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Mario Kart 8 |OT| 8 oW

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Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
Azuran said:
37 mins of online play.

I love how they sped up the process when starting a new race. You're already selecting a new track as soon as a race is over.
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It seems like it's going to be significantly harder to catch up to people now with the changes to the item system/distribution. Seeing stuff like a single green shell in fourth, single mushroom even lower, etc. instead of very frequently getting extremely powerful weapons.

They definitely made the blue shell way less frequent which is nice. Triple red shells are going to be amazing in this game.
 
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-TK-

Member
Played about 6 hours yesterday and this game is soooooo good. Also one of the best looking console games ever.

The best thing is that blue shell is so greatly nerfed, it's almost useless now and bad players just can't win anymore by using overpowered items. No more mindless item spam.
 
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Dinjooh

Member
Hattori said:
♫Just a small town girl
Livin' in a rural world
She took the city train
Goin Everywhere♫
#BELIEVE
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We JUST heard that in the office - freaky.

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Look what arrived! - Only 4 more hours of work first...
 
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Mik3F

Member
Has anyone had the despatch email / text from Shopto yet?

When I track mine it says that it is being processed by RM. Don't think it has been sent yet though, but am hoping
 
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Dagobert Duck

Member
Just chatted with Amazon.de and they guarentee that it will arrive on friday.

Steelbook edition over early Saturn edition...I will have to contain my hpye until friday
 
sp3ctr3

sp3ctr3

Member
I ordered from coolshop.dk. It's holiday thursday and friday here, so they shipped it yesterday. Just got a message that it's at the post office ready to be picked up :D
 
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WhenItsLate

Banned
Order status changed to 'will be dispatched shortly'. So I'll probably get it on Friday. Meh I had hoped Amazon would dispatch Tuesdays because of the holiday but oh well.... Can't wait for the steel book :p
The spreadsheet is getting kind of bloated, so I'll just leave that here: If any of you want to add me, feel free to do so, NNID is tobyish.
 
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Dinjooh

Member
sp3ctr3 said:
I ordered from coolshop.dk. It's holiday thursday and friday here, so they shipped it yesterday. Just got a message that it's at the post office ready to be picked up :D
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Yup, I ordered from Elgiganten and they had the same line of thought - mine arrived this morning aswell.

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I'm at work, so it's my girlfriend who picked it up and is playing atm. THIS IS FUCKING TORTURE. I'm at work, and she's at home playing as fucking Daisy *urgh*

Rosalina is the way to go kids
 
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Dizzy

Banned
Never been this hyped for a game before, funny consider a few months back I had no interest in a Wii U. Seems others are buying one just for this game too (and the promise of smash). Believe!


Waiting on Tesco to deliver the goods. Work is gonna drag on friday/saturday :(
 
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Dagobert Duck

Member
WhenItsLate said:
Order status changed to 'will be dispatched shortly'. So I'll probably get it on Friday. Meh I had hoped Amazon would dispatch Tuesdays because of the holiday but oh well.... Can't wait for the steel book :p
The spreadsheet is getting kind of bloated, so I'll just leave that here: If any of you want to add me, feel free to do so, NNID is tobyish.
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Steelbook or bust! :-D Add me Vegeta9088, germanGAF should start a tourney I guess
 
Robin64

Robin64

Member
Mik3F said:
Has anyone had the despatch email / text from Shopto yet?

When I track mine it says that it is being processed by RM. Don't think it has been sent yet though, but am hoping
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Mines still stuck at "processing" which is really annoying. I usually go with ShopTo to get things a touch early but this time they are late compared to everywhere else.
 
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OricWindstar

Member
Dinjooh said:
Yup, I ordered from Elgiganten and they had the same line of thought - mine arrived this morning aswell.

ogL4BRu.jpg


I'm at work, so it's my girlfriend who picked it up and is playing atm. THIS IS FUCKING TORTURE. I'm at work, and she's at home playing as fucking Daisy *urgh*

Rosalina is the way to go kids
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Haha, I love that! She sounds like a keeper.
 
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PreyingShark

Member
Dinjooh said:
I'm at work, so it's my girlfriend who picked it up and is playing atm. THIS IS FUCKING TORTURE. I'm at work, and she's at home playing as fucking Daisy *urgh*

Rosalina is the way to go kids
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I can tell you have an awesome girlfriend because Daisy is the best and Rosalina is awesome too a loser.
 
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Mik3F

Member
Robin64 said:
Mines still stuck at "processing" which is really annoying. I usually go with ShopTo to get things a touch early but this time they are late compared to everywhere else.
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Check on the Shopto app if you have it, mine says despatched on there

If its Signed for what does the Tracking link say?
 
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JensenBeeswax

Member
Got my dispatch mail from amazon.de at 11am yesterday. With any luck, I'll be playing MK8 tonight and all through tomorrow's holiday. Hype bulging.
 
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Broken Hope

Member
Robin64 said:
Mines still stuck at "processing" which is really annoying. I usually go with ShopTo to get things a touch early but this time they are late compared to everywhere else.
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How are they slow? Shopto almost always take payment Tuesday night and then dispatch on the Wednesday and the game arrives for the Thursday.
 
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Tirod

Member
2 things.

1. I asked this a couple of days ago and got no response, so I'm going to ask again:

Tirod said:
So I picked up a Wii U Pro Controller with Tropical Freeze earlier this year since I knew I'd be using it for Mario Kart and Smash as well.

My question regarding the Wii U Pro Controller is this: can acceleration and braking/drifting be accomplished with the trigger buttons?

I've gotten so accustomed to playing racing games like this, it's gonna be hard to go back to holding "A" or whatever.

It's not game breaking or anything to me, just personal preference. Sorry if this has already been addressed earlier in the thread.
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2. My friend tipped me off about a local mom and pop he gets early releases from. I contacted them, and they said they'll have MK8 available to buy on Thursday. :D Still super jealous of other people who have gotten this even earlier though! I need my Wario online dominance to start going.
 
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moolamb

Member
Dinjooh said:
Yup, I ordered from Elgiganten and they had the same line of thought - mine arrived this morning aswell.

ogL4BRu.jpg


I'm at work, so it's my girlfriend who picked it up and is playing atm. THIS IS FUCKING TORTURE. I'm at work, and she's at home playing as fucking Daisy *urgh*

Rosalina is the way to go kids
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Mario Kart 8 for PS4 confirmed.
 
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sock

Member
Last night I topped up my balance on the eShop to cover it. I'm so hype it hurts.

Of course, the only game in the promo I don't own is Wii Party U. So there's that.
 
Robin64

Robin64

Member
Broken Hope said:
How are they slow? Shopto almost always take payment Tuesday night and then dispatch on the Wednesday and the game arrives for the Thursday.
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I know they almost always do, this is why I usually use them. Always been extremely happy about them in the past.

But this time, they don't even seem to have taken my payment yet. Wonder if it's all done manually and they have so many to get through.
 
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Mik3F

Member
Robin64 said:
I know they almost always do, this is why I usually use them. Always been extremely happy about them in the past.

But this time, they don't even seem to have taken my payment yet. Wonder if it's all done manually and they have so many to get through.
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If it says processing it means that payment has been taken, otherwise it would be still in the pre orders section.

My payment was taken yesterday morning
 
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Shahadan

Member
Tirod said:
2 things.

1. I asked this a couple of days ago and got no response, so I'm going to ask again:



2. My friend tipped me off about a local mom and pop he gets early releases from. I contacted them, and they said they'll have MK8 available to buy on Thursday. :D Still super jealous of other people who have gotten this even earlier though! I need my Wario online dominance to start going.
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Press A to accelerate, use triggers to drift and throw shit. No way around it !
 
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Jucksalbe

Banned
Just finished the 50cc Mushroom Cup. Thwomp Ruins is great, by far my favorite track of that cup. But 50cc is sooo slow and easy, maybe I shouldn't have started with it.
 
Robin64

Robin64

Member
Jucksalbe said:
Just finished the 50cc Mushroom Cup. Thwomp Ruins is great, by far my favorite track of that cup. But 50cc is sooo slow and easy, maybe I shouldn't have started with it.
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So when can I come round?

Also the way I figure it, you're going to want 3 stars on all the 50cc cups eventually, so might as well get them out the way first.
 
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Jucksalbe

Banned
Hmm...it seems you can collect coins in Time Trial mode now.

Edit: To be clear, coins to unlock stuff. Coins in general were already in the Time Trial mode of MK7.
 
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Dagobert Duck

Member
Jucksalbe said:
Hmm...it seems you can collect coins in Time Trial mode now.

Edit: To be clear, coins to unlock stuff. Coins in general were already in the Time Trial mode of MK7.
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Did I already told you that I hate you? Wish I would get it today too...

So how long until Nintendo Ninjas close certain shops down?
 
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