Hello,

I would like to propose a new category for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe:

Battle Mode – Renegade Roundup – Fastest Clear (Local)

Goal:

Capture all 6 enemy bots as fast as possible. Run starts at “GO!” and ends when the last enemy is captured. Any arena can be chosen.

Rules:

1. 1–3 human players, bots fill remaining slots

2. 6 enemy bots, difficulty: Normal

3. Standard items

4. Runs must be fully recorded on video

5. No cheats or modifications

6. Timing: video-based

Example: I have a run completed in 11 seconds with 3 human players. Video proof can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11NauZBzTZlatjItClTt_OXXIlPjnDvAA/view?usp=drivesdk

I am open to adjusting one or more elements if you think it would improve the category.

Thank you for considering this category!

Best regards,

Nabeex

I have a feeling this is better suited for a Category Extension of this game, not on the main game categories. My concern is if this is added, other category extensions would need to be added for the other battle modes. Some are cut and dry, like popping all cpu balloons the fastest for balloon battle, and bom om blast, but shine thief can't be time based, as there is a hard cap, and coin runners is also a hard cap. Not everyone likes renegade, so having categories for other battle modes is essential. I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but adding this might in turn make it harder and more time consuming to verify runs, as, in my opinion, if this battle mode is added, all of them would need to be, and with generally simple and potentially easy categories, there will be an early surge of run attempts overloading mods. Though I cannot speak for them, I really don't think it's a great addition due to my prior statements.

Thanks a lot for your feedback! I completely understand your points, especially the fact that if one battle mode is added, the others should also be considered for consistency. I’m fine with this being part of the Category Extensions rather than the main categories — that would already give good visibility. For verification, my run is very short (11 seconds), so it should be easy to check. Maybe it could start as a small test with Renegade Roundup only, and depending on how it goes, we could think about expanding it later to other modes. Again, thanks for your sincere and quick answer!

@Nabeex why 3 max human players, why not 4 ? Also, mabye Normal bots are too easy to be interesting. Anyway, I like this category and it should be in Category Extensions.

Merci beaucoup pour ta réponse et ton soutien. J’avais proposé trois joueurs car la run que je soumet en comporte trois mais on peut bien sûr adapter la catégorie à 4 joueurs humains ou moins. Concernant la difficulté des bots, on pourrait mettre en place une catégorie ​en difficulté normale accessible à tous, et une plus difficile, la difficulté hard. J’apprécie réellement que la proposition d’une nouvelle catégorie te plaise.