Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

This is one of my favorite Nintendo Switch games of all time, and it's the Switch game I've played the most as of now. I'd have to agree with what a couple of the other reviews say: this is a piece of Nintendo nostalgia! There is a wide variety of different Nintendo characters to play as: Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Bowser Jr, Yoshi, Link, Villager, Tom Nook, Toad, Donkey Kong, Princess Peach, and many more. There's a lot of fast paced and catchy music that plays when the races go on, and it sounds similar to music from old video games and makes the game more fun to play!

There are a lot of unique locations to race at, like Cheese Land, Baby Park, City Tracks, Animal Crossing, and many more. Each of the locations have a specific theme, sometimes ones related to aspects of the other games that the characters are from, like babies, music, trains, rainbows, sweet foods, mushrooms, Yoshi's Island, and more, which gives the game uniqueness, a lot of detail, and huge combinations of the characters' franchises! They're all so bright and colorful, especially Rainbow Road. There's one location looks a lot like Andy's room from Toy Story, but I can't think of the name of it.

I didn't know this until I searched up this game on here, but this and Mario Kart 8 are 2 different games. I read in another review that this is an expanded version of Mario Kart 8. I like the sound of that!

The Mario Kart series, like any good race car, just keeps on going and isn't stopping anytime soon. This entry is another that is another first-place winner in my book, it's one of my favorite games for the Switch (no surprise there) and it's my favorite entry in the series at least for now.

Not a whole lot I can say as its racing/Mario Kart business as usual, and I wouldn't have it any other way as it's all done well and with perfection. As usual you have your assortment of characters to choose from the Nintendo verse, doesn't really matter as it's really a matter of you own preference. If you want to know mainly like playing as two of my main men Mario and Link.

And there is the selection process which are in Vehicle, Wheels and Glider; my favorite selection process is in the Vehicles to use and of course you get new ones to pick the more coins as well as racing success you have. It's hard to decide which are my favorites as they are all good in their own way. I'll just say a few things I like, one which is an old style 1920's racing car which you probably seen as a game piece from the "Monopoly" board game, love driving that car probably because I always love that game piece. The two others are a silver car that looks like the Aston Martin from the Bond films. And another which looks almost like the Mach 5 from the anime "Speed Racer." which really enhances the feeling for me as whenever I play racing games, I always pretend I'm that character.

Real stars of the game in fact in any racing game are the tracks which are awesome, each of them is colorfully creative crazy fun which are all true to the spirit of the Nintendo verse and there is a big selection and assortment of them, best of all there are tracks that are still being made for download and are just waiting to be raced on, so keep them coming guys, the more the merrier.

The tracks are a beautiful mix of new to even the old fan favorite tracks envisioned and better than before. Two of my favorites are "The Excitebike" track which is a beautiful homage to that racing classic but also show a modernized Switch sequel is possible, let alone Nintendo could use another racing franchise. The "F-Zero" track another homage to one of my favorite racing game franchises, being a sci-fi fan, you can easily guess how I feel about them but also seeing this makes me wonder if we'll see that next sequel either on the Switch or a future Nintendo console.

Another star of course is the gameplay, which is fun as usual, it's both a race but also a dog fight. Really like some of the power up from some of the usual ones like the banana peels in which hard rubber tires for some strange reason are not immune toward. But some that are new like one of my favorites is the Venus Fly Trap which is very handy in short range defense and offence as it can eat up banana peels, squids before they shoot ink to obscure your visibility, and any other obstacles that can hinder your progress. But it's can also bite down on your opposing drivers which can slow them down.

Really love the multiplayer and online player function which of course is another one of the highlights of racing games, it's always fun to play against other racer gamers, see what their made of and making them eat your dust if possible, or blow them away in the battle games, all in good fun.

The eighth entry in the Mario Kart series has crossed the finish line to be another racing and in general classic, and most importantly is up to speed and still gaining.

Rating: 4 stars.

When the wii u first came out, I was excited and was one of the first people to ever buy one, and when I first bought it, I got Mario kart 8 inside of the console, I loved the original game, then one day, I bought the dlc and those tracks were amazing too, then years later, they remade the game but deluxe version, at first I thought this would be a dumb idea because remaking a seventh sequel to that good game as well, seemed pointless, but when I a tually played this, I loved it even more than the original, but it makes me feel like I didn't have to buy the dlc for the original game, when it's all right here in the game for free, and also, the only thing that actually frustrates me is the fact that a few days ago, the whole pre order thing for this game is STUPID, If you know what I mean, I will just get to the bad part, FOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND, THIS MEANS I WILL HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE TWO YEARS, JUST TO BUY 48 TRACKS. I PROBABLY WONT EVEN BE PLAYING THIS GAME IN TWO YEARS BECAUSE MARIO KART 10 WILL BE OUT BY THEN, but the overall game itself is amazing.

They say they hate the Wii U, despite the awesome games Nintendo makes, but I have no prob with the Wii U what-so-ever! Mario Kart 8 is an awesome racing game! You'll love the anti-gravity functions! But the best part is the Koopalings racing! You'll love how awesome they are in this game (Much more than the NMSBM series)

The perfect arcade racer. Beating all the 200cc cups with 3 stars is an entertaining and fast-paced journey that will keep you engaged. The extra content is beautiful and well designed (tracks, characters, vehicles).

Even though it's a re-release of a 2014 game, it holds up incredibly well. It brought back that same joy I used to feel playing Mario Kart 64, but now with way more characters, more tracks, and even better graphics and gameplay - and the fact that it's portable just makes it better.

No wonder it's the best-selling game on the Switch. It's accessible, polished, and just pure fun. A must-have for gamers of all ages.