Why I Hate Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Switch Lite

Hello and welcome back to another video

where I'm going to be talking about Mario

Kart 8 Deluxe. I don't know why it's

called Deluxe. Is there a non-deluxe

version? I don't think there is, so why

call it Deluxe? It doesn't really make

sense to me. Anyway, in this video I'm

going to give you my thoughts and opinions

on this racing game for the Switch Lite.

Now, first of all, I just want to say I

absolutely love this game and it was the

main reason why I decided to buy a second

Switch. It was my favorite game when I got

the original Switch, and it's what I

played the most. Now, this came as a

surprise to me because I have never really

been a fan of racing games. I'm not

interested in cars or going very fast or

racing other people. I've always been a

shooter person, someone who likes guns and

adventure and cool stories and fantasy.

Racing cars has never really been

something that I've been into. But there's

something about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that

is different to other racing games. That

feels really good to play, and I just

really enjoy playing it. Not because it's

racing, but because there's something nice

about it. However, this video isn't

talking about why Mario Kart 8 is nice.

It's talking about why I hate it. Because

after hundreds and hundreds of hours of

playing it, even though it's my favourite

game by far, I've noticed a few things

that I dislike about the video game. And

in this video, I would like to point out

those things Okay, so number 1, I feel

like there's not many tracks. I feel like

there could be more tracks, and after over

a year of playing it, Nintendo have not

added a single new track, which boggles my

mind. How easy could it be to just come up

with at least one new track a year to just

add into the game? They could just add it

as DLC. They could even charge £2.99 for

it. But no, there hasn't been a single new

track. Since I've started playing it,

which was over a year ago, and there's

only about 10 or 12 tracks. And after

you've played the game for hundreds and

hundreds of hours, it starts to get a

little bit boring and a little bit

repetitive doing the same old tracks over

and over again. They do this sneaky little

thing where they have the audacity to flip

the tracks around and mirror the tracks,

which is just so lazy. Instead of coming

up with new tracks, they they just take

the easy shortcut and mirror the existing

ones. And I hate it when they do that

because, you know, you've done the same

tracks over and over again and you

memorize them, and then all of a sudden

they've been flipped, mirrored, and

everything's back to front, and it's just

so weird. It's like being forced to use

your left hand instead of your right hand.

The other thing I dislike is when the

tracks are sped up. I'm not sure why this

happens. I think it's like a random thing,

but sometimes you play a track and it's

been sped up. The music is faster than it

usually is and the cars go really, really

fast. Now you might think, well, going

really, really fast must make the game

more enjoyable. It doesn't, because it

makes turning corners an absolute

nightmare. I'm hammering the brakes, I've

got powerslide on, I've released the

accelerating button, but still I keep

slamming into every single corner instead

of drifting around it smoothly like you

usually do when the track has not been

sped up. Sometimes it feels like you're

being magnetically pulled towards the

corners, into the walls, into the edges,

and I can't get myself— I can't detach

myself from the corners because the car's

going so fast. It makes— it just makes

turning corners really, really difficult.

I don't like racing around a track when

I'm just stuck against the wall the entire

time because the car is ridiculously

Speedy. The other thing I dislike is when

you're trying to get into an online game

from the main menu, it takes freaking ages

to select the racer you want. So you have

to press A to go into online mode, and

then it comes up with character selection.

Then you press A, and then you have to

choose your car. You have to press A

again. Then you have to choose your

wheels. You press A again. And then you

choose your glider. Then you have to press

A again. And then you have to press A

again to confirm it all. And then you have

to press A again. By the time you've

gotten into the lobby, you've had to spam

the A button about 500 times. Why can't it

just remember which racer and which car

you enjoy using the most and automatically

choose that for you? Another thing I don't

like is when you're in a race and

you go AFK, it kicks you out of the race.

So this is what I do sometimes. I go AFK

because I'm watching YouTube and I'm

waiting for the next race to begin, which

takes bloody ages by the way. So I'm not

sitting there with the Switch in my hands,

I'm doing other things, you know, like

chatting to people on Discord, searching

for things on the internet, waiting for

the next race to begin. And sometimes I

don't notice that the next race has begun

and I get kicked out of the stupid

race just because I've been AFK for 5

seconds. I think you get about 5 or 10

seconds before it kicks you out, and it

kicks you straight back out to the main

menu. You've got to do the whole spamming

A 500 times again, waiting in the lobby,

and then if you go AFK again, it says

communication signal lost or something,

and then you have to do the whole thing,

the whole process all over again. If I

want to go AFK and just sit there at the

starting line, just let me do it. It's not

hurting anyone, it's not harming anyone.

I don't really care if I lose the race.

I'm not playing the game so I can win.

I'm just playing it because I have nothing

else to do with my stupid boring life.

Another annoying thing is when you try and

go backwards and drive

in the opposite direction that you're

supposed to be driving in, it kicks you

out of the game as well. Says

communication signal lost. It wasn't lost,

you kicked me out of the race, you idiot.

It won't let you go in the opposite

direction. And that's annoying because

sometimes I get bored with the game and—

or I'm so far behind everyone else I feel

like there's no point even trying anymore,

and I want to go in the opposite direction

to troll the other racers and try and

smash into them, disrupt them. This is

something I used to like doing in other

racing games, but it won't let you do that

either. It won't let you have any fun

unless it's the kind of fun they want you

to have, that it's designed for. I really

do not like some of the tracks. Now, most

of the tracks I do like, but there's a few

of them that are basically just circles or

egg shapes or oval shapes, and they're

called battle arenas, and there's loads of

power-ups. And I guess the whole point of

these tracks is not racing, it's about

getting loads of power-ups and using all

the abilities and shooting the other

racers. But I don't like it. I want to

race. I don't want to go round and round

in a boring circle where there's no

challenging corners or turns or ramps or

fun falling bits. I don't want to go round

and round in a circle because it's boring.

And there's one track called the Battle

Arena where you have 7 laps going round

and round and round in a bloody circle,

and it's not fun at all. There's one track

that I really hate, and it's the volcano

track. You know, the one that's really

dark and there's all these volcanoes

erupting. I really don't like this track

because the whole stage is just basically

different shades of brown. Now, there's

nothing wrong with being brown. Um, I have

no problems with that particular color.

It's just that it makes it very difficult

when the road is brown but

everything else is just slightly darker

brown. How am I supposed to know if I'm on

the road or not? I keep getting stuck on

the edges because everything's just brown

and I don't know which way I'm supposed to

go. I just wish it was a bit clearer

where the road is and where the road ends

and then the dirt begins, because if

you've got a dirt road and you've got dirt

on the side, it's kind of difficult to

differentiate between the two. I also hate

the golden mushroom boost thing because

unlike the red mushroom boost things where

you just press it once to activate, you

have to keep spamming the left trigger

button Otherwise it doesn't work. It's

really annoying having to spam that

button. It makes my finger tired. Why

can't they just make it so if you hold it

down, then it continuously boosts your car

instead of having to repeatedly spam it?

Doesn't make any sense. Very bad design,

I think. Now, if I could make a few

requests to make the game better, I would

like there to be more destruction. So if

your car gets caught in an explosion then

I want the car to, to blow up into

different bits and then you respawn.

Instead of doing that silly little

animation where it spins around and then

your character flails his arms in the air,

I want bits and pieces to fall off the

car. I would like actual real-time damage,

you know, like in those rally games where

if you crash into a tree, then your bonnet

gets crumpled up. I would love real-time

damage on the cars and maybe the cars

could have smoke coming out of them if

it's getting really damaged and then they

finally explode and then you respawn.

That would be cool. I would also like more

weapons-based abilities. A flamethrower

would be amazing. A bazooka would be cool

as well. I would also like to have more

people in a race, not just 12. I think 20

would be pretty chaotic, and the game is

much more fun when it's chaotic. I don't

like it when you're just racing and

everyone else is really far ahead or

really far behind. I like it when

everyone's bunched together and there's

explosions going off and there's banana

peels slipping around and there's

fireballs pinging all over the place and

you don't know what's going to happen next

and it's like, wow, this is crazy, this is

fun. I want more of that, so I think if

you increase the amount of players from 12

to 20, it will just make it even more

chaotic. Well, I really hope you enjoyed

and agreed with all of the points I made.

If you don't agree, then, well, I don't

really care, so don't even bother writing

a comment saying you disagree. And

hopefully Nintendo sees this and then

changes the game so that it's more fun for

me. Because at the end of the day, I am

the most important person in the world.

And if I'm not having fun, then what is

the point in anything?