The Red Wizard
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GAME is selling download codes for £40 online. I'm pretty sure that the game is £50 on the eShop. The game page is probably up for you to see.
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Mario Kart 8 |OT| 8 oW
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checkeredknight
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Saw the title and hated it. Saw the commercial and it's the best thing ever.
I've just read it! Are we still entitled to the extra-game promotion buying from game?
Mine just arrived, with the T-Shirt. Medium was the smallest they gave, so it's a bit baggy, unfortunately.
Of course
Of course
fredrancour
Member
The extra-game thing is through nintendo. Take the pin number sealed inside the box and register it online to get the game download.
lensoftruth
Member
Yup
Starwolf_UK
Member
The discount can be argued as a little pointless when the game costs £50 on the eShop and you can buy a download code for £40.
This is wrong. It has to be same NNID. I asked Nintendo as I thought it was odd (if it didn't buying the £5 code from GAME would also be valid). I'm sure the terms said NNID but those are only on the eShop.
I thought they used Super Mario Club for the ghosts so a whole range of skill levels can be pooled from and they pick a more average one for the normal ghost then a better player for the expert one (if it is like older games these require you to beat the normal one by several seconds to unlock).
Didn't realise that Rosalina was that chunky.
boomerisgod
Member
Played this for about 5 hours yesterday. The game is amazing. The new tracks are incredibly well designed. I haven't liked a Mario Kart game since Double Dash and this game feels more like the earlier MK's. I played regional online and there were already a decent amount of Americans with the game. Lots of fun!
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
Rubber banding doesn't actually seem to be an issue this time around. When I'm way ahead, I stay way ahead and can even take a hit without being passed. The CPU characters don't just magically appear behind me.
I haven't found any unlockable expert staff ghosts, no. It may just be that I'm not setting good enough times to unlock them, but I've beaten three regular staff ghosts by anywhere from five to ten seconds each now, and nothing so far.
Davey Cakes
Member
I'm happy that the DLC section of the OP isn't just a placeholder anymore.
The Red Wizard
Member
I hope so because I'm waiting until after 10am tomorrow morning to redeem my code. The terms and conditions of the promotion mention using download codes so I'm very confident that we'll qualify for the free game.
Bluemercury
Member
i actually bought smk but i don't if its worth buying it on eShop, mk8 costs 59 on eshop with the 8 discount it stays on 51 plus the digital points....decisions...
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
So ok, I think I found why the game is crazy hard for me but not other people. So i was using the bike always, because is the vehicle I like most in the game. I always get the corners well and has a great acceleration and handling.
So thats what I used. So in 150CC Im always first with the bike in the first 2 laps, but the third is always a massacre. I just tried 2 times right now. Banana cup 150 CC with the normal bike, normal wheels and Daisy. EXACTLY same thing as yesterday, CPU always uses Peach and Waluigi, and they always have massive rubberbanding.
So just now after that I decided to use Mario and a normal kart with normal wheels. The cup was a CAKEWALK. Not becuase I was playing well, becuase I was playing like shit, I dont like kart handling, all laps I stayed between 2nd and 5th, and in the last lap I could get in the finish line first or second. Also the CPU didn't use Waluigi and Peach anymore and the rubberbanding was nearly non existant (used morty, toad and bowser).
I can corroborate this the two times if done the banana cup right now with the kart.
I dunno if other cups have the same type of thing, going to try after I eat, but yeah, there a really steep change in difficulty from using a bike to a kart. Maybe is only because the CPU changes totally when you are the first 2 laps ahead and is MUCH more agressive, making the game more difficult, and not because youve chosen a bike or a kart.
Something tells me is probably that, with the new item system they made it easy to get gold cups in 150CC but really hard to get 3 stars with the gold cup (you need to get 1st the four times and it doesnt matter if you fuck up dirving now), is something I see Nintendo doing (that would make the game easier for new or normal players and much more difficult with veterans).
Against the CPU? It's been possible in every mario kart, Ive never had much problem at all. The most difficult was getting gold an S rank in Mario Kart Super Circuit becuase of the coins.
So thats what I used. So in 150CC Im always first with the bike in the first 2 laps, but the third is always a massacre. I just tried 2 times right now. Banana cup 150 CC with the normal bike, normal wheels and Daisy. EXACTLY same thing as yesterday, CPU always uses Peach and Waluigi, and they always have massive rubberbanding.
So just now after that I decided to use Mario and a normal kart with normal wheels. The cup was a CAKEWALK. Not becuase I was playing well, becuase I was playing like shit, I dont like kart handling, all laps I stayed between 2nd and 5th, and in the last lap I could get in the finish line first or second. Also the CPU didn't use Waluigi and Peach anymore and the rubberbanding was nearly non existant (used morty, toad and bowser).
I can corroborate this the two times if done the banana cup right now with the kart.
I dunno if other cups have the same type of thing, going to try after I eat, but yeah, there a really steep change in difficulty from using a bike to a kart. Maybe is only because the CPU changes totally when you are the first 2 laps ahead and is MUCH more agressive, making the game more difficult, and not because youve chosen a bike or a kart.
Something tells me is probably that, with the new item system they made it easy to get gold cups in 150CC but really hard to get 3 stars with the gold cup (you need to get 1st the four times and it doesnt matter if you fuck up dirving now), is something I see Nintendo doing (that would make the game easier for new or normal players and much more difficult with veterans).
Against the CPU? It's been possible in every mario kart, Ive never had much problem at all. The most difficult was getting gold an S rank in Mario Kart Super Circuit becuase of the coins.
The Elite
BOSS
It's usually instant when you register on Club Nintendo. At least with registering a physical copy code it is. Not sure how long it takes for a digital copy to register on CN. Might be instantaneous.
Yeah, digital copies of the 3DS promotions all were instant when using downloads. I imagine it will be the same here.
oh. I already bought SMK. Hmm, might get MK8 digitally then. Do we have any official eshop prices for europe yet?
If it ends up being £34.50 Vs £49.99 at GAME then eshop is a no-brainer. plus a free game
Is this the Nintendo store Limited Edition? If so, when did your copy dispatch?
balladofwindfishes
Member
I don't mind Metal Mario. He's sort of been adapted into his own character after Smash Bros, and fits in decently well in a game full of similar looking characters. I could also easily see Nintendo adapting him into a character in a main Mario game
Pink Gold Peach isn't a real character, hasn't been in anything before, and there's no "pink gold" anything that even exists. Maybe if she was in New Super Mario Bros 2 and got the gold flower and it made her pink, but she wasn't... It just seems like they wanted a Peach in every weight class, instead of considering other possible female characters for that weight class. Honey Queen was a terrible character, but at least she was a real character, not just made up to fill a weight class...
eShop is £49.99
Nintendo really needs to include an option to disable computer assistance in these games. Item distribution should be the same regardless of a racer's standing. The current approach (which has been in effect since Mario Kart 64 practically) removes all incentive for one to improve. I understand that little kids and casual players like these games, so just include a "professional" mode.
powerdrain
Member
Was gonna go for the eshop release to get the Super Mario Kart offer but forgot the price would be £10> of what it is everywhere else so I've activated a free Amazon Prime trial and hoping somehow it comes tomorrow.
Would've liked to have played it at midnight and digital copies are cool...just so expensive.
Would've liked to have played it at midnight and digital copies are cool...just so expensive.
Beelzebufo
Banned
I think Metal Mario is worse than PGP if only because he says "Mia momma", which is the dumbest thing ever. She doesn't say that right?
Robin64
Member
Obligatory "here's my first ever MK8 race" video.
A day early and I already feel late to the party..
thepatient666
Member
My order hasn't shipped yet. I guess it won't be coming for tomorrow so I'd better prepare myself 
I need this game so bad it's not even funny.
I need this game so bad it's not even funny.It still works out cheaper at Game for a digital copy. £39.99 there vs. the £49.99 minus Mario Kart on the eshop.
Welcome to the party.
Robin64
Member
I hope you saved me some trifle because things are about to get REAL.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Weirdly enough in European terms and conditions it implies you will get a Club Nintendo PIN on the order receipt:
Again Europe said this so similar thing might not happen in America. I can imagine NOE implemented this as many new owners/members are expected to flock to this deal and it is better than the hassle otherwise.
Woah, help me out please.
So if I buy the download from Game, they will email me a download code that I redeem on the eShop for £39.99?? And I still get my £5.49 Super Mario Kart bonus off??
LegendofLex
Member
You'll already have purchased the game, so you won't get the additional discount.
kuroneko0509
Member
Finally my order has been dispatched by Nintendo UK store... guess I'll have to wait several more days then
Nah, you just get the game cheaper than the eShop regardless of if you bought Super Mario Kart VC or not. You get the download code instantly right now as well, just a shame you can't redeem it until midnight!
prag16
Banned
I was notified that my order is waiting for pickup at Best Buy (ordered online for store pickup). The email said I can't pick it up until tomorrow, but I stopped by on the way to work just in case..
They wouldn't give it to me. EVEN THOUGH I CAN SEE IT SITTING THERE IN THEIR LITTLE STORE PICKUP AREA BEHIND THE COUNTER. I could physically see the game case.
They wouldn't give it to me. EVEN THOUGH I CAN SEE IT SITTING THERE IN THEIR LITTLE STORE PICKUP AREA BEHIND THE COUNTER. I could physically see the game case.
StreetsAhead
Member
First Grand Prix complete! I lost to fucking Daisy because of a Blue Shell at the last second in the 3rd race.
1up
Member
I have a 90 inch 720p projector and a friend coming over with his wiiu and controllers so we should have at least 8 players going at it.
I also have every other Mario Kart game on their respective systems if anyone wants to play those. Saturday is gonna be great.
Oric created one (actually two) yesterday.
This one's with CPUs (since we were only 2-4 people playing): 6039-6630-8257
Without CPUs: 4939-5939-3528
Bluemercury
Member
39.99£ is roughly 49.1 , so if you buy the game from eshop with the snes mario kart discount, it stays for 51 plus you get the digital points which might get you 5 back to the store... i think...it might still be worth depending if you have some digital points or not.