Nintendo Gives More Info On Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Japanese gaming publication, Famitsu recently interviewed Nintendo’s Kosuke Yabuki who worked on both Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Arms simultaneously. Here’s a few key things to note from the interview:

• Kosuke Yabuki worked on both Arms and Mario Kart 8 DX simultaneously.
• Yabuki was very excited to make this version for Switch
• Wanted to deliver a Mario Kart game immediately and not start from scratch.
• Nintendo EPD used the extra power for 1080p/60fps on tv mode.
• Yabuki says the extra ram allowed his team to experiment with holding multiple items at once. (all 12 characters can hold 2 items at a time)
• Consulted with Nogami for the Splatoon stage and characters
• Lot of strategy can be used in battle mode
• Gyro controls improved
• Doesn’t completely shutdown the idea of future DLC, but he says the game already has so much content.