We all expected some sort of Mario Kart 8 news today, and here it is : brand new trailer !
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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 ugoo18
Courtesy of DaBoss
List of confirmed tracks :
Source
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
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