Gaming Mario Kart 8 Discussion Thread

[Damian666]

same here, just finished playing tru 50cc cups with my wife, its a gorgious game, plays great.

and man im happy we can finally play tru the cups together again

best 60bucks i spend this year ^^

 

[Jiehfeng]

Got $60 eshop credit, ready to go!

 

[WiiCube_2013]

same here, just finished playing tru 50cc cups with my wife, its a gorgious game, plays great.

and man im happy we can finally play tru the cups together again

best 60bucks i spend this year ^^

Netherlands now uses dollars?

 

[Damian666]

lol... yeah xd to much time on the internetz man

 

[fossda]

Preordered it from GAME, gonna come with a Mario Kart 8 wheel

 

[Ray Lewis]

I pre-ordered this on Best Buy like two weeks ago. I already confirmed they have my copy there. I did the same for Tropical Freeze. Tropical Freeze is an amazing game by the way. Mario Kart is something my wife and I absolutely love.

 

[MarioFanatic64]

Picking this baby up when the game launches in Australia in about... 19 hours:

 

[Bladexdsl]

i just heard what happened to battle mode. what the fuck were they thinking??!!!

 

[Jiehfeng]

i just heard what happened to battle mode. what the fuck were they thinking??!!!

Lazy bastards.

Downloading now!

 

[moc]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-29-mario-kart-8-getting-free-mercedes-car-dlc

Mario kart 8 dlc

 

[Kikirini]

Still waiting for Gamestop to send me my download code. =/ How is the game so far?

 

[KingVamp]

Have to wait a bit longer to get mine.

 

[pwsincd]

Kids are playing it now , from what i see , its mariokart and nothing much more ,, feels like ive seen it all before , wasnt impressed with the handful of cars available / customisation. Tracks are new takes on old tracks so far , GFX are nice . not mind blowing just HD . On current track records of all games mario , its nothing more than you would expect... rehash revisited redone no wheels reinvented.

Traded in NSMBU at CEX . Bought Game from GAME got free WiiU protector kit .. aka Pen / scree tecktor / Gapepad case.

WindWaker D/l code in the bag

 

[Bladexdsl]

you expected it to change that much? it hasn't changed really that much since mk64 you should expect it not to change drastically it's not going to change into forza OR GT (now those games NEVER change)

 

[Terenigma]

Bought it today and so far iv beaten all the tracks on 50cc and played a bit of 150cc. ill give you a nice quick list of pros and cons to the game so far:

Pros:
- The redesigns of the classic levels are fantastic and sometimes better than alot of the new tracks
- 1 item only allowed is a much better way of handling items and makes "racing" more fun
- I have had a mushroom and the super horn drop when i was in 1st place. 2 items i didnt expect to get there.
- All 3 new "weapons" items are good and work well in the game
- Handles perfectly well
- Online mode (from what little i have played) works lag-free, i didnt feel one single momment of lag or stuttering
- Graphics and framerate is 100% as far as im concerned, i feel no stuttering at ALL
- The replays are actually fun to watch if you fancy chilling out for a momment after a race finishes. A simple and nice added bonus.

Cons:
- Coin item drops way waaay WAY WAAAAAAAY too often, especially if you are first. Also lets go into more detail about how awful this item is:
>>> If you already have 10 coins, it will still drop.
>>> I have had a race where i got it EVERY single item box.
>>> It makes the goal of actually trying to race along parts of the level with coins pointless (the whole point of going the long-way route is to collect coins for speed)
>>> It makes staying in first place almost impossible againt human oppenents (WORSE than the blue shell)

...Ok im done. Other cons:
- Some of the new tracks arnt actually that interesting
- I personally dont like the music, i love the idea of doing a real band play the tunes but i dont think it works. (i would much rather the classic style music)
- Battle mode is bad, not AS bad as people make it seem but yeah, still bad. They tested a new idea, it didnt work. Lets hope they dont do it again.
- Whoever thought it was a good idea to have the default option after a race set to "view replay" instead of "next track" needs to be slapped.

Overall, good game but not a great game. id give it a 7/10.

 

[kingsora831]

Will be getting my copy next week, its been shipped already..but with super slow shipping speed.

Dont have many friends who have a wiiu so ill most likely be playing this with randoms from public matches.

We should set up some races on this thread, for friendly competition nothing too competitive.
Feel free to add me: Kingsora831.
Hope to see some of you next week on MK 8.

 

[chavosaur]

I've been enjoying what I've play so far, I share a lot of the cons posted above though. Gonna agree with the rating, I'd say a 7/10.

 

[pwsincd]

Yeah i ll agree with that rating , no ground was broken .. just more of what we expect. 7/10

 

[MADKATZ99]

from what i see , its mariokart and nothing much more ,, feels like ive seen it all before

Mario Kart 6, 7, and 8 are all pretty similar gameplay wise. Previously there were big changes between them, none were alike. Introducing dumb things like tricks + bikes, gliders and anti-gravity doesn't count lol.

I only played 6 and 7 for a few weeks before I got bored of the style, so I'll probably pass on this, but watching streams of my friends playing it does kind of make me feel like buying a wii U.

I understand they want to even the playing field, especially now games are online, but the mini-turbo system is just boring.

 

[pwsincd]

Im not really sure what im expecting really when i say its just more of the same , it seems game design has plateaued for me . For the price i pay for a game i want to say out loud "fukkin hell this is ace" . But more and more im just unsurprised.. is it just me ?