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I figure I might as well make a separate thread for this.
After playing for a few days I'd say that it's so far so good. Granted, it IS just the WiiU version of the game with all of the DLC on the surface, Nintendo made some tweaks.
First and foremost, they added classic Battle Mode options, which is a welcome addition. BM is a little random, but it's still a ton of fun if you aren't dead set on winning.
Racing mode is pretty similar, although it's now 1080p/60 and it's smoother than ever. They added the option to carry 2 powerups at a time. While that's a recipe for chaos in the middle of the pack, it's nice to be able to better defend yourself in the front or to rally in the back. I've noticed an interesting caveat, though. When you're in first you never get mushrooms. Ever. I find that a little disappointing because most of the shortcuts in the game actually require mushrooms to use. You also don't really have a good way to get away from the craziness in the middle of the pack either. This penalizes the leader and often leads to even more last-second passes...which kinda sucks if you're the better player. It's infuriating to do everything absolutely perfectly and still lose with no option to do anything about it. It does seem to dish out more of the blue-shell killing horns, which is welcome.
While all of the DLC characters and courses are unlocked by default, the vehicles and parts aren't. Meaning you're going to have to collect something like 4000 coins to get Tanooki Mario's Jeep and Link's bike again. The rewards are 100% random, so it could be less or more depending on your luck and what you want. I kinda wish they unlocked all of that stuff by default, but it's a minor gripe. Apparently if you can clear all of 200CC you unlock a Gold version of Mario. Thus far I've cleared all of 50 and 100 with 3-stars (it's pretty easy to do) and there's a big jump up when you hit 150 and 200. 200 is borderline too fast and you have to use the brakes quite a bit.
Speaking of brakes, there's even an option for the game to control the gas pedal for you automatically. With 200CC requiring so much precision on the brakes, that might actually be wise just so you aren't overwhelmed. There's also an "auto steer" function which isn't as bad as it sounds. It's normal 95% of the time, but it won't let you steer off the course or into certain objects. The weird thing is that it's on by default. I didn't even notice it until I read something about it. For a while I was actually thinking that my controller was low on power or something
Local multiplayer is great. In particular the 2-player split screen looks particularly good and the game doesn't seem to drop FPS either. I haven't tried 3 or 4, but at least 2 is working wonderfully.
Online play is the same, though. You still have no options to easily pair with friends, choose what you want to play, communicate, etc. In 2017 this is extremely weak. Especially for a repackaged game from 2-3 years ago.
As a fan of the series, I think it's fantastic, but I do hate how random some things tend to be. Winning consistently is tougher than ever and being between 3rd and 5th means that you're getting bombarded by hits constantly. It crosses the line from funny to infuriating pretty regularly because there's literally nothing you can do. Online modes are also incredibly weak even if it generally plays pretty smoothly. Any hope I had for Nintendo finally adopting what MS and Sony have done well (for a decade) is kinda dead.
After playing for a few days I'd say that it's so far so good. Granted, it IS just the WiiU version of the game with all of the DLC on the surface, Nintendo made some tweaks.
First and foremost, they added classic Battle Mode options, which is a welcome addition. BM is a little random, but it's still a ton of fun if you aren't dead set on winning.
Racing mode is pretty similar, although it's now 1080p/60 and it's smoother than ever. They added the option to carry 2 powerups at a time. While that's a recipe for chaos in the middle of the pack, it's nice to be able to better defend yourself in the front or to rally in the back. I've noticed an interesting caveat, though. When you're in first you never get mushrooms. Ever. I find that a little disappointing because most of the shortcuts in the game actually require mushrooms to use. You also don't really have a good way to get away from the craziness in the middle of the pack either. This penalizes the leader and often leads to even more last-second passes...which kinda sucks if you're the better player. It's infuriating to do everything absolutely perfectly and still lose with no option to do anything about it. It does seem to dish out more of the blue-shell killing horns, which is welcome.
While all of the DLC characters and courses are unlocked by default, the vehicles and parts aren't. Meaning you're going to have to collect something like 4000 coins to get Tanooki Mario's Jeep and Link's bike again. The rewards are 100% random, so it could be less or more depending on your luck and what you want. I kinda wish they unlocked all of that stuff by default, but it's a minor gripe. Apparently if you can clear all of 200CC you unlock a Gold version of Mario. Thus far I've cleared all of 50 and 100 with 3-stars (it's pretty easy to do) and there's a big jump up when you hit 150 and 200. 200 is borderline too fast and you have to use the brakes quite a bit.
Speaking of brakes, there's even an option for the game to control the gas pedal for you automatically. With 200CC requiring so much precision on the brakes, that might actually be wise just so you aren't overwhelmed. There's also an "auto steer" function which isn't as bad as it sounds. It's normal 95% of the time, but it won't let you steer off the course or into certain objects. The weird thing is that it's on by default. I didn't even notice it until I read something about it. For a while I was actually thinking that my controller was low on power or something
Local multiplayer is great. In particular the 2-player split screen looks particularly good and the game doesn't seem to drop FPS either. I haven't tried 3 or 4, but at least 2 is working wonderfully.
Online play is the same, though. You still have no options to easily pair with friends, choose what you want to play, communicate, etc. In 2017 this is extremely weak. Especially for a repackaged game from 2-3 years ago.
As a fan of the series, I think it's fantastic, but I do hate how random some things tend to be. Winning consistently is tougher than ever and being between 3rd and 5th means that you're getting bombarded by hits constantly. It crosses the line from funny to infuriating pretty regularly because there's literally nothing you can do. Online modes are also incredibly weak even if it generally plays pretty smoothly. Any hope I had for Nintendo finally adopting what MS and Sony have done well (for a decade) is kinda dead.
