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there's a brake in mario kart?

 

[Verder]

i can ruin my friendships even faster.

 

[oreomunsta]

Who needs F-Zero?

I... I do :'[

there's a brake in mario kart?

It's the yellow fruit shaped thing

 

[Pila]

Mwahaha, gonna love this.

 

[Natureboy99]

F-zero am cry.

Iwata is that you? If not how do you come up with the idea that 200cc Karts in any way touches futuristic rocket powered hover cars that go hundreds of miles per hour in a scifi universe?

 

[Sanjay]

Any footage?

 

[Tom Nook]

Is Luigi ready for this?

 

[mktrOOp]

F-Zero is dead, but it's ok.

We can play the older games as much as we want, they're not gone.

 

[Amir0x]

200CC speed that sounds rad. Now I almost want to buy this Mario Kart game just to experience it. I've given up on the MK franchise (too many balance issues introduced with their item selections), but that really sounds fascinating. Decisions, decisions..

 

[Kodaman]

Lol. Gaf delivering as always.

 

[Ezalc]

"Mario kart faster than ever before!"

While showing F-Zero DLC stage footage.

Well fuck you too Nintendo.

 

[jorgejjvr]

Awesome, people really need to get good now

 

[Verder]

Any footage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfiLh5opdJ8

there ya go

 

[Baraka in the White House]

200CC speed that sounds rad. Now I almost want to buy this Mario Kart game just to experience it. I've given up on the MK franchise (too many balance issues introduced with their item selections), but that really sounds fascinating. Decisions, decisions..

MK8 has some of the best new tracks + an excellent selection of revamped oldies. It's just a blast to play.

 

[PotionBleue]

there's a brake in mario kart?

Yes: http://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/me...art_8/ElectronicManual_WiiU_MarioKart8_EN.pdf

You can also brake while drifting, but only with Wii U GamePad / Wii U Pro Controller.

 

[AdanVC]

Slowly but surely MK8 is becoming the perfect Mario Kart game. The game we've been dreaming since idk. Online races at 200cc are going to be madness and crazy fun. Plus with all the new 8 curse, characters, outfits and vehicles... and all of that in around 20 more days!! This is how you DLC <3

 

[reKon]

This still seens slower than Modnation Racers though...lol

 

[commanderpepper]

I'm glad for the addition to MK8. I hope they also add stars to player names.

 

[ec0ec0]

once they up MKs speed, it's over for F-Zero.

So... is there a myth or something that the difference between f-zero and mario kart is just the "speed" or what!? do people really think that? Yeah, i know that you're perfectly aware of their diffences but, what about people in general...

poor F-Zero ;_;

 

[KarmaCow]

Slowly but surely MK8 is becoming the perfect Mario Kart game. The game we've been dreaming since idk. Online races at 200cc are going to be madness and crazy fun. Plus with all the new 8 curse, characters, outfits and vehicles... and all of that in around 20 more days!! This is how you DLC <3

Well they still need to fix make a proper Battle mode for that to happen.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

With the Sonic, Pac-Man, and Mega Man outfits....

What are the chances one of the new DLC Courses might be based on a 3rd-Party Franchise?

 

[sinxtanx]

that is ridiculously fast

Spoiler

250cc when?

 

[Amir0x]

MK8 has some of the best new tracks + an excellent selection of revamped oldies. It's just a blast to play.

I'm sure, lots of people praise it. But lots of people praised the last few MK games too, but I just do not like their weapon selections in the past bunch of MK games. Too unbalanced, and some of them just exist to allow inadequate players the slight chance of victory, and to do so it targets lead players. I just like my games pure skill vs. pure skill, luck variables turn me off. Outcomes to me should be 100% based on how good you are, not how lucky you get with blue shells or other cheese weaponry.

MK8 still has blue shells and another weapon I don't like, so I'm not sure I can get past it. Maybe I'll rent it from Gamefly.

 

[FleetingFlowAir]

Frantic Mode is gonna be hell. And I'm okay with that.

 

[ec0ec0]

F-Zero is dead, but it's ok..

I'll never accept this. Never!!

f*ck you too Nintendo :,(

 

[Sadist]

YES

 

[Monocle]

This is going to be hilarious.

 

[mcmmaster]

Oh god I always thought to myself that 200cc mode would be rad, can't believe they've actually gone an added it... so FUCKING HYPE!

 

[Jman014]

With the Sonic, Pac-Man, and Mega Man outfits....

What are the chances one of the new DLC Courses might be based on a 3rd-Party Franchise?

That would hopefully happen. It's great that Nintendo continues to support the game through adding things like a faster speed than 150cc. I was not expecting this.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Nintendo would rather make a faster Mario Kart than another F zero lol

 

[Vilix]

Some put in Bowser hitting her with a shell.

 

[Gestault]

Venom Class unlocked.

Well they still need to fix make a proper Battle mode for that to happen.

It just needs non race-track maps. It's still dumb that they didn't have them in the first place, but it should be a relatively simple addition.

 

[Mr-Joker]

"Mario kart faster than ever before!"

While showing F-Zero DLC stage footage.

Well fuck you too Nintendo.

Hear me out but what if 200cc, the anti gravity and the F-zero track is all Nintendo way of training us for the new F-zero game?

 

[Eolz]

Another nail in F-Zero's coffin...

Captain Falcon please save us

 

[marc^o^]

Hear me out but what if 200cc, the anti gravity and the F-zero track is all Nintendo way of training us for the new F-zero game?

Mario Kart as a bridge game for F-Zero. Who would have thought? ;-)

 

[Jezan]

Hear me out but what if 200cc, the anti gravity and the F-zero track is all Nintendo way of training us for the new F-zero game?

Or a way to shut up F-zero fans

I still think that Mute City in MK8 is a wasted opportunity, the track should at least have one segment where you anti-grav on a cylinder. Like Fire Field in GX or Big Blue in X.

 

[oatmeal]

NINTENDO. GODDAMN BATTLE ARENAS.

Online would explode if that happened.

 

[Effect]

Wanted a faster mode for a long time but damn that is fast. SNES Rainbow road is already hard on 150cc. Screw up on that it's over. I don't know how you even stay on the track in 200cc with that speed.

 

[KooopaKid]

One of the best news in the Direct. Almost seems...TOO fast? In a Mario Kart game? What is happening to the world?

 

[Madao]

Or a way to shut up F-zero fans

I still think that Mute City in MK8 is a wasted opportunity, the track should at least have one segment where you anti-grav on a cylinder. Like Fire Field in GX or Big Blue in X.

funny how MK8's F-Zero track works better in an actual F-Zero game

So... is there a myth or something that the difference between f-zero and mario kart is just the "speed" or what!? do people really think that? Yeah, i know that you're perfectly aware of their diffences but, what about people in general...

poor F-Zero ;_;

speed itself makes things harder and you know how most games have been dumbed down in recent years or canned if they were too hard.

in a way, it's better we haven't had a new F-Zero because the backlash if it was slower than GX would be really big. also, did people forget how most people said "F-Zero would suck with motion controls" in the Wii days?
it's true that Nintendo still puts challenging sections in their games but they haven't released a game that is hard out of the gate in years.

 

[Rezbit]

That is awesome news! What a nice surprise.

 

[rand0mZer0]

Can't wait!

 

[themagicalkitsune]

I still think that woman had a heart attack or something.

 

[NetMapel]

200cc but no new battle arena maps? Nintendo why you gotta troll? Lol but great news though

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

Oh Jeez, I'm going to get stomped so hard by the OT Mario Kart players now that I haven't been playing in a while.

 

[Scrawnton]

does it still maintain 60fps at that speed? If that is the case then it is darn impressive.

 

[Omnicent]

150cc is piss easy for me. this announcement is hyping me to return to the game.

I think you need some kart gaf in your life.
Fuck man kart gaf on 200cc in Frantic..... have mercy on all the salt.
I will have to hope back in when this hits.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Why not just make 150cc the fastest? Our speakers go to 11.

 

[doofy102]

Oh boy. And here I am racing 100CC in Global (it's 100CC right?)

 

[Simbabbad]

Excellent news, but what'd make it much better was if they announced they rebalanced the items/recovery time, or added better item categories (such as the Wii's "classic" category).