Games Inbox: Mario Kart 9 on Switch, Mario Strikers 3 joy, and Uncharted movie pessimism

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The Friday Inbox discusses the pros and cons of the recent Nintendo Direct, as one reader recommends zombie game Dysmantle.

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Unreliable rumours That was a really good Nintendo Direct if you ask me, even if the lack of Zelda news was a disappointment. There were much more new games than I expected and even if there were a lot of remasters it was all good stuff (Klonoa!).

The Mario Kart 8 news was obviously the big shocker because 48 tracks is a lot, even if they are remasters. And the price they’re asking for it is actually very reasonable. But as people have begun to speculate does this rule out Mario Kart 9 (or whatever it’d be called) from appearing on Switch?

There were a lot of rumours about it quite recently and it seemed believable, but it is hard to imagine that coming out at the same time as all the DLC. I really don’t know what to think. We know that Nintendo rumours tend to be the least reliable so I’m going to guess this really is it until the Switch 2. Although I’d imagine it’d probably be a launch game to compensate. We’ll see if I’m right in… three years or so?Baker

Star of the show I thought that was one of the best Nintendo Directs they’ve done. The games we knew about all looked fantastic and Kirby seems to be shaping up to be a lot of fun. There were a lot of unexpected classics getting re-releases, thrilled to be able to play Portal 1+2 again on the go. Then there were the surprises like Nintendo Switch Sports and finally getting DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. They managed to pack so much in during the 40 odd minutes and the next few months are looking great for releases.

I don’t really agree with GC’s coverage leaning so heavily on the