Playing against friends is a lot of fun, especially when you time the release of a banana perfectly so the friend tailgating you spins out of control, or when you’re behind and you get a red shell hit, allowing you to take the lead. You can race against three other racers in multiplayer mode, either splitting the screen into halves or quarters. Of course, while single player is fun in Mario Kart, the game is really made for co-op and playing with friends. Most players will likely feel comfortable at 200cc or 250cc. But it quickly became obvious the slowest mode was too easy, but the fastest mode was too hard. We started on the easiest mode, as it had been a while since we played a Mario Kart game. You’ll be able to pick how fast you want the AI to go, which will increase the difficulty. You can also play the classic battle mode versus other AI.
You can play single player, letting you race against AI in Grand Prix, in Time Trials, or in VS races. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a few different gameplay modes. Lifewire / Kelsey Simon Gameplay: Made for co-op and multiplayer You can also steer by tilting the Joy-Con to the left or the right, rather than using the control stick, but we found this feature frustrating and deactivated it. The mechanics are simple: the Joy-Con’s are intuitive for racing, with the control left and right stick to control direction and camera, buttons for acceleration, breaking, and reverse, and the shoulder buttons for drifting.
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Thankfully, the game is simple enough that even if you’ve never played a Mario Kart game before, you should be able to figure things out with some trial and error. If you do need some instructions about the controls, at the bottom of the main menu screen there is an info button where you can go through a glossary to learn every move and understand every item. Nintendo likely expects you to have played previous Mario Kart games and know what you were getting into. You aren’t even given a tutorial, or a “beginners” race telling you which controls do what. You’re thrown into the game without much introduction. The game isn’t a plot based, racing games rarely are. Plot: There isn’t one, but competition is its own reward After this, you’ll go directly to the play screen, and get to pick how you want to race. Really, it doesn’t matter what your Mii looks like unless you really want to use it as an in-game character to race against the standard Nintendo characters Mario Kart offers. It basically serves as your avatar in a throwback to the Wii and the Nintendo 3DS. Once started, Mario Kart will prompt you to create a Mii, which is a human-based character made from very basic geometric models. Depending on which version you purchased, you’ll either insert the cartridge into your Switch, or let the game download. Lifewire / Kelsey Simon Setup Process: As easy as expected