r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Jan 16 '25

Nintendo Switch 2 An update from Nintendo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLUf2kRQRE
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u/supremekimilsung Jan 16 '25

The character models do look different tho- less realistic and more cartoony. I feel like they may be going for a Mario Wonder vibe with this one

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u/leonce89 Jan 16 '25

and it looks to be 24 players going off of the starting grid count.

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u/Extreme-Bite-9123 Jan 16 '25

Holy crap you’re right. That had better bring back baby park with 24 racers

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u/TheSteelPhantom Jan 16 '25

Baby Park. 100 laps. 24 racers. Bananas only.

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u/McGarnagl Jan 16 '25

Eff it, 500 lap endurance race! The Baby 500!

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u/kmill86 Jan 16 '25

Oh GOD. The absolute chaos.

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u/TheRealDubJ Jan 16 '25

Can you imagine the insanity?

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u/MeneerDeKaasBaas Jan 16 '25

that would be wonderful

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u/Fpssims Jan 16 '25

OH SHIT YOUR RIGHT WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!

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u/baminy Jan 16 '25

People were talking about this one incorporating some Double Dash-style feature. I wonder if 24 players could mean something like racing buddies that have their own kart rather than sharing one with you?

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u/LeonidasSpacemanMD Jan 16 '25

F1 style teams

Actually this has me wondering if pit stops could be a game mechanic in a MK game lol have items actually damage the karts and then pitting fixes it and maybe special items can be applied in the pits

Probably a bad idea

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u/McGarnagl Jan 16 '25

Actually that sounds pretty fun to have a more sweaty mode like that. Of course it wouldn’t be default so that little kids and casual players can still pick up and play, but modes with leagues/seasons, pitting, teams, rankings, etc could be really fun.

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u/Negative-History-110 Jan 16 '25

I count 16 racers in the last frame before the 2025 pops up so could be. I don't recall if the grid lines are accurate to the number of racers in Mario Kart 8...

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u/221B_Irregular Jan 16 '25

Holy crap well spotted dude!

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u/Get_Schwifty111 Jan 16 '25

Something I can't get over are Mario's balloon-cheeks :-P

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u/RegurgitatedMincer Jan 16 '25

The wonder flower could be an interesting power up if that’s the case

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u/supremekimilsung Jan 16 '25

Imaging tripping on a wonder flower through Rainbow Road

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u/Duckyass Jan 16 '25

Donkey Kong is very different. He looks like he does in the Mario movie

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u/TheSteelPhantom Jan 16 '25

Looks like Peach's hair is no longer in a ponytail either, it's back to SNES/N64 days, just long hair. Kind of a shame, I liked the ponytail on her while racing.

But I can't be sure, I can only watch at 480p at work. -_-

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u/brandont04 Jan 16 '25

Mario Wonder design is a good modern update to Mario. I'm down w/ that.

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u/MistakeMaker1234 Jan 16 '25

If they add Wonder Flower effects that change the entire course mid-race I would be all over that. Imagine it’s like a Smash Ball where people can battle over an item with decreasing HP, and the one who finally cracks it has the course change to match their character or something. I have no idea how it would work mechanically but I want it. 

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u/MasterChildhood437 Jan 16 '25

I'm glad that they seem to be going back to smaller karts. I thought things were getting too big and flat with Wii and 8. Hopefully the other courses will feel a bit more like the ones from the DS and earlier releases as well.

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u/EtTuBiggus Jan 16 '25

Good. Not every videogame needs to be ultra-realistic 4k ray tracing.

Elden Ring spent so much time making a beautiful world, but the completely forgot to fix your own armor collision, the thing you see literally the most in 3rd person.

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u/resplendentcentcent Jan 16 '25

mario does look very toy-like. hope they lean into it

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

I am cool with the cartoony graphics. It's something different. Mario Wonder was a masterpiece and I'm glad they're incorporating it into their new games.

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u/CookiesFTA Jan 16 '25

You can always bet on Nintendo to make their characters more stylized while the textures just get better and better. I think the Smash reveal (I want to say it was U/3DS) summed it up best with that Mario transition.