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https://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart >> Mario Kart 8 >> Required tips for a MK8 DX official French preview https://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1491383760 Message started by Antistar on 04/05/17 at 01:16:00 |
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Title: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French preview Post by Antistar on 04/05/17 at 01:16:00 Hi everyone, As some of you may now, I work for a video games news and reviews website, and even if I'm not really a full-time journalist, I've been chosen to write a preview of MK8 Deluxe. I will be at a preview event held by Nintendo France tomorrow for one hour, and I'd like to know if there are some specific details I'd need to focus on to write a good preview. I haven't played MK8 for more than one year and even if I had bought the whole DLC pack, I've not been into the game enough on the last months to make sure I'm not forgetting anything. Are there any specific details you would like a preview of this game to focus on? Feel free to give me some hints. [smiley=dankk2.gif] |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Dos Santos on 04/05/17 at 04:15:18 New vehicules statistics 200cc leaderboards 150cc tts: Same as Wii U? Wi-Fi races separated from Wii U? (Battle mode is obv switch exclusive) Same physics? Any DLC prepared? |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Chrono Krysster on 04/05/17 at 08:09:16 They have made the best choice, that's great news!!! :D Will you do a Q&A at the same time with Nintendo during the preview?! Obviously as Dos Santos said can we get some infos about any new DLC plan? What are all the new physics and new enhanced visuals of MK8 Deluxe? Can they explain the new purple mini-turbos in depth? Is winning all the 200cc Grand Prix cups will unlock Gold Mario and what to expect about his personal stats (all full)? I think the revamped Battle mode is important for them to focus on and so for us too, oh and if possible at the end of the hour can you ask them about a 100% new MK on Switch in the near future like 2 or 3 years from now ;D, I know Nintendo usually try to skip this kind of questions, but maybe you can give it a try ;) |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Mick on 04/05/17 at 09:09:37 In my opinion, you should try to keep a fair balance between informing the players who already familiar with MK8, and informing the gamers who have never bought or even played MK8. Obviously us here are far more interested in the finer details regarding the gameplay/physics/mechanics of the new version, however comments about tech (outside of possibly fire/bunny-hopping) will go over the head of the majority of your readers. Therefore you should rather focus on the more apparent novelties for the purpose of a preview (new batlle modes, new characters, new karts...). You can always report about more specific stuff on this board if you wish! Since you will be playing in a controller environment and the Nintendo staff will likely try to direct you towards the Battle Mode, you may not have sufficient opportunities to experiment with the game. I strongly recommend that you spend some time with the Wii U version (both in 150cc and 200cc) so that you can immediately spot potential differences in the gameplay. 163B3D353D520 wrote:
I'm confident that cross-play won't be a thing for this game, as the item system is different. The friend system isn't even the same between Wii U and Switch anyway. |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Frederiek on 04/05/17 at 12:02:28 Just take Mick with you. :D |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Antistar on 04/06/17 at 00:32:41 Thanks for your answers guys, I already had some of those ideas in mind but you really helped me to make my preview more accurate. I'll let you know about it asap [smiley=thumbsup.gif] |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Antistar on 04/06/17 at 07:57:30 it was cool |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/07/17 at 00:09:39 Would you mind sending the link of your review here? :) Also, do you have any info to communicate to us in terms of more advanced techniques/details? |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Antistar on 04/07/17 at 02:24:10 I can't tell anything officially before 5 PM (CET). When my work's online I will post the link there (full preview in French, of course). It's not a super technical preview but I think I managed to follow Mick's advice in general. It's mostly written for basic Mario Kart players, including a few notes for people who know the series a bit more. Considering this is the first official preview I write as a freelancer for this website, I hope it's gonna be OK to read and the most balanced possible. As I won't be available a lot this weekend, if anyone wants to translate it… |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Mick on 04/07/17 at 02:58:47 7F53405B5D0A04320 wrote:
I won't be around at the time the preview will go live, but if nothing has be done about that by the time I come back, I'll take care of it. Welcome back Flo btw! |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/07/17 at 04:04:32 Thanks Mario, If I manage to read it through by the end of the day, I'll try to make a short summary of the major details that we'll have to keep in mind. Thanks Mick :) |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Chrono Krysster on 04/07/17 at 06:00:00 7F53405B5D0A04320 wrote:
Antistar I would have been pleased to offer you any help to translate it but ultimately I fear that my English level is not good enough for this kind of work, yet :( so if I don't want to mess your preview... better I do nothing ;D :-[ and I'm confident with Mick and Fant0m for sending the best results here ;) 406C7F6462353B0D0 wrote:
For the English people understanding French; if you are interested in reading the preview at 5 PM CET-- obviously, this is also the link of the website: http://www.jeuxvideo.com/ (up, in an hour from now) 4B67746F693E30060 wrote:
Btw I already know your works on your own site Antistar.fr and you are a very good writer, it's clear, in depth, and it is written in perfect French, it's far better than majority of the other journalists I read on JVC in my opinion, so I'm sure it'll be, at least, ok, if not well-spoken!! Thank you Antistar [smiley=beer.gif] |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Antistar on 04/07/17 at 10:29:11 Completely forgot to copy and paste the URL there when it went online, sorry. Here it is: http://www.jeuxvideo.com/preview/637961/mario-kart-8-deluxe-un-best-of-en-attendant-du-neuf.htm (the title of the article includes two puns but they will not really make sense in English, sorry) |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Mick on 04/07/17 at 11:51:53 Some stuff taken from the preview that I don't believe was known beforehand : -All characters (except Golden Mario) are available from the start, however the vehicle parts have to be unlocked with coins like on the Wii U version (ugh...) -The single player is allegedly a bit easier this time, up to 150cc. -There's a second driving assist option in addition to the "antenna" one, which seems to merely be an auto-pilot. No further details. -Couldn't tell whether fire hopping was useful or not during the preview, even with the new purple mt. -HD rumble is supported in the game and is said to be very convincing with the Joy-con controllers, moreso than with the Pro Controller. I also noticed two factual errors in the preview text. For one, King Boo is not an all-new character as he was already in MKDD and MKW. And then there are only 3 retro battle courses instead of 4 (Urchin Underpass while originating from Splatoon initially is all new to the kart series and has a different layout). |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/07/17 at 12:31:26 Thanks Mick, I was about to work on that summary if you hadn't found the time for it :) Bad news for fire hopping it seems... :-[ |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Antistar on 04/07/17 at 12:43:45 6F494C594E65534F54550D3C0 wrote:
What I actually meant was "those are new characters compared to the original MK8". But you're correct, and thanks for the small fix about the retro battle tracks. EDIT: don't trust my poor skills about 150cc and (especially) firehopping feelings. It was a short session and I'm no MK8 expert, even if I played the game more than any other 3D episode. I kinda suck at firehopping even if I know how it works. About 150cc, it's just because it looked really easy to me to win solo races, easier than in my memories actually, even if I hadn't played for a while. :-? |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/07/17 at 13:29:29 Tbh with you, when I tried the MK8 Demo, there were no characters stats (light characters were as fast as the heavy ones with a better handling obviously) and fire hopping was useless. Is it because the demo didn't show the full gameplay or did they actually change the game physics...? We shall see... [smiley=ninja.gif] |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Mick on 04/07/17 at 14:14:53 2E02110A0C5B55630 wrote:
In that case, then Dry Bones and Bowser Jr. are also characters that were absent from the first version of MK8. 023926313C61696961500 wrote:
When did you play that demo? The latest playable demo that I know of was back in January and from what some karters said, the gameplay was unchanged back then. However, the purple mt wasn't a thing yet... |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Chrono Krysster on 04/07/17 at 16:59:55 0D2B2E3B2C07312D36376F5E0 wrote:
In that case, then Dry Bones and Bowser Jr. are also characters that were absent from the first version of MK8.[/quote] Nintendo explains the new characters of MK8 Deluxe this way (2 ways): "Plus, the Inklings appear as all-new guest characters, along with returning favorites, such as King Boo, Dry Bones, and Bowser Jr.!" (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mario-kart-8-deluxe-switch) and "Inkling Girl & Inkling Boy from Splatoon, King Boo, Dry Bones, and Bowser Jr. join the roster!" (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mario-kart-8-deluxe-switch) 05232633240F39253E3F67560 wrote:
Yup I enjoyed this surprise the most, I haven't thought about the HD rumble before :-X , it seems like the Joy[ch8209]Con controller + the Joy[ch8209]Con wheel will be a really interesting thing to test too :D 517D6E7573242A1C0 wrote:
2 PUNS?? I only saw the one using "en attendant du neuf", I just checked again and ok "Deluxe, un best of", I got it but now [smiley=roll.gif] pas mal ^^ Et voilà, un très bon aperçu du jeu en seulement une heure de temps c'est du luxe [smiley=thumbsup.gif] |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Antistar on 04/07/17 at 23:21:23 0B2D283D2A01372B303169580 wrote:
In that case, then Dry Bones and Bowser Jr. are also characters that were absent from the first version of MK8.[/quote] Indeed, it's a shame I didn't even notice it, just trusting what the guys at Nintendo told me about the "new" characters. I knew both Splatoon characters were new of course (the 2nd MK8 DLC was even released before Splatoon came out), but wasn't sure about King Boo not being in the original MK8, so I was OK with those informations. |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/07/17 at 23:29:31 07212431260D3B273C3D65540 wrote:
When did you play that demo? The latest playable demo that I know of was back in January and from what some karters said, the gameplay was unchanged back then. However, the purple mt wasn't a thing yet...[/quote] The latest playable demo was actually at Paris Manga last week but I wasn't there and it was the same demo as in Jan. And indeed, I played it in January and raced as a heavy character. I tried my normal MK8 strats and I noticed I was being caught by some random motorbikes players. So my guess for the demo, is that fire hopping is doable, but seems useless. |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Chrono Krysster on 04/08/17 at 12:51:21 Something else Antistar pointed out during a gaming live I just watched; is the very first DLC of MK8 containing the three Mercedes-Benz vehicles will be in MK8 Deluxe or not? We still don't know, I mean we are not 100% sure and I don't remember seeing these cars in any recent MK8 Deluxe trailer too. |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Chrono Krysster on 04/11/17 at 07:32:50 2B12191313140512575757600 wrote:
http://img110.xooimage.com/files/7/7/6/gj-520887b.png Ok, in! |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/11/17 at 08:43:16 SPOILER ALERT Say goodbye to firehopping Say goodbye to softdrifting |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Emmanuel on 04/11/17 at 10:46:21 Are you serious Fant0m??? :o How do you know this? |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/11/17 at 10:48:15 557D7D717E65757C100 wrote:
A friend of mine (that MKDS and MK7 players probably know) tested a more complete version of the game today and he gave me his feedbacks that are exactly what I feared of when I tried it in January... |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Emmanuel on 04/11/17 at 10:55:51 Oh it's very interesting! Who is the friend? TT should be very different in the deluxe version... |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/11/17 at 11:08:38 0C242428273C2C25490 wrote:
Ufle. TT will be divided into 150Cc and 200Cc, no doubt on that. |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Emmanuel on 04/11/17 at 11:14:10 Ok i remember him (i'm Goomba). Can't wait to play |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Fant0m on 04/11/17 at 12:02:02 Ahh the MKDD Legend! :D I guess we'll see each other on this game then ;) |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Moritz on 04/11/17 at 12:22:34 Probably Nintendo didn't want them on MK8, since they couldnt patch them in MK8 without making a lot of people angry (TT reset), they did it in MK8 Deluxe, I really hope its true, the only problem is that I dont have a Switch yet. But TT in MK8 seems promissing now |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Sam F on 04/12/17 at 03:32:16 150cc TTs are gonna be a lot more boring now... Guess I'll just main 200cc :P |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by SamH on 04/12/17 at 04:11:18 This makes me more tempted to buy a Switch and the game if hop tech/slides are gone I think simpler driving mechanics such as in MKwii are a bit less frustrating for me, racing will all be down to lines, the leaderboards could all be very close without hopping. (and no glitched tracks either) |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by Rhodechill on 04/19/17 at 05:08:41 4E63656D650A0 wrote:
lol Quote:
strongly agree Why does everyone say softdrifitng is done??? why does that frnech review site end with an english video? lol |
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Title: Re: Required tips for a MK8 DX official French pre Post by MasterLuigi on 04/19/17 at 17:12:18 162D322528757D7D75440 wrote:
Hey nice to see you, I will be here for MK8D too. ;) |
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