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Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer [Official] (www.youtube.com)
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[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Hm, Mario Kart 9 seems to look pretty similar to MK8. I had hoped for a new art direction / style.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I made this FOSS template for easy reuse.

def describe_nintendo_creativity(nintendo_game_name, new_version_number):
    print(
        f"Hm, {nintendo_game_name} {new_version_number} seems to look pretty similar " 
        f"to {nintendo_game_name} {new_version_number - 1}."
    )

describe_nintendo_creativity("Mario Kart", 9)
describe_nintendo_creativity("Pokemon", 21)
[–] 4am@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Did it even say it was MK9?

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Super Mario Kart 8++ Ultra 2

[–] GTKashi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Super Switch 2: Turbo Championship Edition and Knuckles

[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

It’s doesn’t say Mario Kart 9 but that does look like new character models to me. I’m expecting them to drop the numbering system and go back to subtitles anyway though.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

No, but it wasn't footage from Mario Kart 8.

[–] e1219@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep hoping for Mario Kart Ultimate with every retro track, but I know I'm just setting myself up for disappointment.

[–] 50MYT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That would be cool, but super challenging to do.

From the exec perspective on that I don't see them justifying the hours to do it vs the appeal to gamers now.

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Even if it didn't, so you really think that Nintendo won't make Mario cart 9?

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

A thing I just thought of is that it'd be super cool if - by using the joy con as a mouse - they had a track creator mode where you could share custom tracks.