Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an arcade developed by Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development, released 28 April 2017 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 8.5 hrs to finish.
What Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is an arcade game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only. It runs on Autodesk Beast.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mario Kart 8 is a 2014 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. It retains the gameplay of previous Mario Kart games, with players controlling characters from the Mario series and other Nintendo characters in races around tracks. Tracks are themed around locales from the Super Mario series populated with power-ups that help players gain advantages in races. Different difficulties are selectable prior to a race; harder difficulties make gameplay faster. In the new anti-gravity sequences, players drive on walls and ceilings. Mario Kart 8 contains a variety of single-player and local and online multiplayer game modes, including Grand Prix racing and arena-based…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, kids and party. It supports multiplayer for up to 12 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the 561st of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Kart Arcade GP DX: Daisy in 2017. Its critic score of 93 is 16 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 624 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 75 hrs, roughly 8.8 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe launched on 28 April 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch and Injustice 2. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch, Injustice 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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