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Mario Kart 8 (Wii-U)


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Latest Mario Kart was just shown off.

Mario Kart 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zq05lRaOGU



Nintendo has officially announced Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. Set to arrive in Spring 2014, the Mario Kart 8 will introduce a new hover kart mechanic that's automatically activated at certain points in new stages (much like the glider and propeller mechanics in Mario Kart 7).
 

Mario Kart 8 will also bring back the bikes originally seen in Mario Kart Wii in addition to standard karts.

Characters confirmed thus far in Mario Kart 8 include Mario, Toadette, Daisy, Koopa Troopa, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Luigi, Waluigi and Peach. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said Mario Kart 8 will include the “best collection of modes yet” for online play and said players will be able to interact with one another worldwide via Miiverse.

You can use the new gravity mechanics to race on walls/upside down.

Will include online multiplayer

Coming Spring 2014
 

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As I suspected and said over at the All Stars Racing Transformed Thread, this game completely blows away the Racing genre.

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wait what. I thought Nintendo said it was coming this year? :(

Oh well. More time for Transformed.

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It's like if Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7 had a baby.

Then the baby grew up and had it's own baby with Crash Nitro Kart.

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This actually wowed me more than 3D World TBH.

 

I didn't think Mario Kart could really excite me seeing as I was just expecting Wii in HD, but this one does look really sweet.

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Wait a minute! They're racing in Lego City!

 

Possible Chase McCain confirmed?

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Oh wow check out the Peach Statue of Liberty rip-off in this screenshot:

 

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Also that track reminds me so much of City Escape for some reason

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I like how everyone here thinks "This looks like City Escape" long before anyone says "Oh look a San Francisco inspired track"

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I was wondering which direction Ninty could take the Mario Kart series.

They decided on upside down. Brilliant!

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As I suspected and said over at the All Stars Racing Transformed Thread, this game completely blows away the Racing genre.

 

...How exactly? It looks like Mario Kart 7 in HD with a gravity gimmick, which has been done before.

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...How exactly? It looks like Mario Kart 7 in HD with a gravity gimmick, which has been done before.

 

You couldn't be more wrong. It has bikes, too!

 

The game looks nice. MK always looks nice. It's not groundbreaking.

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Mario Kart: Zero Gravity anyone?

I expect Sonic to come out of nowhere with Extreme Gear at some point lol.

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...How exactly? It looks like Mario Kart 7 in HD with a gravity gimmick, which has been done before.

people are actually gonna be online

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This looks so much fun. I'm happy to see the return of bikes and the whole upside down gimmick is not new, but still looks great!

 

Shame we have to wait till 2014 though. I'm too impatient. DX

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I like how everyone here thinks "This looks like City Escape" long before anyone says "Oh look a San Francisco inspired track"

 

To be fair, I assume more people here have played City Escape than visited San Francisco.

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No, the purple shell will debut. You only get it in first place, and when you throw it, it turns around and blows up in your face.

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I haven't been interested in Mario Kart for years and decided to skip MK7. This game however looks fantastic and I can see myself jumping right into it whenever I get around to buying a Wii U. It looks gorgeous, and I love the aesthetic above all other MK games at this point.

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Mario Kart: Zero Gravity anyone?

I expect Sonic to come out of nowhere with Extreme Gear at some point lol.

 

First thing that came to my mind.

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Im just thankful this game bears no resemblance to Double Dash, it might actually be fun now.

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I think it looks great, now we get some F-Zero freakin' upside down driving thanks to anti-gravity.

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This game looks really good. But check this out...

 

Screenshot:

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Bullshot:

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The screenshot doesn't look too nice by comparison.

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This game looks really good. But check this out...

 

 

The screenshot doesn't look too nice by comparison.

I still think that screenshot looks good so eh. 

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The gameplay looked just fine in motion in the trailer so... yeah, I'm sure it won't be that bad.

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