And it might even be several more years before that's no longer the case.

And the thing that makes this situation much more painful is that we've been stuck with this game for 7 years. That could be reaching, but given what we got for this game, I don't think it's impossible. Clearly they didn't bother making him look good at all.Īll of these factors combined honestly gives me the impression that either the director or the devs could not care less about the Donkey Kong franchise, or maybe even outright dislike it. Compare this to how he appears in, say, Mario Tennis Aces, or heck, even Super Mario Party. smile? What emotion is even trying to be conveyed? Plus his eyebrows look bloated and awkward. His mouth is perpetually hanging open in a. His fur texture and color both just look really bad, and there's all sorts of things wrong with his face. They couldn't even bother porting the DK Jumbo or Rambi Rider back?Īnd to top it all off, they couldn't even bother making DK himself merely look not ugly. This isn't even to mention karts, of which there are literally none. All 8D could muster is one single ported course. This is, again, rather jarring coming from Wii, which included three DK courses, two ports and one completely new, plus a battle course as well. They only bothered including a single DK course this time around as well. It's not just characters where the DK franchise is criminally under-represented. But nope, had to cut Kongs to make room for the Koopalings.

Not to mention there are other characters that could easily feel right at home in the game, like Dixie Kong (see Mario Kart Tour) or Cranky Kong, perhaps even King K. Coming from Wii, which included Diddy, a supposed staple character, and Funky, a fun, out-there pick that became very iconic, having only DK himself is kind of a slap in the face. The most obvious point is the lack of DK characters. But man, as a big Donkey Kong fan, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a huge disappointment. I guess this is mostly just a rant, so stick around if you want or not.

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