Nintendo Backpedals on Mario Kart 7 Glitches

[The Wooster]

Nintendo Backpedals on Mario Kart 7 Glitches

A mandatory update will remove three glitchy shortcuts from Mario Kart 7.

Heh. "Backpedals." That was kind of clever.

Back when it became apparent that unscrupulous players could use Mario Kart 7's dodgy respawn mechanics to circumvent vast portions of three of the game's tracks, Nintendo flat out refused to fix the issue, "as doing so would create an unfair advantage for the users of the original release of the game." [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115289-Nintendo-Refuses-to-Fix-Mario-Kart-7-Exploit ]

Most speculated this was down to Nintendo's inability or refusal to allow to downloadable game patches for the 3DS. Nintendo finally got around to implementing a patch system for the handheld last month, and they've now announced a mandatory update that will remove the glitches from the online portion of Mario Kart 7. Filthy online cheaters will now find that the shortcuts on Wuhu Island Loop, Wuhu Mountain Loop and Bowser's Castle 1 no longer work.

Players who attempt to play Mario Kart 7 online will be prompted to quit the game and download the latest patch, Ver 1.1, from the eShop. The patch won't affect the single player content, so you can cheat your robot friends out of victories until their tears rust their tiny robot hearts.

Source: Nintendo [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/amkj/info/index.html] via Wired [http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/05/mario-kart-7-online-patch/]

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[Dryk]

Nintendo seem to be including game-breaking bugs as standard in first-party titles lately. Yet they still refuse to implement a proper patching system -_-

 

[Nami nom noms]

I remember the glitches in mario kart 64... but man were they hard to pull off.

I wouldn't mind having them if they take a lot of skill to perform

 

[The Last Gaijin]

Finally... it took me ages to work out why I always lost on a few particular courses.

 

[Dr Pussymagnet]

This just set back gaming 20 years and killed all artistic integrity.

 

[Suave Charlie]

Nintendo Backpedals On Mario Kart 7 Glitches

...And pisses Fire.

Oh Nintendo, you'll catch up eventually.

 

[gentlemanghost]

"The patch won't effect the single player content, so you can cheat your robot friends out of victories until their tears rust their tiny robot hearts."

I'm sure you meant to say, "The patch won't AFFECT the single player content...."

 

[Something Amyss]

The patch won't effect the single player content, so you can cheat your robot friends out of victories until their tears rust their tiny robot hearts.

Affect, innit?

Anyway, is this really backpedaling? Their prior option was to effectively release two different versions. Now that they can patch, there's no unfairness.

 

[Something Amyss]

**Slow Clap** Surely this is the bleeding edge of gaming. Tell me more about these mysterious 'patches'.

Well done Nintendo. You have offically reached 2001 **Clap... Clap... Clap***. Next you might tell me they have invented a way to play gamnes online without an IP adres- i mean 'friend code'.

Maybe someday, when people actually want online gaming, they will do this.

 

[Li Mu]

If Nintendo back peddle enough they might go back to a time when they made games worth buying.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

Nintendo Backpedals On Mario Kart 7 Glitches

A mandatory update will remove three glitchy shortcuts from Mario Kart 7.

Heh. "Backpedals." That was kind of clever.

Would you say they're drifting from their original stance?

Next thing you know... Yahtzee will actually REVIEW this game!

Do we really need the forums to go into another downward spiral of "Yatzhee hates Nintendo!!"?
We're barely done with the Kid Icarus Uprising cryfest.

 

[McMarbles]

No patch? Nintendo is lazy and behind the times.

A patch is released? They're backpedaling.

Nintendo: Always wrong, because, um, reasons.