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New Mario Kart 8 trailer
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StreetsAhead
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Indeed.
As for Mario Kart, this game looks really fun. The tracks look alive and inventive, and the Koopalings are a great addition to the roster. Certainly better than Queen Bee or Wiggler ever were. The improvements over the Wii version are great and it's impressive to me that they've basically been working on this game ~2 years or so .
Like I said in another forum, revealing the Koopalings this early (and what's even crazier, all of them )makes me think the roster for this game is going to be huge. Like... HUGE.
Seriously.
The people at EAD are simply wizards.
xxbrothawizxx63
Member
This is the best looking game on the system to me. It really does look great. Definitely Day one.
Everything about this Mario Kart has wowed me overall. Everything looks so good! :'D
*High fives*
This is my dream retro track to be remade and if it were included in this one I would be so ecstatic.
Looks amazing!!!!
Oh and please have this for the retro tracks:
*High fives*
This is my dream retro track to be remade and if it were included in this one I would be so ecstatic.
AtomicShroom
Member
Whoever is making those MK8 trailers should be fired! They're giving me nausea from all those weird-ass camera angles and movements! ... And not a single second of actual behind-the-car gameplay is shown. Wow...
Game looks super mighty awesome fun though! Will get it for sure. But fuck whoever is responsible for this trailer!
Game looks super mighty awesome fun though! Will get it for sure. But fuck whoever is responsible for this trailer!
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
People love the flashy.
It will(and does) look super impressive with the gameplay view but I think they wanted to wow with the closeups and camera panning to show the scope of the courses.
The other trailers had both views.
StreetsAhead
Member
I dunno if I'd say wizards, but MK Wii -> MK 8 is one of the most impressive jumps for a Nintendo franchise on the Wii U so far. Maybe the most, actually.
I just can't get excited by this. Looks like the same thing I've played for years now. Inverted gravity and koopalings don't add enough for me at this point for it to make me want to play all these tracks with these items and characters all over again. Doesn't even sound like there's a new game mode. I'm sure it'll be a decent Mario Kart game though.
You make it sound like having a larger roster here is some sort of big achievement. It's not like a fighting game where they have to design a moveset. It's just a filler for the drivers seat. It doesn't require much effort to include a character.
You make it sound like having a larger roster here is some sort of big achievement. It's not like a fighting game where they have to design a moveset. It's just a filler for the drivers seat. It doesn't require much effort to include a character.
shouamabane
Member
I've skipped Mario Kart games since Double Dash. MK8 looks better than the ones I skipped. I'm in.
astrogamer
Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioToRxjwl5A
GameXplain's first discussion. Analysis coming soon
GameXplain's first discussion. Analysis coming soon
Mango The Magician
Banned
You know when Iwata said something along the lines of different types of characters, I got excited and thought maybe we'd some obscure Mario characters or maybe even other Nintendo characters, yet he was talking about the Koopalings which ever since their revival in the NSMB series they're about as unique and hype-worthy as a potato.
StreetsAhead
Member
As-Yet Unconfirmed Mario Kart Wii/Mario Kart 7 Playable Characters:
1. Diddy Kong
2. Birdo
3. Bowser Jr.
4. Funky Kong
5. Dry Bowser
6. Dry Bones
7. King Boo
8. Mii
9. Metal Mario
10. Shy Guy
11. Honey Queen
12. Lakitu
13. Wiggler
We're already at 24 characters for MK8, the same number of characters as MK Wii. I assume we'll be getting cuts, but if I had to select characters I'd want to keep/return I would say Diddy, Birdo, Bowser Jr., Funky, King Boo, and Mii.
1. Diddy Kong
2. Birdo
3. Bowser Jr.
4. Funky Kong
5. Dry Bowser
6. Dry Bones
7. King Boo
8. Mii
9. Metal Mario
10. Shy Guy
11. Honey Queen
12. Lakitu
13. Wiggler
We're already at 24 characters for MK8, the same number of characters as MK Wii. I assume we'll be getting cuts, but if I had to select characters I'd want to keep/return I would say Diddy, Birdo, Bowser Jr., Funky, King Boo, and Mii.
Not much "discussion" going on there, but hey I ain't complaining. THE HYPE IS REEEAALLLLL
The bolded characters are the ones that I think are a shoe in. The italicized are characters who I think are cut. The rest could go either way IMO.
Going by the footage I think Iggy and Lemmy are featherweights, Larry, and Wendy are lightweights, and Morton, Ludwig, and Roy are normal.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Wait for the analysis which will cause paralysis to your mind.
I feel like Wiggler, Metal Mario, Lakitu and Honey Queen are the most likely to be cut.
At least to me, they always seemed to be poor choices that were there just for the sake of it. Just to say there were new characters.
I don't think the Koopalings are the only new characters for this game but who knows.
As long as Dry Bowser is in, I don't care.
Lord_Byron28
Member
These are my exact same. Also there were 25 characters in MK Wii and I believe only 23 for MK8 so far. However this is me going off of wiki. If they added any new ones I'd like for Kamek, Cranky and Dixie added to the roster.
Based on their look
Lightweight:
- Larry Koopa
- Lemmy Koopa
Mediumweight
- Wendy O. Koopa
- Iggy Koopa
Heavyweight
- Morton Koopa Jr.
- Roy Koopa
- Ludwig von Koopa
Green Mamba
Member
On one hand having all seven of them seems excessive, but on the other hand, you couldn't really just have one. And I also love Ludwig, so, uh, I got nothing bad to say about this game I guess, it actually looks pretty damn awesome.
This was excellent. These guys do fantastic work. Looking forward to the full analysis!
StreetsAhead
Member
Let's be honest, Honey Queen, Lakitu, Metal Mario, and Wiggler were filler. Basically no one asked for them (
don't be that guy who has to say 'I wanted them tho!'
Yeah, that's true. I've seen some people complaining about them taking up 'slots', but as above, when the series has stooped so low as to give Wiggler a turn at the wheel, filling up the slots with these 7 characters doesn't seem so bad.
bodeiseifer
Member
I don't believe thats likely to happen on this console, if it is in development, the earliest it would probably arrive is christmas 2015, look how dead the wii U is this year compared to last, theres like 5 retail games coming out this year, maybe 6, you can't sustain a console on that, most likely if it is in development it is for a new system, or it will be transistioned to a new system ala pikmin 3.
Why wait?
Mario Circuit from Mario Kart Super Circuit
An Ultra Hand reference?
DK Jungle from MK7
Grumble Volcano from MKWii
Tick Tock Clock from MKDS. Seems like a pretty big upgrade.
Signs saying "STAR CUP" and "MKTV"
The rest of the tracks are new, but Water Park was on one of the signs in Sunshine Airport and I'm assuming that's the name of the water park track.
Dolphin Shoals, obviously.
Some observations about that disco music track:
Koopa troopas and shyguys. ? block decor.
It has castle walls.
Koopaling signage all over.
And a shot of the disco ball near the start.
What could Bowser's Castle possibly have to do with disco?
Oh yeah.
Shy Guy Falls features Shy Guys with pickaxes working around the waterfalls.
Water Park has Nokis from Mario Sunshine. Wario ferris wheel hard to miss.
Looks like the loading dock for the Sub Coaster
This appears to be the only footage of Dolphin Shoals in the trailer. Toads chillin underwater.
D
Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
On the contrary to your claim, I've always wanted Lakitu to be a playable character in the Mario Kart series, and I'm glad he'd made it in the roster for the seventh installment. I will agree with you about the other guys, as I'm hoping that they'll be absent in Mario Kart 8.
Smashman45
Member
One of the retro tracks that really struck me as "gorgeous" upon first view. I didn't even recognize it as Grumble Volcano at first. That along with Tick Tock Clock and DK Jungle.
Red Arremer
Member
May 30 for EU, 31 for Australia.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Looks amazing graphically especially for being 60 fps
the track design is really cool too as is the use of color
Looks significantly much better than any ps360 game ever made
the track design is really cool too as is the use of color
Looks significantly much better than any ps360 game ever made
NeonZ
Member
They could always dive into Wario related characters. Donkey Kong gets some supporting cast members in Mario Kart at times, but Wario never got any of his own characters in the series (even though they've used both his car and bike before). There's also characters from the Mario RPG games.
thank you! looking forward for it
Always-honest
Banned
Yes. The most important game for WiiU for me. It has to look great. I was sooo disappointed with Twlight princess.
Great game but horrible iq... Zelda SS was better in the visual departement, but still disappointing.
ZElda is just a game that deserves to look fanatastic.
Hey man, the Koopas deserve the same attention as Mario and his dumb pals
Diddy Kong
Banned
My thoughts as well :/