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10.04.2024 - 18:37 / polygon.com / Nintendo
The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle edition is the definitive way to experience the essential kart racer, as you’ll get the base game and all of its post-launch Booster Course Pack racers and tracks in a single package. Normally available for $84.98, this bundle is currently on sale for just $64.98 at Amazon and Walmart. That’s just $5 more than what you’d normally pay for the base game.
If it’s just the base game that you want, it’s selling at a discount, too, costing $39.99 at Walmart.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
In its entirety, the Booster Course Pass includes 48 additional tracks on top of the 48 already featured in the base game. It also adds eight new racers to the already-huge roster, including (but not limited to) Kamek, Funky Kong, Pauline, and personal favorite Birdo.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe supports local, split-screen multiplayer for up to four players per Switch console. However, if you want to play with your buddies online, you’ll need to subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online. With a subscription, members can also enjoy a variety of benefits aside from online play, like storing your game saves in the cloud, free DLC for some games, and complementary access to a growing catalog of retro titles for the NES, SNES, and Game Boy. If you’d like to sample what Nintendo Switch Online has to offer, you can sign up for a 7-day free trial before committing for longer.
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It seems as though the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year-Door remake has changed the controversial Goombella catcalling scene from the original game. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remains one of the GameCube's most beloved games. It has remained trapped on the GameCube for two decades, but it will finally be making its way to modern platforms thanks to the upcoming Switch remake.
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s upcoming remake is continuing to generate buzz in the lead-up to its release next month, which is no surprise, given the immense legacy of the GameCube original. From a content and gameplay standpoint, it looks like the remake is going to be a pretty straightforward one, but Nintendo is still adding in some new features to modernize the experience.
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Nintendo and its fans usually get a long pretty well, with the Paper Mario franchise being an unusual bone of contention. For many years Nintendo has stubbornly attempted to dial down the quirky stories, unique characters, and RPG elements that defined early entries in the series, much to the chagrin of a particular cadre of fans. As perhaps the last true RPG in the series, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has taken on a certain symbolic importance to those spurned fans even though it was never a particularly big hit, selling fewer than 2 million copies on Gamecube.
It’s only been a few days since I loaded my copy of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door onto my Nintendo Switch, but I’ve already played through the entirety of what I can cover in this preview, and let me tell you – it’s been a blast. The Thousand Year Door is one of my favourite, if not my absolute favourite, video game of all time. To see it remade on the Nintendo Switch is amazing, and while some like to grumble about paying full price for old games, Nintendo has done enough here I think to justify the price being charged.
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