

Six new characters join the list of available racers including the characters from Nintendo’s Splatoon series. Battle mode comes with 8 new arenas and gameplay modes while in the regular racing game the Boo and Feather powerups are restored to the game. The original game’s graphics were great, but Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch is spectacular. In addition to all previously released downloadable content, the game also runs natively at 60 frames per second in 1080p resolution.Īnd you can really tell. Sporting the largest roster of any Mario Kart title to date, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe almost feels like a Smash Brothers game. Where Mario Kart 8 Deluxe really shines is in its offering of characters from the Nintendo universe. One new mechanic introduced in the game is the spin boost in which racers gain a short speed boost from hitting certain bumpers in the stage or by running into other players. The difficulty determined by speed as well as how aggressive the AI behaves. The cups in this game follow the format of other games and are called the Mushroom, Flower, Star, Special, Shell, Banana, Leaf, and Lightning cups.
