Will play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe twelve in the same living room? It is possible, if you have the equipment and the space to do it, of course. Whereas the first one et the second wave of new content just released to expand the number of circuits available, Twitter ignites after the rediscovery of the LAN option hidden in the main menu.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a secret LAN Mode! Hold L+R and click-in the Left Stick on the main menu. Wire up to 12 Switches for 12-player in person Mario Kart action! #MK8D #NintendoSwitch #MarioKart pic.twitter.com/woR6qzq3Qy
— Mankalor (@Mankalor) August 13, 2022
If this menu is actually “hidden” in the sense that you have to perform a small manipulation on the controller to make it appear, it is nonetheless known since the game was released, ie for five years. Nothing to join the little secrets of the saga Mario Kart …
All the information needed to set up a LAN with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Switch are also available on Nintendo’s online support. However, it would seem that many players were still unaware of it, hence the frenzy around user Mankalor’s initial tweet.
What is a LAN?
If you don’t know it yet, a LAN-party, more simply called LAN, is an event in which players play together by physically linking their machines. LAN indeed comes from English local area networkor simply “local network”, and designates this mode of information exchange between different terminals (computers, consoles, etc.) without going through the Internet.
Pour Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, this therefore translates into the possibility of meeting up to twelve locally, since the races are limited to twelve participants. This option is therefore particularly useful for the organization of tournaments.
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Want to play 12 player Mario Kart 8 Deluxe LAN mode at a drive-in theater? Check out @connect_esports‘ tournament at the Dixie Twin Drive-in happening in Dayton, Ohio on Aug 22nd! 2 spots are left to sign up! #MK8D #NintendoSwitch #MarioKart pic.twitter.com/t56EAt2hDI
— Mankalor (@Mankalor) August 15, 2022
Obviously, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe offers other multiplayer game modes, such as a classic local mode on a single console, which can bring together up to four players, but also an online mode for furious matches with competitors from all over the world.
How to make hidden LAN menu appear in “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe”?
To bring up the hidden LAN option in the main menu of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Switch, simply hold the L and R buttons on the controller and press the left stick. The local wireless mode is then replaced by the LAN mode.
Thanks to the manipulation, LAN mode has replaced the local wireless game mode in the main menu of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. © Nintendo
To organize your LAN, you will then need a lot of material: for each participant (or pair of participants, since it is still possible to be two per console during a LAN of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), you need a Nintendo Switch console with its docking station, a game card Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a LAN adapter, an Ethernet cable and a TV. Good luck !