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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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Eek, just remembered I need to purchase online access before tonight! Off to do it now...
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Oh yeah good shout. 🤣
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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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It let me have the 7 days free trial which surprised me!
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Good games tonight.
It would appear people have been practicing.
Looking forward to the next one.
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Really fun! Nice to end on a high finishing second! Looking forward to the next one for sure.

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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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Once again, we left the game with me laughing so much I have a headache.

Thanks again for everyone turning up! I hope you enjoyed me mixing it up with no CPU. Put the pressure on a bit. 🤭
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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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February is a short month and with Elden Ring out on the day I was planning on organising another one I've decided to go with March 4th.
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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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Thanks for organising, Dez, it was fun (even if I finished dead last in 90% of the races :lol:)

Honestly, I've never been a big fan of this Mario Kart, but playing it online with you guys really brought it to life and I really enjoyed it! Look forward to the next one!
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I also believe Mario Kart 8 is much better when playing with friends even online.

Just knowing you lot are plotting to whip a shell at me or are also screaming at the TV puts a smile on my face and makes me eager to win!
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That was a lot of fun!
Great way to spend an afternoon, Mario Kart on the tv and a snowstorm whirling out the window
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Glad you enjoyed it. It was definitely more varied in terms of who was on top this time round! Plenty of madness was happening on screen.

The last course, rainbow Road had me in stitches as I saw Suits getting absolutely Karted off by the game.

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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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So much fun last night!

As Dez says, it felt a lot more competitive - I think we had four separate winners in five cups, not too shabby! Me and Joel (Kodama88) were in stitches on our voice chat on a lot of the races. Felt like I hit Dez with an unfair amount of items but also felt like I was getting pasted by SludgeWizard every other lap so it balanced out!

Never played with frantic items before: what's the difference, just more frequency?
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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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Lots of fun again. Thanks all for playing.

I was definitely worse with frantic items.

Got passed on the line by a bullet train (well 2 of them) once.
Alex79 wrote: January 29th, 2022, 10:02 pmHonestly, I've never been a big fan of this Mario Kart, but playing it online with you guys really brought it to life and I really enjoyed it! Look forward to the next one!
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed is my favourite single player kart racer, but Mario has the multiplayer nailed down.
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Rhaegyr wrote: January 31st, 2022, 9:22 amNever played with frantic items before: what's the difference, just more frequency?
Just means higher chance of offensive items rather than stuff like banana skin or squid etc I think.
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Yeah a higher chance of offensive items really. I believe it just adds an extra layer for us who know what MK8 is all about.

I wouldn't put it on for the kids but for us it just makes it that touch more... frantic!
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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Jan 29th 8pm GMT!

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Gonna get the next game night moved back slightly to March 18th... when the new DLC comes out!

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Definitely just came on to ask if everyone is getting the dlc.
I'll be there on the 18th
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Kodama1987 wrote: February 10th, 2022, 1:10 pm Definitely just came on to ask if everyone is getting the dlc.
I'll be there on the 18th
Sure am! The new (old/remastered?) tracks were the most exciting part of the Nintendo Direct for me
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I’m in for sure!!
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Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - March 18th

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I am getting the expansion, but I wonder what happens if you're playing online and everyone else has it, but you don't. I wonder if a 'buy it now' prompt comes up if a new track is selected to play and you don't have it installed.
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