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Mario Kart 8 Info Thread

My goodness, this game being 720p with no AA is going to ruin the visuals. This is how it looks in upscaled to 1080p which is the resolution of the TV I'll be playing it on.

(Taken from the Gamersyde videos)
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Do you think it will fracture the online community tho? Adding newer characters and maps? Characters I guess they could patch the game so that everyone could see them but not have access to them unless they paid for additional characters..

If they released battle maps I feel that everyone would abandon the standard maps for the battle ones and people who dont want to pay for DLC wont be able to enjoy online battle mode at all?

They could do it how Mario Golf: World Tour on the 3DS does it.

If everyone in the lobby has the DLC, the option to vote on the DLC courses is there.

If someone doesn't have the DLC, the option is missing.
 
Do you think it will fracture the online community tho? Adding newer characters and maps? Characters I guess they could patch the game so that everyone could see them but not have access to them unless they paid for additional characters..

If they released battle maps I feel that everyone would abandon the standard maps for the battle ones and people who dont want to pay for DLC wont be able to enjoy online battle mode at all?

It'll work like pikmin, where everyone will have to update regardless, but they don't have access to the content. I works fine for every other game with map packs, heck even street fighter 4 has different versions and you can play with each other still.

So no, I don't think it will hurt online at all. Like i said if it's priced like Mario golf, (i think 15 bucks for 4 courses and 5 characters) I doubt many people won't have it anyway.
 
Did you guys see GameXplain's video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsO8K7jUDRM

@7:10
I read a comment in one of the reviews that it was a common issue and this video just confirms it with André saying they also had the same problem.

yeah I saw that its nothing because this happens to the one of 2 places when the track deforms from impact I can imagine they missed this

the remixed Rainbow Road also has this type of wave bounce section to a part of the track wonder if you can fall under that too
 
My goodness, this game being 720p with no AA is going to ruin the visuals. This is how it looks in upscaled to 1080p which is the resolution of the TV I'll be playing it on.

(Taken from the Gamersyde videos)
i5kMH9SGfAyKN.png

Stretching to upscale on a computer tends to look a whole lot worse than the upscaling you'll see on a half-decent HDTV
 
My goodness, this game being 720p with no AA is going to ruin the visuals. This is how it looks in upscaled to 1080p which is the resolution of the TV I'll be playing it on.

(Taken from the Gamersyde videos)
i5kMH9SGfAyKN.png

It will look much better than that lol .. some pictures uploaded have compression and arent exactly the right quality. Also you sit alot further from your tv than you do your monitor so it wont be an issue...

Are you pausing the game and looking for jaggies? People said the same thing about SM3DW and that game on my 65 inch 1080p tv looks sharp and crisp with no issues.
 
My goodness, this game being 720p with no AA is going to ruin the visuals. This is how it looks in upscaled to 1080p which is the resolution of the TV I'll be playing it on.

(Taken from the Gamersyde videos)
i5kMH9SGfAyKN.png

go into setting on your WiiU and make sure the option is set at 1080p the WiiU will take care of the rest
 
It will look much better than that lol .. some pictures uploaded have compression and arent exactly the right quality. Also you sit alot further from your tv than you do your monitor so it wont be an issue...

Are you pausing the game and looking for jaggies? People said the same thing about SM3DW and that game on my 65 inch 1080p tv looks sharp and crisp with no issues.

Goodness no man. I noticed how bad it looks so I paused it and did a screen capture.

go into setting on your WiiU and make sure the option is set at 1080p the WiiU will take care of the rest

It is. Hopefully you're right. We'll see.
 
If Nintendo feel like DLC would more value to the game, then they will, and Mario Kart 8 is a great game to give extra tracks/battle arenas/characters, just like Mario Golf on 3DS has done.

DLC would be a gold mine for this game. If theres ever a time to do DLC, its with MK.
 
Goodness no man. I noticed how bad it looks so I paused it and did a screen capture.

Well the moment you paused is actually a static moment.

Did you guys see GameXplain's video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsO8K7jUDRM

@7:10
I read a comment in one of the reviews that it was a common issue and this video just confirms it with André saying they also had the same problem.

At least it seems it's not the kind of glitch that allows you to skip a portion of the track.
 
Are the reviewers that have played the game able to do online matches? or are they restricted to local multiplayer right now?
 
In Japan it's 5700yen (6156yen with Tax included) at retail. Not sure abut the eShop price. The UK eShop price is equivalent to about 8500yen.

*does a repeated back and forth waist movement*
UK and Europe get screwed over so much it's not even funny. In the US and Canada, at least, the price point is much closer to Japan's price.
 
Ouch.

Was seriously considering the digital copy for ease of use but amazon have it listed at £39 so that's decided that for me. Even with the 10% back for buying on the eshop it still doesn't work out any better. Shame really.

Remember that buying Super Mario Kart will reduce the price of MK8 by £5 (effectively getting Super Mario Kart for free).
 
Is there an "official" Mario Kart 8 Nintendo ID sharing thing? Or is the OT going to end up facilitating that? I have no friends on my Wii U but would like to play with GAFers once it's out.
 
My goodness, this game being 720p with no AA is going to ruin the visuals. This is how it looks in upscaled to 1080p which is the resolution of the TV I'll be playing it on.

(Taken from the Gamersyde videos)
i5kMH9SGfAyKN.png

It looked gorgeous on my TV, without any particular setting.
 
Regarding Jaggies, I'm not sure what Nintendo does, but the screen shots from SM3DW have the same effect, but is unnoticeable in motion.

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Every. Single. Person and review mention's how beautiful this game is in motion.
 
Regarding Jaggies, I'm not sure what Nintendo does, but the screen shots from SM3DW have the same effect, but is unnoticeable in motion.

wiiu_screenshot_tv_01mmui1.jpg


Every. Single. Person and review mention's how beautiful this game is in motion.

That's the worst screenshot I've ever seen of that game.
 
Is there an "official" Mario Kart 8 Nintendo ID sharing thing? Or is the OT going to end up facilitating that? I have no friends on my Wii U but would like to play with GAFers once it's out.

Grabbing it at midnight and plan to play pretty consistently. Add me.

NNID: emisha
 
Is there an "official" Mario Kart 8 Nintendo ID sharing thing? Or is the OT going to end up facilitating that? I have no friends on my Wii U but would like to play with GAFers once it's out.

There is the NNID thread, but for MK8 specifically, that will be in the OT.
 
Is there an "official" Mario Kart 8 Nintendo ID sharing thing? Or is the OT going to end up facilitating that? I have no friends on my Wii U but would like to play with GAFers once it's out.
We should definitely do this. The Mario Golf thread has been doing it and it's been really nice having a pretty constant community to play with.
 
Ouch.

Was seriously considering the digital copy for ease of use but amazon have it listed at £39 so that's decided that for me. Even with the 10% back for buying on the eshop it still doesn't work out any better. Shame really.

If you buy Super Mario Kart on VC first, you get £5.50 discount on Mario Kart 8 download.

Then you'll get £4.20 back on the premium promotion for the Mario Kart 8 (+ Super Mario Kart) download

Then when you use the download code for the free game promo, you'll probably get premium promotion cashback on that too (I'm guessing that will happen, but everything we know about the premium promotion seems to suggest that it will, so I'm somewhat confident)

Of course, you'll get the premium promotion cashback on the free download with a physical Mario Kart 8. But there's only 30p difference between amazon and Nintendo, if you want Super Mario Kart too.

Nintendo £50 = Mario Kart 8 + free game + Super Mario Kart + £8.40 premium cash back (£41.60)

Amazon £40 = Mario Kart 8 + free game + £4.20 cash back (£35.80) + £5.50 for Super Mario Kart (£41.30)

Edit: corrected the premium promo cashback maths. Did 8% on 100% instead if 10% on 120% [sic]
 
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