Mario Kart 8 review follow-up

Mario Kart 8 is revving up for release. Shacknews checks in with reviewer Steve Watts to get some off-the-cuff thoughts on the upcoming kart racer.

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Mario Kart 8 is revving up for release. Shacknews checks in with reviewer Steve Watts to get some off-the-cuff thoughts on the upcoming Wii U kart racer.

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    May 23, 2014 10:30 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Mario Kart 8 review follow-up.

    Mario Kart 8 is revving up for release. Shacknews checks in with reviewer Steve Watts to get some off-the-cuff thoughts on the upcoming kart racer.

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      May 23, 2014 10:49 AM

      Woah, so splitscreen is horizontal now???

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        May 23, 2014 10:52 AM

        Hey, you asked my question! Thanks :) :)

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          May 23, 2014 12:47 PM

          That's right and that kind of thing is going to be the new normal now.

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            May 23, 2014 12:48 PM

            This is awesome, do you know if the splitscreen can be toggled between vertical and horizontal mode? The vertical in the video looks like it would work a lot better IMO.

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              May 23, 2014 1:14 PM

              I'd like to know about toggling splitscreen viewing as well.

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                May 23, 2014 1:15 PM

                The video showed vertical mode, and previous versions had horizontal. I think vertical would be a lot better, but it would be nice to have the option.

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                  May 24, 2014 5:43 AM

                  I agree: vertical would work better; I just want the option in case MY WIFE balks at a vertical split.

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                    May 24, 2014 9:37 AM

                    Well, hopefully Nintendo will patch that in later. There's also a minor framerate-judder issue (the game basically plays at 59fps) that I definitely noticed playing it at gamestop. It would be awesome if Nintendo fixed that too

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            May 23, 2014 12:49 PM

            You're a good dude ozzie!

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      May 23, 2014 2:25 PM

      When can we download this from the store?

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      May 23, 2014 5:06 PM

      That was actually quite cool.

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      May 23, 2014 7:08 PM

      Nice interview! Really liked that :)

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      May 24, 2014 9:35 AM

      Yeah, I like this feature.

      Might work better a week or two later, though, after the rest of the population has played it, but it's still fresh in our minds.

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