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Talking Point: Mario Kart 7 And Its Infamous Course Skip Are Now 10 Years Old

One of the earliest Nintendo game updates we can remember.

We’re in a gaming era of plentiful patches, where it’s common for games to get frequent updates starting on day one. There are some rare releases even today that receive either no updates or very few — unless there are frequent DLC additions — and one of Nintendo’s selling points is its focus on detail and quality when it comes to shipped games; for the most part, the company releases titles that are pretty much ready-to-go and not “wait for a few updates to fix things” experiences. Its record is far from a spotless, but compared to the majority of developers a version 1.0 first-party release from Nintendo will likely be a relatively smooth experience.

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