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GTA 6 And Mario Kart Are Both $80 Standard Edition Meme

This two-panel meme uses the popular Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz 'two nickels' template from *Phineas and Ferb* to joke about the recent trend of AAA video games raising their standard edition price to $79.99 (colloquially referenced as $80). The first panel features Doofenshmirtz next to the official *Grand Theft Auto 6* cover art, with text stating 'If I had a nickel every time a game's standard edition started at $79.99, I'd have two nickels'. The second panel shows a confused Doofenshmirtz next to the *Mario Kart World* cover art, with the follow-up text 'Which isn't a lot but weird that the first nickel was a Mario Kart game'. The joke highlights the unexpected rise in base game pricing, and the additional surprise that a Mario Kart title was one of the first major releases to adopt the higher $80 price point before the highly anticipated GTA 6.
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If I had a nickel every time a game's standard edition started at $79.99, I'd have two nickels
Which isn't a lot but weird that the first nickel was a Mario Kart game

Overview

This two-panel meme uses the popular Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz 'two nickels' template from Phineas and Ferb to joke about the recent trend of AAA video games raising their standard edition price to $79.99 (colloquially referenced as $80). The first panel features Doofenshmirtz next to the official Grand Theft Auto 6 cover art, with text stating 'If I had a nickel every time a game's standard edition started at $79.99, I'd have two nickels'. The second panel shows a confused Doofenshmirtz next to the Mario Kart World cover art, with the follow-up text 'Which isn't a lot but weird that the first nickel was a Mario Kart game'. The joke highlights the unexpected rise in base game pricing, and the additional surprise that a Mario Kart title was one of the first major releases to adopt the higher $80 price point before the highly anticipated GTA 6.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, shared via RSS feed. It references the 2024 announcements that both the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 (published by Rockstar Games) and Mario Kart World (published by Nintendo) will have standard editions priced at $79.99, a $10 increase from the previously standard $69.99 price for AAA games. It repurposes the widely used Dr. Doofenshmirtz 'two nickels' meme template to deliver its joke about the pricing trend.

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