Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 1 Review

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBleedingRed21

How in the world do you justify your claim of it being a waste of money?

The two questions that led me to that conclusion were:

1) How much of this content am I interested in playing more than once?

For me, that list is limited to Link (although Nintendo failed to fully take advantage of his character), the Blue Falcon, Mute City, Excitebike Arena, and Hyrule Circuit, which isn't a whole lot of content. Everything else in this bundle felt like expendable filler to me.

2) What else can $8 get me on Nintendo's eShop?

There's a long list of classic NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance games that will provide more fun and lasting value than this DLC, which is why I don't recommend paying full price for it. $4 is the most that I would have paid for this first pack, given the many superior products that are sitting right next to it on the same virtual shelf.

[spoofrice11]

Sounds like a fair review to me.

When Mario Kart came out the lineup was a disappointment. Having 3 Marios & 3 Peaches, and a bunch of Bowsers kids, instead of unique and original characters. Where is Dry Bones, Kamek, Birdo, Diddy, etc…

Now Nintendo is giving us more characters, yay. Except it is 2 more costumes of Mario/Peach, and one good one! Where's the originality?