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Nintendo of Japan has put out a six minute trailer that shows off all the new additions that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be getting on the Nintendo Switch. All the tracks and characters from the Wii U version and its DLC will be included, as well as new additions such as Dry Bones, King Boo, Bowser JR, and Splatoon's squid characters. There will also be a beginner mode, titled Smart Steering, which prevents players from falling off the race tracks. Battles return, with brand new courses. There's also other battle games, announced first during the Switch launch reveal event, shown off in the video, such as the Piranha Plant mode, where one team has the piranha plant power-up, and must try to capture all the players who don't. Coin Battle is included as well, where you must try to collect the most amount of coins on the track before time runs out. Lastly, there's a Shine mode, which has players race across new battle stages to get all the shines hidden in the course. Lastly, one more new character will be added...in...the form of Gold Mario... Mario Kart 8 Deluxe launches worldwide on April 28 for the Nintendo Switch.

UPDATE: Ninendo of America has posted the same trailer, albeit a slight bit shorter, in English now.

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[CeeDee]

Gold Mario has been on Mario Kart 8 since the beginning. Why are people so surprised now?

Metal Mario has. Gold is new. And completely pointless, too.

 

[the_randomizer]

This is what Mario Kart 8 Wii U should've been TBH.

Edit: Lol Nintendo locked comments

 

[QCLasky]

this dlc is only for switch?

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Metal Mario has. Gold is new. And completely pointless, too.

Ah, right. Metal Mario not Gold Mario. Another pointless gold character.

Mario Kart 8 has tons of pointless Gold and Baby versions of characters.

this dlc is only for switch?

Most of it can be acquired on the WiiU version. Except for the new content, of course.

 

[QCLasky]

Ah, right. Metal Mario not Gold Mario. Another pointless gold character.

Mario Kart 8 has tons of pointless Gold and Baby versions of characters.


Most of it can be acquired on the WiiU version. Except for the new content, of course.

hm.. i already have all dlc for mk8 on wiiu, sadly i wont be able to play the new one

 

[RayD97]

One of my greatest dreams has been realized. Mario Kart Double Dash gets an HD remake

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

One of my greatest dreams has been realized. Mario Kart Double Dash gets an HD remake

One stage means the entire game has given a remake?

 

[ihaveahax]

One stage means the entire game has given a remake?

probably also means the double items.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Gold Mario uis suposed to be a reward for completing all 200cc Grand Prixs. And it's placed as an alt. appearance for Metal Mario (like female Villager and Inklings and alt. Shy Guys/Yoshis). Plus, there is a new drifting boost tier, we've seen purple sparks. Finally, DK dabs at 2:45.

 

[HaloEffect17]

Shine Sprites are back... Super Mario Sunshine HD confirmed!

 

[chartube12]

Beginner mode...hmm I think they should had the same difficulty levels but with the option in settings to turn off track fall offs. I barely play mario kart 8 and it came with my wii u with all the dlcs, due to track fall offs. They are the stupidest part of mario kart

 

[Xabring]

Screw Mario Party, now we have a pseudo-juggernaut type game in MK, shines and coins return, and well....battle mode! at least! it might be worth buying it even if you had MK8 on the wii u.

 

[vinipeix]

I'm still kinda pissed with MK8 deluxe

It was so hard for me to find a MK8 copy for Wii U and now they relaunch everything lmao

I'll still buy it when I have the Switch tho

 

[McWhiters9511]

another mario. gr8. im sick of this game. worst mk yet. i just want them to make a new one already.

 

[CeeDee]

another mario. gr8. im sick of this game. worst mk yet. i just want them to make a new one already.

"another mario"

They'll never stop Mario.

 

[Apex]

Really? They're putting in a proper battle mode now? The thing that fans had been clamoring about through the entirety of that game's relevance on Wii U?

"What's that? You want a proper battle mode? A staple of the series up to this point? Okay, you can have it three years later, on a different full price port, on a new system you have to buy, where the new controllers you need for multiplayer are expensive."

 

[WiiuGold]

I can't wait to get this one. Come on April

 

[comput3rus3r]

Really? They're putting in a proper battle mode now? The thing that fans had been clamoring about through the entirety of that game's relevance on Wii U?

"What's that? You want a proper battle mode? A staple of the series up to this point? Okay, you can have it three years later, on a different full price port, on a new system you have to buy, where the new controllers you need for multiplayer are expensive."

Yeah i was disappointed with the battle mode in mk8 for wiiu. Well i always buy Nintendo systems sooner or later anyway.

 

[FAST6191]

No system has ever gotten more than one Mario Kart.

https://xkcd.com/1122/
Also arcade systems have several, and only a couple of years apart in some cases.
No system ever lacked an exclusive zelda, until it did.
There is never more than one "generation" of pokemon on a system, until there was.
The wars series was on every system/handheld, until it wasn't.
Never had a system without mario in the launch window? Don't tell me Luigi's mansion counts.
Square and Final Fantasy are Nintendo staples.
Nintendo sell Rare? Are you mad?
Europe always gets things last. There were even exclusives in some instances.

Likewise "we have never done it before" is probably not great business sense. Feel the market out, play to that is the better plan.

Anyway the only features and modes I am interested in is being able to create a tournament with these specific tracks, in this order (or maybe random), with this many laps and maybe a selectable CC as well. It is not even a hard thing to do, and various Nintendo games have such granularity already.... maybe I will go back and make some hacks.
That said if they want to trim the sprawling mess of mechanics that seem to be infesting modern offerings I am OK with that too.

 

[DrkrZen]

Too bad its still yet another Wii U port.