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[bomma_man]

Fuck me that looks good.

 

[Azerare]

Love the return of Rainbow Road and Shy Guy!! Can't wait for this game to come out. It's looking really good!

 

[ffdgh]

That freaking rainbow road 64. Just imaging 8's version.

 

[JoeM86]

Looks so good. I'm really impressed.

Roll on next month

 

[Tomohawk]

looks perty but i was hoping to learn how the gravity stuff for tracks affected game play. it would be a shame if it was a visual add on.

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

I'll be running off the tears of butthurts who won't pony up for a wii u for the next few months

 

[Christopher]

wow a 2 minute trailer? GameXplain HOUR video incoming

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Looks really good.
What's Metal Mario do? (haven't played 7)
Bullet Bill returns

 

[ChosenPredator]

looks absolutely gorgeous

 

[MannyToons]

OK, Metal Mario's voice fucking scares me.

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

Absolutely gorgeous. Can. Not. Wait.

 

[Freezie KO]

The GameXplain was insightful. Apparently ramming people in anti-grav gives you a speed boost.

 

[Nothing1016]

Nintendo have been nothing but impressive when it comes to art design and moving their games into the HD era. They might have been slow doing so but my god are these games gorgeous. Mario Kart 8 gets me excited to see what the Zelda team is cooking up and how they are gonna benefit because of HD.

 

[vanty]

What's Metal Mario do? (haven't played 7)

Makes you wish your ears didn't exist.

 

[SparkTR]

awh man

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

Just keep a look out for a bomba sale from a local retailer. I got mine for $160, worth it for Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD, TW101, SM3DWorld and ZombiU.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Wait, bumping into someone during antigravity gives a speed boost?

Am I the only one who didn't know this? I knew there had to be some kind of gameplay element to it.

This changes everything.

 

[Neiteio]

Wow, didn't realize that was Toad's Turnpike because of how they added ramps to the vehicles. I love how they're modifying the way the retro stages play.

 

[Exterminieren]

Rainbow Road 64 looks astonishingly pretty.

 

[botty]

I wasn't ready for the rainbow road 64 Remix.

air

 

[PotionBleue]

I don't understand why a fucking Mario Kart game is the most exciting thing I've seen on the Wii U. Yes it's above Super Mario 3D World.

Wait, bumping into someone during antigravity gives a speed boost?

Am I the only one who didn't know this? I knew there had to be some kind of gameplay element to it.

This changes everything.

It's been there since the reveal in June 2013 but a lot of people didn't see it and kept saying “anti-gravity adds nothing to gameplay”. Yes it does.

 

[Mory Dunz]

looks perty but i was hoping to learn how the gravity stuff for tracks affected game play. it would be a shame if it was a visual add on.

The GameXplain was insightful. Apparently ramming people in anti-grav gives you a speed boost.

Okay. So it wasn't old news.

EDIT:
So it was old news. Just buried under...stuff.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

More Rainbow Road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TksRNqzDk

 

[Irminsul]

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



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

Should be Donut Plains 3, not 1, shouldn't it? (Notice the broken bridge in the trailer):

 

[Jagsrock]

Dat mustache!And holy fucking hell rainbow road looks amazing. The gameplay practically looks like what you'd expect a cgi intro vid to look like. well so much for sleeping, time to watch that trailer again.

 

[KrM DeLorean]

Wow, I haven't wanted a Nintendo game in years. What. .. is this feeling?

 

[SolidSnakex]

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

THAT SUPERIOR RAINBOW ROAD

You can have all my Money Nintendo! Me purchasing a Wii U in May, confirmed!

 

[civilstrife]

I hope this isn't Mario Kart's swan song.
But what a way to go out if it is.

 

[ffdgh]

Wow, I haven't wanted a Nintendo game in years. What. .. is this feeling?

Nintendo magic.

Spoiler

sarcasm

 

[Mojojo]

Very nice. For a second I thought at the end it was a WiiU + Mario Kart bundle but alas ..

I liked the track with road traffic and the moving truck with a jumping ramp on it. Don't remember that kind of gameplay element in any MK (but i never played MK7 on 3DS).

 

[bomma_man]

Hope they've changed RR64 enough that it's not the most dead shit boring track in mario kart history anymore

 

[chaobreaker]

Looking really good. And since it's a Nintendo game you know the final game will look like this.

Thank you Iwata-san.

 

[Hanmik]

looks perty but i was hoping to learn how the gravity stuff for tracks affected game play. it would be a shame if it was a visual add on.

During antigravity sections in Mario Kart 8 you can bump into other drivers or certain obstacles to Spin Turbo

looks fine.. had lots of fun with my kids and Mario Kart Wii .. so this will probably be the same.

 

[Atram]

 

[Volotaire]

That water man. In a Nintendo game.

 

[cluderi]

Rainbow road looks fantastic and cows are back.

Time to stare at my pre-order and will it into existence early.

HNNNNNNNGGGGGGG....

 

[squid]

Dat Rainbow Road 64 theme song...

 

[stalker]

They confirm nunchuck in the Nintendo video. Quite obvious but I think it was not confirmed yet

 

[ffdgh]

Hope they've changed RR64 enough that it's not the most dead shit boring track in mario kart history anymore

...You didn't see it in the nrw vid?!

 

[SmithnCo]

Dat Rainbow Road theme!

 

[fredrancour]

My god. that rainbow road gif.

 

[everyday math]

This game makes me want to buy a wii U.
Dammit.

 

[Katsuragi]

I hope this isn't Mario Kart's swan song.
But what a way to go out if it is.

Why do you call it the swang song of the series?

 

[Terrell]

Very nice. For a second I thought at the end it was a WiiU + Mario Kart bundle but alas ..

I liked the track with road traffic and the moving truck with a jumping ramp on it. Don't remember that kind of gameplay element in any MK (but i never played MK7 on 3DS).

You need to go play Double Dash, it seems.

 

[TreIII]

Only disappointing thimg was the return of Metal

Spoiler

Scumbag

Mario.

But everything else looks so good, I can certainly look past that.

 

[SmokyDave]

Looks cool as fuck, man.

 

[E-phonk]

Bought a Wii U on monday and preordered this yesterday.
Looking forward!

 

[Katsuragi]

That was an amazing trailer! They really nailed the Rainbow Road 64 theme! I'm hyped.

 

[Why would you do that?]

Hope they've changed RR64 enough that it's not the most dead shit boring track in mario kart history anymore

I too found the MK64 Rainbow Road to be boring (but then again, I didn't know you could even drift in MK64 for many years after playing it... That might have upped my feelings for the track) but judging from the videos alone, the MK8 rendition looks far and away more exciting and better than the 64 one.

 

[deleted]

Looks lovely! I haven't played the 3DS one yet or the Wii one to a larger extend. Is it possible yet to set your own rules for the items like in Smash Bros? Can I deactivate Bullet Bill and the Blue Shell?

I have to say that I like the boomerang though. Pirahna Plant could also work without breaking the balance too much.