Mario Kart 8 Official General Discussion

[Amissapanda]

TOO MUCH TO BE HYPED ABOUT.

Oh man. I haven't even played the GBA and GameCube versions of Mario Kart, so it's almost like an entire pack of new tracks to me. This is going to be INSANELY fun.

And Neo Bowser City IS coming back and looks AMAZING in HD.

Also. How about that new F-Zero track? : ) Holy hell, I can't wait.

 

[Paperboy012305]

WHOA! HOLD THE PHONE! WAS THAT RIBBON ROAD?

Nintendo responded! But no cheese land but whatev's.

 

[Pokemanz]

Wow, so Cheese Land AND Ribbon Road are coming back?! I have to say, that's pretty awesome. I'm like entirely satisfied with Nintendo. Unfortunately, I'm not to thrilled with how Cheese Land looks. It looks way to much like a desert course now. Granted it looked similar in the original, but the original was set at night with a space/moon background.

Click for original Cheese Land!

I'm more impressed with Ribbon Road, but it's still kinda meh. It's cool that it's set in like a kid's room and stuff, but the original was set around presents. They were everywhere. They could have at least set it in like a birthday party area.

Click for original Ribbon Road!

Omg I'm sorry for complaining about this. It's just like GBA was my first Mario Kart and I have heavy feels about the courses. xD
Boo Lake and Riverside Park for DLC Pack 3

 

[Paperboy012305]

Oh, I didn't see the video fully, but THEY ADDED CHEESE LAND!

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Wow, so Cheese Land AND Ribbon Road are coming back?! I have to say, that's pretty awesome. Unfortunately, I'm not to thrilled with how Cheese Land looks. It looks way to much like a desert course now. Granted it looked similar in the original, but the original was set at night with a space/moon background.

Click for original Cheese Land!

I'm more impressed with Ribbon Road, but it's still kinda meh. It's cool that it's set in like a kid's room and stuff, but the original was set around presents. They were everywhere. They could have at least set it in like a birthday party area.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ7TXMF4_8A]Click for original Ribbon Road![/url]

Omg I'm sorry for complaining about this. It's just like GBA was my first Mario Kart and I have heavy feels about the courses. xD
Boo Lake and Riverside Park for DLC Pack 3

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS EITHER! They actually responded! I feel like watching the video over and over again.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I knew there would be a bike for Dry Bowser. I predicted this DLC pack like a BOSS!

 

[LaBelleFleur]

Just checked out the rest of the courses, so here's my thoughts on the ones I think will be my favourites:

- The playroom castle one: It's so colourful and fun, I love it! It seems kind of Rainbow Road-like on the blue part where it's waving and there's no edges. It's basically like Bowser's castle, but not evil and booby-trapped and scary. Think it's a retro GBA course but I'm not sure, I can't read Japanese and I didn't play Super Circuit.

- The Shy Guy tree one: I LOVE THIS. I love the houses, the inside of the tree, the water stream out to the lily pads on the pond, all of the Shy Guys hanging around, everything. The colours and atmosphere makes me feel like I'm at the Forest Haven/inside the Great Deku Tree in Wind Waker, LOL. Plus the music is amazing.

- The F-Zero one: Oh. My. God. It's like Hightail Falls from SMG2 and Mute City had a god child. I'm so psyched. And again, the music is amazing. I've never played F-Zero so it's all new to me.

- The Animal Crossing one: Duh. Probably already gushed about it somewhere in this thread.

- Baby Park: Wrote a blurb on this one already. Just wanted to include it on my favourites list.

MK7 Neo Bowser City, the train station one, and GBA Cheese Land all also look awesome, but I don't think they'll be my favourites. But who knows. ^^

 

[Jinglefruit]

I...
Just...


tbf, part of me is saddened that the leak from November is true. Because between that and everyone spending 4 months screamig over Cheese Land and Ribbon Road it feels like we knew all the tracks already other than the F-zero one. - But the F-zero one looks like it'll make up for it hugesly because... do I spy a segmented track like Mt Wario and N64 Rainbow road? So to me that makes it 3 tracks in one and love.
Also I watched every Video and someone skipped F-zero and was so excited when I realised I had only watched 6 of them. xDD

The Subway seemed kind of bland at first, but it looks to have the same feel as Coconut Mall and Sunshine Airport. So it'll probaby be a hit. The Woods I think will be my favourite because it looks like what I was half envisioning for an Animal crossing town I once made/wanted. And it's all beautiful and I'm in love with rivers and lily pads right now.

I love that Cheese land and Ribbon road are so different from the GBA tracks. They're completely unrecogniseable now they're 3D. I thought if they came back they'd be almost too much like Donut plains flatness with a few odd bits. But this is amazing. Does Ribbon Road have split tracks? It's hard to tell where the tracks lead. o:

Baby park Looks like it'll be hela frantic! LOOK WHERE THE ITEM BOXES ARE! THEY ARE SPREAD OUT EVERYWHERE! < That is one of my biggest dislikes with MK8, how so few and far between items are, and this looks like it is the remedy. Kinda bummed that the middle wall is like the DS version though so items won't randomly cut across the entire track. S:

Neo Bowser city looks amazing, as predicted. I like how they have matched it's design to 3D world. So we didn't get a new 3D world track, but it'll feel like we did. HOWEVER It is my biggest disappointment from what there is because I actually quite liked the track on MK7 and I thought there was so many possibilities for zero gravity on the course and all of the interesting windy bits ARE REGULAR GRAVITY. (That sounds weird, what do you call non-zero-G?) The only bit that has it is the last little looping corner, which looks like it'll just feel like Pirahna Plant Pipeways bit.

 

[Javocado]

BABY FCKN PARK DAMNIT WE MADE IT WE FCKN MADE IT IM SOOOOOO HYPED
I CANT EVEN HOLD IT IN
I JUST CAME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND HONESTLY I'M FEELING SO ATTACKED BY NINTENDO RIGHT NOW

But yeah, that's what I wanted most from the DLC leak, for Baby Park to be true and what do ya know!!!!!!
Also supremely hyped for the new stages, but not that Baby Park hype lol.
Can it be next Thursday already gdi.

That red and white speed racer whip is stellar too.
I might start to use that haha.
Wish Dry Bowser came back with the Flame Runner though, but his whip is sweet too.

 

[LaBelleFleur]

I JUST CAME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND HONESTLY I'M FEELING SO ATTACKED BY NINTENDO RIGHT NOW

ATTACKED RIGHT IN THE FEELS.

Honestly, sometimes Nintendo makes me so mad, then they go and do this and make me so happy. I can't handle it.

 

[Zigzag991]

BIG BLUE

I'M NOT EVEN GONNA LOOK AT THE OTHER TRAILERS BUT HOLY

 

[Pokemanz]

Still have no idea what the hype is for Baby Park. xD
Would make a perfect battle course though.

I doubt many people are gonna be as hyped for the AC characters since it's not as big a franchise as Zelda, but I swear Dry Bowser will be taking over next Thursday. Just like Link flooded the tracks on Pack 1 release week.
I bet Dry Bowser will be the next Funky from MKW.

 

[Jinglefruit]

Assuming the baby park vid isn't editted and is direct from the MKTV footage, I'm pretty sure it's 7 laps again from trying to track the race going. (though I'd say +/- 1 to be safe, but it's def more than 5.)

Japanese trailer with a few different angles on some of the tracks and different bits of the races from the other trailers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2O6mYqmUXU

Also at the end it shows which tracks are in which cup.

Also also, backround music!

Wild Woods bgm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQqvwdCGOaI

Super Bell Subway bgm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9yZkmgE-m8

Big Blue bgm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfo2VNqxX3Y



*worlds most editted post*
Gamexplains opinions as per; and Andre confirms he's already played them and his head-to-head comparisons are on their way. (pending embargo) Ribbon road is apparently very different. =D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz-CvziGBBw

 

[lars708]

Whoa this is like all the tracks that everyone wanted!

 

[Hyoshido]

****
All of these returning tracks, it's such a blessing ;_; even MORE dedication to F-Zero, hell, make a 3rd pack and make Captain Falcon playable!

 

[lars708]

****
All of these returning tracks, it's such a blessing ;_; even MORE dedication to F-Zero, hell, make a 3rd pack and make Captain Falcon playable!

Lol i think that that is going a bit too far, like too much F-Zero. I think that Kirby would be a good addition xD

 

[Hyoshido]

Lol i think that that is going a bit too far, like too much F-Zero. I think that Kirby would be a good addition xD

Yeh, Kirbs wouldn't be bad but eh :c

Also GameXplain dissing the best track in MK7, how dare they.

 

[lars708]

Yeh, Kirbs wouldn't be bad but eh :c

Also GameXplain dissing the best track in MK7, how dare they.

Whilst i did like Neo Bowser City, it was not my favorite at all. I think that the best track (in my opinion) of Mario Kart 7 would be either Rock Rock Mountain or Daisy Hills. I love Rock Rock Mountain so much because i got to play the e3 demo in the summer of 2011. We do not get much game events where i live but i was so excited to hear that i was invited to come and play the demo! I was really hyped for the game ever since it was announced in 2010. A similar thing happened for Mario Kart 8 but this time i was not just really hyped, i literally thought "every second that passes is a second closer to Mario Kart 8'' it was quite sad actually...

 

[Jarrad]

y do we have another f-zero course

like literally the only reason captain falcon is known is through smash bros

i would have preferred to see a pikmin or kirby stage

 

[lars708]

y do we have another f-zero course

like literally the only reason captain falcon is known is through smash bros

i would have preferred to see a pikmin or kirby stage

I happen to have played the original F-Zero when i was a little kid at my Grandma's house and i sucked badly, could not even beat the first level. And still i did not know Falcon when i saw him in smash, he is not even highlighted that much in his own game! Also, Big blue looks cool though, better than Mute City, still hoping for Daisy Hills though!

 

[Amissapanda]

Rock Rock Mountain is my favorite MK7 track and I'm still holding hope that it'll come to DLC at some point. That course was hella fun and the music was bangin'.

That's my jam. Awwww yeah.

 

[Pokemanz]

Rock Rock Mountain is my favorite MK7 track and I'm still holding hope that it'll come to DLC at some point. That course was hella fun and the music was bangin'.

Definitely this. I love courses with a lot of nature and Rock Rock Mountain was just awesome. Think of how great it would look in HD.

The sad thing is that while I played MK7 a lot in its prime, I apparently didn't play it long enough to memorize the courses and had to look them up. xD
My vote goes for Daisy Hills, Shy Guy Bazaar, Rock Rock Mountain, or the Wuhu tracks to return!
MK7 came out in 2011 holy ****