Star players with millions of fans, like Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev in CS:GO or Martin “Rekkles” Larsson in RIOT’s MOBA, do not yet exist in Mario Kart. There are still no major tournaments with lucrative prize money. As good as the game may be, there is still no basis for a really large esports scene, like there is for games such as League of Legends or Counter-Strike. So have all criteria been met so that Mario Kart could become a really big thing in esports? Not quite. And then there is the amazing multiplayer part, the core component of any potential esports game. The game from Nintendo also has a large fanbase who has been loyal to the racing classic for more than 15 parts or various offshoots. It has proven that its game principle also works across generations and can excite people of almost all age groups. Mario Kart undoubtedly has all the ingredients for an interesting esports game. Lots of players and an exciting multiplayer - perfect for esports? Hardly any other game triggers such thieving joy as Mario Kart when you blow your best buddy with a red shell off the track shortly before the finish line or when your girlfriend slides with her kart because she drove over a cleverly placed banana peel.ĭodging the meanness of the competitors and using the power-ups that are distributed along the route to your advantage, that is the most important aspect of being successful in Mario Kart in addition to driving skills - and also one of the most fun components of the whole Game.
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The gigantic success of the fast racers in the Super Mario universe impressively shows that the game principle, which has hardly changed since the first part of the series in 1992, is timeless. The recipe for success does not wear off even after many years In contrast to many other game series, Mario Kart does not suffer from the slightly smaller screen of a 3DS or a switch and the fast races are the perfect pastime for short waiting times at the bus stop or during lunch break. One reason for this is certainly that the game principle can be perfectly played both on the television at home and on the go with one of the many handhelds from Nintendo. The fascinating thing about it: Whether Nintendo Wii, Switch or 3DS - Mario Kart was able to prove itself on almost every of Nintendo's many platforms and has always been one of the most popular games among fans of the Japanese consoles. In total, the games of the Mario Kart series have sold over 100 million times.
The latest installment in the series, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch, is the best-selling racing game of all time, beating other games with expensive licenses and realism down to the smallest detail.
And Nintendo's successful Mario Kart series has absolutely nothing to worry about. In order for a game to be considered for esports competitions on a larger scale, it needs an adequate player base. A fundamentally simple game principle, which is aimed more at fun than competition, can still be ideal for exciting games in tournaments or for real money challenges. The other Twitch-based content Nintendo promises to provide sounds interesting, but it is a shame that gameplay streaming won’t be available for those who want it.Games like Among Us or Hearthstone have shown it - in order to be noticed in esports, a game does not necessarily have to be designed for a hardcore community, as it has always been the case for Starcraft.
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Given the huge success of the gameplay streaming services on the PS4 and Xbox One, it seems evident that consumers do find the idea of being able to directly share their gameplay with one another “fun.” It seems like Nintendo is trying to tell its consumers what is and is not a good use of their products, which is usually not a good way to approach customer service interactions. Nintendo also recently announced that it will be putting together a means for video bloggers and youtubers to work with Nintendo to create public content that will be exempt from copyright infringement. The Wii U still will have a presence on Twitch in the form of more focused content such as the highlight reels from Mario Kart 8. “…what we’ve got to think through is, so what’s fun about that? From a consumer standpoint, what’s fun about it?” he said. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime recently made Nintendo’s opinion of gameplay streaming known in an interview, in which he said, “We don’t think streaming 30 minutes of gameplay by itself is a lot of fun.”įils-Aime said that the decision not to bring straight gameplay streaming to Wii U was based on the concern in Nintendo that it wouldn’t be interesting or compelling enough to consumers. It looks like Wii U owners won’t be getting Twitch gameplay streaming services anytime soon.
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