Not at all. There are some DLC tracks I don't like (Cheese Land comes to mind), but the vast majority of them are great to excellent. Wild Woods is probably my favorite course in the whole game.
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Nah, I would never say something related to Animal Crossing is beautiful. I honestly can't remember what the name of the course was. Maple Treeway?
I'd say the DLC tracks are probably the best cups in the series.
Truly a peak for game design in racing games.
Truly a peak for game design in racing games.
Wild Woods feels like something out of a fantasy RPG. I freaking love it. Imagine a modern Mario RPG having that as a locale.
Maple Treeway isn't in MK8. It's in MKWii and MK7. The Animal Crossing course has 4 seasonal versions, one of which being autumn, of course.
That would explain why I remember it so specifically, if it was in two completely distinct MK entries.
I really should get MK8 Deluxe at some point...I haven't played Mario Kart since I had my Wii U plugged in, and it's been a while.
This track is unique in the fact that the track changes every time a race starts. There are many different segments with jumps, ramps and mud spots that change position and height; according to Mario Kart 8 director Kosuke Yabuki, there are over 200 different patterns of such elements.[1] A standard pattern is used on time trials.
Quote from wikipedia, the shapes itself is the same.
Definitely not. They're some of my favorite tracks in the game. Like, I love what they did with Ribbon Road, for instance, and just how many neat touches were put into it all over the place. Whereas on the other hand I definitely don't have anything particularly bad to say about any of them in any case.
I played like quite a lot during MK8 DLC but spend like average hours into MK8D so I think it usually random but few time I actually got same layout in row so it's probably it.
I love those tracks. Same for all tracks. Essentially Xenoblade track.
I dislike Dragon and Neo Bowser City in 200cc tho.
I don't like it because it just feels like you're going straight the whole time with very little distraction plus ice physics. Obviously, it curves about, so it's not straight driving. It's just very narrow and closed in with nothing happening, and that's boring to me.
The opposite, a lot of them are some of my favorite courses. Wild Woods, Dragon Driftway, SNES Rainbow Road, Ice Ice Outpost, etc.
I guess the changes are so subtle most of the time that it's hard to notice, but I always found it frustrating to play on sometimes anyway because of all the ramps. I also haven't played the game in years, so my opinions are a little hazy.
Only subpar one is Excitebike Arena and that gets a pass because the idea is at least neat even if the execution is rough. Big Blue, Super Bell Subway, Dragon Driftway, Ice Ice Outpost, Ribbon Road, and Wild Woods are easily some of the best courses ever to appear in a Mario Kart game.
Wild Woods is the best track in the game, the crossover tracks are all fantastic, and Ribbon Road is an incredible update.
Most of them are great.
Weirdly, the Zelda track was garbage. Literally the only thing going for it is it has a Zelda skin.
Weirdly, the Zelda track was garbage. Literally the only thing going for it is it has a Zelda skin.
Yes, I adores the fact the developers poured all of their hearts into decorations, designs and background. It was a joy to looks at.
I found the Dragon level to be the most disappointing, I guess. The aesthetics, the non-track features, probably the most disappointing of them all.
Neo Bowser City on 200cc was the hardest to master because of that one hard turn near the end that will drop you off the course, which is worsened by the fact that it's raining. Once I figured it out, though, I felt like a master. 200cc is great.
The only one that I don't think is among the best in MK8 is Hyrule Circuit, which is a bit too simple.
I think you should just play them and give them a fair shot.
I managed to master those tracks but I took a long break and it's being pain in ass again :defeated:
Wut. I didn't even realize Ribbon Road is a remake. It's an absolutely incredible track.
No. What I feel disappointing is that MK8D never got any DLC, even selling more than the previous generation.
Yeah I know about that, as far as I can recall though it always uses the same exact pattern when playing online, which I think is the same one it uses for Time Trials, and you only see the variations in local multiplayer. Maybe that was changed at some point, either in Deluxe or in a patch afterwards?
OP is thankfully in the minority because the DLC stages are awesome. The only two weak tracks are Cheese Land and Ice Ice Outpost.
Wild Woods, Excite Bike, Ribbon Road, Hyrule, Neo Bowser City- these tracks are beautiful, imaginative and exciting. And they were really reasonably priced when they dropped on the Wii U. Oh and those F-Zero tracks are the stuff of dreams.
Nintendo needs to be encouraged for giving us such awesome DLC like this. I want to see more! (Maple Treeway and Daisy Cruise please)
Now it's just a desert in broad daylight.
Wild Woods, Excite Bike, Ribbon Road, Hyrule, Neo Bowser City- these tracks are beautiful, imaginative and exciting. And they were really reasonably priced when they dropped on the Wii U. Oh and those F-Zero tracks are the stuff of dreams.
Nintendo needs to be encouraged for giving us such awesome DLC like this. I want to see more! (Maple Treeway and Daisy Cruise please)
I agree. I still don't understand why the Cheese Land remake removed the "cheese planet" outer space theme from the GBA original. Did they cut out the little mice too?
Now it's just a desert in broad daylight.
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I remember some people were angry with a fact that Baby Park is coming back via announcement and/or leaks.
Baby Park was one of best chaotic track in the history but it's even more dumb in GameCube since it didn't have wall in middle.
Nah, I thought the DLC tracks were much better than the standard new tracks, many of which I found kinda dull.
The only disappointing one to me is Cheese Land, because they got rid of the inspired lunar theme and made it into a desert.
The only disappointing one to me is Cheese Land, because they got rid of the inspired lunar theme and made it into a desert.
That was my problem with Baby Park's return. Sure, it's chaotic, but it's not chaotic enough. It was brought back in both MKDS and MK8, but Double Dash is the only game that fully utilizes it. No wall in the middle, and items and special items flying everywhere!
Could be, im not sure. I rarely play that stage and have mostly been playing online. Maybe for online mode its always the same as you have said.
It was pretty chaotic with frantic and 200cc but imagine without the wall.
They made a disservice to Cheese Cheese Land but other than that they are pretty great.
Overall value of the DLC is insane.
Overall value of the DLC is insane.
I didn't like the Zelda track, and I'm not fond of the GBA track in the bedroom (although that comes from playing it a lot in the day 1 200cc GAF lobbies for the Wii U version and the traumatic experience that that was), but the rest are cool.
Cheese Land may have lost its Cheese Planet aesthetic but I quite like what they went for and love playing the track. It's really technical and difficult to get the perfect line bit very satisfying when you do. Easily my favourite desert course in the series.
Only weak course in the DLCs was Ice Ice Outpost.
Only weak course in the DLCs was Ice Ice Outpost.
Same lol. I think the aesthetics and gameplay are on point for that one, it's probably top 5 tracks in the game for me.