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you know it takes a lot to get Nintendo
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fans to turn on one of their own but
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that's exactly what's happening right
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now with Mario Kart World the newest
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update didn't just ruffle a few feathers
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here guys and outright wrecked how most
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people enjoy playing online and now the
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game is getting review bombed pretty
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hard but here's the thing the backlash
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isn't toxic it's actually earned because
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Nintendo just took a fan favorite
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feature broke it and didn't even warn
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anyone so taking a look at the
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Metacritic yeah it's still sitting at a
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generally favorable so not all hope is
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gone but there is quite a noticeable
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change as far as user review goes if you
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go to the user review section you can
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see there's 288 as of this video that
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I'm recording negative reviews from
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users and uh they all say the same thing
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toned depth execution of game modes
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which removes the joy of online play
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you see this game has the potential to
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be great the open world is generally fun
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to explore however the recent change to
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online mode has made being able to play
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these greatly designed tracks impossible
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i sadly cannot give a higher score to
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this game while online play which is the
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main method of playing this game for
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many people allows players to enjoy the
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amazing track design only 1/4 of the
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so much potential such a failure give us
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three threelap races online no one likes
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the highway tracks this game is just a
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collection of wide straight lines with
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no real interest all the players used to
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pick random to play on Ederson maps and
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Nintendo instead of fixing the straight
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tracks by adding turns chose to change
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how random works so players end up
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racing on ultra wide straight tracks
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instead i mean we got zeros in here we
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got ones here you can see Monier Kono
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says a horrifying first for Nintendo a
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lowquality overpriced game masquerading
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as a addition to one of the classic
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franchises and the open world is barren
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and empty but at least you can play the
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classic Mario Kart experience via the
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via the online mode and random option
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right wrong nintendo stripped the
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classic Mario Kart experience away from
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the game weeks after millions already
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bought in with the eye watering $500
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price tag people are not happy here this
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is wild straight Road Simulator i don't
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know what they were thinking with
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intermissions they are so bad the recent
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update to Mario Kart World has put me
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off from buying the Switch 2 instead of
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listening to player feedback Nintendo
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has essentially killed online with the
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nintendo saw that everyone in the mother
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was picking random and online play but
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instead of improving the overall
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experience by offering a threelap mode
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they went and removed a lot of people's
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major reason to play so yeah this update
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pissed mega pissed let's break it down
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guys this is all because of the update
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the version 1.12 update that dropped
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June 25th for Mario Kart World on the
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Nintendo Switch 2 and if you read the
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patch notes you'd be forgiven for
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thinking if it was nothing right like a
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nothing burger just a few bug fixes some
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adjustments to random track selection
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and versus race what does that really
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mean well here's the actual issue guys
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selecting random when playing online
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used to reliably give players one of the
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core traditional threelap tracks you
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know the meat and potatoes of Mario Kart
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where strategy shortcuts and items and
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how you use them matter the most but now
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thanks to this update random is far more
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likely to drop you into what's called an
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intermission track and guess what they
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suck now what are intermission tracks
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these are basically glorified loading
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zones quick onel drives between major
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courses they're short they're shallow
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they lack all the fun intension of an
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actual Mario Kart race you know what
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makes them great is you have to try to
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do the three laps without getting
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knocked over with your weapons and the
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enemies weapons and all that these laps
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these intermission laps literally exist
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to connect parts of the world in this
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new format of Mario Kart World but no
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one asked for them to be in the regular
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online race track rotation especially
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not this frequently before the patch you
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might get one occasionally here or there
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but now it feels like literally half of
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your online matches are these watered
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down throwaway tracks and the
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community's patience on this is wearing
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thin so this is where the main reaction
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and the review bombing begins guys what
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players did is they did what angry
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players do you go to Metacritic when
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devs don't listen you go to Metacritic
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and you basically review bomb which is
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what we're seeing here since this update
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hit Mario Kart World's user score went
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from a 8.3 to a 7.8 now that on paper
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doesn't sound like much guys but for a
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Nintendo game that's a huge drop again
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negative reviews in just a matter of a
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few days guys and keep in mind this is
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just user backlash from the latest
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update the total number of mixed reviews
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is also rising pretty fast guys again
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over 200 logged by just just this
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weekend this came out on the 25th it's
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the 29th now that means over 30% of all
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the user feedback for Mario Kart World
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is now negative or mixed that's not good
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for a Nintendo title much less Mario
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Kart the game that is literally like the
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backend game for the Switch 2 console
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that's not good and again it's not just
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salty players whining here okay these
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reviews have receipts people are begging
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Nintendo to bring back features for
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe the Grand Prix mode
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the classic versus race setups and most
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importantly a way to opt out of this
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intermission races right people want the
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classic style and in their eyes is that
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too much to ask and to be honest no it
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it's it's fair all right why does this
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matter well the value of choice gamers
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want choice the worst part of all this
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situation is that this was avoidable
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nintendo could have just given players a
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toggle some kind of setting where you
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could toggle off things if you want the
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scenic one lap races in the transition
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intermission races whatever you want to
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call them cool let people opt in to be
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able to do it you want the regular
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threelap highintensity races with real
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pacing and skill expression let players
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choose that instead they silently forced
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a gameplay shift onto everyone and acted
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like it was just a small fix the the
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adjustments right that they say in the
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update notes it's honestly classic
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Nintendo right this toxic relationship
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we have with Nintendo where they're
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stubborn to a fault they're unwilling to
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communicate and they're convinced that
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they basically know what's best for
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everyone i guess since they sell like
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hot cakes and everything sells out yeah
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sure maybe they know what's best for
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everyone but the bigger picture here is
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that this isn't just about Mario Kart
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World it's a pattern a pattern that
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Nintendo has had and they've had a habit
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of taking away player choice in favor of
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streamlining or modernizing features all
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the time but when that design you know
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that design philosophy that they have
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clashes with what players actually want
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it creates moments like this moments
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where fans finally say enough is enough
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and they start review bombing and let's
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be real though if you're jumping into
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Mario Kart after a long day of work
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right you you hop in you open a cold one
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you're not hoping for a 45se secondond
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intermission track that's just a
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straight highway lane you want a race
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you want something fun you want the
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thrill of cutting corners dodging shells
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uh outplaying your rivals over three
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laps of total chaos that Mario Kart
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magic here and Nintendo diluted it in
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online mode which to me that I play more
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online than single player and lots of
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people do will Nintendo listen to this
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response though looking at the
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Metacritic scores and everything
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historically no nintendo hasn't
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responded to review bombing in the past
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they just kind of do their own thing
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march to the beat of their own drum but
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this time they might want to pay
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attention cuz Mario Kart World isn't
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just some spin-off guys it's supposed to
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be the major tent pull of the Switch 2
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it's the pack-in game this is like the
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Switch 2's online ecosystems like tent
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pole game this is the app if they want
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players to stay engaged over time they
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can't just bulldoze over feedback and
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pretend that it's all fine right that
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meme oh this is fine with the fire and
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everything especially when competitive
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players casual fans and longtime
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supporters are all saying the same thing
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this update made the game worse now is
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it broken no but it is a nuisance it's
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It's not a feature that helps anybody
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it's quite annoying and I mean the
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proof's in the pudding here guys so
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where does this leave us if you're like
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me you're probably a little annoyed a
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little frustrated you want to love Mario
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Kart World it's a fantastic game you
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want to grind online though like me i
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stream with you guys all the time i want
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to play this i want to play Knockout i
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want to play versus races and I want to
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get better but right now it feels like
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the game's actively fighting against the
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fun and I swear to God they did some
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nerfing on some of the items and also on
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the races cuz it seems like now I can't
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even separate myself from the pack did
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they did they nerf being able to be in
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front like now it feels like rubber
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banding is even worse so let me know in
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the comments how you feel about this
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update so far are intermission tracks
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ruining your online races have you left
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a review on Metacritic yourself or are
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you just hoping that Nintendo walks this
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change back either way if you care about
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the future of this franchise and how
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Nintendo treats its players consider
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subscribing to this channel i'll be
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covering every major update every fix
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and every screw- up from Nintendo until
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we get the version of Mario Kart World
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we actually deserve and I want battle
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mode to be better as well i want some
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actual arenas so anyways see you in the
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next race uh thank you for watching
