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L~A · Apr 3, 2014

We all expected some sort of Mario Kart 8 news today, and here it is : brand new trailer !

YouTube

New stuff

New items : Boomrang and Pirahna Plant.
New/returning characters : Lakitu, Shy Guy, Metal Mario.
New/returning circuits : N64 Rainbow Road, Royal Raceway, Moo Moo Meadows, Donuts Plain 3, Toad Turnpike.
Item customisation : here!
Will be 1080p(??, probably 720p) @ 60FPS in SP or 2 players local multi; only 30FPS in 3-4 players splitscreen multiplayer.

Also, two unannounced items :

Videos

There's also a gameplay video from ONM, all tracks from Banana Cup : here!
All Flower Cup tracks : here!
All Shell Cup tracks : here!
Rainbow Road 64 : here! And here too!
Retro Track footage : here!
Retro track comparison by Eurogamer : here!
Video preview from Joystiq
Toad's Turnpike : here!
Nintendo Minute : here!
60 fps gameplay footage from IGN : here!

Previews :

IGN
GamesRadar
NintendoLife
Destructoid
Nintendo World Report
Joystiq

Screenshots:

Gifs :

Courtesy of SolidSnakex

Courtesy of Thoraxes

Courtesy of ugoo18

Courtesy of DaBoss

List of confirmed tracks :

Mushroom Cup

Mario Kart Stadium
Water Park
Sweet Sweet Canyon
Thwomp Ruins

Flower Cup

Mario Circuit
Toad Harbor
Twisted Mansion
Shy Guy Falls

Star Cup

Sunshine Airport
Electrodome
???
???

Special Cup

???
???
???
Rainbow Road (not shown yet)

Unassigned Tracks

Bone Dry Ruins
Cloudtop Cruise
Dolphin Shoals

Shell Cup

Wii Moo Moo Meadows
DS Cheep Cheep Beach
GBA Mario Circuit
N64 Toads Turnpike

Banana Cup

GCN Dry Dry Desert
SNES Donut Plains 3
N64 Royal Raceway
3DS DK Jungle

Leaf Cup

???
???
???
???

Lightning Cup

???
???
???
N64 Rainbow Road

Unassigned Tracks

DS Tick Tock Clock
Wii Grumble Volcano
3DS Music Park
3DS Piranha Plant Pipeway
GC Sherbet Island
Yoshi's Valley

Source

Reg · Apr 3, 2014

looks good!

Robin64 · Apr 3, 2014

Aw yiss, Lakitu and Shy Guy!

Wow, that Rainbow Road!

Namikaze · Apr 3, 2014

Looks incredible. Can't wait till it comes out!

Neiteio · Apr 3, 2014

30 seconds in, had to pause to post HNNNNNNNNNGGG!!

Frolow · Apr 3, 2014

N64 Rainbow Road looking good.

Thoraxes · Apr 3, 2014

Hot damn that is sexy.

Vuze · Apr 3, 2014

I should pre-order this, somehow completly forgot about it.

Scalpel Knight · Apr 3, 2014

Absolutely amazing.

hughesta · Apr 3, 2014

God this game looks so fucking good. Rainbow Road, goddamn!

Linkhero1 · Apr 3, 2014

Looks fantastic. Still no info on battle mode

Terrell · Apr 3, 2014

Showing off those hot retro courses and HOLY SHIT THAT RAINBOW ROAD LOOKS AWESOME!!!!

Murrah · Apr 3, 2014

Shy Guy coming back from 7 is all I wanted, everything else is gravy

Benzychenz · Apr 3, 2014

SHY GUY AND LAKITU ARE BACK

...and so is Metal Mario :|

abstract alien · Apr 3, 2014

Well that looks ridiculous in the best way possible.

nikos · Apr 3, 2014

Looks good, day one for sure.

Phire Phox · Apr 3, 2014

Toad's turnpike!

Mariolee · Apr 3, 2014

I'm buying all of the Wii Us.

KNT-Zero · Apr 3, 2014

YES! Lakitu is my main in MK7 and it will be again

I thought Metal Mario was just an afterthought, I still don't see the point of including him :/

HawthorneKitty · Apr 3, 2014

Rainbow Road HYPE TRAIN!

RagnarokX · Apr 3, 2014

Man, Royal Raceway from Mario Kart 64 got a huge upgrade.

yamo · Apr 3, 2014

Rainbow road
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX5_OWObA0

timetokill · Apr 3, 2014

Toadette confirmed!

My wife will be very happy!

astraycat · Apr 3, 2014

Man, the cohesiveness of Nintendo's art style for a game never ceases to amaze. I've been subsiding off of Sonic & All-Stars, but I'm excited for a new cart racer!

princemarth23 · Apr 3, 2014

Racing GOTY. Looks amazing.

Freezie KO · Apr 3, 2014

Looks great. Lots of new stuff. I'm wondering what the close-up spin does exactly.

Screenboy · Apr 3, 2014

Holy fuck that looks incredible...

Busaiku · Apr 3, 2014

No Cranky?!

Sandfox · Apr 3, 2014

This is probably going to be my first time buying a console Mario Kart and the trailer plays a large part into it.

Hours Left · Apr 3, 2014

Hurray for Shy Guy and Lakitu! Bleh @ Metal Mario.

Rainbow Road looks awesome.

Neiteio · Apr 3, 2014

Benzychenz said:
SHY GUY AND LAKITU ARE BACK

...and so is Metal Mario :|

I love Metal Mario!

I LOVE ALL OF THIS SHIT.

Is that N64 Rainbow Road? One heck of a makeover. They added trains! But yeah, the remix, the chomps, the railing, the neon -- all signs point to N64. Also, the sunset level with the cows appears to be Moo Moo Meadows.

Cool new items, too -- the Boomerang and the Potted Piranha Plant!

Every trailer for this game has been incredible. :-O

DJIzana · Apr 3, 2014

My god... I haven't been as hype for a Mario Kart game since Mario Kart 64. This... looks... GOOOOOD!

AdanVC · Apr 3, 2014

HOLY SHIT! Rainbow Road on the trailer, and it looks fucking epic! The new items, the retro tracks! And it looks better than ever! Downgrade desconfirmed!

L Thammy · Apr 3, 2014

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SolidSnakex · Apr 3, 2014

Seven minute look at the new tracks from Nintendo's official channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOPDqh4etiE

Litri · Apr 3, 2014

DAY ONE! Please online be good....

Mauricio_Magus · Apr 3, 2014

Looks amazing, I hope there's a way to play online with no blue shell so I can fully enjoy this title.

Because I'm getting it day 1, dat Rainbow Road.

AcridMeat · Apr 3, 2014

Shy Guy slaying as per usual I see.

Hours Left · Apr 3, 2014

timetokill said:
Toadette confirmed!

My wife will be very happy!

She was confirmed since the game was first announced.

blu · Apr 3, 2014

This is the most amazing piece of racing footage I've seen lately.

DJIzana · Apr 3, 2014

Also.... looks like this stage is back and redone!

0:54-0:55 (If I'm not mistaken)

RagnarokX · Apr 3, 2014

So the only new track in this trailer is the Mushroom Cup one at the beginning. All of the rest are retro tracks, but they've all gotten MAJOR overhauls.

I'M FINISHED! · Apr 3, 2014

YAY SHY GUY!

YAY LAKITU!

YAY TOAD'S TURNPIKE!

yay metal mario

Delio · Apr 3, 2014

Oh more Shy Guy antics. Rainbow road looks great and so do the other tracks. I wonder how crazy the new items they just showed are.

Hours Left · Apr 3, 2014

Royal Raceway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MisterLuffy · Apr 3, 2014

Love the rainbow road track.

SteveWinwood · Apr 3, 2014

thats definitely mario kart

vanty · Apr 3, 2014

KNT-Zero said:
YES! Lakitu is my main in MK7 and it will be again
I thought Metal Mario was just an afterthought, I still don't see the point of including him :/

Like 90% of my online opponents in MK7 are Japanese and well over half of them seem to use nothing but Metal Mario, so that horrific abomination of a character obviously has fans.

Salsa · Apr 3, 2014

awh man

will play when MK9 is about to come out and you can get a WiiU for $50

Boomstick (Coffee Crazy) · Apr 3, 2014

Gotta say, I wasn't planning on getting this, but the more I see about it, the more I feel convinced otherwise.

If I get some more steady income, I'll put it on my "to play" list.

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