Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Producer Discusses What Made It A Success
The long-running success of Mario Kart 8 on the Nintendo Switch and Wii U has one of the game's producers reflecting on what helped it stay relevant and sell more than 50 million copies. With each new Nintendo console released, fans are usually treated to new games for familiar staples such as Super Smash Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and the party game Mario Kart. The Wii U struggled to find the success that easily came to many of the company's other devices. However, Mario Kart 8 became a hit for the Wii U, and it was upgraded with new content and released for the Nintendo Switch as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Almost five years after that re-release, it's receiving a considerable amount of additional content, helping a game initially released on the Wii U in 2014 stay relevant and popular in 2022.
The first of six planned Mario Kart Booster Course Pass waves was released last month for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. After all six waves are available, a total of 48 additional maps will have been added to the game, doubling its size at launch. Each map will be a remaster from the vast library of courses from previous Mario Kart games. This news may disappoint fans looking forward to new content for the franchise, especially those eagerly awaiting the rumored Mario Kart 9. However,Deluxe has managed to defeat both Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Animal Crossing: New Horizons as the best-selling Nintendo Switch game, meaning that even after all this time, the game has something good going for it.
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