Let’s paint a portrait: Nintendo sold 13.5 million Wii Us before sending the poor tablet controller out to pasture. It sold more than 8 million copies of Mario Kart 8 during that time, an astounding attach rate of 60 percent. If you happen to be one of the Wii U faithful, there’s also a very good chance that you’re the sort of Nintendo fan who was there on day one with Nintendo Switch. For everyone sitting at the center of this peculiar venn diagram, the question stands: if you purchased Mario Kart 8 just three years ago, do you really need to buy it again for Nintendo Switch? Based on an hour with both the classic races and the brand new battle mode at PAX East, there’s no question at all. If you have a Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe should be an essential purchase.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
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Agreed. I think a lot of the AC: H sales have to do with early lockdown players!
I mean, I would've played it anyway. But I guess there's a lot of people who got into it because of the hype and their new found free time!
Nintendo made out like bandits with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It's the same game that was on the WiiU except they added 2 item boxes like in double dash.
It's the Capcom method:
1. Add a new word to the end of the title and features that should've been expected first time around.
2. Charge full price for it.
3. Profit.
this is why i always say that Nintendo will always be fine. look at those numbers lol
and those are all first party games.
Thankfully that 13 million number is relatively low...for Nintendo atleast, after all 30 million+ people bought mario kart on Wii
Sweet gonna get a Wii U game to play on my new Switch!
They should offer a discount if you already own the game. With Microsoft doing Play Anywhere with their titles, Nintendo needs to get with the times instead of ripping their customers off every chance they get.
I played the Wii U version, granted not to death but even if I had, I would still be getting the Switch version... The game is just a lot of fun. I will be getting this on release.