Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo EAD Group No. 1
Genre: Kart Racing
Platform: Wii U
NA Release Date: May 30, 2014
I’m probably not going to surprise any of you with how I feel about Mario Kart 8. It’s a great party game, but it’s also more Mario Kart. Unless I’m looking to play with other people, I have basically no interest in it.
While the $60 package released was depressing for me, I was impressed by the downloadable content. What you get seems like nothing particularly special for a racing game: new tracks, car parts and characters. It’s a no-brainer.
What’s impressive is the quality and value you get with these packs. While priced in bundles, it’s essentially a dollar per track. For $16, you can increase the content of the game by a third. If you buy both packs together, the total is only $12. It’s quite an amazing deal and I’d argue that many of the tracks featured in the DLC are better than the tracks on the disc.
Thinking too much about the base game when considering the value of DLC is often a guaranteed way to be disappointed. But Mario Kart’s additional content is almost perfectly priced alongside the rest of the game.
I think my one current regret with Mario Kart 8 is that I have yet to play the 200cc mode for any significant amount of time. I’ll get there, eventually.
