Mario Kart 8's artstyle was broad and realistic and could work with pretty much any character ever. 9's is way more specific and founded in replicating a certain 2d Mario artstyle similar to wonder.
Honestly I don't even want crossover DLC to become a standard for Mario kart, you could do so much more interesting things than giving us the same characters in every dlc drop. I don't want a tradition of "dlc time! Time to buy inkling for the 12th time!"
Honestly I don't even want crossover DLC to become a standard for Mario kart, you could do so much more interesting things than giving us the same characters in every dlc drop. I don't want a tradition of "dlc time! Time to buy inkling for the 12th time!"
To be fair I do agree that I'm not expecting a Nintendo kart, but I'd be shocked if the crossover aspect stop with 8. At the very least I think Splatoon and AC will come back, maybe as dlc again. But yeah, I think people expecting Smash style crossover with Xenoblade and Fire emblem in Mario kart are very optimistic.