@Zerolink30
One of the things i was hoping for was that MKW would have a similar starting point like Smash Ultimate did. Where you only start with the original 8 characters, and you need to unlock everyone else thru Free Roam. For me, it would have been fun if you had to find each character just somewhere in the world, not on karts though, but blending in with the world. For example, Rosalina at a cafe reading a book or at the Galaxy inspired course playing with her Lumas. Really forcing us to play "Where is Waldo?" With every character, where our knowledge of said characters would come in handy.
@BeeThompson
Something I don’t see people talk about is when you get a use a food item it gives you a boost, so even if some characters won’t get costumes, having a guaranteed mushroom/triple shroom item block is gonna be useful regardless if you have all costumes or not.
@ratchet9869
There actually is something you missed that I didn't see mentioned in the comments. The truck won't be the only big vehicle you can drive into and start controlling. I noticed in the final montage of the direct that in one of the water areas a character drove into and then controlled a giant helicopter. That was nuts and implies multiple giant vehicles to commandeer in this game and that's really hype
@Axecon1
I love how bouncy and animated the characters are on the select screen. Those new idle animations are golden!
@theheroesofcrash311
1. The 1Up Fuel icon seems to be the unlockable decals you can choose to stick on your kart. 2. I suspect that they might allow you to sort racers in multiple ways; by character, weight, when you unlocked them, or even prioritizing your favorites first.
@peterroy406
To be fair they also have a dolphin cart in the section with R.O.B. so there is still a sliver of hope... right?😅
@GammaRayven
2:56 they turned my boy into a marketable motor vehicle, truly a fate worse than death.
@billcook4768
Didn’t cover what I want to know. What’s Cow’s backstory? Where did she learn to drive? What’s her motivation for racing?
@V8chump
We need to be talking about Missions. The short waluigi mission footage we saw gives me hope that missions will vary based on environment and they won’t all be collect the blue coins or reach the checkpoint copy and pasted. Bare minimum they’ll have cool variants based on location, enemies nearby, and possibly even time of day
@Cyberbrickmaster1986
No, the rewind feature does not work the same as Forza, because when you rewind in Mario Kart World, your opponents still continue to drive forwards. Something you didn't mention in this video, which even Nintendo themselves have already pointed out in the same video you were currently investigating. Also, I already worked out the tracks in the banana cup, so I know that Dino Dino Jungle is confirmed for that cup. They also confirmed that Toad's Factory will be included, but they didn't say which cup it'll be in.
@Fishy-Squad9
Not to be a nonce, but the 1-up fuel is no doubt stickers. For completing the mission a sticker pops up next to the mission cleared, and we saw on Nintendo today the different stickers you can apply to the karts. Why have a handicap mode when they showed off the tools to help players in the direct 🤨🤨
@Ryans319
I wish I could hibernate and wake up for June 5th.
@JoelTheParrot
2:56 you say this as if we haven't already seen a dolphin riding a dolphin or a wiggler riding a wiggler etc. etc.
@nicodoe6181
its interesting that they changed "cpu" to "com", even in the treehouse they were saying cpu. nobodys calling them coms 😩
@randaltd
0:54 there are 13 dots at the bottom, and with 12 characters a page - anywhere between 145-156 options for characters 😲
@Micbro
5:23 clarity on this point, those tracks DK pass and Moo Moo Meadow's battle course stages have smaller and more condensed battle mode mini maps with unique battle mode geometry seen in screenshots. It's more like the battle mode stages in Mario kart 8 deluxe using assets from race courses
@mayroque5296
Nintendo really undersold free roam during the Diredt. it’s sounds much more interesting, And with the p switches not pre marked on the map it encourages exploration. Becoming a racing platformer hybrid. Sounds cool
@delch016
My theory is that the direct was done long ago, but then Nintendo of America did the Treehouse and showed way too much and made it public to pretty much everyone (being it in english and so on). If MK wasn’t in the Treehouse, this direct would have been fantastic. So I guess they shot themselves in the foot
@joey5745
Missions are so close to a story mode, all they need to do is make the peach medallion a reward for completing the mission. Give us like 120 or 240 to complete, and reward us with hidden tracks, thats all they needed to do, Also some of the missions need to be cross continental challenges, the ultimate test,
@BreakGlassForMemes