(Figured I might as well get this one logged in before the Wii U's online services completely shut down.)
To Mario Kart 8's credit, it came out at the perfect time for me personally. I was an adopter of the doomed Wii U in the early winter of 2014, and I needed that game to come out. That game I needed would be the one to finally give me an answer as to why I begged Santa to get me this lousy console for Christmas that previous year. And boy, did Mario Kart 8 deliver. Now, did I feel like any less of a loser for having a Wii U at that time? No, not really, but this game was still plenty great! And while it's obviously been cast aside by its near-flawless Deluxe counterpart, I can still remember all of the summer days I spent grinding on this particular game online.
To Mario Kart 8's credit, it came out at the perfect time for me personally. I was an adopter of the doomed Wii U in the early winter of 2014, and I needed that game to come out. That game I needed would be the one to finally give me an answer as to why I begged Santa to get me this lousy console for Christmas that previous year. And boy, did Mario Kart 8 deliver. Now, did I feel like any less of a loser for having a Wii U at that time? No, not really, but this game was still plenty great! And while it's obviously been cast aside by its near-flawless Deluxe counterpart, I can still remember all of the summer days I spent grinding on this particular game online.