Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 3.0.1. Patch Fixes Anti-Bagging Measures Accidentally Triggering

Nintendo has released update 3.0.1. for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which acts as the firs patch following the major 3.0 update.

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Bagging seems like it should be a valid strategy, let yourself go to the back of the pack to get better items, but run the risk of not being able to catch up.
- It seems counter-intuitive to make a racing game's optimal strategy to lag behind the rest of the other racers
  
  Mario Kart is a racing game like Smash Bros is a fighting game; sure it fits, but you can’t really compare it directly to the competition.
  
  It does, but for a real world parallel see bike sprints.
How would you stop bagging? Detect if someone brakes when moving to a lower place vs getting hit with items? That's a bold change.
- How they implemented it it is you can't get a strong item if you pick-up the item box while being stopped (like as it respawns with no forward speed), by going in reverse or picking up the same one multiple times.

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