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Mario Kart 8 |OT| 8 oW
- Thread starter Roo
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checkeredknight
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Yeah, I'm sure you know the place I'm referring to!
Worth it to wait the extra day or two anyway, as you'll end up paying more for the privilege of getting it early. Sadly I'm a sucker and will be unable to resist
Hope you manage to avoid the 't-shirt situation', too. An unfortunate pre-order bonus for postage, this time.
Definitely. Plus a train ride to Glasgow ain't cheap these days. I don't know of any independent game stores in Edinburgh except Game Masters, but they're mostly all retro.
I can wait until Thursday / Friday anyway, but the shirt would screw me over until Monday night if doesn't fit through the letterbox. My friends are all planning on playing this weekend, so it would be a huge bummer to miss out on that. Fingers crossed it'll be there waiting for me on Thursday rather than a small red slip. :/
Usually everyone shits on street dates here. Has been like this since for a few years now. Even had meltdowns when GTA V released (or was it GTA IV?).
Dispatching logistics are bad (I believe), so they send the copies sooner rather later to retailers, and they sell them as soon as they have it.
Edit: Game is good btw. Just to said it myself, it's gorgeous too. Between this, Pikmin 3 and TWWHD, what awesome colors everywhere.
Steve McQueen
Member
10 would do the trick
Well, a friend of mine told me the game could be on sale on wednesday over here ( Netherlands, he works a Saturn a very big store ). A lot of stores are closed on thursday in the Netherlands and I'm afraid shipping from the Nintendo on thursday also isn't an option.
A keyring and T-shirt would be nice though. The spiny shell alone isn't worth it for me personally.
Dope, thanks
Whereabouts in PAL-Land did you get it? France?
Smiles and Cries
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LeGourmand
Member
I wish they broke the street date in Canada too.
Smiles and Cries
Member
what does the wheel next to the name on the result screen mean?
where is the street date broken?
where is the street date broken?
Baleoce
Member
France
tim_pkmn89
Member
That they used the wheel controller
Very nice!!
Glad to know ill be playing this next friday
BTW, the "midnight" release means midnight from thursday to friday, right?
Yes.
PadWarrior
Member
Gonna kiss my social life good bye. Online is going to consume me lol
Smiles and Cries
Member
AlexMeloche
Member
In less than 96 hours, this game will be ours. The wait is unbearable.
Smiles and Cries
Member
why are they giving the wheel special treatment?
Captain Europe
Member
Yeah, it should have had a cool Mario figurine in a kart or something.
They do that since MK Wii. I guess it was originally intended to promote the motion controls in the game.
did not expect so many people online already
So...very...bitter. Oh how I wish Nintendo would just throw it on the eshop already lol.
Smiles and Cries
Member
doucement avec moi
LOL
be gentle with me is kinda strange
LOL
be gentle with me is kinda strange
Majmun
Member
You mean 345600 seconds ;_;
I'm going to check out some stores tomorrow. Maybe someone will break the streetdate.
Smiles and Cries
Member
So so jelly
that online looks great
I wonder how many times my WiFi set up will disconnect
Not75Drops
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Does it say what engine class you're racing on before an online match starts or is it all 150cc?
Smiles and Cries
Member
he is beating all the newbies I guess
maybe I should go online right away so I can race newbies too but I'll still lose
maybe I should go online right away so I can race newbies too but I'll still lose
Not75Drops
Member
I was confused when DK recovered so fast from the Lightning, then he got the Star and I realized they overlapped people lol.
PadWarrior
Member
This guy is kicking butt online.
Nester
Member
It's the Mii. Believe in the Mii.
Smiles and Cries
Member
that is why he ended up getting 6 player races instead of the twelve he had
Skellig Gra
Member
I know it's kind of silly but I've been trying to go spoiler free. Part of the fun for me is discovering the courses. All I really know is about the horn item and the koopas. Friday can't come soon enough!
Probably the normal EU translation, English, Spanish, Italian, German and French. No chance for a Danish translation..
Not75Drops
Member
He's waiting to join his friend's match. It's been like that since MK Wii.
I did it through the online store
Yep. Just played online and in regional settings there was 10 from France and 1 from Greece, and the last one from Austria, if this is any indication of which countries broke the street date
Regional settings are usually all Europe iirc?PS: Your avatar/nickname kicks ass. I love your song ^^
If I knew I would have try to register at twich and stream something... Does the streamers are playing online or do they play single player too? Because I did some nice gameplay solo but got my ass kicked online :/
OricWindstar
Member
If anyone wants to play some MK7 to help the wait, we should have a room open in the MK7 OT in the next few minutes.
PadWarrior
Member
Does this game keep track of your record?
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Mario Kart 7 did. And it did with your friends as well.
I presume the same will happen with 8.
Not75Drops
Member
Looks like both streamers have gone offline.
http://www.twitch.tv/consolefunsoluce is doing online
Soulscribe
Member
This game looks so amazing. The art direction perfectly captures what I love about the Mario universe. I like when they look like toys in a real life setting. That's why I love the style in the Galaxy games.
This is the first Nintendo console I haven't bought on day one and looking at this game makes me wanna run out and buy one. We'll see how long I hold out until I cave. lol
This is the first Nintendo console I haven't bought on day one and looking at this game makes me wanna run out and buy one. We'll see how long I hold out until I cave. lol
Probably the normal EU translation, English, Spanish, Italian, German and French. No chance for a Danish translation..
Aww
I would've loved to play classics such as: Solskins Lufthavnen og Regnbue Vejen!