Outtrigger888
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I read that we'll be able to edit what we want to upload, with mk tv. So im curious how in depth that will go. The best use of the gamepad for this game may end up being a mk tv video editor.
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Mario Kart 8 : new trailer
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I read that we'll be able to edit what we want to upload, with mk tv. So im curious how in depth that will go. The best use of the gamepad for this game may end up being a mk tv video editor.
Kotaku is the only place with most of the track tho not all of it.
http://youtu.be/eU7X9oMip30?t=1m40s
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Thanks.
I wouldn't have asked because it seemed not to be playable but then I saw that gif that showed more of it that I have seen before.
I think you may be right. Even though the Off-screen is farther away, it does look a lot sharper. I just watched an E3 gamercyde video and the road textures look pretty sharp. I guess we won't be able to tell about that.
However...
I still feel something is going on here. (Besides from the building color change)
Even though the IGN video is bad, the lighting on the road should still show up a little right? They're not in the exact same spot, but still.
Count me in as another person who hopes DLC retro levels are/could be a thing.
This and the Koopaling's rave looking level hven't been seen much outside of the last trailers iirc.
This and the Koopaling's rave looking level hven't been seen much outside of the last trailers iirc.
titusandronicus
Member
Oh man if Yoshi's Valley is in this I will go crazy. It, Rainbow Road, and Toad's Turnpike are my three favourite 64 courses. And they could all be in this game, in HD!
OG_Original Gamer
Member
Thanks for posting, I can't wait to get that sweetness on my HDTV. Now I'm even more excited for this year's e3.
The only Mario Kart standards missing from the new track list is a Donkey Kong track and an ice track. Hmmmmmmmm.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Awesome. I loved sliding through the ice tunnel on that track. Plus the music is great.
PotionBleue
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Electrodrome is shown quite a lot in joystiq's video (at several points):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76PE-TC6MXI&hd=1&t=18s
The ones confirmed BUT not much shown so far are Dolphin Shoals (we literally see it 3 seconds in a video + 1 artwork), DS Tick-Tock Clock (February trailer), 3DS Music Park, 3DS Piranha Plant Slide and Wii Grumble Volcano.
Getting Toad's Turnpike, Royal Raceway and Rainbow Road 64 was seriously the best luck ever. I really still wish if somehow both Yoshi Valley and Wario Stadium could have made it in (the latter with those funky hydraulic lifts everywhere a la the Super Circuit stage would have been whoaaaaaa) but I'm already wondering how amazing new Yoshi's Valley will look.
Thank you so much. Damn that level is swanky.
edit: nvm lol
Yeah they may have made a couple of changes in lighting or applied the effect to that road specifically, but that road effect still existed on the old demo, as you can see in the small track in this pic:
SoraanTribal
Member
Despite my extreme hype for this game, one thing I'm really bummed about is you can't play 2 players with 1 person on the gamepad's screen and the second playing getting the full tv screen. That would have been so awesome.
OG_Original Gamer
Member
Is it me or are those clouds affected by the sunlight?
Not sure if this has been mentioned but it appears that the Pirhanna plant serves as a combination of the tanooki tail and a mushroom. Each time it bites forward it boosts the kart a bit.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Ha, Gamexplain said the exact same thing in their discussion. It really makes too much sense
GameXplain did a side-by-side comparison video of Rainbow Road N64.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBS9GgJSWQ&feature=youtu.be&a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBS9GgJSWQ&feature=youtu.be&a
Goldenmoney
Member
Please Baby Park, please Baby Park, please Baby Park...
Outtrigger888
Member
One reason i think is possible, is that they couldn't pull off 60fps for both screens, in two players.
Nintendo, with their standards, i could see not including it for this reason.
I have no clue on the technical side of things. As in, is a full resolution on the tv, and gamepad, more difficult, than splitting the tv resolution.
edit: The fact that two players is split vertically, actually may be a clue. Or it could be, since you go up with the zero g, that a vertical view is better to see. Or the luck of both.
legacyzero
Banned
This may just be the game that get's me to pick up a Wii U.
Already in MKDS, and they haven't reused retro tracks ever, except for the entirety of the SNES tracks being in Super Circuit.
OG_Original Gamer
Member
It may get patched in with a warning that framerate will halved.
Every single Mario Kart after Double Dash has has 32 tracks, 16 new and 16 remakes.
Goldenmoney
Member
Wow. Now I'm bummed.
themagicalkitsune
Member
If the unrevealed retro track turns out to be GBAs' Ribbon Road or Wii's Moonview Highway
hnnnggg.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I really like the bouncing chain chomps in replacements to the little obstacles they had in 64. Always seemed kinda random and throwaway in the old version, now they're in a significant part of the map as an big set piece obstacle but could all be used for those little stunts and such.
Apophis2036
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Someone needs to make a Gif of 2:12 - 2:20... Nice to see Nintendo using the power of the cloud to make their games look amazing
.PotionBleue
Member
I believe it will be a Bowser's Castle; so far every game had had at least one BC in the retro tracks.
MKDS had GBA Bowser Castle 2
MKWii had GBA Bowser Castle 3, N64 Bowser's Castle
MK7 had GBA Bowser Castle 1
The remaining castles are:
SNES Bowser Castle 1
SNES Bowser Castle 2
SNES Bowser Castle 3
GBA Bowser Castle 4
GCN Bowser's Castle
DS Bowser Castle
Wii Bowser's Castle
3DS Bowser's Castle
With Toad's Turnpike in MK8, Moonview Highway is out of the question.
Ribbon Road on the other hand... hnnnggg indeed.
DK Pass and DK Summit already set a precedent for snowy DK tracks. There's also no track with Wario in the name, but I think Water Park is supposed to be his and Waluigi's track.
MannyToons
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Whyyy. Whyyy do both comparison videos insist on switching between each game's audio? We already know what the original sounds like, let us hear that amazing orchestration! Still a nicely done video. Speeding up the 64 version keeps them more in sync than IGN's which just let it run at regular speed throughout the whole thing.
So god damn BEAUTIFUL. ;~;
SoapyLemons
Neo Member
Wait, so we're missing a Bowser track for the main cups?
We haven't seen anything on this track since the February trailer.
We haven't seen anything on this track since the February trailer.
PotionBleue
Member
Wait, so we're missing a Bowser track for the main cups?
We haven't seen anything on this track since the February trailer.
Not sure if you already know it; this is Wii Grumble Volcano
SoapyLemons
Neo Member
Oh, really? Well, that goes to show how memorable MKWii is to me. Holy shit, that's embarrassing.
Rainbow Road 8 is pretty much a great re-imagining of the stage with at least 10+ years of the Mario Kart team's track dynamic design on display. It fixes the one thing wrong with the original MK64's track design in that there weren't enough interesting hazards/stage interactions and ups the visual spectacle by an order of magnitude. (Same could be said of the three N64 tracks in this one honestly.)
At the same time, a large part of the appeal for the track (in my opinion anyway) was the idea of an "endurance run" to cap off the previous 15 tracks worth of game all set to the best music in the franchise. I really hope that there's an option in game to increase the laps or something to do those full 3 runs through the track, the stage is far too incredible looking both conceptually and visually to be a race to the end affair. It'd also harsh my MK64 vibes by a lot. :lol
I'm going to get killed for this, but I actually have a slight preference for the original. This is in no way a slight against the orchestration since that's godlike too, but something about the original sounds richer/has a stronger bass to it.
MannyToons
Member
Ah, no big deal. I prefer Wind Waker's original soundtrack entirely over the enhanced Wii U version (even if the differences are a lot more subtle).
Also, has anyone really listened to Toad Harbor's music? It's becoming my favorite song in the game so far, Christ. I NEVER cared for the music in any Mario Kart, so this is strange for me.
But MK64 Credits Theme/Toad's Turnpike/Rainbow Road/Bowser's Castle though! I'll also give a small nod to Wario Colosseum in DD.
Really the music in MK's after 64 and Super Circuit were kinda serviceable but eh (with Maple Treeway being a notable standout in MKWii), so I get where you're coming from.
MannyToons
Member
Gah, well... maybe the credits music from MKWii as well as the Dry Dry Ruins music were pretty nice. But most of the music in Mario Kart were just... "it's music... and it's in the game. It's not remarkable in any way, but it's not terrible." for me.
Mario Kart 8 having some fully orchestrated music (that's VERY reminiscent of 3D World's soundtrack) has really made me fall in love with this game far more than I thought I would.
I would say the best retro tracks still available considering Mario Kart 8's features would be:
Bowser's Castle DS - Imagine going around that spinning cylinder in antigravity.
Neo Bowser City 3DS - Plenty of opportunity for some antigravity sections. The rain would look amazing.
Wario Colosseum GCN - This track is just screaming antigravity and glider.
Rainbow Road DS -Surprised they picked N64 over this one. It's a no-brainer.
Wario's Gold Mine Wii - Also plenty of places for antigravity and gliding.
Someone needs to make a Gif of 2:12 - 2:20... Nice to see Nintendo using the power of the cloud to make their games look amazing
Done and done.
SoraanTribal
Member
You're probably right, but I would have preferred having the option even if it meant halving the FPS if you are in that mode.
MannyToons
Member
Done and done.
Woooow...