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 The eighth home installment of the Mario Kart series (obviously), Mario Kart 8 brings anti-gravity and anti-blue shell items with it to make what looks to be a fun new installment of the franchise. What's new? -Play as the Koopa Kids! Play as Baby Rosalina! Play as characters of importance between those! -Online tournaments with the ability to schedule times and set custom rules -Play against ghosts of the best players worldwide -Upload races to YouTube, if you're a total narcissist. Like a lot of people, I don't own a Wii U. There's a special bundle that combines Mario Kart 8, a Wii U Deluxe Console, an additional Mario-themed Wiimote, and a Mario-themed Wii Wheel. FREE GODDAMN GAME For buying Mario Kart 8 and registering it with Club Nintendo, you can get a free selected Wii U game download. The selection depends on your region. Mario Kart 8 is released later this month worldwide. Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuJZP0_8iQ JordanKai posted:
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Two speeds. Fast. Way Too Fast. Time to Mario Kart.
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May 8, 2014 03:27
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Anti gravity boosts are going to cause some hilarious crashes online.
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May 8, 2014 03:47
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I definitely think we should organise some goon tournaments for weekends. Maybe some at different times to account for time zones. I had a blast playing MK7 with goons and this game looks amazing.
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May 8, 2014 03:51
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I'm so mad about all these baby characters.
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May 8, 2014 03:54
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I'm so mad about all these metal characters.
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May 8, 2014 04:34
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I'm so mad about all these characters. Back in my day we got 8 characters and dammit we liked it.
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May 8, 2014 04:41
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I'm so mad about having to wait another 23 days. But I approve of this thread.
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May 8, 2014 05:13
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Footage of all 32 tracks (if you want to go into this with zero spoilers, don't click): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmPBeRNq-g This game is gorgeous.
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May 8, 2014 05:38
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I've been playing a little MKWii online since it's being shut down this month, pretty good timing for MK8. Looking forward to playing you guys 
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May 8, 2014 05:49
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Willias posted:Footage of all 32 tracks (if you want to go into this with zero spoilers, don't click): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmPBeRNq-g I've been scouring around for some player-perspective footage rather than Mario Kart TV highlight reels to see if the game's beauty stands out quite as obviously when looked at with a less cinematic lens (I mean I knew it was gonna be beautiful on all fronts but some of the shots in Nintendo's highlighted footage of the stages took me aback with their fidelity). And yeah, this game is pretty loving gorgeous. Check these out if you're not the sort who's been avoiding footage in general. I'm not even going out of my way to pick particular examples that popped. Every track popped. Tick-Tock Clock 3DS Dolphin Shoals Cloudtop Cruise Mount Wario Rainbow Road 64
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May 8, 2014 06:07
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That's a good looking game, if I ever saw one. Free download game deal is also pretty sweet.
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May 8, 2014 06:16
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Willias posted:Footage of all 32 tracks (if you want to go into this with zero spoilers, don't click): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmPBeRNq-g I think I noticed in the desert levels that the tires get sandy during the race, but when they go into the water the tires get clean. The level of detail is ridiculous.
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May 8, 2014 06:33
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Holy poo poo that Nintendo Direct is insane. Also does a good job of selling the game. I played this at SXSW and honestly it really was just more Mario Kart the antigravity was cool I guess. I mean if you weren't down for mario kart before like Mario Kart 7 then probably don't buy this.
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May 8, 2014 06:34
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Do we know the ratio of 3-lap tracks to those segmented ones? I really dislike the non lapped tracks from MK7 and I'm hoping there aren't too many of them in 8.
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May 8, 2014 07:06
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Truth be told, I did not play MK7 (Though I played almost all the other ones), and I am worried that Sonic Racing Transformed would spoil me on this game. That said, free Wind Waker HD is an amazing deal.
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May 8, 2014 07:10
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jivjov posted:Do we know the ratio of 3-lap tracks to those segmented ones? I really dislike the non lapped tracks from MK7 and I'm hoping there aren't too many of them in 8. I think only 2 are non lapped. Mount Wario and N64 Rainbow Road.
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jivjov posted:Do we know the ratio of 3-lap tracks to those segmented ones? I really dislike the non lapped tracks from MK7 and I'm hoping there aren't too many of them in 8. Don't quote me on this, but I think it's just two: Wario Mountain and Rainbow Road 64 e:fb
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Unlucky7 posted:Truth be told, I did not play MK7 (Though I played almost all the other ones), and I am worried that Sonic Racing Transformed would spoil me on this game. I'm not a huge Mario Kart fan (the last one I played was DS), but I see people praising this game a lot, and I don't quite get it. I played it a bunch, and I didn't think it was anything special - the tracks were far too long, the campaign progression was slow as gently caress, and I thought all the power-ups were complete boring garbage. It had some cool visual design, but nothing about the way that game played stood out to me. Hakkesshu fucked around with this message at 07:35 on May 8, 2014 |
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May 8, 2014 07:18
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Hakkesshu posted:I'm not a huge Mario Kart fan (the last one I played was DS), but I see people praising this game a lot, and I don't quite see it. I played it a bunch, and I didn't think it was anything special - the tracks were far too long, the campaign progression was slow as gently caress, and I thought all the power-ups were complete boring garbage. It had some cool visual design, but nothing about the way that game played stood out to me. To each his own. I thought it was one of the best racers I played. Unlucky7 fucked around with this message at 07:27 on May 8, 2014 |
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May 8, 2014 07:22
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Hakkesshu posted:I'm not a huge Mario Kart fan (the last one I played was DS), but I see people praising this game a lot, and I don't quite see it. I played it a bunch, and I didn't think it was anything special - the tracks were far too long, the campaign progression was slow as gently caress, and I thought all the power-ups were complete boring garbage. It had some cool visual design, but nothing about the way that game played stood out to me. When you see Sonic on the cover of a game your expectations are so low that anything short of him and his furry pals coming out of the TV and making GBS threads in your mouth is considered a pretty average experience. So when Sonic is in a game that's a pretty drat fun (even if very forgettable) Mario Kart clone, it's hard not to feel excited by it.
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The power-ups were what I loved about the Sonic racer. The bee thing was loving amazing - it harried the person in first a little without just loving them over like the Blue Shell does, and it affects everyone in the front of the pack, not just the dude in the lead. It could feasibly lead to the person in last place coming in from behind, as opposed to the person in last place arbitrarily letting the person in second win.
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I kinda dug the bees, but I 'unno, they felt way too easy to dodge. Whenever they came up I just didn't feel all that threatened.
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May 8, 2014 08:02
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I like the remix on the N64 Rainbow Road course. That goddamn song will never leave my head. "I'll miss you again...uncle..."
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May 8, 2014 08:11
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The tiling on that course is almost straight from the SNES, which I appreciate. Want the old music back, though.
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May 8, 2014 08:22
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The one problem I had with MK7 was that the new courses felt really uninspired. This doesn't seem to be the case with MK8 the courses look great.
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The Taint Reaper posted:The one problem I had with MK7 was that the new courses felt really uninspired. This doesn't seem to be the case with MK8 the courses look great.
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I hated Mario Kart Wii and found playing 7 on the 3DS to be hand-cramp inducing, so I haven't spent much time with a Mario Kart since DS and I'm pretty stoked about this new one. I played the poo poo out of both Sonic Racing games though, Transformed in particular was fantastic but I'm hoping MK8 can out-do it. It also made me wish Mario Kart was Nintendo Kart instead. Mario & Nintendo All-Stars Kart. Have the roster still Mario focused, but just let me play as Captain Falcon so I can pretend F-Zero still exists.
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May 8, 2014 08:54
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Endorph posted:Music Park was pretty cool. Yeah I think that was the only one that wasn't all that bad. But you had stuff like Rock Rock mountain, Maka Wuhu, Wuhu Loop, Neo Bowser City, Shy Guy Bazaar and Piranha Plant Side that just felt like they could have been in any other kart racing game as a filler course.
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Shy Guy Bazaar wasn't really 'mario' but I thought it had a neat aesthetic. Reminded me of the Arabian-themed levels from Crash Bandicoot: Warped.
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I havent seens a single video for the game, then someone linked me to the unbelievably amazing soundtrack , I'm super looking forward to playing this game at some point. Goddamn, what amazing music.
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I haven't played a MK since DS so I'm pretty pumped for this.
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Any news of Diddy and Funky (Or Dixie) Kong returning? Really not fond of the stupid baby characters or metal characters to be honest.
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Andrew_1985 posted:Any news of Diddy and Funky (Or Dixie) Kong returning? There's going to be DLC at some point probably. I'm still waiting for Link and Zelda to be racing guys.
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I am racing as Waluigi permanently.
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Your Friend posted:I am racing as Waluigi permanently. You're going to lose a shitload of races then online. They made him the worst possible character choice(again).
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I'd rather lose as Waluigi than win as a scrub.  ...until i'm embarrassed by my score and pick whichever random character got the good stats.
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I'm glad they're not packing the game with a Wii-Wheel this time jus to jack up the price. The Wii Wheel was stupid, and it really gimped you if you were using a bike instead of a GCN/CCP controller.
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May 8, 2014 10:19
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The Taint Reaper posted:You're going to lose a shitload of races then online. They made him the worst possible character choice(again). I will adapt
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The Taint Reaper posted:I'm glad they're not packing the game with a Wii-Wheel this time jus to jack up the price. The Wii Wheel was stupid, and it really gimped you if you were using a bike instead of a GCN/CCP controller. That's down to given retailers. Here in the UK, GAME has 'em with their copies of the game. http://www.game.co.uk/en/mario-kart-8-with-super-mario-kart-racing-wheel-206873?pageSize=20&categoryIdentifier=683236&catGroupId= Of course, the price is standard anyway, so you're not likely paying more for the wheel.
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