if Coconut Mall was ported correctly to Mario Kart 8

Classic Coconut Mall

[@Toadfan]

The Miis, the cars, the rainbow boost panels, even the big rotating sphere thing above the fountain, you really did replicate everything near perfectly! Especially love how the Pianta models and animations are taken straight out of Wii instead of reusing 8’s ones

[@lion_brine_ninja6407]

very nicely made especially with details such as reflections and the rainbow boost panels fun fact: coconut mall is the only mario kart wii track to have rainbow boost panels while every other track has boost panels with an orange-purple gradient

[@burnt-potatoes]

lol they should have put the rainbow boost panels on rainbow road

[@koopamarketableplushie]

part 2 of said fun fact: the rainbow boost panels were actually remnants of an earlier version for the boost panels meant to be used everywhere, but after they changed them, seems like they just forgot about Coconut Mall

[@burnt-potatoes]

@@koopamarketableplushiethis track would be completely different with normal panels

[@TreyTheWilliam]

I keep forgetting how vibrant Mario Kart Wii was (probably because of that game's use of bloom)

[@nintony2994]

I'd very much prefer something like this over the lifeless Tour remake. So many things I miss were cut. The Beach Ball balloon dome, The arches at the end, I'd would've prefered an actual escalator too over the treadmill.

[@Ralsrags]

You can be mad at mk7 for allat, not tour

[@nintony2994]

@@Ralsrags true but I just think tour made it even worse imo

[@Colorito5092]

En mariokart 7 el centro cocotero se ve horrible

[@antoniogarest7516]

The port we deserved

[@cam935n]

No, it looks horrible

[@antoniogarest7516]

@@cam935n looks exactly like the original

[@cam935n]

@@antoniogarest7516 which is not a good thing

[@antoniogarest7516]

@@cam935n why?

[@cam935n]

@@antoniogarest7516 Because it looks like a wii game when it shouldn't

[@jTendoh]

The thing I most appreciated was hearing the original music from Wii.

[@burnt-potatoes]

They should of kept it because it’s a MASTERPIECE

[@flux8815]

Sure the old textures dont hold up but its got more of a "soul" and that's what matters to me You've got a bunch of piantas and mii's everywhere and it really feels like they are cheering on you

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

the mk8/tour one also has a “soul” but since its a new thing people immediately hate said new thing and prefer the old thing despite the fact coconut mall in 8 actually looks tropical lmao

[@flux8815]

@@yggdrasilsaltar I guess it's kind of true, but im not really a fan of mario kart wii but think the course looks more alive in that version

[@ask343]

​@@yggdrasilsaltar all the textures look flat like a Roblox game called Adopt Me

[@adora_was_taken]

@@ask343 that's so oddly specific lmao

[@ask343]

@@adora_was_taken But also accurate I hope

[@blue-cloud-studios]

Ahhh....textures I miss them

[@nintony2994]

same

[@jesse422]

Mario Kart fans be like "Oooo why stupid Nintendo would port Tour models? Lazy bums" Also Mario Kart fans: *sees model ported from a wii game* "Why didn't Nintendo just do this?!?!?!" No hate to this mod though - it looks cool, just pointing out a funny hypocrisy on these fans

[@SB2749]

This certainly is a neat port. Would I take it over the version MK8DX got, though? Not really.

[@CosmicOwO]

honestly same, I love coconut mall in general but the tour/dx version looks better to me

[@Splahoon]

@@CosmicOwO same here

[@Splahoon]

It has better graphics in my opinion

[@eskimopython2807]

Finally, a Coconut Mall port i can put in S Tier

[@Mark.M87]

Every time I'd play this track, when Lakitu says "Go!" I'd say "Hit the music!" Lol

[@ryubix5724]

As expected, he delivered

[@Teknik29]

we just got coconut malled

[@SamyTheSheep]

Sweet. The Miis were such a fun touch on the sidelines, on the posters and in the cars.

[@Jdudec367]

it was ported correctly but this looks great, however the moving Shy Guy cars are still great

[@Tayhorix]

If this gets taken down its confirmed their updating it

[@Splahoon]

If not that means the tour version of coconut mall can live on 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@burnt-potatoes]

@@Splahoon no.

[@Lqzec]

The miis and and the pics omg Nostalgic

[@Thanos-bi8rt]

When you go up the wrong escalator in Coconut Mall.

[@V0ID0625]

I feel like if Mario kart tour never existed we would definitely have higher quality tracks

[@BROSOLAF]

If MKT never existed, We wouldn’t have the BCP?

[@danielohare7826]

ported is definitely the right word for this.

[@Mabra51]

Coconut Mall on MK8 would be so cool.

[@derlummel8300]

ngl i kinda hate the cheesegrater stairs lol

[@mrconroy4672]

Nice retro. I do hope Nintendo will do retro remakes better for the next installment.

[@cam935n]

​@@ricardopratt5190 mariokart 7 didn't have Royal raceway

[@burnt-potatoes]

@@cam935nhe was talking about the retro tracks in 7, not royal raceway

[@maxwellweiss9849]

I like you can do a better port then a multi-billion dollar company. This is what we deserved

[@ll_ll2569]

And that the track model is a 3ds port

[@AndrewPacAndrewBlubirb]

It’s just appearances, when Nintendo made the Wii, then Wii U, they loved the Mii’s, and in MK8D, they didn’t care about them, though you can still create Mii’s on your Nintendo Switch

[@Normabbot27]

This is what we needed

[@carlapirro]

So if it is a perfect recreation, can you still do the ultra shortcut?

[@Mr.Galaxia]

Your such a fantastic modded man

[@ambs9564]

now i miss my wii :(

[@okosan145]

tysm for this, coconut mall in mk8d was honestly awful, and this is like a breath of fresh air.

[@Val-vb1bs]

That's really cool

[@joshuathomas6904]

This looks so nice! I wish this was the version they used in the Booster Course Pack!

[@Floink-he5qm]

This is perfection. You are my hero, my god

[@phabrick8r21]

This is great and all, but you forgot the most staple part of MKWii fandom. As someone who grew up with the game I have to ask: WHERE IS THE ENDING MUSIC?! 🎉

[@Ligytdr]

Looks so alive. Very different from most of the courses Nintendo's been poorly porting

[@PikaPhantomVG]

Main issue with the Booster Course Pass is the visual consistency. It's certainly improved significantly from Wave 1, but it's obvious they put more into some tracks than others - even in Wave 1, Choco Mountain looked better than every other course because they actually retextured more than just the main road. Plus, aside from Yoshi's Island, most of the tracks are reliant on just copypasting Toads, Yoshis, and Paratroopas randomly from the basegame, and it's...an odd way to try and make the courses feel more alive. Coconut Mall definitely looks more alive than it does in 8 Deluxe thanks to the Miis and brighter aesthetic, but realistically, people would be just as up in arms if they ported the original Wii model as they were with the fairly unaltered Tour model. At least they've kind of gotten their act together, since aside from most cities (which are limited by being large driveable areas, some of them have higher polygon models than base 8 tracks) the tracks look a lot better now, with much more extensive retexturing. Still not quite on par with the base game, except for maybe Waluigi Stadium, and they still stubbornly refuse to bring in base 8 assets like foliage and trees outside of Peach Gardens, but this port only has the edge in terms of being faithful. Had Coconut Mall not been shoved into Wave 1, it'd probably look nicer and play much more like this. (And there's still some other issues with the ports - missing elements in Tour cities that defeat the purpose of including them all as preservation, with Bangkok especially getting hit hard by this, halfpipe jank, DK Summit having some problems with the camera and a 5-second cannon launch that should've been sped up, etc., but overall it's decent - just in some respects feels comparable to what one gets with custom tracks.)

[@b1galbos89]

@@PikaPhantomVG Holy crap dude, write a damn novel while you're at it. There's nothing wrong with the damn courses in the BCP. You're just butthurt that you nitpick every tiny thing that isn't to your liking, and can't appreciate the fact that the game is gonna have 96 courses by the end of 2023. Go cry some more.

[@Rodmjorgeh]

@@b1galbos89 average Nintendo fanboy response to constructive criticism

[@nintony2994]

@@PikaPhantomVG I agree with al of this. But you do have to take in the fact that all of these tracks are being designed for a mobile game first. This is where I think just copying and pasting those npcs just feels odd. in Coconut Mall ook at the food benches and tables around you and then look at the NCPs. They're much bigger than you in 8DX where in Tour the size proportions are all different.

[@PikaPhantomVG]

@@nintony2994 The NPCs are large in base 8, too, but yeah, the upscaling of the Tour models often makes things especially off-putting. And they also often just...put them in weird spots. Berlin Byways has the most egregious example after the Berlin wall section, where you can trick off the curbs surrounding the pillars holding up the bridge you can go under - but they slapped some NPCs onto them, so it becomes janky very quickly because you can't pass through them.

[@weshuiz1325]

Nobody asked for those lazy tour ports Thx for fixing it

[@newsuperbowserworld]

I wish Mario reacted to the shadows

[@Huwitto]

It's only missing the Pianta at the start!

[@jado67]

Mario kart 7 had the best version of coconut mall imo, and this is indeed better than 8DX version

[@LazyAlarm]

Perfect! I was so extremely disappointed with the makeover they tried to give a course. If they had just dragged and dropped the original, I’d be happy. Indeed I am.

[@ACAAllertor125]

I honestly liked it better with Glider Ramps.

[@maxwellweiss9849]

What about a port from one of the arcade games? Like the Rainbow Road from those?

[@nintony2994]

to quote Grus mom "...ehh"

[@sikosonix901]

While I definitely prefer this to the official, people would still be mad if this is what we got. Whether it's a direct port with no changes or a downgraded version from Tour, people would complain.

[@hannahl4108]

BLESS YOU THANK YOU

[@JediLMS520]

Bro coconut mall isn't even on Mario kart 8

[@Robotcooldab]

How about Mariokart 8 Deluxe?

[@JediLMS520]

@@Robotcooldab THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GAME

[@Gold_Yoshi]

I wonder how you get your ports to look so perfect! It almost looks like the original!

[@miniiore]

This isn't coconut mall without the piantas.

[@cutecharacterpower]

Perfect

[@marioandtrafficlightfan3282]

If you use flying Mario, can you try getting into every impossible black hole in Mario galaxy 1

[@DoudouTerrible]

Je suis partagé entre deux idées : d'un côté je trouve ça mieux que le portage sur swich Mais d'un autre côté je me dis que c'est pas utile de reproduire 100% des textures qu'on a connu sur wii 🧐 a ce moment-là autant jouer direct sur wii ou émulateur

[@Lukedub]

Im sorry riazor you do not know how to do lighting. This isnt better .

[@Sl4yerkid]

feels slow, what cc is this on?

[@julien827]

tour coconut mall is better in every way

[@Xxblade17]

Yessir

[@arv584]

yeah tell em

[@vikizaruko6081]

Retro Looks dopw

[@OlleWtn]

This looks so much better, wtf

[@Ralsrags]

No it doesn’t ☠

[@ask343]

​@@Ralsrags it actually has textures so it does

[@SomeSleepingBud]

@@ask343 having "textures" barely erases the fact that it still looks like shit

[@SomeSleepingBud]

@@ask343 before you say anything this is also just another case of "trash vs garbage" all over again lol

[@ask343]

@@SomeSleepingBud lol ok I think it looks cool even if the lighting is kinda odd

[@byakusharingan]

Hasta la versión de 3ds es mejor que la basura que portearon (de celular) a switch

[@Vinnay94]

Nintendo seems to really be allergic to ports.

[@Mr.Galaxia]

Yo skedadudlers

[@Void-908]

Is this mk8 or mk8 deluxe?

[@burnt-potatoes]

Mario Kart 8 because there’s only 1 item slot.

[@Void-908]

Ok thanks

[@thelargesmoke4791]

But it was not so keep crying. 😈

[@clonedbraixen]

"Correctly" huh?

[@Chipmunkboy]

This aint it cheif

[@redbelmontoficial2537]

Alt. Title: Wii Coconut Mall but Nintendo actually looked to the 8/Deluxe's tracks's levels of beautifullness

[@sergiomatheus3392]

You do know this is just a port of the Mario Kart Wii version, right?

[@SB2749]

This is a straight port of the Wii model, it couldn't be any further from that lmao

[@danielohare7826]

Not even slightly.

[@redbelmontoficial2537]

@@SB2749 i know

[@redbelmontoficial2537]

@@sergiomatheus3392 it's just a joke

[@not_kjb]

This looks awful

[@not_kjb]

@@Robotcooldab cringe, please grow up

[@yeetstreetUSA]

This looks terrible

[@Splahoon]

8DLX and Tour better version 😊