{"id":3801,"date":"2025-06-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:18:57","slug":"games-inbox-is-mario-kart-world-too-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/games-inbox-is-mario-kart-world-too-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Is Mario Kart World too hard?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Thursday letters page admits to preferring third person Resident Evil<\/a>, as a reader asks which are Suda51\u2019s best games.<\/p>\n

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AI takeover<\/strong>
Count me in the set of people that think Mario Kart World<\/a> is mostly great. The open world is strange in the way it\u2019s used but I\u2019ve enjoyed the actual racing a whole lot. However, one issue I\u2019ve not really heard anyone talk about is that I feel the game is probably a bit too hard in single-player.<\/p>\n

I consider myself a pretty decently skilled gamer – not amazing but at least a little above average for most games – but I\u2019ve really struggled with everything above 50cc. It\u2019s not even the random elements, with blue shells at the finishing line and whatever, but I find that the higher you go the less mistakes you can afford to make, as catching up is surprisingly difficult.<\/p>\n

Knockout Tour is the worst, as I even started to find that difficult in 50cc, let alone the higher speeds. It\u2019s got to the point where I feel I have a better chance of winning online, against human players, which doesn\u2019t seem right. Is it just me being terrible against the AI or is the game actually a lot harder than you\u2019d think?
Tolly<\/strong><\/p>\n

See the fear<\/strong>
Being able to switch from first to third person in Resident Evil Requiem<\/a> seems like the obvious choice, now that it\u2019s been revealed. I\u2019ll most play in third person, like I always do, but I imagine first person will be better for some action scenes and aiming and such like.<\/p>\n

First person is always described as being more immersive but I\u2019m not sure that it actually makes that much difference in a horror game. Resident Evil 7 was scary, but no more so than some of the earlier games, while Resident Evil Village wasn\u2019t frightening at all. It wasn\u2019t trying to be (except for that<\/em> bit) but nothing about being first person made it automatically more tense, at least not for me.<\/p>\n

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A lot of the appeal in Resident Evil is the characters and so I think it\u2019s important to see them as much as possible. I can\u2019t even remember what the main character is in 7 and Village, as I don\u2019t think you ever see his face. But I remember Rose, because she is in a lot of cut scenes. The first person-only games were a worthy experiment but I hope it\u2019s days as the only option are over.
Sully<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last reveal<\/strong>
So there we have it: the Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest selling console of all time<\/a>, despite coming out at a slow time of year for games (and not during a pandemic) and being expensive for a Nintendo console. Having a lot of stock obviously helped but I still think it\u2019s an impressive achievement.<\/p>\n

What matters now is where Nintendo goes from here. I agree that their line-up of games so far is not very impressive, which is not a problem I imagined the console having, knowing how well Nintendo supported the Switch 1.<\/p>\n

I hope there is a Nintendo Direct this month but I\u2019m not sure it would have much on anything but the games that have already been announced. I feel Splatoon Raiders was probably the last reveal for the year, which is going to leave us hanging for a long time until there\u2019s any new news.
Onibee<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bananas decision<\/strong>
It’s nice to hear from Nick the Greek! I’d be up for continuing our Mario Kart rivalry at some point if we can catch each other online. I’m not sure I have enough free time to do a photo feature at the moment but maybe at some point. I’m glad he still remembers my Zelda ones.<\/p>\n

As for the Switch 2, I have mixed feelings. Mario Kart World is superb, especially the Knockout Tour, but it’s noticeable we’re lacking a big new single-player at the moment. For the first Switch, we had Zelda: Breath Of The Wild which made the launch much more exciting.<\/p>\n

It’s a shame Donkey Kong Bananza wasn’t out for launch. I really hope it’s good. It’d help if Nintendo clarified if it was developed by the Mario team. I’ve seen a lot of complaints about the lack of Mario game announcement, but Bananza might very well be it. Guess we’ll soon find out!
Ryan O’D<\/strong><\/p>\n

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