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"Mario Kart 8 is an upcoming kart-racing game in development for the Wii U. It is the eleventh installment in Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise, the eighth in the main series and is due for release in Spring 2014.
Mario Kart 8 combines the elements of Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7 with new anti-gravity racing.
The game continues the traditional gameplay of the franchise, in which characters from the Mario universe race against each other in go-karts, using various items to hinder their opponents in item boxes. Returning features from previous installments include motorbikes and 12-player racing from Mario Kart Wii, and hangliders and underwater racing from Mario Kart 7. New to this series is a focus on anti-gravity sections, allowing racers to drive on walls and ceilings. The game will feature local and online multiplayer modes for up to twelve racers. A new feature, called Mario Kart TV, allows players to use Miiverse to share clips from their races. The game will be compatible with the Wii U GamePad, Wii Remote and Nunchuk and the Wii Wheel."
Source: Wikipedia, "Mario Kart 8", available under the CC-BY-SA License.
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- it's like, falling into a warm comfortable bed. It's just all nice and cozy and you know what to expect
- I enjoy train games don't know why but I enjoy a train game
- for an old-school euro game I really enjoyed this too it didn't have a lot of flash or dazzle or anything unique it's an older game reprinted
- the person who wants to be first has to pay full price person who wants to be second it's got to pay full price then the next people have to pay half price and the last person doesn't underpass it's that half-price and zero price
- if you don't have enough money to pay your expenses you're in a world of hurt
- there's not a lot of flash to it mm-hmm solid mechanics solid concepts concepts that I enjoy
- theme doesn't draw me in but theme turns me off maybe we are sitting there looking at what's flashy too
- portability I can't argue with that that is the selling point of that console right now
- Oh okay I should not have dismissed this game strictly on theme because it's a solid no little euro game