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Your Friend posted:It's a Nintendo first party game so of course it's going to have it. Uh, last I checked most games didn't have support for it. That could have changed though. Liquid Penguins posted:I hope you can have more than 2 players locally if someone is using the gamepad screen. (not talking about online at all) Pretty sure you can but if there's more than 1 player, you can't play using the gamepad as a screen. You just use it as a controller for multiplayer. Yeah... pretty dumb, and kinda makes you question the whole WiiU gimmick, if Nintendo can't even implement it.
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Zaphod42 posted:Uh, last I checked most games didn't have support for it. That could have changed though. The vast majority of games support off-tv play and have from the very beginning. The only ones that don't are games that require both screens like Nintendo Land or Zombi U or whatever.
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May 28, 2014 22:20
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:The vast majority of games support off-tv play and have from the very beginning. The only ones that don't are games that require both screens like Nintendo Land or Zombi U or whatever. Weird, I swear I tried doing it with lots of games and couldn't find a way, and I remember them having to patch it in to Monster Hunter months after release. I haven't played much WiiU in months and months, though.
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May 28, 2014 22:41
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Zaphod42 posted:Weird, I swear I tried doing it with lots of games and couldn't find a way, and I remember them having to patch it in to Monster Hunter months after release. I haven't played much WiiU in months and months, though. Cool, you don't know much of anything then, sit down nerd.
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May 28, 2014 22:52
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Is there a WiiU megathread somewhere?
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May 28, 2014 23:05
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KingEup posted:Is there a WiiU megathread somewhere? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3507212 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3635669 Take your pick 
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May 28, 2014 23:18
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I wonder what parts to go with since as far as I know the cool plane isn't available in this one. The Battleship one looks cool but apparently it's heavy as poo poo.
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May 29, 2014 02:01
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Crawfish posted:I wonder what parts to go with since as far as I know the cool plane isn't available in this one. You can find all the vehicle stats right here: http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_8#Vehicle_parts 
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May 29, 2014 02:09
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Oh man, they made a kart homage to Steel Diver. This generations Blue Falcon kart. Probably going with the Biddybuggy myself though. It's a shame they didn't do a Gold Bike or Gold Buggy option to go along with the Golden Kart.
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May 29, 2014 02:19
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JordanKai posted:You can find all the vehicle stats right here: http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_8#Vehicle_parts How lame. Everything is basically the same.
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May 29, 2014 02:33
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Waltzing Along posted:How lame. Everything is basically the same.
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May 29, 2014 03:00
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True, but it would be nice to see differences in the stats. It's like they might look different, but they all fall into one of three categories why not vary it up a bit? I'm guessing this means the characters are all about the same, too. E: Yep, they are. Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 03:04 on May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014 03:02
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There... is a differecne in stats? I'm not sure what you're saying. I count about 10 different combinations across the bodies. You can combine characters, karts, wheels, and gliders to get the exact stat combination you want.
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May 29, 2014 03:07
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Endorph posted:There... is a differecne in stats? I'm not sure what you're saying. I count about 10 different combinations across the bodies. You can combine characters, karts, wheels, and gliders to get the exact stat combination you want. There are 5 groupings of stats for the people. Rather than everyone being unique, you get 2 smalls, 2 mediums and 3 large. But in those categories the characters are exactly the same. I like MKWii with everyone being slightly different and every vehicle being slightly different. Sure you can mix and match now, but you could have two completely different combos that statistically are exactly the same. 
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May 29, 2014 03:11
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The trouble with everyone being unique is that it means every single person will play as Funky Kong on whichever bike was the best. At least this way, everyone will be playing only 1 weight class and only one specific subsection of karts or what have you.
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May 29, 2014 03:20
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That's true. It just seems they could have gone an extra step in balancing.
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May 29, 2014 03:25
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Waltzing Along posted:There are 5 groupings of stats for the people. Rather than everyone being unique, you get 2 smalls, 2 mediums and 3 large. But in those categories the characters are exactly the same.
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May 29, 2014 03:30
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The T posted:The trouble with everyone being unique is that it means every single person will play as Funky Kong 
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May 29, 2014 03:35
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Trash Boat posted:You seem to be implying that there's a problem with this scenario. The real problem is no funky kong. I really hope there is dlc.
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May 29, 2014 03:51
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Um you have metal mario, luigi and peach, and like 4 babies what more could you ask for???
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May 29, 2014 03:55
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Metal Baby Funky Kong
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May 29, 2014 03:58
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^^^^This. E: Maybe Baby Metal WaFunky Kong.
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May 29, 2014 04:02
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Oh hey, the web app is live: https://mariokart.tv/
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May 29, 2014 04:11
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Oh hey, the web app is live:
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May 29, 2014 04:42
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I don't know how many of these I'll watch or make but goddamn do these videos highlight how good this game looks.
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May 29, 2014 05:19
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If there are any Australians here that are looking at picking this up from Big W with its already low price, you may as well print this out and take it with you. $63 for a physical Mario Kart 8, Virtual Console Super Mario Kart and free digital Wii U game sure beats the $80 deal they have going on the eShop.
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May 29, 2014 05:38
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What time will the game be available on the North American eShop on Friday? I always forget.
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May 29, 2014 06:16
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Midnight EST.
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May 29, 2014 06:35
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May 29, 2014 06:49
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So is Bowser Jr. really not in this time? Cmon nintendo
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May 29, 2014 06:55
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It means, at the very least, they are prepared to put out DLC for MK8.
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May 29, 2014 06:57
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StreetsAhead of NeoGAF posted:Collab ad in Japan, free dlc released in summer, holding a tournament using the special kart at some point. On my phone, sorry. Which sounds similar to that one golfing cross promo Nintendo did with Mario Golf: World Tour. I'm thinking future DLC packs aren't entirely out of the question now.
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May 29, 2014 07:04
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Judging from livestreamers I would assume that international play is mostly lag free.
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May 29, 2014 07:11
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Oh hey, the web app is live: It looks real nice.
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May 29, 2014 07:29
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 Mercedes DLC had to be the last thing I expected to see in Mario Kart.
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May 29, 2014 09:28
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SeANMcBAY posted:
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May 29, 2014 10:05
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A whole load of new TV ads for the UK with goofy lab tests for the new stuff, and pushing the Racing Reinvented tagline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rNNg5P4k-w
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Pre-ordered my copy from Shopto.net (I'm in the UK - London) about a month ago, they processed it Monday and dispatched it Wednesday, now I'm at work and my brother's at home playing it and sending me "weegee time" texts. It's going to be annoying sharing it with everyone else when all I want to do is get 3* on everything or whatever the MK8 equivalent is 
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I cannot believe Nintendo does not allow a 2 player mode where one player uses the TV and the other uses the WiiU screen.  That was one of the greatest things about Sonic Racing. Despite this, I still want it. I am trying to get the Best Buy $10 gas card deal, but bestbuy.com is all hosed up. I am clicking the page to preorder it, and where it says "Get $10 gas card, click here to find out how", it just links me back to the Mario Kart 8 page. I tried 3 different browsers and 2 different computers. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/mario-kart-8-121399 Does clicking "Get $10 Gas Cash: Find Out How" work for anyone? If I preorder it on their website today, and go to pick it up tomorrow, will I get the gas card? I got close to checkout but there was nothing in the shopping cart showing a gas card.
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