Gamers, are you sold on Mario Kart Home Circuit?

[PoetPhilosopher]

I thought I'd ask since the game comes out in 2 days.

I've thought of buying it but may not. It may require me rearranging my living room or putting the Nintendo Switch in the basement.

 

[Spirit of Light]

I thought I'd ask since the game comes out in 2 days.

I've thought of buying it but may not. It may require me rearranging my living room or putting the Nintendo Switch in the basement.

I have not looked in to mario kart home yet, but i play mario kart 8 delux version on my switch light

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I have not looked in to mario kart home yet, but i play mario kart 8 delux version on my switch light

Nice. It's a great game.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Nice. It's a great game.

Yes i just need to become better at it i do not collect 3th or 4th places....

 

[Quintessence]

I don't do Nintendo. I haven't done Nintendo since... mm... well, technically the only systems of theirs I actually owned were the original GameBoy and GameBoy Advance. I did play the original Mario Cart a few times at a friend's house. I'm not interested in racing games as a general rule, and this one didn't become an exception. And while the concept of this new game is kind of neat, it's not something I want sitting around my house much less buy a new game system for. I'm almost completely positive some relatives are going to get it and have a blast with it though.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

I thought I'd ask since the game comes out in 2 days.

I've thought of buying it but may not. It may require me rearranging my living room or putting the Nintendo Switch in the basement.

I watched the ad, and while the tech is pretty neat, I have to say that one of the main charms of Mario Kart for me was always the fantastical track design. This makes it look like all it will provide access to are the most boring, flat tracks you could imagine - based on... your [insert boring space in your home] room. Unless there is a solid game beyond this dash-cam, RC-style novelty idea, I wouldn't see a point in buying it, to be honest.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I watched the ad, and while the tech is pretty neat, I have to say that one of the main charms of Mario Kart for me was always the fantastical track design. This makes it look like all it will provide access to are the most boring, flat tracks you could imagine. Unless there is a solid game beyond this dash-cam, RC-style novelty idea, I wouldn't see a point in buying it, to be honest.

Not to mention, the 'game' will be $100, and also may have no resell value if you don't like it as the game itself is digital and not a cartridge. You're paying for the other stuff.

Just providing some food for thought.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Not to mention, the 'game' will be $100, and also may have no resell value if you don't like it as the game itself is digital and not a cartridge. You're paying for the other stuff.

Just providing some food for thought.

Yeah, those would be stumbling blocks for me as well. You're definitely stuck footing the bill for the 2 (or more?) mechanized "karts".

Other things I thought of - if kids are the main market (which may not necessarily be the case), how many kids keep a room clean enough to execute a kart track within? And if they don't do it in their own room, how many parents are going to want the rooms of their house commandeered for some length of play? With those little karts racing around, its not like you'd be able to efficiently use the space for anything else. And lastly, I have to wonder how those things handle carpet...

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Yeah, those would be stumbling blocks for me as well. You're definitely stuck footing the bill for the 2 (or more?) mechanized "karts".

I think you only get one kart per a set. You have to choose between the Mario set, and the Luigi set. 2 player involves buying two sets.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Not gonna lie, this almost wants me to break out the ol' GameCube...

 

[Father Heathen]

Pretty damn neat, but I would invest in a VR headset before I would a Switch.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Mario Kart Wii is fun. Beyond that I have not ventured. Before Mark Kart I played Revolt on PC. Revolt had a similar premise racing RC cars that hadsimilar (almost identical weapons) to Mark Kart. Actually I suspect Maro Kart copied Revolt, but that didn't matter. Mart Kart was different enough that it was its own game.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Mario Kart Wii is fun. Beyond that I have not ventured. Before Mark Kart I played Revolt on PC. Revolt had a similar premise racing RC cars that hadsimilar (almost identical weapons) to Mark Kart. Actually I suspect Maro Kart copied Revolt, but that didn't matter. Mart Kart was different enough that it was its own game.

Mario Kart Wii was a really good game. I don't feel the one after that, Mario Kart 8, reached the same caliber, even if it came close and had much better graphics.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Some useful reading material which I feel is both fair and also paints the game as not something I'm quite looking for exactly:

4 Reasons You Should Play ‘Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit’ And 4 Reasons You Should Wait

 

[Twilight Hue]

Not big on kart games. Exceptions are VR and those with popular avatars. Let fav for me were the games Southpark on Dreamcast and Cartoon Network kart racing.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Some useful reading material which I feel is both fair and also paints the game as not something I'm quite looking for exactly:

4 Reasons You Should Play ‘Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit’ And 4 Reasons You Should Wait

Definitely a fair review, and all of it I would have expected. The only thing I didn't consider was the idea of real-life obstacles being obstacles in the game also. That does add at least a bit of an extra dimension to it all, and I could see that being somewhat fun. I wonder what it would do with an incline or some kind of bank? It would likely take it in stride, as long as the real-world kart didn't tip over or something. Funny how he mentions that the kart IRL sort of seems like it is just putting along, but that it looks like it is going super fast in-game. This is likely just a parallax "trick." When you're a mile away from the tree in the field, passing it at 60 MPH, it appears to move by very slowly, but when you're right next to it on the edge of the road, it's gone in a flash.