


To go the extra distance and make these changes just for the Zelda specific races, that’s love for your product. It could have just been an excellent track (and it is) and people would have been happy. And here’s the thing, Nintendo didn’t have to do that. In Hyrule Circuit, rupees are there instead of coins, and instead of the standard noise you hear when grabbing a power-up, it’s tinged with the Zelda chest opening music. But it’s the level of detail that make this so special. On the face of it, sure, it’s just some new tracks, characters, and vehicles. Luckily for us, then, this is a superb package that, in many ways, shows other developers and publishers how to do DLC properly. Nintendo really don’t do average when it comes to first-party development, and that attention to detail that makes the games so polished and brilliant, well that’s actually something you’d hope for when it comes to DLC, too. Here’s the thing: we all know that Mario Kart 8 is a phenomenal game, and a serious contender for game of the year.
