Mario Kart World Review, & 1 week with the Switch 2

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello, and welcome to side Quest. This is our weekly
video game show here at Geek Versus. I am your host,
del Mus Night with me the charged Travis Snell. How
are you doing tonight, my friend?

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I am doing well. Excited to talk about my first
venture into the Nintendo Switch.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
To mm hmm. And then we also have the vampire
Taylor Field. What's up man?

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (00:26):
What is up?

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Yeah? I'm excited to be here and dive further in
because we talked Switch and I'm excited to talk more
Switch and Mario Kart with you guys.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Yeah, last week we did a pretty short a little
like Switch to First Impressions. We talked about Mario Kart
a little bit in there. That was just me and
Taylor though, so Travis is now here to share his
thoughts as well. Yeah, this is going to be mostly
a one topic episode or two topic episode, just Switch
To and Mario Kart World. So it's going to be
a good time. Before we get into it, I had
to share I was telling Taylor about this that I

(00:55):
had a weird ass dream this morning where we were
watching a Nintendo direct and in this Nintendo direct, they
were revealing Smash Super Smash Bro six, which I think
that's a funny part of it is like, you know,
every Smash game has had like a different name, Melee Brawl,
Smash four was like, okay, it was a bit of
a pun, so we'll, you know, give it a break there.

(01:16):
But yeah, they just call it Super Smash Pro six.
According to my dream. In the dream, they showed off
that Midna from Twilight Princess was like one of the
new characters, so deep cut Zelda character to get in there.
And then the end of the trailer ended with like
a tease that Goku was gonna get at it, which
is funny because that's like people have always wanted Goku,
but like they've always said that one of the rules

(01:37):
is like Smash can only have video game characters that
originated in video games, not like so DBZ would not
be allowed. So that was super weird. But I think
the funniest detail of this is that, you know, you know,
at the end of every trailer it's like release day
and like you know, the systems and stuff. For some reason,
Smash bro six exclusively coming to the PS four.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Wow. Yeah, there's a lot of them out.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
There, I guess, you know, so yeah, so I don't
know it was. It was a very weird dream, but yeah,
it was.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
It was.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
It was. I think we were all it was kind
of like an E three thing. We were all like
on a couch like watching like the direct together. So
it's a bit different than the regular direct watching experience
these days. But that was funny. And I was telling
Tama that I wrote down some other notes that like,
I woke up from my dream and just quickly write
wrote them down, but they make no sense now, so
I have no way to decipher what they were. So
there was something else that happened in the dream. But
I just remember the Smash Bro's sixth reveal, which we'll

(02:33):
see if that comes true. We'll see if Midna and
wolf Link could get added in there and go ku
but uh who knows. Wopped to wait and see what
happens with Super Smash Pros six when that happens at
some point in the future. Uh oh. And then another
quick thing. I saw this. I don't know if you
guys saw this, but the Donkey Kong Bonanza is getting
a direct. Oh yeah there this week. Are you gonna
watch that, Travis or do you want to? Just because

(02:54):
I don't for me and you. I don't think we
need to see more. I don't know if that would
take away from some of the surprise. Well, I'm sure
any that info would kind of get spoiled this anyway, I'm.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Up two minds because I think I remember saying that
at first, like, ah, do I need to see that?
Because I don't want to be spoiled. But it's hard
not to because I said, it's only gonna be like
eighteen minutes, so I don't think they're gonna completely go
you know, banana on it. So I'm I'm at TVD.
Luckily it's at six am. Actually, well most of the time,
I'm actually up. If I'm not up, though, it's one

(03:22):
of these things that I might just like to hear
some quotes about it. But maybe I'll plug it in
because yeah, I'm so old. That's a day like obviously
the day one. It's the reason I bought the thing.
But I I'm a fifty to fifty to see that
because it's hard not to. We're close. But the same time,
i'd like to see a little bit more, you know,
but I can't wait.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yeah, definitely, Okay, let's talk about some switch to n
Mario Kart, I guess, yeah, just so you know, Taylor,
if you have any other like new thoughts on the console,
we can we can share that stuff, you know, as
we go through and stuff. But I guess for you, Travis,
like just I don't know any interesting like first oppressions
you have on the console itself, and then just kind
of you can kind of segue that Intomar car thoughts.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
Yeah. I joke about this because yeah, last week when
you guys an episode, I had never actually I played
one race on Mario cards the kids doing that and
some friends doing that, so it's like I had not
touched it at all. Yeah, I was very happy with
the magnets. The magnets are a game changer.

Speaker 4 (04:18):
I joke about that, but I legitimately do love that.

Speaker 2 (04:20):
It's so much easier just to stick those things in
doing the whole slide because I'm a dog player, right,
so it's not like everybody that might take it out
this and that. But uh, yeah, it's so far, so good.
I don't like, I don't feel like there's I don't
feel a huge leap or anything like that.

Speaker 4 (04:37):
I don't feel which.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
Again I've also said this before that obviously the bigger
leap was for the people to play the handheld, right,
So that's why it's like it's a hard thing for
meat ask. It's just in the games. Obviously they have
not bought like oh get the the update for a
Breath of the While is that, Like I'm not paying
fifteen bucks or buying one to see how that runs,
So I guess I haven't experienced that yet.

Speaker 4 (04:56):
But Mario Karl looks beautiful.

Speaker 2 (04:57):
But yeah, even like the UI we talked about the
lead up, but it feels pretty similar. You connect the
same way like it does. Like I think, yeah, unless
you need the handheld, it does not feel like there's
much jumps there. But unhappy with some certain aspects of it.

Speaker 1 (05:15):
So mm hmm, yeah, yeah, I think for me, like
I guess since last week, I've played a lot more handheld,
like i'd really only done docked when we did discussion
discussion last week, and it's like the coldest take of
all time. But like, yeah, the screen being a lot
bigger makes it just a lot cleaner and crisper, even
if it is still like pretty much the same quality screen.
I mean, I guess it's ten eighty p versus seven
twenty but yeah, just you know, having more space on

(05:37):
it works really well. I've picked up a couple other
like newer ish sort of games. I'm gonna save those
for like future side quest episodes. Just talk about Mario
Kart today, but that's been nice. I have used the
chat button and functionality a little bit more now actually,
so I can talk about that a little bit later
on when we talk about some online stuff with Mario Kart.
But then I think, you know, the most resountning thing
I want to mention here, and this is very specific

(05:59):
to just me thing, but after playing this console a
bunch more than last week, fucking I get so much
hand pain from these shitty fucking controllers, and I hate
them so much. So I think I'm gonna follow a
suit like you, Traves and get a pro controller because
this is not gonna be sustainable for me to use
this thing for another seven or eight years if it's
like giving me a hand pain like this, and I'll
just only use the joy cons when I I don't know,

(06:21):
I'm doing HANDHELDERR on the go or something like that.
But otherwise, you know, for Donkey Kong, there's no way
I'm playing twenty hours of that with these for control cons.

Speaker 2 (06:29):
That's why I need it to did you because I
because you told me to tell you in the link
went line. Because for a while it was I think
it was I can't remember how it was. It was
just Americans, and then there were something like the Nintendo
some sort of fan club or members called you had
to be part of. And then eventually the GameCube One
got parts out there. But yeah, like Dylan said, I
did buy the GameCube One because with the switcher guy

(06:50):
like halfway through its cycle, so I didn't even get
a pro control. I just felt like, okay, like I
got it for certain things, but I didn't. This is
because I'm gonna have it from the starved life cycle
to the end. I won that. And the GameCube One
just looks great. I feel have you nailed it down
to because I know you said you were thinking about it.

Speaker 3 (07:06):
Yeah, I was thinking about it. I didn't grab it
yet just because Kid's birthday.

Speaker 2 (07:11):
So it's a hundred bucks, hundred dollars control it is.

Speaker 3 (07:14):
Yeah, you know what at the end of the day,
either GameCube One or the pro game GameCube. Yeah okay, yeah, yeah,
I mean, and it does come with those extra buttons,
which is nice, but at the end of the day,
I mean I can just plug my GameCube controllers in
there directly for now, so I'm not in that big
of a rush. And like I I still do enjoy
playing with you know, the with it on my my

(07:35):
angled slants, like I play the angled Slant. Yeah, so
I'm not I'm not any kind of a rush yet.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
Mm hmm, yeah, yeah. I think As for Mario Kart, like,
I only played a little bit when we did our
discussion last week, Taylor, and I think i'd only like
done single player at that point, maybe like one online
race or something. I was like, Yeah, this game is
pretty cool, but you know, until I really like do
some multiplayer, I feel like I'm not really gonna know
how much I enjoy it. And thankfully this week I've
had a ton of opportunity to play a lot more

(08:04):
of it in pretty much every permutation you could ask for.
So Amber was here for a few days and we
probably played like a good three four hours of Mario
Kart over the course of multiple days. So that was
really fun to do a bunch of couch co op
and obviously with you guys. Last night we played with
five of us overall online, which was really fun try out,
and me and Travis played some battle mode after and
then I also with another friend David from the Switcheas podcast,

(08:25):
did like just some just the two of us, and
then you know, he invited a couple other people and whatnot,
and just played some online for a little bit there too.
So now that I've played the game a lot more
and played it in kind of the more social setting,
I fucking love it. It's it's great. I think, like
I never would have thought that what is the next
step for Mario Kart, and like the answer being like
make it a lot like Tony Hawk, and that there's

(08:45):
like crazy grinds and wall rides and just like almost
playing like Floor's lava and trying to just how many
ways can I combo stuff to like never touch the
ground and get as much boost as possible. It's such
a fun little mini game to play, like just in
the middle of a race, and you know, not every
second of every race is going to be like that,
which is good to have little moments of breathers. But
I think for me, it's like this game feels like
it has such a huge skill ceiling and That's a

(09:07):
fun thing to have in a Mario kar game because
you can also just like relax, go free room, cruise
around and not worry about that stuff. But then if
you want to go on a race and just try
your ass off, and like you know, last night, I
was like, I want to beat you guys. Of course
I do. I want to get a little competitive here,
And that was super fun to like try and find
the perfect lines on all these maps and try out
these different racers and still figuring out all those details.
So yeah, the more I've played this game, the more

(09:29):
I've loved it. I've played a lot more Free Room
now as well, and try to do all the modes
at least a little bit. So yeah, I freaking love
this game. I'm having a great time with it, how
about you, Travis, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (09:38):
No, it's a great time.

Speaker 2 (09:39):
And I'm always a difficult spot with these ones because
I know some of this was Clay in the Discord
Cocktail Clay. As far as like this and Mario Party,
I'm trying to think of like Smash to extent, but
Smash you have so much more variety of things you
can do with stages in character with some of the
base Mario games, especially the sports ones.

Speaker 4 (09:59):
It's tough to give be that. Okay, what can you
do like new or next too?

Speaker 2 (10:03):
Because it's been around for so long and I can
even say like the like the we I guess yeah,
we yeah, just Myocardai in general, like they always changed
the whole things here and there. But I I don't
can't remember the last time I've played a miro Kart
game Like this was awful, Like they really missed the
Like it's kind of like I feel like they cracked
the formula with sixty four and they've just been making
it better and better, just like an old recipe that

(10:24):
they just like fine tune.

Speaker 4 (10:26):
So yeah, I think they add some fun aspects in here.

Speaker 2 (10:28):
I really like the costume unlock and the character unlock.
I think that's a fun time. Uh you know the
grand previous same as usual. Like you said, I like
some of those additions because that's really all you can
do is find little nooks and crannies. Okay, what can
we do this differently with a napp like we talked
about last night, Like the previous game flying was a
big thing right where you could check your wings and
stuff or even this game still has that just to

(10:50):
a lesser degree, you know, has some classic like kind
of they're not the exact same maps, but kind of
plays on that. I like a lot of the new
one we talked about. You know, we're big fans of
Boost Cinema and I really enjoyed that. But yeah, no,
it's a great time. Like I really have nothing negative
to say about it. All the there's a couple of modes.
I have tried out all the modes. There's some modes

(11:11):
that like, like, I don't love or have changed, and
I don't know if it's for the better, but it's
also not bad. Particularly, it's just I probably will stick
with Grandpop or playing online with you guys. But the
core game itself, if you are a Mario Karr fan,
is you know, worth every penny. And it's a good time.
And I enjoy almost all items except for the beat box,
you know, but I do enjoy when.

Speaker 3 (11:33):
I get to have it.

Speaker 2 (11:34):
But no, it's uh, they still delivered here. It's a
really good game.

Speaker 3 (11:39):
Mhm.

Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yeah, but you Taylor, do you have any new kind
of revelations or anything like that since our discussion last week,
which you know, we mostly talked about the switch, not
a ton about Mario Kart, But yeah, what are your
kind of top level thoughts.

Speaker 3 (11:51):
Yeah, it didn't click until you said it. When we're
playing with how you're basically getting different pathways in between
the core is when you're doing different map to map
kind of plays, And I thought, oh, this is really interesting.
It's outside of the Grand Prix, you're basically experiencing different
parts of the map. I thought that is really really
unique because there's that whole portion that we were just

(12:12):
going up river and I fucking hated it. By the
time we got like out of the fucking water works
and it was actually like go time. It was already
on the last lap and it was like thirty seconds
of actual runway. It's like just brutal, but it was
still cool. I really like that they have that functional
it's pretty.

Speaker 1 (12:31):
Much like a whole course that's just unnamed.

Speaker 2 (12:33):
Right.

Speaker 3 (12:34):
Yeah, Yeah, so I think that's really really fun. That
was awesome, But other than that, it's just it's really
neat to know. Okay, some vehicles are really good on
asphalt and the different types of actual like ground, there's
certain vehicles that handle better on on that type of terrain.
And then yeah, I feel like handling is much more
at play here than ever before, because you know, I

(12:55):
always would just go a specific motorbike, small tires and
mirocard eight that'd be my go to and it could
just it could handle, had great acceleration speed, all that
goes around the corners, all the good stuff. And now
and here it's such a different dynamic. You need to
either be really really good with the cart that you're
using something that's pretty versatile, or you're gonna feel it.
Because when we did that one map and it was

(13:15):
all just super sharp.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
Turns and corners, that was, yeah, brutal.

Speaker 3 (13:21):
Even if you're trying to drift like you're still having
a hell of a goddamn time. I think all of
us came like at least like ninth or tenth around
your fist. I don't remember. I remember seeing an E
and T like ninth it was Emily.

Speaker 1 (13:37):
Taylor. You've said enough mean things about Emily.

Speaker 2 (13:40):
That's that's that's the finally the one where I like
Uncrowneddaling because don't had a winning streak. That's the one
Grand Prix one which had that one and to go
back there in.

Speaker 3 (13:48):
The future, so I try to, but yeah, it's a.
It's just it's a lot, a lot of fun. I
had a great time just still unlocking all the cosmetics
and what not. There's a few others that I don't
have for some of the side characters, but I think
I got. I got all the Wilauigi's, I got all
the King Booze I got. I think I got all
the shy guys, and I even last night we got
a few while we're racing, which is nice because then

(14:09):
when Madison's playing as a character, it's like, Okay, this
is great. Now I'm We're like doubling up our unlock
rate here of cosmetic skins, which is which is nice.

Speaker 1 (14:18):
So mm hmm, yeah, yeah. I wanted to start by
talking about some of what you just mentioned there, Taylor,
of just like the the way I guess, just the
variety of the courses and the way they're used in here.
And I feel like, like with Mario Kart eight, I
don't I think I maybe played online like two or
three times, and I think with like Mario Kart, we
back in the day, I like tried that online. I
think that online a couple of times, but it's never

(14:40):
really something I've been that into. But I feel like
with this, maybe just because you know, I'm in like
Vancouver and I'm not near you guys very often and
not near a lot of people who are playing Mario
Kart at the time. But it's like, Okay, I feel
like I'm probably gonna be playing online a lot more,
and I think that's where a lot of the stuff
really comes together, like the open world and the free rom.
There's been a lot of people critiquing like, oh, there's nothing,
there's no quest, it's kind of boring, like just these

(15:02):
like simple peace switch things, that's all it is. But
to me, that's like the perfect lobby to have in
between like online matches.

Speaker 3 (15:09):
You know.

Speaker 1 (15:09):
The way settings we had was like, you know, only
in there for like ten seconds, so you maybe can't
do much. Maybe you can clicked a couple coins or
something like that in between, but if you have like
longer breaks in between, it's just kind of fun to
explore those tracks a little bit more and outside of
them too. And I think the more free room I've done,
it realized like how much of the world there is
that just never gets used in any course, at least
that I've seen so far, Like around the Crown city

(15:32):
for example, Like that's a huge city and there's so
many random little details in there, or the Saffrenos messing
around in Toad's factory, and there's like so much there
in so many random areas with like fun little challenges
or just interesting little like platforming sequences. That Yeah, it
adds like a lot of the flavor in there. I
think it mixes perfectly with the online and just kind

(15:52):
of in between matches just cruising around with some of that,
And the fact that it's even just like the menu
right the background when you're on the menu is just
the free realm. You just hit plus and instantly like
drop into that, which I think is perfect if you're
just maybe you're waiting for a friend, maybe your buddy's
making a smoothie, like they having the switch trailer, and
you're just like, okay, I just want to kill literally
one single minute before my friend gets here. You can

(16:13):
just hop in a free room and mess around for
a little bit. And I think just having that in
there is like, Yeah, it's not supposed to be an
open world like the way Breath the While is an
open world game. It's just supposed to be kind of
like a like the fact that they even don't have
it as like a mode selector on that mainscreen, but
it's like you just click a button to go into it.
I think it's kind of distinction there. And then it
feels like a bit of a cherry on top that
there's like all these coins and random shit you can

(16:34):
get on, like little challenges and whatnot. To some of
those challenges, by the way, really freaking hard. But I'm
really liking the use of free rom in there, just
to have a more chill, laid back thing. I kind
of wondered how much I'd use that, but I'm finding
that I'm really enjoying just cruise around and that. How
much will that last, I don't know, but I think
just with the online connectivity, I'll just no matter what,

(16:54):
be jumping in there for a little bit to find
the little hidden corners of the world.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
Yeah. I guess it's it's tough for me because come
at a different angle, because I remember we covered this,
this is not something I needed in the game. But
at the same time, it's not something I was like, Oh,
don't put it in there. So I guess if someone
heard that, I was like, oh, think of all the
things you could do when Mario Kart, it's like again,
it's just like that's not exactly what I would be
playing the game for. So if it's in there, it's
just like, oh, that's a cool little add on, And

(17:19):
the fact they've put some stuff in there is great,
Like you said, whether you're just killing some time and
racing around looking at it stuff. I remember yesterday when
we were in the middle of win format for Battle Mode,
there was an area I han't been to yet, and
it was like I went my first time going through
a pipe. So to me, it's just like fun exploring stuff.
It's I never took it as oh, this is like
gonna be the way it goes. It's not an open
world where you're gonna be like dumb touretto bump and pee, like,

(17:42):
oh you want a race like it just I don't
I get. And that's where all comes in. Expectations, Like
we talked about last year down with my wrestling game,
when Gmode finally got add online. But then there's a
whole bunch of bee like, oh but it doesn't do this,
this and this. But it's like, yeah, but we've never
had online, Like let's just be Happy says the same thing,
like this is something now that they're tinkering with, maybe
the next game, and just Goku put in the oh, hey,
that's the fun thing that Mario Kart World had, right

(18:03):
that had that, or maybe it's like, hey, let's do this,
see how people like it, and then also you could
expand upon it maybe further on down the line if
they have new ideas or whatnot.

Speaker 4 (18:11):
So it's for me.

Speaker 2 (18:12):
Yeah, it's just like a fun area. I wasn't that
was not the Maker. The free room was not the
Maker break again. It's the it's the new maps, the
items that I think they went above beyond with the
characters and costumes. I would like a little critique, wouldn't
dock it like review points, but wish it was similar
Smash where you would just click on the character and
all the outfits would be there. Ye.

Speaker 4 (18:32):
I know there is the sort option, which is good,
but that's not the default.

Speaker 1 (18:36):
It's a classic Nintendo sort where you just have two
options that aren't great.

Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yeah, and it's like you gotta still gotta go through
if you're going to Wallowegian, it's like you gotta go
for a all the way there. So that's like a
small critique. But yeah, so for Free Roam, I've enjoyed it.
I haven't played too much with it, but I also
I don't know, I guess if you want to, people
can critique. Again, I just didn't have that big aspiration
this was gonna always gonna be some game changing type
of mode, you know.

Speaker 1 (19:00):
Yeah, I don't know if it's a pro con that
there's not really too many meaningful unlocks that are required
from Free Room, Like you would have to do it
in order to get Mirror Mode unlocked. So that's something
that maybe people would want to eventually. But if you do,
it's like the requirements for that are pretty low. You
could probably if you just put on a guide, you
could probably crush that out in like twenty minutes or
something like that. So yeah, I kind of like, yes,

(19:21):
it's a really good way to get costumes. That's how
I just, like I said on the weekend, just spent
an hour, hour and a half grinding out all the
food with every character and getting every single costume. I
still have a bunch of characters I need to unlock,
but got all the costumes in there. But yeah, when
I was playing this afternoon, I had a funny, like
random event kind of thing occur. I don't know how
much of these there are in there, but I was
cruising around the open world and then like three charging chucks,

(19:41):
a little squad of them just drove up from around
the corner and there was like a marker on one
of them and it said like an attack or defeat
or whatever something like that. I was like a little bounty.
I don't know what this is, and so I started
chasing them. You know, I'm getting items. They're driving like
really fast, like like it's not like they're just like
you know, classic Nintendo, like they're just right in front
of you, easy to get. They just kept driving away. Eventually, Okay,
I get some shells, take out one of them, chasing

(20:04):
the rest of them. The third one starts speeding up,
take out the second one, and I'm just chasing them
for probably a good like five minutes or something like that,
and eventually I get close enough, get a couple of boosts,
have a couple of shells, and I can take them out,
and yeah, I don't think I've really got a reward
other than like a sticker or something. But it was
like a fun little like GTA kind of moment that
you get in there. So I don't know how many

(20:24):
of these like random events there are, because obviously there's
like peace switches, and there's the question mark blocks and
the Peach coins or Peach medallions and things like that
that are more set. But yeah, it seems like there's
other random things that kind occur. But have you used
any or have you explored much of the free room
tailor other than just like our intermissions and our online session.

Speaker 3 (20:42):
Yeah, I did at the start use the free room
to get a bunch of costumes and get my toes
wet in there, and then I did do a bunch
of the challenges just to try and figure out how
to do some different things. And I think I mentioned
this doing the one piece switch challenge, where you're basically
doing the wall riding, have to jump and get to
the other wall.

Speaker 1 (21:01):
Oh hard.

Speaker 3 (21:02):
I just can't do it, and I'll go back and
I'll try, but holy shit, that's just a whole other level.
And like I I'm aware, I'm cognitive of okay, these
are the steps that I have to do, but it's
just to go from doing a charged wall jump off
into not going into a drift, and it's just it's
a whole other can of worms. But it's a cool
mechanic and it's it's something I want to get better

(21:23):
at trying to do because when you're doing those races
and the Grand Prix, you're hitting those maps, you will
see there's lots of different opportunities where you can hop
on this wall. And I think it was DK Spaceport.
When we were racing last night, I accidentally did get
I think I used the feather and timed it, so
I ended up going on the wall and then it

(21:44):
just is a totally different because then you're going way
up along the side of the wall and it was
like a very narrow pathway with like very tall walls.
So yeah, it was really really a lot of fun.
And so again it's just it's another way to add
replayability to a just a whole new gale with that.
But the free roam it's exactly as I thought it
was gonna be. I didn't think it was necessarily gonna

(22:04):
be this whole open world racing, you know, like need
for speed, most wanted kind of dynamic. I thought, Okay,
you're just gonna be driving around in the world and
I think it's really cool how off the track you
can go and everything you can do. You can find
stacks of coins, you can go through warp pipes and
come up at higher locations on the map and do
different things, and so I think that's a lot of fun.
I've not come across any bounties yet. That sounds really

(22:27):
really neat, but yeah, there's just there's some cool little
quality of life things that they put in there, and
I hope that it's something that they do expand upon
or build off of and add some more content in there,
because it's it's ripe and just sitting there for some
extra extra juice, extra bazazz.

Speaker 1 (22:45):
So yeah, we'll talk about like DLC potential things at
the end, because I do want to talk about that
a little bit more. But but yeah, I mean, I
think it's such a fun part of it when you're
just cruising the open world and you see just something
at the top of a tower and you're like, what
about the every you're supposed to get up there? And
it's fine of like theorize like I can't see any
pausible way, but there must be some grind or some

(23:07):
pipe that leads through this way and you just like
kind of go in this little rabbit hole and once again,
like the reward is just kind of the experience of
doing it. Like maybe you do get some coins and
it helps you build the words, you know, unlocking some
more carts and things like that, but you're probably more
efficient to just like, actually, it might be the most
efficient to do that in free room, honestly, because there's
sometimes just huge stacks of coins in different spots, so

(23:27):
you might get more than it would, you know, if
you're limited to twenty coins per race in a Grand
Prix or something like that. But pretty cool. How about
we take our first break do a little free roaming here.
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Speaker 2 (24:05):
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This that was The.

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Feed there is twenty eight twenty? Eight what are we?

Speaker 2 (24:30):
At?

Speaker 1 (24:31):
Years is that this?

Speaker 2 (24:32):
Week that's this?

Speaker 4 (24:32):
Week?

Speaker 2 (24:33):
Thursday your ticket's?

Speaker 3 (24:34):
DOING i? DID?

Speaker 1 (24:36):
I i am at like four thirty something five pm
something like, that early ish kind of showing what else
is hitting the. Feeds what's what's going on right?

Speaker 2 (24:44):
Now let's see so you And kirkling weekly gee coming
up this, week which will be. FUN i already got
some newspile up. There obviously it's not like coming, up
it's coming up enough. Soon we talked about our originals
a little, Bit dyl AND. I it's like two weeks,
ago but still just. Drainting it's out next, week so
like to me to pip out like it's. Crazy it's
it's it's, crazy it's. There uh, yeah we Got i'm

(25:05):
trying to think what else IS i feel like there's
Soh ironheart starting next, week so, yeah episode, three binge and,
stuff which.

Speaker 4 (25:15):
Yeah so, yeah there's lots of good stuff For.

Speaker 2 (25:18):
June oh That's i'll, Say netflix And fail after nine
is happening This, friday six PM. Pst we're gonna be watching, UH.

Speaker 3 (25:26):
I don't even know what those, Things exaction or Extinction.

Speaker 2 (25:28):
Extinction, yeah we. LOOKED i looked for the worst reviewed horror.
Movies we're gonna watch together and see if it deserves a.
Fail and Then taylor's got A geese creps of record
that will be dropping. Soon and then so we're doing
our drop our top ten. Specials so for video, games
TV's and, movies we're gonna, be you, know doing our,
list so look up for. Those those will be lots
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friday is the start of like a lot of the

(25:49):
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Speaker 1 (25:55):
It'll be good. Stuff, okay how about, uh let's take
a quick ad, break which you could skip if you're On,
patreon but otherwise you can listen to. This we'll be right. Back,
okay we are. Back let's talk about some of these.
Modes Knockout tour is kind of the, big, big new
flashy one in, here another thing that is. Required whant
to get mirror. Modes So i've been doing a little

(26:16):
bit more of. THESE i did one of, them the
first ONE i did. ONLINE i, won And i'm wondering
if that's a classic thing where you, know any Like
Battle royale game always puts you against like bots the
first couple of games to build up that confidence and
make you want to keep playing the. Game but they'll
like put gamer tags of people so it looks like
you're playing against real. People SO i don't know if
that's What Mario kart did to me to make me
feel good about my. Win it. WAS i just barely won,

(26:38):
it AND i haven't actually won again against the. CPUs
i can't beat these m. Efforts they're just too.

Speaker 3 (26:43):
Good.

Speaker 1 (26:44):
Really my only critique Of Knockout tour is that holding
THE a button for twenty minutes gives me immense, Handpain
but once, again that's just like my criticulous.

Speaker 2 (26:52):
Console, overall it's a. MASSA i guess it's a climbing,
too but you gotta go.

Speaker 1 (26:56):
Something it's a. Climbing it's working on a computer all,
day it's using these joy clowns for almost a decade.
Now it's a whole mess of. Things but hopefully WHEN
i get a procracroller that won't be an. Issue But,
TAYLOR i don't know IF i, YEAH i don't know
if we mentioned or talked about knockout to or up.
Much have you ventured into that realm at?

Speaker 2 (27:12):
ALL i.

Speaker 3 (27:12):
DID i played. IT i just did the one, time
and that was me And madison playing it. Together and,
yeah we held on for quite some. Time BUT i
did not win my first. GAME i came in, third
and you the, final the. Finals it was, yeah that
was it was an, Experience holy. SMOKES i didn't really

(27:33):
know what to. EXPECT i said a, knockout SO i
wasn't really. Sure it didn't clue in what we were
doing until we're, playing and after a few laps then
it was, like, okay don't be, eighteenth don't be like,
sixteenth and Then madison was. OUT i was like, okay
and then like shit was getting real when it was
down to like that last like five, Players like holy,
crap like you're you're going hard, here AND i really
really enjoy. IT i need to revisit it, though BECAUSE

(27:55):
i want to play a little bit more of it
because it's a lot of. Fun you just you don't
want to you, know you're playing with. Friends like With,
madison she was done pretty, quick so, like oh, well
NOW i got to sit here and just, watch you,
know It's i'm. Out it's LIKE i got.

Speaker 1 (28:07):
To. Yeah it doesn't something like the best split screen, Experience.

Speaker 3 (28:10):
No, no not at, all but it's. FUN i want to.
PLAY i want to play some. MORE i THINK i
drifted off of it and went back to The Grand
prix BECAUSE i wanted to unlock more. Characters AND i
think at this, POINT i think you're only unlocking vehicles
if you're doing The knockout mode and of course skins
in Playing.

Speaker 1 (28:27):
Yeah, yeah how about you?

Speaker 3 (28:28):
Travel so much of you.

Speaker 2 (28:29):
PLAYED i was the exact same As, taylor WHERE i
just played the one time AND i because we talked
about a little bit because Being dillon did, download WHICH
i know we'll talk, about but we almost did. THAT i,
SAYE i put it once in LIKE i liked, it
BUT i think my issue with it it didn't differentiate
itself enough From Grand prix to change up because it's

(28:49):
like you still play multiple maps because what happens is
you get there in the sime at, six but you're
like each lap is a new, map WHICH i think
is cool that idea of like you kind of just
smoothly transition into new map like.

Speaker 4 (29:00):
Again and that's something we didn't.

Speaker 2 (29:01):
Mention on the online. Component we had no connecting, issues you,
know a little silly that of, course like When taylor
changed the intervals for being a minute intermission or ten,
seconds it like changed like it. Restarted everybody had zero the,
points so that was a little, odd but, OKAY i get.
It but as far as connected so no issues like
mass and family came in very easily in and. Out

(29:23):
so that was good once we figured all. That but,
yeah like it was, fun BUT i JUST i don't,
KNOW i THINK i would just probably maybe it would
be great if we could do it with like if
you had everyone online with another person with, them so
we'd have like a like a big full house of
because there's no limit, there, right it's just a limit
OF i can only bring one person with.

Speaker 4 (29:42):
Me but do you have a limit size how many
people you can.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
Have in your? ROOM i think you could fill up
full twenty, Four.

Speaker 2 (29:48):
So even if you had like, yeah but even if
it was like a ten to, TWELVE i think there'd
be more fun. There as far as like OHO's GETTING
i knocked, Out LIKE i wish that's something we had
The gauntlet. Day that would have been tons of fun
to like have six to eight people and, like, okay let's.
See but as far as just like playing with just
AND i just play it by. Myself but even if
it was just me AND, em it's, like, oh that's
just us then like some. CPUs SO i wish there
were some more. Stuff even when you get to the.

(30:09):
FINALS i think it goes down to final four and
then it's, like, oh get in first. Place BUT i
kind of wish it was it went down to like final,
two BECAUSE i think that'd be fun have like A
monoi models just you and another person back and. Forth
so there's some change THAT i would. Do so nothing
again wrong with, it but nothing enough for me to
go play that more Than Grand, PRIX i, think and
same thing as Like Grand, prix you play, it you

(30:31):
get a little break and you go next. One this
is six mats, Straight So, DYLAN i don't know how
your hand pain would, do you know with that, one
because you're just you're just. Going but, YEAH i.

Speaker 4 (30:41):
Fun, enough but not enough juice on the bone.

Speaker 1 (30:44):
There, yeah MAYBE i a need more juice on my
hand bones and then, YEAH i would not have as much. Champagne,
YEAH i think it's one Like I'LL i will play
through it until I've you don't even have to win them,
all which is. Nice to get mirror mode, onlock you
just have to have played all eight of them and
then you, know do some other shit as. Well SO
i THINK i might just do all of them just
to unlock a mirror, mode and THEN i don't Think

(31:06):
i'll touch it again UNLESS i like someone's over who
doesn't have a switch to and wants to see what
the mode is like and try it, out and Then
i'd be fine to jump in there. AGAIN i, MEAN
i do think it adds like an intensity to the
battles that you don't find In Grand, prix especially when
you get down to that final. Four SO i don't,
KNOW i think it's it's a good addition. OBVIOUSLY i
think it makes. SENSE i think it's more like they

(31:26):
had the open world first and then they're, like, hey
what's a mode that would work with the free, room
not like the other way. Around but it feels like.
That BUT i think what you're that'd be cool tries
to have, like, yeah the one on a one showdown
at the END i think would be would be pretty.
Cool but that's not a not a big deal or
not a big part of. It but, yeah we'll talk
about battle mode a little. Bit this is funny that
this is in here to me because when they did

(31:46):
That nintendo direct For Marcuart, world it was like sixteen
twenty minutes long or something like. THAT i don't think
they mentioned battle mode at all and everyone was, like,
oh this is battle not even in this. Game you'd
think that's something that they would quickly. Mention now Maybe
i'm forgetting, there but, yeah like it's just one of
those things that's been around. Forever it's not really, NEW i,
guess so they didn't feel like they need to highlight.
It but, yeah battle mode is in. HERE i think to,

(32:08):
me my biggest critique of it would be, that, well
one of the maps feel like a little bit too,
big and obviously the maps are just like chunks of
the open world and then they just like put you,
know borders around the edge of. Them they feel like
a little bit too, big even though there's twenty four.
Players at, times Like, travis we were doing The snow,
map which is. COOL i love the setting of, that
but sometimes it's, like, MAN i didn't see someone for
like two, Minutes like what's going on? Here BUT i

(32:30):
think my biggest, critique and this is like the same
critique That mark or eight had and probably most of the,
games is just like there are so few maps in
here that it feels like the variety will run out pretty.
Quickly there's eight, overall and you know we played you,
know half of those in One Grand, prix so you
do Two Grand prix of, that you Know Grand prix,
whatever four or five, rounds and like you've seen all
of them at that, point and like it just feels

(32:53):
like you have this whole open world there's it would
be so easy to crank out like sixteen or twenty
of these maps because all you do section off like
some different parts and there is even you, know there's
one section in like Near Crown city that has like
a little like you, know it's kind of like A
New york theme, thing and there's like a little central,
park like a big park area that you do like
a a Peace switch challenge on and like that would

(33:14):
have been a really fun spot for a battle, mode
but like that that's not. One but like they wouldn't
have to do, anything just put some little borders around.
There SO i think that's my main critique of. It
otherwise it's about the. Same Battle mode has never really
been my go, to BUT i think it will be
fun for us to throw that up on the twenty
four hour stream Or gbday or something just to mess
around for a little. Bit but once, again that's always
kind of like the last Thing i'm doing When i'm

(33:35):
When i'm Playing Mario. Kart, TRAVIS i think you've played
like a bit more than, me SO i don't KNOW
i have any thoughts on.

Speaker 2 (33:40):
It, yeah, No, Ie i'm somebody THAT i absolutely love Battle.
MODE i think there's some eras WHERE i was definitely
playing More Battle mode Than Mario Kart, racing you. KNOW
i just maybe it's BECAUSE i also come from The
Twisted Metal Crush hour days as a big fan of
those games as a, Kid SO i love cars where
you can throw just, wacky weird, stuff and Obviously Marlo

(34:01):
kart is kind of the peak of. That and really
we don't get any more games like that, Nowadays, like
is there another car game that you can shoot stuff with? People?

Speaker 1 (34:08):
Really there was once again that game that came out,
recently THAT ps five exclusive launch title? One what's it
Called Destruction All? Stars that no one talks?

Speaker 4 (34:16):
About Twisted, metals right?

Speaker 2 (34:18):
Right be wasn't that the? GAME i was, like they
should have just made this twisted, Metal, yeah like they
at least do, Something but, No so this IS i
can't remember Because dylan told me it was Bar Bones
AND i can't remember that because we Had Mario kart
on The, wiu but OBVIOUSLY i had not transition to
biding on the. Switch So i've not played that in
years BECAUSE i did not bust out The wiu constantly
to play. That and THEN i can't remember last ONE i,

(34:39):
Had LIKE i don't even THINK i, NO i GUESS
i did have one of the carts on The wii
because my sister won the stupid steering, Wheel BUT i
can't remember those generations of Battle. Mode BUT i do
remember at least an sixty four.

Speaker 1 (34:49):
AND i wanted was.

Speaker 2 (34:50):
Iconic, YEAH i could be wrong With, GameCube but at
least then that was like an elimination one IF i
recall where this, is and LIKE i, said if this
happened in the last previous, two forgive. Me but this
is different where it's a point based system Where, okay
let's say you KNOW i got five, balloons deal in
tailor at five, balloons and IF i could take three
From dylan and five From, TAYLOR i got. Eight that's my.

(35:12):
Points where it's not elimination WHERE i, thought and that's
where We're one of my critiques IS i wish there
was two modes where you could do a point base
mode an elimination because when open up AND i was
singing his elimination and you have twenty four, Racers i'm,
like this is like Mad, max this is like this
is gonna be, fast and fe was, like that's like to,
me you versus twenty three other people in battle, mode
that's gonna be.

Speaker 4 (35:31):
Crazy where you still get.

Speaker 2 (35:32):
That but at the same, time now with the point
system is if you lose all your, balloons you lose
all your. Points SO i do like that. ASPECT i
wouldn't want them to actually take the mode, out LIKE i,
said would just like the additional mode BECAUSE i like.
That you kind of have to play offense and defense
because you can't just pop off and let's say you
could go and you, know get twenty thirty kills and
then dine and be, like okay, Whatever.

Speaker 4 (35:51):
I'll sit, back but you have to play.

Speaker 2 (35:53):
Strategically like there's one point last, NIGHT i had twenty
two AND i had one.

Speaker 4 (35:56):
Balloon there's three. SECONDS i just found a. BRIDGE i
just hit on.

Speaker 3 (35:59):
It.

Speaker 2 (35:59):
There i'm, like this twenty two is gonna. Be that's
gonna have to do me well BECAUSE i do not
want to lose the. Balloon and it didn't, Happen but
there was two times both me And dylan almost took
each other out and it would have changed the dynamic
of the swamp of either giving me a massive lead
Or dylan a. Swap LIKE i like, that AND i
agree With. Dylan there's some maps that are better than.
Others that snow map was not, great but then a

(36:19):
map like the one that has the quicksand that's. Fantastic
it's just a. Circle there's the quick stand in the.
Middle but it also just feels like you're finding people
all the. Time there's shells, everywhere this bananas. Everywhere it
just feels. Pandemonium so it does kind of feel LIKE
i don't Think i've played every, map but it is
a little map, dependent but, NO i still really like.

(36:40):
It it's. FUN i just wish you could maybe do
a points one an elimination, one BECAUSE i would love
to do an elimination with twenty three other. PLAYERS i
think that would just be fun to see because kind
of LIKE i was pitching with the the what is the?
Knockout just like that idea of BECAUSE i think that
was always fun because we did that back in the
finals for the ACTUAL Gv Champion chips was n sixty

(37:00):
four As kirkland And jaska Vus amber And, saris AND
i think there's nothing better that when it's like you
get down to two people and they both gob.

Speaker 4 (37:08):
Balloon it's like all that standoff where you get a
little less of that with the point.

Speaker 2 (37:12):
System there's never like that standoff really because there's so
many times where like there's one, map me And dylan
didn't even see each other the whole, time so it's
like we're in, competition but it doesn't feel like that
where when it's, elimination it is like a little bit
more personally, okay like MAYBE i gotta maneuver this way
or take dealan out, earlier where it's, like, OH i
don't have to take dealing out right now because LIKE
i just got to rack up some. Points it doesn't really.

(37:33):
Matter maybe we're about that, later so it's still fun.
MODE i like.

Speaker 4 (37:36):
IT i don't, know LIKE i, said if it meets
the other, mode and PLUS i don't.

Speaker 2 (37:39):
Know i'm sure they could figure that, out but maybe
there's a way That, hey if we have twenty four
people the, elimination it's just not long or.

Speaker 1 (37:46):
Something that's WHAT i was thinking. About that must be
It like, ONE i have to make the maps big
enough to accommodate twenty four. Players but then when you
start whittling people, down then when you only have five people,
left like those maps are gonna be way too. Big
it's gonna take. Forever and then if you are doing
spl screen or, something then you have to wait like
twenty minutes for your friends to like close up this,
battle which is you, know it's. FUNNY i feel like
it's A nintendo thing in general is they don't want

(38:07):
people to sit. OUT i. Know that's like one of
the reasons That sacri has always been, like, oh Time
mode is the way to Play Smash. Bros but like
everyone always switches it to stocks because that's how we want.
It but, LIKE i feel like that's like A nintendo
mentalities they want don't want people to sit. Out but
then like obviously they Have Knockout tour in here and
just like very much making people sit, out as you
shared with your example, There. Taylor SO i don't, know
it must have been just something THAT i, MEAN i

(38:28):
just think when it comes to Battle, mode that's just
kind of like their lowest. Priority they'll stick it in,
there they'll make it. Work that's maybe the best solution
they had was just like this timer. Thing BUT i don't,
know can you not? Modify you can't change the settings on.

Speaker 2 (38:41):
THAT i GUESS i didn't see any BECAUSE i feel
like every other thing opens up with the, oh what
do you want to do in battle mode, it which
is like here it is this is battle, mode you, know?

Speaker 1 (38:48):
Right so, yeah have you tried, That taylor at?

Speaker 3 (38:51):
All, no that was something That i've played it. Before
AND i, figured, Oh i'm not in a, rush SO
i haven't gone around to it, yet BUT i will.
Try you guys kind of answered any curious QUESTIONS i
might have had considering it's it's pretty much the, same,
Uh and that doesn't HiT's unfortunately that you can be
spending so much time on a map just be bombing

(39:11):
around and a period of time goes by where you
don't actually see you, know each. Other that kind of. Sucks, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (39:20):
YEAH i think the other good thing, is LIKE I
i WHY i think there should be more maps is
because it's fun to have just like areas that maybe
in a race you drive through it really, quickly but
instead it's, like, oh this is a full area that
you can actually. Explore AND i think it's really fun
that the maps that they do have in, here they
are really. Cool like there's the one that's like on
The Mario. Bros, circuit which is like where the gas
station is and there's that whole, zone but it works

(39:41):
perfectly as a battlebone, map and like interacting with those
parts of the map that you would never drive through
because it would just make you lose the race is really.
Great SO i think that they did get really creative
with them. There but looking At Mario kart, EIGHT i
remember that that, game you, know got, however many like
forty eight new courses THROUGH dlc or, something and even
a few more if you factor like from The We
switched when they added it to The switch And switch

(40:02):
one in, general but like they never added a single
battle mode thing, Like SO i don't think they're really
gonna make any change to this or ad maps to,
it especially when it would they would just be like
making them with the pre design maps. Already SO i don't,
know it's it seems like a weird. Oversight maybe they'll
change back on, that but considering they didn't even advertise
it in that, direct maybe they didn't even add it until,

(40:22):
RECENTLY i don't, know maybe they just like put in
there last. Minute i'd be kind of, Surprised but who
knows what happened, There, YEAH i. Guess and then you,
KNOW i don't know what there is to say about
like the concept Of Grand, prix BUT i, think you,
Know Grand prix and Versus MODE i think are such
a good distinction, here and in a way that's very
different than the other games where, yeah like if you
go in versus, mode and you can just pick on

(40:45):
a map to do like three laps or whatever it
is of that. Map you're getting a different version of
the map than you're getting it from The Grand prix,
version because there's always like that driving to and from
the next. Map you, know the first map in A
Grand prix is always like a three lap or whatever it.
Is then you have to drive from that map to
the next one and then do like maybe one lap
of that next. Map BUT i think especially when when
we played, online and when you play online in, general

(41:06):
it's like that becomes no longer just like a set
order Of Grand, prix but instead just, like oh we're
here on Like Mario, circuit there's three or four maps
that connect to it by. Road which one do you
want to? Pick or do you want to pick? RANDOM
i think that adds like a ton of great variety to,
it where now you're just experiencing little variations of these
maps in THAT i feel Like i'm never gonna learn
all the intricacies of all these little, details but it's

(41:28):
still fun to just feel like you're kind of seeing
new courses or new parts all the. Time and you,
know we're playing last Night i'd already played all The Grand,
prix then Some knockout too ur and some Free, rome
and we're still seeing areas THAT, i you, know neither
of us had seen. Before as you Mentioned taylor that
that water like Long river sequence is one, example but
there's a few other ones in there too that, yeah
you just never would bump into it. Otherwise SO i

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think that's that stuff's all really. Good there's good settings.
There and then, yeah with the online, FUNCTIONALITY i wanted
to shout that out a little. Bit so obviously one
of the things we kind of memed on and all
of us were, like, okay they added like a literal
sea chat button on the switch like we're not gonna use,
This we're gonna Use. Discord but on on the, WEEKEND
i was just chilling playing Some Mario card on my,
own just doing some free realm and, yeah AS i,

(42:11):
Mentioned david From, switchheads who's also appeared on the side quest,
before he messaged. Me he's, like, hey you have chat set?
Up do you want to play Some Mario? Card you
saw me? Online i'm, LIKE i don't have it set,
up but is it pretty? Easy so, yeah it takes a,
minute which it does you just like put your phone
number in and then you're you're good to. Go take
a minute to set, Up and, honestly it. Worked, yeah
you got you got to connect to a phone. Number but,
honestly is.

Speaker 2 (42:31):
The nintendo that's the phone number in there in the?

Speaker 1 (42:34):
WELL i think that's how They so kids aren't like
just using, IT i, guess, RIGHT i.

Speaker 2 (42:40):
Guess but there's so many people kids that have phones,
Now SO i just, said that's.

Speaker 3 (42:44):
The phone number like on the receiving. End can anyone
else see?

Speaker 4 (42:47):
It would you put it?

Speaker 2 (42:48):
In?

Speaker 1 (42:48):
No, no you just like it just verifies that you're a,
PERSON i guess with the. PHONE i suppose with yay're, Right.
Chravis there's a lot of kids THAT i have that
who have phones these, Days i'm. Sure but, anyway, yeah
you it, works you, know pretty much Like. Discord but
it's it honestly is very convenient and very. Quick and you,
KNOW i wasn't gonna tell you guys to get chat
stuff so we could do that. Yesterday but, like it

(43:09):
honestly works pretty much as well As, discord and it
is great for. People you, know obviously we're On discord
all the. Time we have various group chats with every
permutation of geek first. People so for, us it's pretty
convenient to just set that call. Up And I've david
On discord for, Sure but honestly worked, great and, like you,
know the sound, quality it's not gonna be like the
pristine sounds of us talking to our microphones, here but,

(43:30):
like considering THAT i was holding the joy cons my switch,
was you, know on the other side of my, room
same thing for, him and, like this sound is really.
Clean it's very. Crisp you, know it doesn't sound like
muffled as it would across the. Room and you, know the,
meme AS i talked about, earlier like in the, trailer
was that if your friend's, fucking you, know using a
blender in the, background it's gonna beute that. SOUND i
don't Think david had anyone using a blender in his,

(43:50):
background SO i cannot confirm nor deny the blender, sounds
but like it sounded. Great it was really, convenient and
you know it's, funny it's Like i'm complimenting them on
this when LIKE i could do this on my three
sixty twenty years ago and it was like just as.
Convenient so Obviously nintendo buying the curve a little, bit
BUT i gotta, Say, okay it's in, here and it
actually doesn't work pretty, well so you know they got it.
RIGHT i haven't had any issues with it so. Far

(44:12):
and then part of it too is that you can
like share screens with each, other, right so like by,
default when you boot it, up you have your, game
and then at the bottom you have like your multiple
screens where you can see your friend like share, screen
but you can also turn that off if you want
to preserve like Your, internet and then you can also
like change the size of the. Screen you can just
remove that completely if you don't want to waste your
time looking at your friend's, screen you just want to
focus on your. Own and it's all really quick and
convenient and doesn't like slow you down and doesn't like

(44:34):
kick you out of lobbies or anything weird like, That
so props to. THAT i think it works pretty. WELL
i don't know how MUCH i really will use, it
BECAUSE i feel Like i'm mostly gonna play with you
guys On, discord but you KNOW i will use it
a bit more with other. Friends. That, yeah it's just pretty.
CONVENIENT i guess the main annoying thing is adding people
on switch is still kind of annoying because you gotta
know your switch, code which no one knows off the

(44:54):
top of their. Head you can't just google Like rapatika
and find me on, there you. Know it's like always
one step. Remove so that's maybe the only the only.
Issue but, yeah, OTHERWISE i think like online works really
well so. Far LIKE i didn't really use it an,
eight SO i can't compare it to, That but in
terms of just quickly getting in and out of the,
lobbies joining, friends, games mid, game like all of that
seems to work really, well so farther than like the

(45:16):
little pickups we had it. With like the weird thing
was like if you guys were playing Like Taylor madison
wanted to drop, out so you had to like leave
the lobby and then like, rejoin but like then you
were the, host so like kicked me over the, Host
like that's kind of. Janky that seems like a bit
of an. OVERSIGHT i don't, know it's Like i'm sure
that's just how it. Is but, yeah, OTHERWISE i don't.
KNOW i think the online is working pretty well for.

(45:40):
ME i don't know if you guys have any other
thoughts on that we haven't shared.

Speaker 4 (45:43):
Yet, NO i will probably never use the chat thing.

Speaker 1 (45:47):
Ever a dead button on. It you can one, thing
by the, way you can remap THAT c button to
be something. Now so if you want like a second
home button or a SECOND a button or, whatever consider
you're never gonna use that four chat, functionality you can
just remap that if you, want so you might as
well do. That otherwise you just have a, yeah literal
broken button on your on your. Controller.

Speaker 3 (46:08):
Yeah, YEAH i can't see myself utilizing that part of
the online uh really at. All WHEN i was getting
my switched, TO i, think you, know lots of stuff
was flying off the, shelves lots of people buying the
accessories and. Whatnot but those, cameras, yeah they were the.

Speaker 4 (46:27):
Day one and they're they're already.

Speaker 2 (46:28):
Dusty that's.

Speaker 1 (46:30):
Hilarious. Uh in terms of new mechanics that we've talked,
about like grinding like wall while, riding, uh one thing
LIKE i feel Like i'm still really bad at like
just activating the jump because it's like it's pretty much
the same as a, drift but you just it only
does it if you're NOT i guess moving in a
direction when you do the action of a, drift, right

(46:52):
but you need to be moving at a certain. Speed is?

Speaker 3 (46:54):
That is that what it?

Speaker 1 (46:55):
IS i just feel like half the time it doesn't
like activate for. Me do you guys have any insight
on that with the drift, no the jump that you can?

Speaker 2 (47:03):
Do Oh, NO i haven't had any. ISSUES i guess
SOMETIMES i feel LIKE i wish to jump win active
because SOMETIMES i feel like it messes me up in
certain times where i just get almost too much air
And i'm kind of having to readjust, So, NO i
HAVE i haven't had issues with.

Speaker 3 (47:18):
THAT i Mean i've had issues with, it But i'm
trying to wrap my brain around. It because you have
to hold the drift. Button, yeah so USUALLY i DON'T
i find it to be it's it's. Weird it's. Weird
so When i'm holding my control or my joy, cord,
Like i'll Take i'll take like all my fingers, off
except literally JUST i think you're holding me a button

(47:40):
to charge up that that, jump, RIGHT i think that's
what the which button? IS i thought it.

Speaker 1 (47:44):
WAS i thought it was a N r because it's
like it is the drift like if they hop into, it,
right you hop into, it and then that's What i've
been doing.

Speaker 3 (47:54):
WRONG i haven't done it for for a bit BECAUSE i, like.

Speaker 1 (47:56):
If you have to jump on a, rail what is
your success rate of that.

Speaker 3 (48:00):
Jumping on a? RAIL i drive on you Jumping i'm.
Driving do you ever jump onto a?

Speaker 1 (48:07):
Rail? Trash?

Speaker 4 (48:08):
No LIKE i, SAID i don't like to. JUMP i
like to just keep the wheels on the.

Speaker 1 (48:10):
Ground, okay, okay, yeah maybe that's that's maybe where my issues.
Are i'm trying to do really like precise. Shit but,
YEAH i think all that stuff is really. Great the wall,
RIDING i still like barely get any of. THEM i
feel Like i've wall rided like ten times at, most
and like hours of play so. Far it's really hard
to get it. Right you usually need a, Mushroom i'm.
Finding BUT i guess obviously if you, did like a

(48:32):
boost into like the perfect, angle you could do it. Better,
also low key mechanic IS i just, LIKE i really
like what they've done with the, water like one the
water looks really, great which you, know it's A nintendo
thing and behind the. Times we've been seeing good looking
water in other games for a, while but looks really.
Good but just like the waves and how they feel
like they're not just LIKE i don't, know it's not

(48:52):
just flat water, like and you can get air off the,
waves and then you kind of get when you do
the bounce like flying into the water and you kind
of pop out of, it you can get like another
little boost and you kind of chain that. Together but
it's really tricky to get that time me down every single,
time BUT i think. It you, know for a lot
of sequences you are just driving in the water OR
i guess boating around in the water for a, while
and SO i think to have like a little bit
more mechanical depth there is fun considering that there's like

(49:14):
less rails than. Things usually it's just like a flat surface,
whatever but you have actually a little bit of dynamic
there and then another random little. THING i really like.
THAT i don't think this has ever been Another mario card,
game but if you like fly off a jump and
land on someone's, head you do like the Classic mario
thing like bonk on their head and like get some
air and, yeah LIKE i don't think that's been in
Other mario card. Games it's really hard to be precise

(49:35):
enough to like land on someone's head in this. Game
BUT i really like. THAT i think it's like a fun,
goal Like i'm gonna try and land on this person
that knock them out and get like a nice boost
and THEN i can get like my my jump like
spam my boost. Things you can do it multiple times
in this. Game so, yeah there's a lot of like
little details in here with the mechanics that are making
you add a lot of depth in here THAT i
didn't didn't KNOW i. WANTED i don't THINK i could

(49:57):
have vocalized how this stuff would have, worked BUT i
think they they really nailed it WHEN i don't think
they need. TO i think the other mechanics added were like,
enough BUT i think this stuff is just kind of
cherry on top type of. Things but do you guys
have any any thoughts on those on those.

Speaker 2 (50:10):
Mechanics, NO i think it's JUST i agree with you
that it's not that they don't need, to BUT i
almost lean to like they kind of, do because LIKE i,
said there's just there's so little you can change with
the core concept of the game that obviously double the
map and the bounce on the head THAT i think
that's where it's just like between cycles Of Mario card
eight and this or. Whatever there's just must be little

(50:30):
things that pop in, there LIKE i wouldn't be cool
if we could do, this like let's add, That AND
i feel those are essential that you can't always keep
them for every single, game BUT i think those are
essential to try and make them feel somewhat, unique because
that is always.

Speaker 4 (50:42):
To me all worry with these games that happens to
me in the old.

Speaker 2 (50:45):
Days it's different because Or i'd, say since like gamekeeping,
on because in the olden days we had the graphics
that looked like very different right Where i'd still say
probably if you put this game Beside Mario kart, eight
this game does look. Different but it's not Like Mario
kart and THE a and the switch looked like shit
or anything like. That, right it still looked very. Nice
so that's WHERE i think those things are maybe kind
of needed actually, so but, no nothing. MORE i think

(51:07):
those are fun little.

Speaker 3 (51:08):
ADDITIONS i really enjoyed it when it happened BECAUSE i
did you, KNOW i was driving and you hit a
point where you're both in the air and you're gliding
and then it's just like you just go boop onto
another player and it's, LIKE, whoa holy, Crap like that
was really fun and it's like a classic Yeah mario,
Fashion i'm bumping on top of someone's.

Speaker 1 (51:25):
Head mm hmm, Yeah, travis what are your map? Highlights
favorite favorite map maps so?

Speaker 4 (51:33):
FAR i you Said Boot.

Speaker 2 (51:34):
Cinema that's. GOOD i like the change up With Brainbow
road because it's still the, same BUT i like kind
of like the little prelude to. It not sure if
that was In mario Kurt, a but the prelude of you're,
impeached because we had people over and they're, like, yeah
it's a peach, team it's Not Rainbow. Road it's like, no,
no we select. It, no no, no and then it's, like,
oh you go shoot. UP i do like that little aspect,
too of the shoot up and the characters holding on

(51:56):
for dear. Life so i'd Say Boot. SIMMA i like,
that you. KNOW i do actually like The dyna, one
not just saying that Because tata's. HERE i think it
is a, fun CHAOTIC. Bac there's one THAT I i
don't know If i've played from the. ANGLE i really
liked the when we played last night With yoshi and
like all like the fast food elements like the food,
cards and there's Just yoshi's in different like outfits and.

(52:18):
Stuff it was very like a food marketing type of.
THING i don't remember the specific name. There and then
Anything bows Related i'm usually a.

Speaker 1 (52:26):
Fan, yeah The Dry bones Like hellscape.

Speaker 2 (52:28):
One, YEAH i just like the.

Speaker 1 (52:30):
DARKEST i don't Think Dry bones has ever had a map,
Before So i'm happy for my.

Speaker 4 (52:33):
Boy, yeah of, COURSE i just like.

Speaker 2 (52:36):
It, Know, yeah some costumes it's, sad but, YEAH i
just like that instead Of but, yeah The Boot, cinema
that's definitely a big stand.

Speaker 4 (52:42):
Out you.

Speaker 2 (52:43):
KNOW i Like King, boo like the. CINEMA i like scary.
Stuff so that's A travis coated map right.

Speaker 1 (52:48):
There so mm, hmm, yeah You.

Speaker 3 (52:50):
Taylor i'm a sucker For Moomu. MEADOWS i really like that.
One i'm glad that it's back with the cows and
all THAT dk. Spaceport that. One WHEN i first played,
it JUST i fell in love with, that just with
giant like Mechanized Kaiju kong just jumping around the barrels,
too and everything going up and. Down there's just so
many cool dynamics in that. Map, yeah, really that.

Speaker 1 (53:11):
ONE i want to hop on that one, too BECAUSE
i feel like what they went for there was like
THE O G Donkey kong slash Like mario Versus Donkey
kong kind of, thing where Like, Marsko, yeah it's very
like primary, color like very, red, yellow, blue and that's
what that course is, too and, like, yeah the girders
of it and just like climbing up this tower and,
yeah having like a boss in the map is like

(53:32):
a really cool dynamic that you don't like there's like
dinosaurs and, stuff but, like, yeah that's that's a very
cool thing to throw in, there just.

Speaker 2 (53:38):
A massive ROBOTIC. Dk it was a sight to. Behold
that's one thing with the some of the scope of
this game is great and seeing that and that's when
the is that the first map on That Grand prix
or won the first map or, NO i know it's
on the First Grand, prix but it's in the first.
Four BUT i feel like that was the first map
where it's, like oh, wow this feels like we're in something.
Special it's at First Mario cartmon where you just see

(53:59):
BIG dk you gotta ride in. Between its like she's, Like,
okay this is great stuff right.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
Here so some of the maps. Too they have tracks From,
sunshine but they're kind of like spruced. Up there's one
that's just when you're rolling, around Like Delfino plaza From Mario,
sunshine and they have another one from Like Rico harbor
and it's just when you're coasting and you're. Racing it's
just so nice just to hear those tracks pop.

Speaker 1 (54:23):
ON i was standing in this game definitely like taking
some of THOSE og themes remixing. THEM i think they're
integrated pretty, well like transitioning when you go from different
zones with each. Other it's. Subtle i'm excited for when
they put it on Like Nintendo music and just really
listen to these tracks outside of, it because you, know
as you're cruising around the, map you're kind of changing
up the music. Often but, yeah there's some really good

(54:44):
callbacks and some fresh stuff in there.

Speaker 4 (54:45):
Too.

Speaker 1 (54:47):
Yeah, YEAH i think the only other One i'll show out,
here although, YEAH i don't think there's been a bad
one so far is THE Dk MOUNTAIN Dk. PASS i
guess whatever the Ski hill one, IS i just always love.
That Like, Warriors Key hill And Mark art eight was
one of my top favorites there when we did that. Ranking,
TAYLOR i think that was like probably a top fiver
and like the whole game for, me AND i just love.

(55:08):
THAT i feel like Also Donkey kong as a, CHARACTER
i think his maps are always. Excellent obviously had the
spaceport in this game and The, mountain BUT i feel
like Every marker, GAME i always just Love Donkey kong's
maps like the most out of like any individual. Character
so shout outs to my. Boy, okay character's, costumes what
are your what are you? Guys favorites?

Speaker 2 (55:27):
THERE i like anything about almost all bowsers are. GOOD
i like. That SO i picked The charge one where
he's just lots of pipes and just Like silver going on.

Speaker 1 (55:41):
Strikers that. One, yeah Battle league, Aesthetic.

Speaker 2 (55:44):
Yeah we talked. About Luckily dylan got me this The
mario with The sunshine. Aesthetic really like.

Speaker 4 (55:49):
That and THEN i haven't unlocked.

Speaker 2 (55:51):
Yet i'll see the What taylor's name, Is i'll let
him talk about that when we're doing. Uh and then
it's not that's my, favorite BUT i just have to
actually say most of them.

Speaker 3 (55:59):
Are.

Speaker 2 (56:00):
Uh There's King bu as a pirate. Ghost that's, great
well he's already a, ghost but just like that aesthetic H.
WARRIO i said this last. NIGHT i think whoever is
making these games has a sauce spot For, warrio BECAUSE
i feel like there's a couple of characters very underserved with,
costumes and then there's some characters where it's, oh they
got multiple, cautions but then they have one that's, like,
oh that's easily their best, alternate right Where warrio has

(56:23):
like His biker, one the worker, one the, maharaj The pirate,
one like all his look like a.

Speaker 1 (56:29):
Step like The warrior where kind of the punk look
you know it look they just like the Mad max
one that him And waaluigi have.

Speaker 2 (56:36):
Are so fucking, yeah it feels like they already Have
these are like the additional dalc, ones but they're not and.
Wore all Of warriors to me are just top. Notch so,
yeah those would be some of my uh, uh my favorite.
Ones AND i have not unlocked as many CAUTIONS i
think probably is these guys, yet But i'm excited. To
it is a very fun aspect of the game so, far.

Speaker 1 (56:58):
So i'm looking forward to get, unlocked not the, costume
but the character Of Rocky WRENCH i think is his
name Or. WRENCH i really want that character so, bad
BUT i don't have, it, Man AND i think it's
kind of just the look of the draw. Thing BUT
i love having like THE npc characters in, there like your,
penguins your, cows all all those freak. Shows it's too
bad none of them have, costumes but at least they're in.

(57:18):
THERE i think that's pretty. Cool the ONE i WAS
i was showing off the tailor yesterday is like The
lacket two with like the kind Of japanese like rice
farmer esthetic, thing and he's got like the little fishing
round with a spike on. It it's so. CUTE i
love the Farmer. Luigi that's a very very fun. Aesthetic
and then, YEAH i think you mentioned this Earlier, trevis
but LIKE, dk what the hell he has one. Costume

(57:42):
it's kind of inspired by like the mech look that
he has on the. Whatever like that map is called
where where the costumes For jocky? Calling this guy should
have so, many but he only has. One SO i don't.
Know i'm hoping that With bonanza's, release that's, yeah there'll
be like SOME dlc, timing just throw some free costumes
in the mix.

Speaker 2 (58:02):
There you said that last, night and that's it's, like,
oh that's actually perfect thinking because it feels almost odd
where we've talked about between changing his look back to
more classic, look a new single player THREE d game
like it we've talked and then he's getting a portion
of The Universal. Park it feels, like, OKAY, dk they're
trying to make a big deal Again nintendo like a.
Pillar so it felt odd that he just got a

(58:24):
second one Caution aultner costume a shitty, one BECAUSE i
think the alternarium ones are, fun but they're just like very,
basic Like i'm a racer.

Speaker 4 (58:32):
One oh there's another.

Speaker 2 (58:32):
One Mario's Pro racer is really cool, too where he
has like the like a very like almost LIKE f
one type of suit in the. HELMET i just think
it like there's a couple of good bikes and carts
aesthetically look really nice with. Him but it has to
be that stuff's going out With bonanza because if, this
like if we go like a whole year or even six,

(58:53):
months there's nothing BUT. Dka this one that feels very.
Odd SO i feel like It's i'm not gonna say
a hundred, percent But i'm nine nine nine percent Sure
when you said THAT i was, like, YEAH i think
that has to be the.

Speaker 1 (59:03):
Case so mm, hmm, yeah hopefully that's, uh hopefully that's.
Happening how about we take our last break of the.
Show we don't have much more to talk, about but,
yeah we will be right back for the final. Thoughts all,
right we are, Back. Taylor do you want to what
are your highlights costume character?

Speaker 3 (59:24):
Wise, MAN i really really Like Bowser junior's Pro racer.
Skin it's just he's got the bandana on his neck
and he's got like a little bit of like a.
Scarf he's just he's, yeah he's really really. Cool but wila.
Ouigi WHEN i first got that vampire, skin that was
that was something. Else and he's just got a couple
other really Cool zanny, ones like his road raffre in.

(59:46):
One i'm, like, man this is right on Mad. Max
I'm i'm totally driving with this this hair style and all.
That BUT i REALLY i really do Like King booz
just his aristocrat kind of skin, Too and like the
version there's just there's there's a lot of fun in.
Here but you're, right THE dk only get in the
one skin that did not clue in until you guys

(01:00:08):
like brought it to my. ATTENTION i. LOOKED i was, like, oh,
yeah there is only the, one but there's another one in,
HERE i, thought and maybe it's another, character but it
looks like BECAUSE i haven't unlocked, yet it looks like
A piranha plant with a goomba next to him. Too
have you guys seen this with a?

Speaker 1 (01:00:23):
Goombo, yeah BECAUSE i know goomba is a.

Speaker 3 (01:00:25):
Character let me see you can find?

Speaker 1 (01:00:28):
It, yeah look into that and, YEAH i mean similar
to The Donkey kong. Thing, No Diddy, KONG i don't
THINK I i THINK i saw a. List he's not in,
here so shafted once. Again he eventually got added in
like the eleventh hour In Mario kart is one of
THE dlc. Characters he was, In he was in The
Wii wan he WAS i think he's In Mario Kart,
tour BUT i think everyone's in. Tour but, yeah he

(01:00:48):
doesn't seem to make the cut half the. Time but come,
ON i could Be Diddy. Kong especially with Did Kong
racing being, dead he deserves to be in this racing.

Speaker 2 (01:00:55):
GAME i really don't get. It he's a racing, legend you,
Know and wouldn't it be. Sick don't how? SICK i.
DON'T i don't even remember them all, right BUT i
would see. Them how sick would it be if some
of the characters were from that? Game it's like we're
not doing diddycom, racing never, happening but you, know did
he and like three other characters in the game are
gonna be in? Here like yeah what and like it's
no commitment when you're putting like the coin coll for,

(01:01:15):
concord like even, then PROBABLY i don't have no problem with.
This Probably i'd say eighty percent maybe even higher eight
percent people that play this game would have no idea
whose diddy com p. Are they're, like, oh look it's
a random. Crocodile oh look it's a random war where it's.

Speaker 1 (01:01:29):
Like crocodile would be. Great the, donkey, Yeah like it
wouldn't be like.

Speaker 2 (01:01:33):
Oh they put them in From Diddy. Can it's like,
no they're just, like, oh it's another, Animal like just come, On,
nintendo just make some of those weird guys to diddycon.

Speaker 1 (01:01:41):
People so mm, hmm, Okay so is the thing you're
sure the show thing you're showing is not like a random,
character but it's a specific Character, hey The prana playing
with A gooma next to.

Speaker 3 (01:01:51):
Me it's, Specific, yeah because this was underneath Like DeKay
there when you're Unlock DeKay and SO i Just i'm
not sure or.

Speaker 1 (01:02:00):
What, oh you know, WHAT i wonder if that's just
like if that just means like THE npc characters in,
general like if it's just one slot for.

Speaker 3 (01:02:09):
THE npc, Character, oh it's the button FOR npc. Drivers
when so.

Speaker 1 (01:02:15):
Me and paper clips lip are in the something there.

Speaker 3 (01:02:19):
Showcases that would be cool, though, yeah because it made
me think, like, oh it's some kind of cool like
double dash kind of thing where you get two characters
saide by. Side i'd love to have the two of
them like on a cart.

Speaker 1 (01:02:30):
Together but, yeah, uh in terms of items like there's
we were all talking about last, night like the hammer
throw is a new, thing WHICH i think is, cool but,
MAN i don't Think i've had like a zero percent
success right with throwing those hammers at.

Speaker 2 (01:02:45):
PEOPLE i remember telling about a little bit it was
actually a good use to be in battle mode BECAUSE
i said to, you not much help in the, races
but when you're driving face on with, somebody that was
a good. Question, yes that was, success, Right SO i
recommend people in bawn. Mode hammer works great, there otherwise
not so much for.

Speaker 1 (01:03:05):
ME i love the giant. MUSHROOM i think that was
In martyo kart we or, something but it's fun to
have that. Back IT'S i don't, KNOW i don't know
what position you need to be in to get. IT
i don't get it very, often but it's AND i
wish it lasted longer just because it is so.

Speaker 2 (01:03:18):
Fun but fourteen to eighteen nineteen Because logan gets that
one quite a, bit and that's usually where she's. Rocking
don't get me, wrong she'll she she kind of goes
on a. Tear she's a very fifty to fifty. Player
she's either right up there first dominating or like having some.
Issues she's you, know doesn't like to stay in the.
Middle she does a long. Smash she's a big side,
mapper AND i always tell her, that you, know there's pros,

(01:03:39):
that but there's also some big.

Speaker 1 (01:03:41):
Cons so, yeah she needs free. Realm that's that's the
mode for.

Speaker 3 (01:03:45):
Her.

Speaker 1 (01:03:46):
Yeah, yeah The Ice flowers NEW i don't like. It
Maybe i'll get used to, it but it's just like
seems like about the same as a, Fireflower LIKE i don't,
know if you're supposed to hit someone multiple times then
you like fully freeze them or. Something but it's it's.
Fine BUT i think maybe my biggesthighlight here is the.
FEATHER i really like the. Feather you, know sometimes you
get it and there's just nothing you can really do with.

(01:04:06):
It but you, know As i'm in this phase right
now Where i'm trying to find every little, shortcut every
weird little, grind every little THING i, can that's obviously
the best way to like just quickly find that. Stuff
so especially AS i, Mentioned i'm not great at jumping
like onto rails right, now so with a, feather it's
hard to mess. Up but ALSO i think it's great
to have another item that you can get if you're
in first, position because that's one of the worst parts

(01:04:28):
about mart we're being good at Marrow, kart is that
like if you're in those like, one, two three, slots
you're not getting to use a lot of the fun,
items Right you get like mostly, bananas mostly. Coins maybe
you'll get a green shell if you're, lucky maybe you'll
get a music. Box but to have like another item
in the mix there is is really GREAT i think
just for a little bit of variety in. There so,
yeah shout outs to the, feather oh, yeah and then. Carts,

(01:04:52):
TRAVIS i think you've been using a lot of The Little.
Dumpy you're a big Fand Litle dumpy over there.

Speaker 2 (01:04:56):
Easily my new favorite edition wasn't sure's gonna. Do but
it's big on the speed and the. Weight i'm a
big weight guy when it comes To Mario, kart but
lots of times the speed can get, lost so that's.
Tough so that says a little bit and just design, wise,
man is it. Awesome so there's some other fun. ONES
i probably do need to do that and go around
and try to do a little. Others BUT i feel
Like i've been put in situations where WHEN i was

(01:05:18):
playing a high as Versing, emily so we're playing for
the wind and then versing you. Guys SO i need
to start playing some more loose. Ways But Little dumpy
is my clear favorite for this one so.

Speaker 1 (01:05:26):
Far, Yeah i'm still trying to find my combination BECAUSE
i think in EIGHT i pretty much always used dry
bones and either like the standard cart or like the pipe,
cart AND i would use that in ninety nine percent
of the, time and it worked wonders for. Me BUT
i feel like in this dry bones as stats AREN'T
i need a little bit more, Speed so MAYBE i
just need to find the right cart for him at

(01:05:47):
this point in. TIME i also love the little wally looking.
Cart that's one of my. FAVORITES i use that with
the lack of two yesterday yesterday AND i was really.
Fun and then try Or, taylor you're mentioning the Rob,
hog the, robot it was really fun having. There for,
me that's like a fun deep cut Because rob, was
for whatever, reason a playable character In Mario KART, ds
AND i always remember that being still a weird. Thing

(01:06:10):
and like you, Know Mario kart eight is obviously where
they put in Like inklean and animal crossing characters in
link and like putting on all these Other nintendo. Characters
BUT i Think rob was like the first non Like
mario character that just appeared in there for whatever, reason
these like never come, back but to have him in
there as a, CART i think it's a really fun
way to get them back in the. Mix so that
was a fun callback. There there's the cloud. ONE i

(01:06:31):
really like, that The. RALLIGATOR i love The ralligator and
we haven't mentioned, Here. TAYLOR i feel like me and
you had a lot of the same favorites when we
were playing. Yesterday.

Speaker 3 (01:06:40):
Yeah, Yeah i'm still trying to find my my my
favorite combo because there's a few characters That i've tried
WHICH i feel like are very different from the previous.
One and my. BIKES i like my, bikes but they're
very they handled differently in this. Game.

Speaker 1 (01:06:55):
Right, Yeah i've never been a big bike, user SO
i gotta gotta try them on a little bit more
BECAUSE i haven't even really used them in world so,
far just because the. Drifting but maybe it would work
work pretty. WELL i want to do like a little
bit of theorizing on SOME dlc. Stuff but do you
guys have any thoughts on the game that we've mentioned? Yet, no,

(01:07:17):
Sir all, right, well, YEAH i have mentioned this, BEFORE i,
think BUT i think it would be really cool for
THE dlc if we do get like that's where we're
get Non mario, characters BECAUSE i think if they are
going to go that, route you, know obviously they could
just add, maps but if they do want to add,
characters like What mario characters could you add in, HERE
i think the only option would be like to add.
Costumes but if they, want if they do want fresh,

(01:07:38):
CHARACTERS i think the best way to do that would
be to go with like these other you, know Non
mario But nintendo characters still and so obviously think the
one that makes the most sense is like More Donkey kong.
Stuff and SO i don't, know, like do you guys
think that they would add like an island or something
that would have the open world section with they just
Like pangaea that, shit and like stick another continent on
the side with like a little extra to add more

(01:08:00):
maps on. There like how do you think they're gonna
because they will ADD dlc to, this no, doubt because
this is gonna, be you, know a game on this
console for years and years to. Come how do you
think they're gonna integrate the maps into like the the
seamless open.

Speaker 4 (01:08:13):
World that we, have, Oh, Taylor BECAUSE i don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:08:18):
YET i feel like it's it's easy if you're gonna
add if you're gonna add more, maps just add another
continent and then you can have like a bridge going
across over to or add like another. Island because when
you're doing the when we're doing the Our Grand prix
thing last. Night we're voting on the different. Maps like
you get down to the bottom area of the map
and then you can vote and you can go like
across the water over to this side of the, island

(01:08:40):
and then like you can go. Up so as you're
kind of voting and picking and, choosing the paths open,
up so they could just like PLoP an island over
in this corner and then you just kind of work
your way down.

Speaker 1 (01:08:50):
There so, yeah, YEAH i think it'd BE i think
it'd be a shame if you it was like just
teleporting to some other realm rather than just like having
it seamlessly integrated with the rest of the, game and
that would not really serve the game, well and it's
like open world concept, Anyway so, yeah hopefully they figure
something out like. THAT i haven't really gone to like
the edges of the map and just looked out at

(01:09:11):
what that looks, like SO i don't. KNOW i GUESS
i should probably do that and just see like what
it makes sense to just stick more land over here
and drop some courses on. It BUT i think my
theory would be, that like maybe it'd be cool if That,
okay here's The Donkey kong K dlc where we add
like two or Three Donkey kong maps or maybe like
A Grand prix four. Maps it doesn't have to be
all Don kyong, stuff but like at least you, know

(01:09:32):
a Don kyng country type, thing and that's where you
Throw Diddy kong in, there Throw Funky, kong get some
more costumes For Donkey kong in, there and like timing
that with other releases could be really. Cool like obviously
A f zero would be a big one because they
had a couple of those maps In Mario kart, Eight
but that would be really fun because it's the other
Big nintendo racing. Franchise and THEN i would just look at,
like you, Know, Splatoon, zelda And Animal, Crossing we're all

(01:09:53):
represented In Mario kart, eight so maybe those would be
ones that they would, add you, know at a Little
Animal crossing town island section in. There get those characters
back in the. Game zelda obviously tons of potential with
high rule there just stick you, know a quarter Of
breath Of wild's map on the side of this. World hell,
YEAH i would be so down for. That go down
in the depths like tears of The. KINGDOM i think

(01:10:13):
you could have a lot of fun with. That and
THEN i Think splatoon actually would be really cool as,
well to get some of those those cool cities and
painted areas and. Whatnot And i'm sure they want to
get that back in, there because an intend to do
love The splatoon right.

Speaker 2 (01:10:25):
Now, YEAH i would LOVE i don't know how you
if that's anywhere in the dock it is too weird for.
Them BUT i would love something WITH metroi to get
like a very SPACEY SIFEI i.

Speaker 1 (01:10:35):
Think they would do a man out THAT i don't,
get Like samus's ship as like a cart would. BE
i think they have maybe had that in a previous.
GAME i think that'd be really.

Speaker 4 (01:10:43):
COOL i would like the characters in a. Cart that'd be.
Fun BUT i just think to, me like you could
do what LIKE i just think about like.

Speaker 2 (01:10:49):
THE dk, map you could do one map With metroid,
whatever whether it be the new game something of the OLD.

Speaker 4 (01:10:56):
ELK i think that could. Be but it's just like
the same way like.

Speaker 2 (01:10:59):
This mash stages always have like such a like all
this is a fucking this is A metroid, stage you.

Speaker 4 (01:11:04):
Know so that's WHY i would love that, aspect but,
YEAH i don't see.

Speaker 2 (01:11:07):
That my only hope was maybe because they, thought oh,
Well prime's coming, out and maybe maybe if they get
to some, Route but that to me is a lower
degree as far as you, know that'd be a, big
a big overhaul where, deca it's, like while he's already
there and we got to The donkeys, stuff so you
can just add a little. More but, hey Maybe i'll
cross my fingers and maybe like imagine you're driving really's
around up, there you, know, like, yeah no to be a,

(01:11:30):
RACER i think you, know if they do, that we're
not Going. DIDDY i don't if we're Getting, ridley but
i'd like to See ridley The skies while you're while you're.

Speaker 1 (01:11:37):
Driving so, YEAH i like a, boss kind of like
the Way Donkey kong would have a boss on his.
Map that'd be that'd be super. Cool, yeah any any other?
Thoughts do you guys want to drop a review rating
on this bad? Boy or are you just gonna be
content with your thoughts shared here.

Speaker 2 (01:11:57):
Not drop a. Number it's, LIKE.

Speaker 4 (01:12:01):
I don't, know so here, Here i'll do the classic two.

Speaker 2 (01:12:05):
Numbers If i'm, Great, yeah because SOMETIMES i have to
do this to clarify If i'm greating this on just
like a game wise for, me it's like a. Ten
but that's like Many Mario kark games And mario, games
like Saying Mario, parties it's like it's for. Me it's
hard for them to screw it. Up now they cook the.
FORMULA i think for the four enjoyment, level and that's
WHERE i am on the. Favorite it's come like an
eight point five. NINE i think there's some little. Critiques

(01:12:27):
we had some little modes they'd want the, variation, uh
and some stuff could, change like if some don count
get some. Costume, no it's a little, thing but it'd
be different if everyone just had one costume when you
got some characters popping off with six and seven DKs.
There so that's Where i'll say in, uh what is in?
Progress both of them are in. Progress but, yeah as
first the way it plays, like it's, smooth it plays,
great it looks, beautiful it's tons of. Fun like to,

(01:12:49):
me you can add. Everything but at the end of
The Dame Mario kart is about getting some friends together
and having a good time and doesn't do. That, yes
LIKE i, said they cracked the formula years ago with
the sixty four. Version because you go back and Play
Mario kart on The. Supernintendo oh my, god is it.
Awful we did that one. TIME i think for a, god.

Speaker 1 (01:13:06):
It's yeah that in The Game Boy advanced.

Speaker 2 (01:13:08):
One, yeah there's a bad. One so that's why something
was cooka in sixty. Four they got the recipe and
they're just perfecting it. Then and so, yeah, No i've
had a great. TIME i like this is one THAT
I i'm always fine to, Play like when we DO
Gv day Or Extra, LIFE i Play Mario karp is
a game THAT i don't usually need to, own but
amily's a bigger fan Of Mari kart than, me and

(01:13:29):
it came at the. Bundle so it's one of. Those
LIKE i said, Before i'm here For Donkey, kong BUT
i think, again if you Love Mario, KART i don't
think there's much not to love. Here even if someone's
like disappointed the free, ROOM i GUESS i would understand.
That but like they could easily just not put it
in there and just be, like well do your, races you.
Know so uh, Yeah so for me on a critics,
cuds we'll give it TEN i really don't have like
major critiques that, like oh, man this is a point,

(01:13:52):
Off LIKE i think everything's working very.

Speaker 1 (01:13:55):
Well so nice have, You? Taylor, YEAH I i don't
have any problems with this.

Speaker 3 (01:14:01):
GAME i think there's a learning curve to be had with,
it AND i think the fact that they were able
to improve and build off of what we had, previously
it's it blows my. Mind. Uh it's a game THAT
i have been waiting for a very very long time
for since we you AND i Had mario kard.

Speaker 2 (01:14:18):
That would you wouldn't buy the Switch marks because you're
waiting for the next, one and here we.

Speaker 3 (01:14:22):
Are, Yeah and THEN i, thought fuck, it they're not
putting it, out SO i bought it and bought THE
dlc pass because they're, like, no we're still adding to.
This have like fifty year old freaking. Games, okay we're
gonna ride, this ride this as long as we. Can
and sure, enough here it. Is SO i, AGAIN i
don't have any problems with. IT i think it's it's.
Fantastic it's a lot of. Fun if it feels, smoother more,
fine and everything that they could have Improved i'm happy.

(01:14:46):
With AND i just hope that we GET dlc sooner
than the last one. Did So i'm gonna give it
a ten out of ten Because I'M i think it's.
Great i'm having a hecking of a good time with.

Speaker 1 (01:14:55):
It hell, yeah, YEAH i think It's, yeah it's hard
to review A Mario kart game and like a scale
kind of you know that we do with other. Things and,
yeah we don't normally drop number of reviews on games in,
general just because we're games take a lot more time
and usually we're just talking about them in very incremental.
Ways but, YEAH i feel like to me it would
be it'd be a. Ten LIKE i feel like this

(01:15:16):
is gonna be my most played game on the switch
to and, LIKE i don't, know we'll see how long
it takes for the Next smash game to come out
on this, console but considering this is out now And
i'll be playing it four years and years and, YEARS
i feel like it will be my most played unless
Like splunky three comes, out BUT i don't think that's,
UH i don't think that's happened anytime. Soon so, YEAH
i feel like this is just gonna be an evergreen,

(01:15:36):
title and, Yeah i'm sure it's gonna get tons and
tons OF dlc over the, Years so, Yeah i'm sure
we'll talk about it. More, yeah as we all continue
to play more of it, here but then also just
over the, years as THE dlc comes and, Goes and,
YEAH i think this will be a fun thing to
look forward. TO i feel like a lot of the
Upcoming nintendo directs will have, something even if it's just
like here's three new, costumes go check these, Out, like,
oh hell, Yeah i'm gonna go unlock these new costumes
by drinking a smoothie down a, cheap cheap beach over.

(01:15:59):
HERE i can't wait to do some of that stuff
and just unlock whatever new things come in. There so,
yes it's gonna be a fun one to kind of
check in with over over. Time And, OKAY i did
this last. Week it's your, Turn. Travis name unrelated to the.
Episode name any video game, ever just naming video.

Speaker 4 (01:16:18):
Game luigi mantioned.

Speaker 1 (01:16:20):
The og, okay, ogy, okay thank you no reason at
this curtain point in. Time thank you for doing. That,
yes stay tuned to find. Out thank you everyone for.
Listening we'll be back next. Week i'll Get kirklim. Back
finally he's been hasn't been on in a little, bit
but we'll talk about all sorts of new. Games new
new games coming out this. Week what's it Called rematch

(01:16:41):
from the seafood. Team their soccer game is coming, out
Which i'm very excited, about and a bunch of other.
Stuff so, yes thank you for tuning, in so you
again next. Time bye, bye

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