Herbspiceguy
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Nintendo's marketing teams are on a roll. Wish I had money to buy a Wii U, don't want to miss out on the early multiplayer madness.
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Mario Kart 8 Direct now online
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SaintMadeOfPlaster
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My favorite joke was the part when the announcer said "But it's not over until the fat lady sings! I'm talking about you Wendy." or something along those lines. Couldn't believe that came from a Nintendo production.
LordOcidax
Member
Amazing ND. Good job Nintendo. Ohh, and Youtube share, i wasn't expecting that. A lot of people is going to jump on board with this game.
plank
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Raven77
Member
Yeah unless you want to actually talk to your friends while racing.
Nintendo really needs to get caught up here. The best part about online play for my friends and I is being able to create a party and chat while we play the game. We don't have to listen to others because you can change it to party or game chat.
Even though I didn't like the stealth upload as much as a livestream, I still have to say... I can't believe the timing with this stuff. After yesterday I thought the rest of the week would be slow on news. It's like instead of doing a normal Nintendo Direct this month, Nintendo gave a Direct to each game they would have talked about, and a short promo for e3 announcements. All more in depth and more spread out. It's been quite nice, overall.
That was one of the most enjoyable and well put together presentations I can remember seeing.
Some thoughts:
- Game promotion is really great (not sure what to go for).
- Horn defence is absolute genius, Piranha eating bananas is game changing.
- Customisation seems really deep and full of awesome quirky stuff.
- Baby Rosalina is adorable and Pink Gold Peach is classy as Hell.
- Online is going to take over my life.
- Rainbow Road MK8 appears to be by far the most epic one ever.
- Music is going to be Godly.
- UK voiceover guy is hilarious and a knob.
- Haiku, nostalgia, bike vs cars etc were fantastic and they should do this kind of thing for Smash Bros.
So yeah, I'm excited as all kinds of ****.
Some thoughts:
- Game promotion is really great (not sure what to go for).
- Horn defence is absolute genius, Piranha eating bananas is game changing.
- Customisation seems really deep and full of awesome quirky stuff.
- Baby Rosalina is adorable and Pink Gold Peach is classy as Hell.
- Online is going to take over my life.
- Rainbow Road MK8 appears to be by far the most epic one ever.
- Music is going to be Godly.
- UK voiceover guy is hilarious and a knob.
- Haiku, nostalgia, bike vs cars etc were fantastic and they should do this kind of thing for Smash Bros.
So yeah, I'm excited as all kinds of ****.
I liked Luigi being in first for the first time ever. Damn, even Nintendo has discarded the year of Luigi as a failure.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Miyamoto said that they were not Bowser's kid, cause he had only one child, Bowser Junior.
Bowser officially refused to acknowledge his children when he had Junior.
I wonder wether they have all the same analyst.
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Deleted member 125677
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Ok, I'm giga-hyped now! GO AWAY MAY
Mysterious
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How could Metal Peach get in over Diddy Kong?!
Truly the Mario Galaxy of the 8th gen. Only a 2.5D Zelda U can potentially rival MK8.
I love how they keep adding gameplay elements that build upon previous entries instead of being one time things like Double Dash. Now we have coins, tricks, walls, speed gaining objects, gravity bumps, gliders, underwater, anti blue shell it's just insanity! Day 1
I love how they keep adding gameplay elements that build upon previous entries instead of being one time things like Double Dash. Now we have coins, tricks, walls, speed gaining objects, gravity bumps, gliders, underwater, anti blue shell it's just insanity! Day 1
Maybe there are secret characters. I highly doubt they revealed every character in the game a month before launch.
On the plus side, Bowser Jr.'s going the way of the Koopalings.
I think people are afraid because of what happened with Mario Kart 7.
This game probably hasn't been rushed like 7, but that won't stop people from worrying.
Really good stuff. Baby Rosalina is too cute to get mad at, and I like Pink Gold Peach, but I hope this means that better more unique characters are being saved as unlockable. Hasn't every Mario Kart since Double Dash had unlockable characters?
Also, Pink Gold is a special gold/copper alloy used in a lot of specialized jewelry. Seems appropriate for Peach. I work in the precious metals industry, so I"m going to be smug and annoy you all with that fun fact
Also, Pink Gold is a special gold/copper alloy used in a lot of specialized jewelry. Seems appropriate for Peach. I work in the precious metals industry, so I"m going to be smug and annoy you all with that fun fact
Morton has even dropped the Jr part.
I've said it before, but they're going all fucking out with this game. So much content, so much detail, so much polish. Everything looks and sounds incredible. The ONLY disappointing element I can find is the roster. No Dry Bones? No Diddy? Birdo? King Boo? Seriously.
But other than that, this game will be a real treat. I need this shit in my veins. I need it now
But other than that, this game will be a real treat. I need this shit in my veins. I need it now
Interceptor
Banned
The bundle is awesome. If you buy digital you even get the ddp and super mario kart on top.
yes, he was narrating it as if it was Top Gear. All in all, a great Direct.
If this is a sign of what the E3 event will be like, color me excited.
Also, I LOVE Nintendo embracing orchestrated soundtracks more and more
TheSpaceBetween
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The only things I am pissed about are gimped battle mode and voice chat features, and one item only. Everything else is either satisfactory or exceeds expectations. So do we know every course in the game now?
Vic-Rattlehead
Member
yoooooooooooo the horn stops blue shells...... PRAISE THE SUPER HORN
plank
Member
Are you actually able talk to drivers during real life kart races, would it be relevant in said races? I don't think nothing of real value will be missed with this feature compared to other features the game has to offer.
They did reveal every character in MK7 before launch, though. By November - just about a month before launch, every playable character was listed on the website.
freakzilla3000
Junior Member
I don't get why they wouldn't "announce" this and get people excited but it seems to have already spread like wild fire so we will see...
START THE TV ADS NINTENDO!
START THE TV ADS NINTENDO!
bequietdrive
Member
Impressed at online options, MK TV sharing options, voice chat and most of all A FREE GAME.
Holy shit, Nintendo have been on a roll the last couple of days. Keep up this momentum and announce games people actually care about at E3 and people may buy the Wii U yet!
Holy shit, Nintendo have been on a roll the last couple of days. Keep up this momentum and announce games people actually care about at E3 and people may buy the Wii U yet!
Finished watching it, damn those direct lately are all awesome!
Those music! Those tracks! Bowser Castle and Rainbow Road look amazing! Loved the cheesy commentary, and for the first time it was in French!
Keep it up Nintendo, if the E3 "Direct" is like Smash/Tomodachi/Mario Kart 8 one then it'll be awesome.
Those music! Those tracks! Bowser Castle and Rainbow Road look amazing! Loved the cheesy commentary, and for the first time it was in French!
Keep it up Nintendo, if the E3 "Direct" is like Smash/Tomodachi/Mario Kart 8 one then it'll be awesome.
only thing left is a collab between the top gear people and Nintendo to promote Mario kart 8
balladofwindfishes
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I would have preferred Nabbit as the last lightweight new character over Baby Rosalina, who doesn't even exist in any game at all and the game had 4 other babies.
Or Dry Bones would have also worked
The new courses are Mount Wario and of course Bowser's Castle and Rainbow Road.
Wario Stadium DS, Yoshi's Valley N64 and Sherbet Land GCN for the Retro courses.
Not75Drops
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Yeah, it looking more and more likely that our only hope is DLC for Dry Bones. Hopefully they release a Halloween DLC character pack which includes: Dry Bones, Dry Bowser, and King Boo.