Patch 1.1.2 for Mario Kart World hit Nintendo Swap 2 consoles just lately, and with it got here just a few minor changes to tracks like Boo Cinema and Dino Dino Jungle. Nevertheless, many gamers have taken to Reddit and different web sounding boards to voice their displeasure with the match, because it appears to have made some unwelcome modifications to on-line play.
A number of customers have revealed that Patch 1.1.2 makes it harder to have the usual three-lap race when taking part in on-line with pals. Matchmaking, it appears, prefers what have been dubbed “intermission races”–or races the place drivers should as a substitute journey by way of the open map from one observe to a different, after which run a single lap on the brand new observe.
Nevertheless, earlier than every race, gamers have been allowed to decide on a observe, and it was found that the “Random” choice would at all times select a observe for the standard three-lap race–until this patch modified it. Now, whereas the Random choice nonetheless typically gives a three-lap race, intermission races have develop into extra prevalent because the patch was pushed out.
A ResetEra thread in regards to the change has many gamers voicing their displeasure, comparable to person KillstealWolf who merely wrote, “Thanks I hate it.” One other person, BlueStarEXSF, mentioned that Nintendo “low key fully ruined on-line,” whereas a 3rd, Foffy, mentioned that the patch was “ruining the standard Mario Kart expertise for no good motive.”
Mario Kart World is on the market now completely for Nintendo Swap 2. The complete patch notes for Patch 1.1.2, per the official Nintendo support website, are as follows:
Mario Kart World Replace 1.1.2 Patch Notes
- Normal
- Adjusted programs chosen in “Random” when deciding on the following course in a wi-fi “VS Race.”
- Mounted Points
- Made readjustments to repair a problem the place charge fluctuations have been typically displayed incorrectly in “On-line Play” and “Knockout Tour.”
- Mounted a problem the place you typically can’t recuperate rapidly after falling off the course in “Dino Dino Jungle”.
- Mounted a problem the place you frequently hit the wall close to the end line of “Boo Cinema” when remodeled into Bullet Invoice.