Worth noting that the guy playing isn't using manual drifting, which completely changes the game. The drifting in this game is wild, you can hold it down straightaways forever and even turn in the complete opposite direction while drifting.
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Mario Kart Tour Beta Impressions Thread
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Worth noting that the guy playing isn't using manual drifting, which completely changes the game. The drifting in this game is wild, you can hold it down straightaways forever and even turn in the complete opposite direction while drifting.
When I was playing MKWii back when I was like 10 I knew there was something going on in the background to determine scoring as even if you came in first in all the races you might not get the 3 star. I eventually started making my own list of what I thought it was. In the end I'm pretty sure the three things I thought determined it was you had to do a lot of tricks, you had to be in first going into the third lap, and you couldn't bump any walls. Interesting to see that 10 year old me was at least partially correct lol.
Oh, I know, Alyx. And it's depressing, thinking about what mobile gaming has become. I apologise for going off topic. Maybe I'm just another old man yelling at the clouds.
I do question if this is a good way to introduce people to Mario Kart and Nintendo though. For one, I don't think MK needs a gateway game like Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing could. This is just a product to appease share-holders and make money. All business, no love. And secondly, is it even good for brand-image? Just something I'm thinking about.
I won't derail the thread more. Just needed to vent.
It seems like you can Frenzy with any item - I just five starred Kalimari Desert in Bowser Cup using triple Blue Shells, lol
Yeah, I was on the receiving end of that in one of my recent matches... Counted 6 blue shells. I got triple lightning bolts, but it just gave me star power with a lightning blast at the end.
I really like it after six races. I hope they'll take our feedback into account when the surveys come out and then we can see something really good!
You have a point though. Though I guess the more people they get Nintendo Accounts/email addresses from, the more people they can market to.
Fire Emblem was made by Intelligent Systems. For the rest, except for Animal Crossing which was developed along Ndcube, yeah, it was made in EPD.
Gacha trash is the default option in Japan and the normal model there. There's no backlash on it and it's accepted. As Japan always is the major market by far for the japanese companies in mobile (or even asian), they will use it. Only kompu gacha is viewed as bad and it was pretty much banned, even if it wasn't officially.. but no one dares to use that after 2012.
oh whaaaaaaaaat
Bowser Cup's mission is a one-on-one race versus Mega Bowser, that's pretty neat
Bowser Cup's mission is a one-on-one race versus Mega Bowser, that's pretty neat
A game like this is going to have seasons and rotate through new and old tracks
I got first place in my first 3 online races. The gyro controls basically require me to turn my phone completely sideways to steer but hey it worked.
I honestly didn't expect this to be real mario kart since they just wanted to use mobile to get people interested in their real games. Its pretty good.
I honestly didn't expect this to be real mario kart since they just wanted to use mobile to get people interested in their real games. Its pretty good.
It's pretty amazing to me that you can just not do anything and the game sort of auto steers you to a degree. Yeah it won't give you mini turbos, but still it gets you to the end of the track. Also it seems impossible to fall off?
Andre Segers said he actually started a race, put his phone in airplane mode, and it kept going like nothing changed...Has anyone confirmed that thing about you actually being able to race real people in later cups?
Andre Segers said he actually started a race, put his phone in airplane mode, and it kept going like nothing changed...Has anyone confirmed that thing about you actually being able to race real people in later cups?
Don't read the spoiler if you don't want the good feels ruined
The races aren't actually online. They're all bots. I know, it hurt me too :(
You don't race any real people. The PVP thing is a Score ranking board for the Koopa Troopa cup.
Try pressing just before the 2 even appears. I thought for sure I would spin out but actually got 30, which I didn't even know was possible
I guess I should have expected that.
Edit: no online at all. Ummm okay then.
The only course I've played where it feels like the format gets in the way is N64 Koopa Beach. Lots of alternate paths does not work well with portrait mode and generous course correction.
....lol
Into the garbage this game goes then. I'll probably play out the rest of the beta but this thing is getting dropped for sure.
I could tell, all the other players were playing very dumb or not using Mario Kart basics like gliding or using them bumps as speed boosts.
Is this just for beta or is it not currently planned for you to race real people?
Wait you can't even play against your friends? What's the point in this?
So zero multiplayer in a game filled to the brim with microtransactions and loot boxes.
Fucking awful.
The only places where I feel like the controls are imprecise is when the course opens up into a broad space and I'm trying to avoid/drive onto something maybe twice the width of my kart. This isn't an aspect of a lot of the courses in the game, but it does come up in a few places.
I hope so. I figured they would have at least one new track to showcase in the beta though.
To me it feels like they aren't trying. Isn't this game farmed out too?
Wow, I could do with racing against ghosts of other players, but bots is kind of BS. Will still try it when it releases.
Your avatar is appropriate.
As an aside, there are some people out there saying it's fine that the game isn't looking that good because Nintendo's strategy is to use mobile games to advertise their console games. To that I say, the best advertisement would be good mobile games. Games like Pocket Camp and now Mario Kart Tour aren't really going to appeal to people that aren't already fans.
Don't think it's a beta thing, the only thing disabled for the beta is purchasing Emeralds and there's no reference to other Multiplayer features that I can find. It's either being saved for a future update after the game comes out or isn't happening at all, IMO.
We'll probably find out for sure once Nintendo finally starts officially detailing the game, though.
So, what's the ERA consensus on control type? Automatic or manual drifting? Touch or gyro controls?
I tried gyro, but they feel more prone to just be wonky than the touch, but it works so much better with manual drifting than touch controls ever could.
I tried gyro, but they feel more prone to just be wonky than the touch, but it works so much better with manual drifting than touch controls ever could.
Agreed. The idea that Nintendo intentionally makes sub-par mobile games so they can upsell people to their console makes zero sense.
No, they understand. They understand perfectly. With Super Mario Run, they didn't understand. Charging $10 for a mobile game just didn't work.
With Tour, they've now adopted the slimy GACHA tactics most other developers are now employing.
Seems like the Power Save mode drops the resolution quite a bit. Still playable, but it's looking 3DS-level.
With gliders, it seems like it's better to pick based on the item they give than the course bonus in some cases. Super Glider seems bad in general - Super Horns aren't very good in this, and getting more Mushrooms is always preferable. Same with the Parachute, since bots just take a slight speed reduction from Bloopers.
With gliders, it seems like it's better to pick based on the item they give than the course bonus in some cases. Super Glider seems bad in general - Super Horns aren't very good in this, and getting more Mushrooms is always preferable. Same with the Parachute, since bots just take a slight speed reduction from Bloopers.
Nah Nintendo understands perfectly what gets the most revenue in the mobile gaming space. F2P game with Gacha-mechanics
Thanks! Good thing is even if you spin out it lets you just retry... so worked out. lol.
Though now that I know there's a 30.....
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Haven't tried it with gyro off yet, is it that much of an improvement?
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I like motion controls depending on the game, but here they feel far too loose and imprecise when combined with the auto-steering
so first impressions:
1. controls feel off, or maybe I just suck with touch controls,but when I try to drift, I either turn too sharp or turn too late that I hit the edge. Not a big deal but it's a bit annoying
2. I can't say much about the gacha/stamina because it's only been the 1st day. With their other games, log in bonuses/daily missions are what made me stay with the game. FEH with their events giving away orbs/stamina potions practically every week as well and Dragalia with their updated login bonuses since last year have been great. I can't run out of stamina unless I play for a couple days. Gems/orbs are also abundant, but that only applies to me because I don't have the desire to have all the units, so I just stockpile them until there's something I want.
3. As for the actual premium currency, I'm only lvl 8 but it seems...sparse? Like it seems that you won't be getting emeralds from completing a cup and only from the stars you earn(counting from the gift page, you would get 170 total once you reach 340 stars or almost 4 10 pulls) or the challenges(if you complete the whole card)
4. You're going to have to grind here as well because the cost to purchase things with their regular currency(coins) is high and you need to level up(I guess power up in this case because there's also a skill lvl) your driver, kart, and glider so you can get more points.
5. Coin rush is a joke imo, a ticket gives you x2 coins earned, but if you don't have tickets it'll cost you emeralds, which again, are sparse(5 for x2, 15 for x6 and 25 for x10). Unless they do something you're going to be grinding for a while for coins just to maybe get a ticket to upgrade your card/glider/driver or outright buy a glider or kart
6. Biased but, seeing old tracks is nice.
7. Despite all that negativity, I enjoy this game. Minus the drifting, it feels like Mario Kart Lite with, as someone mentioned, a score attack mixed in, which is fun for me. Dupes get automatically merged which is great because I don't want to deal with dupes. It really depends on what they do with their currency(both free and premium)...because it really isn't looking good right now.
1. controls feel off, or maybe I just suck with touch controls,but when I try to drift, I either turn too sharp or turn too late that I hit the edge. Not a big deal but it's a bit annoying
2. I can't say much about the gacha/stamina because it's only been the 1st day. With their other games, log in bonuses/daily missions are what made me stay with the game. FEH with their events giving away orbs/stamina potions practically every week as well and Dragalia with their updated login bonuses since last year have been great. I can't run out of stamina unless I play for a couple days. Gems/orbs are also abundant, but that only applies to me because I don't have the desire to have all the units, so I just stockpile them until there's something I want.
3. As for the actual premium currency, I'm only lvl 8 but it seems...sparse? Like it seems that you won't be getting emeralds from completing a cup and only from the stars you earn(counting from the gift page, you would get 170 total once you reach 340 stars or almost 4 10 pulls) or the challenges(if you complete the whole card)
4. You're going to have to grind here as well because the cost to purchase things with their regular currency(coins) is high and you need to level up(I guess power up in this case because there's also a skill lvl) your driver, kart, and glider so you can get more points.
5. Coin rush is a joke imo, a ticket gives you x2 coins earned, but if you don't have tickets it'll cost you emeralds, which again, are sparse(5 for x2, 15 for x6 and 25 for x10). Unless they do something you're going to be grinding for a while for coins just to maybe get a ticket to upgrade your card/glider/driver or outright buy a glider or kart
6. Biased but, seeing old tracks is nice.
7. Despite all that negativity, I enjoy this game. Minus the drifting, it feels like Mario Kart Lite with, as someone mentioned, a score attack mixed in, which is fun for me. Dupes get automatically merged which is great because I don't want to deal with dupes. It really depends on what they do with their currency(both free and premium)...because it really isn't looking good right now.