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so Nintendo did it again they silently
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pushed out a Mario Kart World update
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that looks small on the surface but
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fundamentally it screws up how the
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online gameplay works you remember that
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random track selection option we all
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relied on to actually play normal
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threelap courses yeah that's broken now
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and it's not just some technical glitch
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or mistake this is a design choice and
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it might be the worst one they've made
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since they first introduced those
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intermission tracks if you're someone
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who just wants to play actual Mario Kart
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the core tracks with time trials
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shortcuts and a real race flow this
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change basically tells you to go
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somewhere else so here's what's
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happening for the longest time in Mario
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Kart World we had a reliable system you
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go online you pick random and you could
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expect the game to throw you into a
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regular threelap course the stuff people
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actually practice in time trials mumu
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Meadows Rainbow Road Wario Stadium the
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tracks that feel like actually real
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Mario Kart but now after this latest
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update random doesn't mean what it used
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to now it can and often does select
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these intermission tracks you know those
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in between segments that connect to the
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main tracks and they basically feel like
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filler yeah those are now in the pool
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and worse they're showing up a lot more
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than they should i tested this and I
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played match after match and random
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picked an intermission a couple times in
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a row and it wasn't just a fluke this is
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the new normal what used to be a 90%
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chance of a good track has completely
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flipped now more likely to land in a
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glorified hallway than a real race and
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here's the part that drives me crazy
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these intermission tracks aren't fun
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they're shallow there's no real room to
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build a lead no intense turns no
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technical mastery you just hold A and
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hope that your items save you and that's
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it strategy skill nah it's Mario Kart
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Light even worse the comeback mechanics
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are overpowered on these tracks because
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they're short and there's often only one
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set of item boxes whoever gets the shock
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or golden mushroom basically wins every
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time while the rest of us are just
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playing survival mode so instead of
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racing with a plan trying to cut corners
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manage your items boost efficiently
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you're now better off sitting in the
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back of the pack hoping to pull
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something broken and it turns what used
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to be a competitive fast-paced
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experience into a weird waiting game
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that's not Mario Kart that's that's
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chaos without the fun so what's baffling
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is how easy this would be to fix all
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Nintendo had to do was add a toggle let
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people pick do you want intermissions or
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classic races and that's it that solves
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everything players who love the new
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stuff get to play it people like me who
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prefer tight well-designed courses you
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know they don't get punished for wanting
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to play the game that is meant to be
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played but nope instead of giving us
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options Nintendo just quietly changed
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the rules there's no announcement no
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opt-in just hey good luck figuring out
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what kind of track you're going to get
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next why is it that the most basic
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quality of life features always seem
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like a foreign concept to Nintendo they
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know people play Mario Kart World Online
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more than anything else why mess with
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the one system that was working and it's
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not just sweaty time trial players
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getting screwed here this affects
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everyone casuals who just want to hop
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into a quick Worldwide good luck you're
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going to waste 5 minutes on an
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intermission where nothing matters get
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hit by a shock and go from first to 10th
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for no reason new players they're not
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learning anything these tracks aren't
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good teaching tools they're chaotic and
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inconsistent you can't build skill here
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and for people like me who've made this
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game a regular part of their day it's
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demoralizing i used to love grinding
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worldwides to test what I practice in
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time trials now I don't even want to
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queue up some folks are saying "Well
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just go play competitive." Like yeah
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okay cool if you have a full hour and 12
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other people ready to go at exactly the
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right time the current competitive
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format is rigid and not even close to a
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casual friendly alternative it's a
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commitment and not one that fits into
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most people's day if I only have time
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for two to three races I don't want to
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get locked into some sweaty tournament
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just to avoid random garbage tracks and
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the offline modes don't even get me
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started on that i'm not here to raise
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bots that's not what this game is about
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honestly this update exposes a bigger
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issue nintendo's unwillingness to listen
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or adapt every time they make a change
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they do it in a vacuum no community
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polls no player feedback loops just
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decisions silent ones with real
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consequences and I know some people are
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going to say "It's not that bad just
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adapt." No that that's not the point the
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point is we had a working system and it
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was removed we lost control and for what
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a more confusing online system that
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caters to absolutely no one in
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particular so here's my advice if you
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love Mario Kart World speak up let
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Nintendo know this update is garbage
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post in forums tweet make your voice
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heard sure they might not listen but we
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could hope right and if you're new to
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the game and you're wondering why things
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feel off lately this is why it's not you
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it's the system it's this update that
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Nintendo decided to go with these tracks
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aren't built to support real competition
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anymore and the experience has been
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watered completely down nintendo if
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you're listening add a classic mode let
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us play Mario Kart the way it was meant
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to be played before people start
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quitting the game altogether i get it
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that this is your banger hit for the
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Switch 2 console it's packed in with
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most people that bought a Switch 2 but
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you got to make your consumers happy
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especially if this is the main app that
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most people are playing until games like
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Donkey Kong Bonanza come out anyways
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guys let me know in the comments down
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below how do you feel about this update
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are you enjoying these intermissionheavy
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online sessions or do you miss the old
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random style like I do and if you're new
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here hit subscribe we break down the
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real news that Nintendo doesn't always
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want you to notice and thank you for
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watching i'll see you in the next race
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assuming it's not another straight line
