me to go back and Gold ☆☆☆ all the remaining of the base game cups that my younger self wrote off as impossible.
I think one of the things that these new courses are missing is the gravity function (the driving on walls or upside down) I just felt that a lot of those earlier/simpler tracks really need a little boost like that to make them interesting.
I don’t miss the gravity sections tbh
Honestly the tour tracks are probably the best ones. The way they change every lap really makes them unique and they’re all really fun. All the other tracks are pretty good to. Honestly I just wish they would release all the other waves just right now!
Tokyo Blur is so visually bland though
i dont know if ill get the dlc myself but i watched a race of paris promanade and i absolutely love how the third lap just straight up turns you around and you do the race backwards, even driving the opposite way of the drivers in the back of the pack
Ikr. Doing the math, I would guess that each wave is about 3-4 months apart. Kinda sucks but maybe they will release these faster than planned.
But think about it, insted of having it all now, you get to enjoy them and the fun of having new tracks, insted of getting all in one and gettung bored of it after a month
I'm sure they're not just "releasing" tracks every three or four months, those tracks are most likely in active development. so they couldn't just release them all now, because they're not even finished. It's not like they just hold back characters and stages in super smash Bros to keep people waiting longer for no reason.
It really feels like this is the "Mushroom cup" level courses, which makes me excited to see levels across all skill levels be represented in the DLC. While a part of me would love 48 rainbow roads, its good to have a varied level of course difficulty coming when they double the entire track list.
I was surprised at how much I liked the tracks from tour, graphical fidelity of the tracks certainly isn’t at the same level as it is in the base game, but they still look really nice and I like the little things they’ve added (like the cave crystals in choco mountain.) And as someone who has the expansion pass, it’s great that I didn’t have to pay anything for some really fun courses that i’m sure i’ll get some multiplayer enjoyment out of as well.
I think that it's just that they're in a different artstyle to differentiate the dlc tracks from the base game
@@suicidalloafofbread2009 It's because they're ports from Tour with minimal touch-ups, don't even pretend.
@@ExaltedUriel to be fair if you directly compare them to Tour it’s a big visual change, just a shame they aren’t quite as polished as the base game
"Has the expansion pass"
"Didn't have to pay anything"
@@ExaltedUriel Not all of them. Coconut Mall and Choco Mountain weren't in Tour at all. I agree they're lazy but technically you're being dishonest.
im honestly kinda surprised paris and tokyo didn't wow you cuz they both have a really cool gimmick: paris has you do the final lap backwards and tokyo basically changes its track layout with rach lap. afaik no other track in mario kart history has done this so those two tracks doing that in MK8 Deluxe is a very welcome change, and i expect that future tour tracks will be the same with the DLC
(also i really hope they bring back the bowser castle and rainbow road tracks from MKWii cuz those two feel tailor-made to have anti gravity in them)
I doubt any track will get antigravity, but I hope they do.
thats actually because they take all variants of those tracks for each lap
My only issue with Tokyo Blur is the last lap. The others are alright, but the last lap is actually pretty boring, with a couple of thwomps and high walls making me stare at the simplified textures instead of the more interesting background.
@@frankieseaman6614 i don't get how the textures are bad as people say they are tbh. in fact i PREFER how the dlc looks cuz in my eyes, it fits the cartoony nature of mario a lot more than the really HD graphics of the base game. sure it's inconsistent but that doesn’t make them bad. it's just a bit more stylized in that sense (though i do agree grass and sand might need a bit more texture but i personally wouldn't want them to be super HD)
@@stanzacosmi im aware of that, and it's actually really clever
My wife's entire family *insists* that the proper name for the blue shell is "leader shell" because it's a shell that targets the leader. They all act like it's the official name but I've never heard anyone else call it that. "Blue shell" all the way.
This sounds like cult behavior
@@BehindTheMustche officially it’s called the Spiny Shell, not the Blue Shell.
My nieces calls the game “Mario Car”. Better yet, they call New Super Mario Bros “Mario Walk”.
My family calls mario 'bario'
@@BehindTheMustche I haven't ever heard it called that either.
Seeing as bowsers kingdom was one of my favorites in Mario Odyssey, ninja hideaway looks really cool
I think it's the best track in the pack. Not including Coconut Mall.
coconut mall is terribly recreated in 8dx😭
@@LukieLuke5 no its better than the new coconut mall they changed it up a bit too much
Ninja Hideaway is amazing and thank god it’s not stuck on an app game
I think they should have taken more creative liberty becuase the tracks feel so wide and empty. Also I was quite shocked they didn't make the cars in Coconut Mall move.
They certainly seem more sparse than I expected. I don't know, I'd have to see for myself as I usually play at 150cc or faster.
Don't worry, they're all super fun on 150cc or higher. Sky Garden and Tokyo Blur might be some of my favourite 200cc tracks at the moment honestly.
Honestly, it's weird having new courses after so long. I'm so used to playing Toad Harbor over and over online and being okay with that lol
I had stopped playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe regularly a year and a half or so ago, but then my sister bought a Switch in January and Mario Kart. She got me back into it and these courses came at the perfect time. Unexpected after so long, but pleasantly so.
I'm pretty sure that they're gonna get better as they go on. They might be starting off a little basic (with a couple highlights, e.g. Coconut Mall), but by the end we're probably gonna get two cups that are all amazing tracks. Maybe new original ones? (Probably not, but still)
No way it's a coincidence that Nintendo saved the Spiny Cup for last, a cup based on the series' most recognizable and infamous item has gotta be packing some bangers
@THIS pardon?
@@NullRora I reported that bot for misinformation.
@@Marshall.R datamines have suggested wii rainbow road and 3ds rainbow road are planned for this pass at some point - i reckon a cup with gcn, ds, wii and 3ds rainbow roads would be incredible. and slot gba rainbow road in somewhere else too! have a collection of all the rainbow roads in one game.
I’m hoping for waluigi pinball from DS that would be incredible
The highest-quality remastered course to me has to be Choco Mountain. It's probably the most distict visually with the most details changed from the original design in a way that I honestly think makes it better than the original. Sky Garden is similar in terms of changes from the original but a bit more basic-looking. I really enjoy the Tour tracks as well as someone who doesn't play the mobile game. And Toad Circuit is as flaccid as ever.
Visually they look nice, but I wish it was a bit more consistent with the rest of the game. It's a bit jarring in comparison, not gonna lie.
Gameplaywise, I love them. They're all really fun to play on, and I can't wait to see what the other 40 are gonna be
Ninja Hideaway is easily my favorite of the bunch
It just feels so chaotic with the two ways you can go, either on the rafters or on the floor, feels like everyone can split and go with their own flow
I also like how the shy guys appears out of thin air
Maybe it was because i was checking these out for the first time with my friends, but we all lost it and started yelling "OH GOD NINJA SHY GUYS"
Every level seems to be taken straight from Mario Kart Tour, scaled up 1.3x to allow for 12 racers, retextured using HD assets, then pushed out the door. The only level not available in Tour are Coconut Mall and Mushroom Ridge, but they have been confirmed they are on the way since before the announcement of the DLC.
That's interesting, but I guess it makes sense for them rework more recent versions. That's probably how they can get so many tracks done in such a short time, but hopefully they aren't completely limiting themselves to only Tour tracks
Coconut mall was datamined months ago for tour. It also looked the same.
What’s bad is the textures of the grass, as well as the impossibly large npc crowds because it’s legit just upscaled from tour with no attention to detail. They legit shat out the most bare minimum of effort. Besides Paris and Tokyo
@@TPLS2 And sand. Only thing they added for grass and sand is normals and it's only noticeable if light touches surface. They could have used textures from other tracks, unless the UV mapping is bad. Anyway, background characters have always been huge compared to racers.
@@TPLS2 Ah, so that's why the koopas and yoshis are so damn big. I was wondering
Oh my gosh this is the best content you’ve done in years!
In all seriousness I know I’d personally love to see a casual perspective on the tracks as they come out. It’s nice to get multiple opinions on these things :)
I actually really enjoyed it, the “leak” that dropped that supposedly says exactly how many tracks are coming from there represented platform makes me a little nervous for personal taste reasons, it’ll still be quite exciting to see what they pick! (I’m taking the “leak” as a grain of salt, however it’s kinda hard not to think about)
Yes i want moore 3DS tracks...
I love the Tour tracks, but the others are fine, too. I replayed the main courses, and honestly the lack of anti-gravity is fine for now. Many of the original retro courses didn't have anti-gravity, either. The graphics also aren't as good as the base game here in the expansion courses. Overall, solid. But I'd like to see a bit more budget put into this. Except Sky Garden, weirdly. Like, Sky Garden looks phenomenal
Choco Mountain has high quality textures on par with the base tracks, but isn't very beautiful per se just because of its brown color pallette... Toad Circuit and Shroom Ridge really need an overhaul though, crappiest textures out of the lot, especially that grass. They did a great job "remastering" Ninja Hideaway too. I compared it with the original Tour version and it is a substantial improvement.
@@vio2112 sorry but choco mountain is not even close to the base tracks come on now.
@@awildmoose6541 If choco mountain was any other pretty color, it would definitely be on par. It's just brown isn't a good visual for being pretty.
@@zackrose6261 yeah not at all, it just lacks in graphical fidelity and detail, its not about the color, its just a shitty rushjob
@@awildmoose6541 In my opinion, I barley find Choco Mountain that jarring at all, the wall and floor texture look pretty alright, not into comparsion to Shroom Ridge.
Hey Arlo!! I hope you're doing okay and that you got a well deserved rest. I've missed seeing you show up every week 🥰
@THIS Shut up.
More Arlo is always a good thing.
Also my rankings of the DLC tracks are as follows:
1. Ninja Hideaway
2. Wii Coconut Mall
3. Tour Paris Promenade
4. N64 Choco Mountain
5. GBA Sky Garden
6. Tour Tokyo Blur
7. DS Shroom Ridge
8. 3DS Toad Circuit
Yup
Choc mountain is higher 4 me as I played the hell outta Mario kart 64 and its 1 of the best from that game
Glad we’re all I agreement Toad Circuit sucks
Mine:
1. Ninja Hideaway
2. Tour Paris Promenade
3. Tour Tokyo Blur
4. Wii Coconut Mall
5. N64 Choco Mountain
6. DS Shroom Ridge
7. GBA Sky Garden
8. 3DS Toad Circuit
@@NoahDaArk I don't agree.
I hope Nintendo decides to polish these courses and add a little to them to make them that much more fun to play. Coconut mall used to have the cars move forwards and backwards. They could make that happen again and add in an anti-gravity wall on the turns with the green floor. Then there is lighting, bump maps, ect.
I really wish for anti gravity sections to be added in the new tracks, so they could feel part of the same game
why bother, people will eat up any garbage they sell
This would be cool, however I highly doubt they would bother. Most people who want the expansion pass already paid for it and I don't think they ever intend to polish the courses more. Unless it's some gamebreaking thing they will likely never rework these maps again(to such an extent that the cars move
They're not gonna do that because they've already got your money, but that's a good idea.
@@splittedspark1675 Yes, I know. They were being lazy in the first place by porting the majority of the assets from Tour. I doubt they will add in anything, but it would be nice...
BEST CONTENT YOU HAVE DONE IN YEARS!!!!
If arlo played the original coconut mall, he wouldn’t have been impressed by this one
Coconut Mall felt really lifeless, I don't know why. I really liked Sky Garden, Shroom Ridge, Choco Mountain, and Paris Promenade. Ninja Hideaway was hard but enjoyable, though a little hard on the eyes as well. Tokyo Blur was really obnoxious and annoying to me, and Toad Circuit felt like a waste. We DON'T need a basic race track again (I would only accept it if it's a GBA or SNES remake one as they had more limited themes). This rate of quality is not bad at all. I'd like if they put more work into the graphics though. Not a lot, it doesn't need to stun me like Mario Kart 8 did back when it released, but just a bit more. Also let us have some anti-gravity sections. That's all.
Coconut mall has a reworked ending, with no moving cars like before and missing a ramp. Maybe the moving cars is what you are missing? Also I think they had Miis in the shops so that it would feel more alive
Coconut mall feels lifeless because well... they literally removed all the people!!! The spectator bits at the sides used to be PACKED with Miis, but now we only get a couple of basic Mario characters
@@NunnyNugget both you and the commenter before you had good points and I think that's what it is. I know they'll never "update" it further to be more like the old version though. Makes me a bit sad but oh well.
First off, I want to say I’m just happy we got more content in Mario Kart 8 period. Nintendo have been sitting on a gold mine for ages with a game that has sold amazingly and people have wanted new stuff in it if we weren’t getting a new game but just hadn’t done anything with it until now. So I’m happy that we got anything period for Mario Kart 8 in the form of the Booster Course Pack.
As for my thoughts, I really didn’t notice any graphical difference in the courses. I’m sure it’s there and I’m just not looking at it too closely, so I’m happy keeping it that way. And the courses are fun, very happy to see GBA tracks added when they are since I played a ton of Super Circuit back in the day. And I do really like how dynamic the Tour tracks are, since they take you on a different path either on the last lap where you go backwards in Paris and you take a different path each lap in Tokyo. Tokyo in general is one of my favorite of the (relative to this game) new courses because it looks nice and colorful and also the change of track each lap is pretty neat. And Coconut Mall is Coconut Mall. It’s a fun track to race on and has the fun music to boot. And the remixes are all pretty nice, too… at least, I assume the Tour tracks are remixed, I never heard the originals.
But overall, I think the courses are pretty fun and I’m looking forward to the next batch of them and again, I’m just happy Nintendo actually did DLC for the game we wanted new stuff added in for. Surprising how that works, doing the thing your consumers want.
Oh my gosh this is the best content you've done in years!
This wave 1 DLC is quite the treat especially Coconut Mall. Hope the rest will be as good as well. :)
sup twilight sparkle
Me as well but man I saw release date and we have to wait a long time for the rest. Few the wait will be something. I just hope it would be worth it.
The one thing about this DLC that stood out to me is the quality of the music, so many amazing bangers and I’m glad they redid the music in the MK8 style
OH MY GOSH!
THIS IS THE BEST CONTENT YOU’VE DONE IN YEARS!!!
I really like these new courses! These are fairly basic compared to the rest of the game’s tracks, but I do feel like Choco Mountain, Sky Garden, and Ninja Hideaway meet the design quality standard of MK8 even without the antigravity. The other courses are still fun, of course! I do feel like Paris is a bit confusing and has a bigger learning curve than most tracks (but going backwards is a nice homage to Tour’s R courses), and Tokyo is just mostly a straight shot (but lap 3 is…oddly satisfying, especially in 200cc). Shroom Ridge is like a really good Toad’s Turnpike with fun shortcuts. And Toad Circuit was one I think I was dreading most, but it actually is a nice basic course that’s still good Mario Kart fun. Coconut Mall is still Coconut Mall, but the fact the outlet shortcut requires a mushroom when the floor is wooden planks doesn’t make much sense to me, and the course is SUPER bright and vibrant, and I miss the moving cars a bit. I feel like I didn’t enjoy it as much as I used to. But that’s probably a me problem?
And hey! With 200cc, even simpler tracks become a lot more fun. Toad Circuit and Ninja Hideaway feel practically made for it.
I think the thing that really sells this DLC for me is the music. The graphics aren’t as impressive and detailed as the core game’s, but the music maintains that high quality standard, and it was a blast hearing these tracks. Sky Garden’s remastered theme had me giddy, Choco Mountain and Shroom Ridge’s themes were a nostalgia fest, and I was NOT ready for Toad Circuit’s hypefest rendition of that *decent* MK7 track theme I’ve heard so much in MK7 AND Tour. The fact we could hear live renditions of every track theme may be what has me most excited for these new tracks. The most exciting part of experiencing these remastered tracks, for me, was hearing the music glowup more than seeing the graphical glowup.
Anyway, as a longtime Mario Kart fan, those are my thoughts! Super excited for Wave 2!
You are absolutely right about Coconut Mall in my opinion, why on earth did they change the carpet to wood?!
"meet the design quality standard of MK8" thats just objectively wrong. they are not up to the base standards, they shouldnt even be equal they should surpass the original tracks.
Honestly, I would rather Nintendo put full effort into a whole new game than in a DLC that won't matter after like 2023. I see this DLC as a mere tie over for a full fledged next generation Mario Kart.
They did say the Mario kart series is going to take a different turn for the next game. I like all the courses being added as this can be the DEFINITIVE Mario kart game like smash ultimate. And the new game, if it’s very different and polarizing, you’ll always have the biggest traditional Mario kart kart game to date to play at any time
@@masonicblastr I hope they're doing Nintendo Kart next I feel like they explored everything the Mario Universe can do with the Kart concept. And the crossover tracks from Mario Kart 8 were some of the best the game has to offer and I would love a full game like them.
@@wintersong2266 with smash bros being finished might as well make smash bros kart or something lol
@@masonicblastr mk8 is too casual to be smash ultimate
From the most competitive point of view: The new maps are great! Good lines and fun variations!
The wii and 3ds versions of coconut mall were so much better, if you ever get the chance you have to try these tracks because they're so much more fun
I hope they actually apply some anti-gravity in the further cups. I was kinda disappointed they didn't apply any to at least one course
The karts are in anti-gravity mode in the booster course pass promo art, so I think at least some of the tracks will incorporate anti-gravity.
I was really impressed with the improvements on Choco Mountain, and Ninja Hideawy is really cool with all its different paths and shortcuts like a ninja sneaking around!
Mario kart 7 is personally my favorite one of the series and definitely one you should try. It has great courses and really solid driving. Sad that the only course so far is the literal first one in the game but hopefully some of the amazing ones make it to 8.
Oh my gosh! This is the best content you’ve made in years! Keep up the great work
OH MY GOSH, THIS IS THE BEST CONTENT YOU'VE DONE IN YEARS!
the only thing that stands out as odd looking is the vegetation. like the bushes in Paris promenade and the grass in toads circuit. every thing else is good to great, but not as good as the base game.
Oh my gosh, this is the best content you’ve done in years!
Amazing, perfect Arlo content as always
One thing that personally annoys me are that some areas to the side should be invisible walls instead of OB. The red arrows that you see in Tokyo and Paris are just ghosts, there is no wall. If you go through it, Lakitu picks you up. Same with some other gaps that you should be able to go through like between the sidewalk and barrier in Paris, there should be a invisible walls there.
I think those arrows have no collision because those arrows only appear for you while other races may be behind the arrow/not past that point, so it’s meant to direct you in the right direction while it doesn’t interfere with opponents.
I'd love a little video for each wave just to hear your thoughts on the tracks
For all those saying this is objectively better than Mario Kart 9 from a price standpoint, what we're getting essentially, is extra DLC for Smash 4, except it's only returning fighters like Lucas and Roy.
A lot of us wanted MK9, and if we go by the Smash analogy, what essentially happend, is that instead of getting Smash Ultimate, a new Smash game to replace Smash 4, we instead got DLC for the latter. And although it is a lot of DLC at a cheaper price than a new full game, its _only_ DLC of old fighters, with revamped movesets/modernized integration into the Smash 4 engine from previously Smash titles and no new fighters like Cloud, Ryu, and Bayonetta.
So I ask this to those that are claiming this is a better option for us, would you have rather gotten 'Everyone is Here!' In Smash 4, with no actual new additions, or in Smash Ultimate, where we also get Ridley, King K Roll, The Belmonts, etc with all new mechanics, stages, and modes.
I downloaded the DLC to play on my flight out of town. I get on the plane and boot up the game only to find out it needed to connect to wifi to verify it was past the release date... so I still haven't gotten the chance to play it.
I've already seen people complaining about the tracks. One of them (at least) has an off-road section where the collision doesn't line up with the grass. Driving on it has you alternately floating above the ground and sinking into the grass. Also the falling rocks on choco mountain don't damage you if you're not moving, which seems odd. It's not like it'll affect gameplay at all, but it feels unpolished. Not at all what we've come to expect from Mario kart.
yeah, I'm gonna chalk this up to the fact that he's not a Mario Kart fan, but man, _imagine_ if Arlo saw the same level of laziness go into BoTW 2 or the next 3D Mario. Definitely wouldn't be "it makes sense for them to do that" in those cases lol
This first pack was a great fun time I had after a tough day! I think they did a good modification to the Tour tracks by adding different paths from the multiple variants of the same tracks that overwhelmed Tour. Also, the overhaul to Coconut Mall, Shroom Ridge and the others were fun with the easter eggs and added detail!
Shame they removed stuff like the moving cars and miis from Coconut Mall, but like you, it was such a good set to play after a tough day.
I think the mainly copy pasted courses just highlight how amazing the original MK8 ones are. This just makes me want MK9 even more.
I just wish we also got new characters and karts.
I honestly think that including DLC's in the expansion pack is pretty cool, the idea of paying one fee to get alL the DLC's make subscriptions services more worthwhile, as long as it's possible to get them another way too.
Oh my gosh, this is the best content you’ve done in years!
There you go! Now please make more of these when the new additions pop up! More Arlo is always a good thing! :P
Thanks to my good friend fish guy, we actually know that coconut mall’s cars were originally supposed to move (and have data in game linking to it)
OMG ARLO!!!! THIS IS THE BEST CONTENT YOU’VE DONE IN YEARS 😮
I’ve started putting on Arlo videos in the background on a very low volume when I’m trying to go to bed
It’s oddly comforting to hear (what sounds like) a friend talking in the other room about video games as I’m drifting off to sleep
Oh my gosh! This is the best content I've seen in years!
The reason GBA Sky Garden feels so short is that it was actually shortened and made more simplistic.
Mario Kart Tour makes big changes to the GBA courses, and actually messes with their layouts. Sky Garden and Cheep Cheep Island specifically had really huge layout changes that make them a lot more simple and short.
It's really a shame.
As upset as I am about Sky Garden being shorter, and how absolutely awful the grass looks in all of the courses, I've been having a lot of fun, and the remixes definitely makes me 10x more excited for future waves. Really wish the track remasters were up to MK8's base quality, but to hold us over until the next big Mario Kart? It works. And we get smashing remixes too.
I was convinced the Ninja Hideout was an original and that we were getting an original with each pack of 8. It sucks it's from Tour but it is super fun and definitely my favorite from the batch. Maybe they changed it so much they can call it original? Idk but it totally is a top tier course even among the Mario Kart 8 originals.
No its largely the same track. Maybe because its not a track based on a real life location, it doesn't count under the Tour banner but it is definitely a Tour track originally. Don't really see if it matters where the courses come if people haven't played Tour as its all new to them.
Totally unrelated, but would love to see arlo cast come back someday. Id never know of Porter Robinson otherwise!
It feels cheap with mostly ported tour tracks, but honestly I'm really enjoying the new courses. Hoping for more Double Dash content
It should be clear that they're ALL ported 1:1 from Tour. Coconut Mall and Shroom Ridge haven't been released yet in Tour, but they were found in the files. Nintendo hasn't created a single new thing for this, they're just selling assets from their failed mobile game to people who bought their successful game.
@@PlatinumAltaria Model-wise, probably. Every course got retextured though (most noticeably on Sky Garden, the road texture is way different than tour, and the clouds are subtly animated), the Tour courses play different than in their original counterparts, and the music was all remixed and is on the same level of quality as the original MK8 soundtrack. So no, they aren't just 1:1 ports.
@@alleypercent The positions of every object are the same. Yes, some low-rez textures got swapped, and they're helped by the lighting engine. Yes they redid the music. But that's basically nothing. Compare SNES Rainbow Road as it appears in the original, Super Circuit, MK7 and MK8. They're all different, the only thing similar is the layout and theme.
OMG THIS IS THE BEST CONTENT YOU'VE DONE IN YEARS - jokes aside, would be nice to see a casuals perspective of all the cups :)
The GBA tracks in Mario Kart 8 have been some of my personal favorites, and Sky Garden is no exception. I can’t wait to see the rest of the courses across all the games!
but sky garden was completely ruined from the original
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I think the stigma against DLC on the expansion pass is a little strange. Like, I always thought the point of the "Expansion" pass was to give "expansion" DLC to its members. For me, it's always been obvious that probably all of Nintendo's future DLC packages will be on the Expansion pass, making the value go up over time. It seems like the average consumer doesn't need to permanent access to DLC, since they probably won't be playing that game in a few months to a year. $50 is a pretty big price tag, but already if you play Mario Kart and Animal Crossing you would be saving money only getting the Expansion Pass. I would bet future DLC (BotW 2, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, 3D Mario, etc) will be included with it.
Exactly. Would it have made any sense if it was just Happy Home Paradise and then nothing but a slow trickle of N64 games? I think including DLC is the most compelling reason people have to subscribe and maybe stay subscribed to the Expansion Pass. I just hope they stay consistent with including all future first party DLC. Actually, I'd be really happy if they went back and added previously released stuff, but that's mainly just because I never got around to getting the ones for Fire Emblem and a couple other games.
My six year old has been asking me why there hasn't been a new Arlo video as of late. This will legit bring her joy.
OMG best content you’ve done in yearz
I’m actually really glad that Nintendo is porting over all of the original tour tracks to 8. The tracks are really fun and a lot of people haven’t played them since Mario kart tour is a gotcha game. Also Tour is not going to be around forever so putting all of the original tracks from tour on 8 Insurances the fact that they’re going to be remembered. I will be very surprised if by the time the last wave comes out not all of the original tour tracks are in eight. Also in my opinion Tokyo blur is the best track in the first wave
I know you said you probably wouldn’t but I would like to your opinions on each track and cup.
I don't have the DLC, but I've watched a lot of people play it. It seems to be better than I was expecting it to be, but idk, it's still a bit lacking for what I want from Mario Kart in general right now. I want new tracks, mechanics that actually make a difference in the gameplay beyond a technicality, new items and characters, and this DLC is none of that, so it's still not something that's interesting me to pay money for. Also Coconut Mall didn't live up to my personal hopes for it
On the "master opinion" thing, I think casual passing thoughts on something are still worth hearing. All feedback is good feedback 👍
Also HOW HAVE YOU NOT PLAYED WII THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST
Hey Arlo, hope everything is going great lately! 🙂
@Energy Shut up.
Even if they aren’t the best quality graphic wise and some seem quick to finish and stripped down a bit (Coconut Mall, I’M LOOKING IN YOUR DIRECTION!!!!) I think it will be worth £24 for 48 tracks 😊
OH MY GOSH THAT WAS THE BEST CONTENT YOU’VE DONE IN YEARS
I was just binge watching ur vids
I can't even begin to describe how sad I've felt lately. Recieving a notification that Arlo posted a new video makes me forget the bad days I've been having. Laughing so hard to all his jokes, until my stomach starts to hurt. Definitely prefer that over having my eye sockets literally sting from too much crying.
I love Arlo and he is really helping me get through all of this, even if he doesn't know it and is just making a fun video.
Thank you so much for just being you and making great content.
Oh my gosh this is the best content you’ve done in years 500k views!
arlo this is genuinely the best content you have done ever. i clicked on this as a boy, and i am watching the end card as a man. i literally peed myself while watching this because i was so in awe. please do more.
I could care way less about all the flaws in tracks if they would bring in a Double Dash mode, with all new items and preset karts, less to worry about for kart customizing so gameplay starts faster. The coolest part would be it would bring in way more replay ability especially with two player double dash mode.
Then they could also introduce side car bikes which when the second player jabs it flips the side of the side car. Also bring benefits to both Karts and Bikes as in inside drift, side cars etc making it unique but also giving the game more to play.
The final cup absolutely has to be 4 different Rainbow Roads. That would be hype
3DS rainbow road pls
I find it simultaneously pretty good but also disappointing.
It’s fun for sure, and it will be a great value by the end. However it will always bum me out knowing these tracks aren’t as good as they could have been. Especially ones i’m more nostalgic for like Coocnut Mall and Shroom Ridge. Mariokart 8 is one of my favorite games of all time so it kind of sucks to see it not get all the polish it deserves. Plus, regardless of graphics, there are just some things i didn’t like a ton about these tracks. Most feel short and some of the non-tour tracks are dumbed down from their original iterations.
OH MY GOODNESS, BEAT CONTENT YOU'VE DONE IN YEARS! it's not actually I love all your content but I had to just so we could get more of these videos.
You're missing out not having played the 3DS Mario Kart! But for me DLC makes a lot of sense. MK8 had an insane adoption rate and is one of the best selling games on the Switch, introducing a totally new Mario Kart would be shooting themselves in the foot. I'm only surprised it took THIS long to get new DLC. I dont think we'll see a new Mario Kart for at least 2 or 3 more years.
I think they are kinda ehhhhhh..... pic! Very epic. For somebody who couldn't care less about visuals, I'm just glad I get to enjoy new tracks. Plus the plain cartoony style kinda slaps in a weird but hop good way
good stuff Arlo 👍 you may as well find a way to milk out some more views for the future track updates, for we will click!
I'm gonna hop online later and hopefully I can race a free dlc course or 2, would be rad. even when I do upgrade, perhaps it's not easy to get a dlc course to be picked online, unless dlc-erz are grouped together and racing them all together with a complimentary side of vegan caviar, which I hope is the case :P 😎🏁✌
remember when Nintendo used to mean quality? now it just means laziness. MK8 is almost 10 years old now but instead of making a new one that improves upon it's predecessor (or at least attempts to) they'll just port over some garbage from a shitty mobile game without improving it in the slightest. they won't bother creating anything new or anything decent because why bother when you're already rich. this kind of attitude is worrying.
Loving the DLC! I actually really like the new artstyle being so playful and colorful, and I'm a huge fan of Shroom Ridge. I experienced Airship Fortress in 7 and while it was a blast I might like Shroom Ridge more. Might be my new fav DS track surprisingly! Very twisty, keeps me on my toes, good shortcuts too!
I also really enjoy the Tour tracks, they both play very nice for me. I'm satisfied and hungry for more!
"It's hard to complain that the graphics are weak compared to the original game"
"It's hard to complain that the tracks are pretty basic compared to the original game"
... Then what? Don't complain if something kinda sucks because there's a lot of it? A lot of boring tracks? We just accept quality over quantity like it's a good thing? It all just makes me so sad that this subpar content is being eaten up when the original game is just so damn good, y'know? :c
People don't want to be seen as too pessimistic and whiny, I can't imagine the struggle of being a Nintendo content creator right now
Everything they've been putting out recently has the energy of "It's kinda good, but...."
Omg this is the best content you have done in years!!!!
“Oh my gosh this is the best content you’ve done in years!”
I still don't know how to feel about this. Yes, its a lot of classic courses, but at the same time if they have been, and are continuing to work on this game, why are they all just classic tracks instead of new ones? This was a perfect opportunity to continue to expand upon what Mario Kart is. The last DLC for 8 added Isabelle, Link, car pieces and tracks for each as well as Blue Falcon's racer and Big Blue. Why not continue the trend and add in Samus for more Dread (and Prime 4) hype, or a Fire Emblem stage or kart pieces? This was a chance to continue to expand the game beyond just Mario and Mario adjacent characters, paving the way for the next game that would just be a Nintendo All Stars Kart kinda thing.
Here’s my opinion:
Golden Dash Cup:
(Tour) Paris Promenade - D Tier
(3DS) Toad Circuit - D Tier
(N64) Choco Mountain - A Tier
(Wii) Coconut Mall - S Tier
Lucky Cat Cup:
(Tour) Tokyo Blur - D Tier
(DS) Shroom Ridge - C Tier
(GBA) Sky Garden - B Tier
(Tour Nitro) Ninja Hideaway - S Tier
OH MY GOSH THIS IS THE BEST CONTENT YOU'VE RELEASED IN YEARS 500,000 VIEWS!!!1!!!!1!1!!!
oh my gosh best content you've done in years
It kind of surpassed my expectations imo, I was excited for it when nintendo direct just ended. But then after watching it again a bit later, I noticed how "plastic" it looked and I guess the internet found out all of the tracks here were ripped from Tour so I was kind of disappointed, like all of the tracks are basically the Tour version of them. So yeah, I was kind of disappointed. Skip forward to now after I played them, they looked a lot better than I expected and I actually kind of like them now. It doesn't really look bad anymore imo and the tracks were fun to play, and the Tour tracks were completely new to me since I've never really played Tour, so it was a surprise how creative those tracks were. I didn't expect it to start changing things up like every lap for the city races. But yeah, I feel a lot better about the booster course pass now and I'm looking forward to whenever Wave 2 releases. (Just looking forward to when all of them are out tbh lmao but yeah)