Well, we already have a Captain Wario themed outfit, and the Wario Land series already has at least one remix/cover. So we're already up in terms of Wario representation on every other Mario Kart game in history.
Hopefully, that should make registration easier until we get a better system, since dozens of people have had issues receiving said emails after registering.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused folks!
Just saw this on the ROM Hacking.net forums, and it looks pretty damn impressive for a Wario Land 1 mod:
https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=40244.0
Definitely excited to see where it goes!
Or have a strong overlap between their fans and Wario fans in general?
Personally, the most obvious choices seem to be the following:
Shared with Wario Land
Shantae
Pizza Tower
AntonBlast
Shared with WarioWare
Rhythm Heaven
Shared with Both
Mario RPGs and spinoffs in general
But yeah...
Eh, I think we're all a lot more forgiving of questionable game design decisions when we're kids. Like yeah something akin to Big Rigs or Superman 64 is still going to be awful for us, but something with a few rough edges, questionable design decisions or dodgy features? It can still feel fun if...
Oh yeah I saw that video.
And to be honest... I agree with him here. The game itself has some good ideas, with the graphics, music, characters and story being excellent all-round.
It's just the broken touch screen controls and obnoxious treasure chest mini games that drag down the whole...
Okay that's a pretty neat easter egg! Don't see too many blatant Wario Land references in indie games, at least outside of Wario Land successors like Pizza Tower and Antonblast.