So let me explain: I have always been a Nintendo fan, have owned all the consoles, maybe not when they were current, but I own and still play them all. Missed out on the cube til after the wii came along but got one and built a good game library and enjoyed the heck out of it, then got a wii lol. Anyway mariokart I still play to this day every iteration of it. I absolutely love the game. So while nothing else on the wii u has made me feel I have to have it, knowing mariokart is coming out for it does. So, is it wrong to buy a console just for 1 game? Maybe. But not really when considering how many hours of fun i will get out of that 1 game So am I going to do it? Absolutely!! And hey I will then eventually pick up some other games for the system.

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Why post then?

I think I would stick to 7

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I got a Wii U just for the New Super Mario Bros U game. Then I ended up getting Lego City Undercover.

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MarioKart 8 just shown today.

Mario Kart 8 doesn't look all that great really. I'd like to see a return to the Double Dash style.

Mario Motors? lol.



Diddy Kong better be in this! I see Waluigi and Toadette are back.

Glad kart customizing is back and bikes. I just hope the bikes aren't broken like they were in MKWii.

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There you go, there is your stupid waluigi people, hope you are glad.

I really think this looks great though, I'm hoping for awesome tracks.


Also......dat Peach boot.

It really looks beautiful. It looked, in my opinion, like a faster and more intense take on Mario Kart 7. I like it.

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The only thing new about the game so far is anti-gravity.

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They should have named it with some reference to gravity, or something.

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you expect something new in Mario Kart? it's a great formula as is. What could you add to it that wouldn't change it too much or break it?

The visuals in this game just look perfect. So smooth and alive. I think the anti gravity thing will allow for fresh experiences. I like how the transformations are all subtle and robotic. The producer has said that they're working to make it the definitive Mario Kart game, so that literally 'everyone' can play it. I hope that means it'll be more balanced.

No Shy Guy in sight though :'(

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Have faith, brother.

But holy cow. These visuals are stunning.

Mario Kart 8 has the best visuals on Wii U shown so far. I imagine Zelda will top it, but still. I am glad Nintendo is taking the extra half-year to polish it instead of rushing it for this holiday.

I can't believe I get to play this game at Best Buy tomorrow.

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Dry dry desert is a confirmed retro track.

And Music Park/Melody Motorway.



Also Piranha Plant Slide/Piranha Plant Pipeway. Looks really different though.



I wonder how Bowser is fitting his big butt and legs into that tiny slim kart.

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From the gameplay I've seen, recovery time (even when falling into a pit) is much faster. Yay!

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Wow, music park looks absolutely amazing now. I expected that to be a retro track though, it was maube the most popular in mk7. Please no maka wuhu though.

I agree with the visuals being stunning and one of the most impressive looking Wii U games shown so far. Mario Kart 8 looks absolutely amazing and feels like the game Mario Kart 7 should have aimed to be more like. Once I get this, I highly doubt I'll ever consider playing Mario Kart 7 again.

Assuming they will, I wonder how they will in incorporate the anti-gravity into the Retro courses.

As for new/returning characters, please no Honey Queen, no Wiggler and no Metal Mario. I hope they bring back Diddy Kong, Bowser Jr. and Donkey Kong Jr. Would be kinda cool to have him back since he was in the original Mario Kart.

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Recovery from a pit/water is VERY fast. Lakitu zooms over you, hooks you, and zooms you right back to track, no fade out or anything.

Have any levels been shown with anti-gravity completely upside-down?

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New Luigi's Mansion track looks cool. Damn, look how high Waluigi is. Looks like he's forgotten about the race and is flying to the Moon instead. xD



The kart and bike wheels remind me of Tron a little when they go into anti-gravity mode.

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I wonder how the The combination of antigravity and gliding will work together. Like it seems like if you master techniques, it could be just gamebreaking in some ways.

Racing on rainbow road with anti-gravity?Once you get on the moon you start floating into space.

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That makes me think of the possibilities there could be on RRR. Maybe have parts that are galaxy style, on planets and other stuff.

I remember buying an Xbox360 only to play halo and it's one of my favorite games to this day but like anyone who does this your gonna want another game at some point. The Wii U will have great games this time around and it will be even better than Wii's library imo. If anything X, smash bros Wii U, and Mario kart 8 are my must buy titles for Wii U atm.

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I figured they'd put the best tracks (imo) of mk7 in this. The design of the new tracks is okay so far, but I expect more for the star & special cup tracks.

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Dunno if anyone's interested that Mario Kart 8 has a limited edition bundle that comes with a blue shell statue type figure.

Only confirmed for Europe and Australia. Dunno about North America.

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I am not one bit excited for Mario Kart anymore unfortunately. Its been diluted too much IMO for ease of use and really doesn't have a fun aspect to it anymore. Double Dash was the last fun Mario Kart for me.

It isnt really meant to be some really challenging racing series though like fzero or wipeout. The whole point of it is to just be silly and relaxing racing game with a bunch of items to mess around with. Only SMK was ever even somewhat difficult at points, but that was more just because controlls and lack of technology. Other than that, the games basically are always the same with just graphical and other minor updates here or there.

A little surprised nobody has mentioned anything about the Koopalings being all the new characters.

Dunno if that's it for the character roster. Seems kinda lame that it's been filled up with Koopalings and baby versions of existing characters. Oh well, at least it looks like Honey Queen isn't returning and who cares about the roster anyways, everyone online is just going to main Waluigi anyways, right? xD (I really wanted Diddy Kong to be in this version )

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They could just not be revealing every character yet, it would be weird if they left out some characters that were in mwkwii because it seems like most are back. I would hope the only new characters aren't just the kooplings because I'm not reslly interested in them.

I can't really think of any other Mario Universe characters (ones that aren't stupid) they could add who have never been in a Mario Kart game before.

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I guess not really too many, but maybe some possibilities from any mario rpg. If rare was still with mario then they could add K.rool. Honey queen and metal mario were definitelt pretty lame though, although I didnt mind wiggler too much.

Ι believe Mario Kart is as addicting as ever. What's so bad about having a new installment in every console? It's not like they aren't bringing anything new every time or they don't make the game with care.
Every Mario Kart game is extremely polished and with MK8 it seems like the franchise is reaching its peak for me. With great tracks, antigravity, so many characters, stunning graphics and a really good online play and perfect Miiverse integration. What more can one ask? It's the biggest leap the franchise had since its creation.

MK is an abused franchise but it doesn't mean it's not a good one. If that's the way you think, what about every sports game out there? What about every Call of Duty game? These games are only few examples of yearly releases that add nothing new every time. MK is at least trying and I recognize that. I also recognize that MK8 is a brand new game and that one shouldn't just dismiss it without giving it a chance. Sure, Double Dash was great, but that doesn't mean there is nothing beyond that.

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I guess a lot of people are a little skeptical about getting MK8 after MK7. I think MK7 is fairly decent (I think MKWii is better though), but a lot of people were extremely disappointed with it.

I guess Kamek is character who doesn't seem too bad or random, he's shown up in a lot of Mario games. That's all I've got.

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I think mkwii had better characters and modes, but mk7 had better ost, original tracks, and the online was a little better. The mechanics are basically the same. Mk8 looks to take the best of both games and I think could be the best in the series.

Yea, and kamek was even going to originally be in mk64, so it is really wierd he has never even made an appearence since then. Maybe have a character like jr troopa, he was interesting. Also I guess
E Gadd could make some sense.

I haven't played a MarioKart in years. (I skipped MK7)

MK8 looks promising so I'm going to get it

Buying it mainly for mk8 isn't bad, and if you like that I'm sure you would end up getting some others (3D world is amazing, or mario/luigi U etc)

MK8 does look really good. Never knew there was a luigi's mansion course, that looks nice so far. The graphics are really great, but so are Tropical Freeze's. Idk if these will be better or not. Excited for it though!

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A ton of new stuff was shown off. Mk64 rainbow road was completely overhauled. Also moo moo meadows, cheepcheep park, royal raceway, and toad's turnpike. New items are piranha plant and the boomerang. Metal mario, lakitu, and shyguy are all back too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcpK0_f1whs

Comparison video of N64 Rainbow Road. The N64 graphics look so primitive lol

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Will that fill in for the new rainbow road?

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So the other day I was talking with a friend about Crash Bandicoot kart games and I can't believe I forgot all about Crash Nitro Kart, which does the exact same anti-gravity thing as Mario Kart 8. I don't really have a point to make, just thought it was kind of interesting.

I was a little surprised Metal Mario was confirmed to return. Seems kind or redundant with Mario himself and Baby Mario in the roster as well. At least Honey Queen didn't return.

Is it just me, or did it look like they shortened N64 Rainbow Road a lot? I haven't played the original in years, but for memory it was quite long.

Did you guys also notice buggies are a new vehicle class? I'm curious to know how the buggies will differ from karts and bikes.

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I saw someone that said metal mario is back along with baby to have all 3 weight groups for mario, which makes some sense.
For rainbow road, it is now only one trip around the whole track

Dunno about the weight groups. I mean, there's always been 3, but MK7 had 5. I forget the names, but basically heavy, semi-heavy, medium, semi-light and light. We'll just have to wait and see how they get classed this time.

So N64 Rainbow Road is just one lap? That's a bit disappointing. I'm not really a fan of the one-trip-around courses.

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Yea, I'm not a fan either, but I wish there was just the option to cuatomize the amount of laps you want, at least for when doing multiplayer.

Customization in general would be great in multiplayer. Take the communities feature of MK7 and crank it up to 11

• What specific items are/aren't allowed(actually shutting off individual items, NOT the "no shells" stuff MK7 had.)
• What maps are/aren't allowed in a random rotation. (If maps are selected in communities via random rotation, I forget)
• Special Miiverse communities for the groups(That was announced a while ago, what happened to that?)

The more online customization in communities, the better IMO.

EDIT:they are expanding item customization

That's good, but the way they are talking, it'd be more like MK7's customization of different rule sets like "no shells" instead of creating your own rule sets of what items you want/don't want. Sucks, but I'll see where they go with before any real judgement there.

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Mario Kart 8 LOOKS awesome, but unfortunately for me, it doesn't look like it is any better than any of the others. IMO, Mario Kart has been "boring rehash" ever since Double Dash. DD was the last great Mario Kart for me.

Well, I don't know what else they can do with Mario Kart 8 to make it more interesting for those who are unimpressed. I think Mario Kart is really all about the online experience now. If you don't find it enjoyable to play and compete online with friends and other people, then you're not going to get much enjoyment out of it... unless you really like racing against bots, lol. IMO it's so boring to only race against the bots. I wouldn't bother getting Mario Kart 8 if it didn't have online.

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Oh hey I just remembered those old steering wheels from Mario Kart Wii.

I really hope I still have one of those lying around to use for this.

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I'm actually looking forward to a MarioKart game for once.

3 unrevealed chars... or is any revealed one missing? I can imagine the last one is Dry Bowser, as it is located right next to the other Bowser related characters. Please don't let the other two be Baby Wario and Baby Waluigi or something stupid like that. I want Diddy! And a Cheep Cheep lolz

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One will be diddy, I hope the other isnt funky. Also, the lasg open spot is next to morton, not bowser.

Read it again. He said the last spot is next to the Bowser related characters, not Bowser. :P

That last spot could be either Dry Bowser or Bowser Jr. Possibilities for the other two spots are Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Birdo and maybe King Boo. I can't think of anyone else and I can't imagine Honey Queen returning or Wiggler.

Nintendo may even surprise us with more unlikely newcomers. Why else would they not have revealed them? Oh well, just have to wait and see.

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I hope one of the spots is for Diddy, for Doopliss' sake. It would be cool if the last three spots were for Diddy, Dixie and K Rool. Or Cranky, but meh. I don't care too much at this point though since ShyGuy is confirmed <3

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K.rool wpuld be awesome and could be possible since we know that kremlings are in smash now.

It's cute how it took you until then to realise that Nintendo still owns Kremlins, silly <33333 I LOVE YOU AS I DO COOKIES WITH MILK

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Well it sure didnt seem like it since we didnt get a hint of them in the last two dkc games....you know, the games kremlings originated from.

assuming this isn't a mistake, diddy fans can breathe easy

I sort of find it a little odd that they wouldnt have diddy in the slot next to dk.

Seems too good to be true! I'll believe it once I see evidence of Diddy in a gameplay video or screenshot.

Well, Toad's and Toadette's slots aren't next to each other in that photo of the roster.

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Diddy will be replaced with Cranky Kong.

#ihaveanunclethatworksatnintendo

I'm looking forward to MK8 I have it preordered at Eb Games Aus and you get a Blue Shell and two Kinex figurines

Why are there 4 baby characters?

Terrible. The koopalings are kind of a cop out too.

free dry bones

Well we know that diddy and mii are two of there left, and then it is one of either bowser jr., dry bowser, or dry bones.

Is the mii considered a proper character?



It doesn't take up a square on the 3DS.

I lol'd at the kart named "Steel Diver"

WHERE IS MY DIDDY KONG?! Why are the remaining 3 characters such a secret? You'd think if Diddy, Dry Bones, Birdo or Bowser Jr. were in, they would have already been announced. Kinda gives me the impression they might be more newcomers. They better not be more babies!

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You mean you don't want baby waluigi time?

Steel Diver is our generation's Urban Champion

I'm really excited for this. I got a MK8 poster and I'm gonna frame it. The presentation is on a new level. It needs to come out now.

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Who says theres only gonna be two more? In the other ones when you unlocked more characters it would add more rows, right?

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Is it THAT bad? I mean, Urban Champion is BAD!

Mario Kart Direct

So I was right about the last character slot being mii and it not being seperate this time.
Sorry doopliss, I know you'll be upset :/

Totes gona main a Prancer

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Don't feel bad for me because there's no Diddy, I still like Donkey Kong, Rosalina, Luigi, Peach, Wario, Ludwig and Roy.

Adding a baby Rosalina is just overkill and Pink Gold Peach? Seriously? I wish they'd just add a palette swap instead of wasting roster space.

Oh well, I'm not really disappointed with anything, the game still looks amazing and I can't wait to play it.

Samez. We should make a Prancer community or tournament!

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Yea, I don't mind the characters I guess because I always use koopa, wario, and sometimes luigi and lakitu. I might also use iggy and morton.

That was a nice surprise. A bit over the top and could have used more editing, but I really apreciate the effort; Nintendo are on a bit of a winning streak with their PR, it actualy got a couple chuckles out of me and there are some good quotes in there.

First off, Baby Rosalina and Metalic Peach:
^actual footage of that decision being made

Literally the dumbest things ever. Like, wow. Maybe they think doing the stupidest thing possible would spread word about the game? I wouldn't care all that much, but It's sorta insulting that Diddy got the shaft for this.


Whatever though, because this game looks AMAZING!


The presentation is mind blowing, even for Nintendo. The game is alive.


The tracks look super creative. I love the subtle nature of the rules changing in Zero-G mode in terms of trying to run into things instead of avoiding them.


The Karts aren't made super ugly because of the customisation like in MK7. I adore the detailed and futuristic designs which match eachother well. Some of the ideas are really cool and creative, like that squirel glider.


Super Horn item is great. The fact that it stops the Blue Shell: YES! I don't know if we'll get the oportunity to use it while in first place, but at the very least they're trying. Here's hoping that thing is balanced now.


Online looks pretty and robust. All the options you'd expect, and the tournament thing is nice. I hope we can be more selective with items we want/don't want now. Replay thing is pretty dang cool, how much can we edit and how are the replays retrieved?


The bundle thing. I'm so glad Nintendo realised that this is their one shot at the death star in terms of turning the Wii U around (ok SSB but cmon it's a cute analogy). I hope this combined with the marketing compaign will do that. The game looks freaking cool, so so long as they get the word out I think they have a chance.


To think, a couple months or so ago I was worried that because of the Wii U's condition, they were gona rush out a well made but safe game. I underestimated Nintendo, instead of going "Wii U sales are bad, better hurry up with Mario Kart", they went "Wii U sales are bad, we need to make this game as great as possible." This is going to be the most impressive Mario Kart game ever, it may even be the best.

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LOL, YES! Girl characters only.

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I'm fine with Metal Peach, but can they stop making every Mario character into a baby?

What's next? Baby Bowser? oh wait, that's Bowser Jr.

lol, Baby Bowser actually does exist. He's in the Yoshi's Island games and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

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They also call him baby bowser trhough either the first 3 or 4 mario parties, and then randomly change it to bowser kid.

not making baby rosalina look like this was a missed opportunity

Barely anyone would recognize her as Baby Rosalina. She simply exists for the novelty of having Rosalina in baby form, not to make an obscure nod and contribute to some cannon.

Maybe is Smash Bros, SRT.

Luma should have been playable instead anyway.

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Baby Diddy Kong

Just for your pleasure.

no nod is too obscure when this is a series that has featured dry bowser and honey queen as playable character

Apparently Bowser Kid/Koopa Kid/Mini Bowser or whatever is a separate character to Baby Bowser and Bowser Jr.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Koopa_Kid

Why are we even bothering to discuss this? This is all Gab's fault.

Baby Metal Mario and Baby Pink Gold Peach will be next.

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You interact (quite meaningfully) with both of those characters.

Plain white Rosalina, on the otherhand, you see a few times in a static and unrelated storybook.

Also, m8, this is Baby Rosalina, not kid Rosalina, making your silly dream even more obscure~
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hey man i don't know about you but i don't climb all up on a girl collecting launch star pieces and then pretend like i know her, that don't mean a thing

at the very least you need to read a storybook she wrote about her own life story and how she became basically god, THEN you can act like you know her

i was just saying it would be something cool if they did that so i don't really know where this debate is stemming from

They should add baby Bowser and adult Bowser Jr.

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All baby characters are terrible.

I'll be using Yoshi as usual.

Almost all the new tracks looks pretty amazing, but electrodome and mount wario look the best by far. I'm glad that we are getting two wario tracks in the game.

Ludwig Von Koopa is playable.

I don't care if after that announcement they did something stupid like reskinned Peach and called it a new chara...

OH FFS.

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You can see every track and hear the music on the site.
Cloudtop cruise has gusty garden mixed in.
http://mariokart8.nintendo.com/tracks/

Have all the N64 courses been used in the Retro Cups now? I wonder if they'll ever remake them again in future Mario Kart games.


I just love that Prancer kart. I bet DK is wishing he was driving one.

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I love that they explained how the anti gravity stuff works, really cool. I like the new horn item too. and the gold peach is weet. pretty much everything they have announced so far is. As if I wasn't excited enough for this game. gahhhh. one month!!

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Some Mario Kart footage.

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I am so glad that VS is back, I used that all the time on Mario Kart DS.

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This looks like a great game with flawless graphics, beautiful orquested music and a perfect online multiplayer with also new innovative gimmics, I just hope they give it enough publicity

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Wario Stadium is the only MK64 course that hasn't been used yet, and I bet there will be some courses remade again. Retro cups from DS/Wii haven't taken advantage of gliding/underwater/antigravity stuff yet.

There will be 90 stamps and you will be able to bring a friend on the same TV with you online.

I'm a little surprised there's no new Donkey Kong course. I was kind of hoping for a snow/ice based track on Tropical Freeze with Snowmads and Viking boats around.

Also, why is half the roster lightweight characters? Those stupid babies! Dunno why Wendy and Larry in with the lightweights, they seem more fitted to medium imo.

Oh, I see. For some reason I thought Wario Stadium 64 was in Mario Kart DS. xD

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Wario stadium 64 is the only one still not used.

Edit-sorry, didnt notice that was answered already

Anyway, I hope there is something secret you get when you get all 90 stamps. It was cool getting to see them all in 3dworld, but I would have liked some reward.

All 32 Courses:

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I thought that was a rather lot... Didn't Mario Kart 7 have only 16?

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32, total, 16 new and retro.

I wonder if Nintendo will bring out any download content... character packs or more courses?

Metal Pack: You get Baby Metal Mario, Baby Pink Gold Peach, Silver Luigi and Bronze Daisy. lol...

I doubt Nintendo will ever give us more characters.

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I'm not expecting any more characters, but I'm over that by now because I won't let some metal spoil the game for me.

On another topic, I was thinking about the new look of piranha plant pipeway. It looks really amazing, especially the under water part, although I can't help but miss the retro look it had with brighter cloloring in mk7. Plus I liked how there were gloombas in the underground referencing paper mario.

pretty sure it wasn't intended as a paper mario reference, especially considering that the aesthetic was meant to emulate SMB underground

i guess it's hypothetically possible, but based the precedent of basically every game ignoring the rpgs... yeah...

I kind forgot that they appeared back then, although they werent officially title then either as gloombas.
We do have a track specifically named and based off a paper mario areas though, so it isnt impossible.

Which tracks are named/based off Paper Mario locations? I'm trying to think, but I can't really recall what every Mario Kart track is named.

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Now that I think about it... Paper Mario would have probably been a fun character to have.

Better than Pink/Gold Peach at least.

Drydry desert from the first game. They even now added the oasis part which is like the oasis from the game.

A lot of characters would have been better than Pink Gold Peach.

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With a Mario Kart character roster, I honestly think it takes more effort to screw it up than it does to get it right.

Obviously, not everybody will be pleased with any roster they ever make, but it's like they just wanted to screw up when you see rosters like this.

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I usually don't care much about the characters they put in. In those kinds of Mario games, I usually pick Wario, Mario or Luigi and rarely anybody else. They always make the cut, so I'm fine. I'll perhaps play as Metal Mario as well in MK8, I dunno.

However, the babies annoy me. Mostly because they always take more and more space in the roster. Are they popular or something? Are we, 3DS Forums (if not the whole Internet), just the vocal minority as almost always?

The roster isn't really bad, it's way better than Mario Kart 7's, but I do think the amount of babies is really an unnecessary overkill. I get having Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, but Baby Peach, Baby Daisy and Baby Rosalina are pretty much just pointless space fillers IMO.

I think most people would probably agree that previous drivers like, King Boo, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Dry Bones and Bowser Jr. (even Honey Queen and Wiggler) would have been better than having 5 babies and 2 metal versions of already existing characters.

Anyways... so there's apparently 7 weight classes this time. In both MK7 and MK8, it's never made sense to me why they have made Yoshi lighter than Mario, and Wario heavier than Donkey Kong. Yoshi is bigger than Mario, right? and Donkey Kong is obviously way bigger and naturally heavier than Wario.

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The Battle Mode for this game appears to just use regular courses for maps instead of having dedicated courses for that segment of the game, which is an interesting change that could add more suspense to the mode (especially since up to 12 players can play on it at once).

Some people on the internet, however, view this as evidence that Nintendo is rushing the game ? la Mario Kart 7. With that said, do any of you get the same impression? Do you think Nintendo is rushing the game and if so, will this put you off from purchasing this title?

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I don't really see how the game would be rushed. For mk7, they basically flat out said themselves it was, they havent for this at all. If they really were rushing it, the gake would have been out by the holiday last year. The characters they put in have nothing to do with rushing considering it wouldnt have taken much work to put in character like diddy that have been in past games. Battle mode is the one possible argument against it, bug I honestly don't carr about battle mode since I never play it.

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