OFFICIAL WEBSITE : http://mariokart8.nintendo.com/


Official videos

Nintendo UK "New Features" trailer :



Nintendo Minute new footage on 150cc (Sweet Sweet Canyon and Toad's Turnpike) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOPDqh4etiE (7:06)

UPDATE Mario Kart 8 Direct 4/30 complete video presentation :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flpfRzP2ONU

UPDATE Mario Kart 8 Direct 4/30 trailer (also included at the end of the video above) :



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Gaming press previews and videos

ONM rundown of the Mushroom Cup : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iFzaKFZsa4 (3:28)
ONM rundown of the Flower Cup : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP0herNhxwA (5:00)
ONM rundown of the Shell Cup : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3lk-Q4Wlo (4:30)
ONM rundown of the Banana Cup : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxCbsSazeg (4:27)

GameXplain video preview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfLbxmtr9A (6:24)
GameXplain "All 16 first racetracks" video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4wxCtCvXO4 (10:46)
GameXplain N64 Rainbow Road footage : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TksRNqzDk (1:08)
UPDATE GameXplain 2nd video preview (including Battle Mode and new chara/tracks/items) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LewFJnRz_A
UPDATE GameXplain Star Cup and Leaf Cup track showcase : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwKuvJPv5eU

Nintendo World Report video preview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQDOMLyGylE (6:14)

IGN UK preview with a lot of videos (includes developer commentary) : http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/04/03/buckle-up-for-mario-kart-8-hands-on-imp...
IGN UK video montage at 60fps : http://uk.ign.com/videos/2014/04/03/mario-kart-8-60-fps-montage (1:14)

Eurogamer preview and comparisons for some retro tracks : http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-04-03-gorgeous-mario-kart-8-retro-trac...

CVG preview : http://www.computerandvideogames.com/456888/previews/hands-on-why-mario-kart-...

Joystiq video preview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=76PE-TC6MXI

Gamereactor Sweet Sweet Canyon and Water Park complete races : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlYw0tracqU
Gamereactor Mario Circuit and Toad Harbo(u)r complete races : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LnJs9DsOO4
[Both videos above includes replay with highlight reels options]
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Articles

Reporting of the roundtable interview with the developers at the Games Developer Conference (talks about game balance , item customisation, and the new Rainbow Road) : http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mario-kart-8-it-s-not-all-about-luck-two-rai...

Live orchestrated soundtracks confirmed to be featured in the game : http://www.gonintendo.com/s/225471-mario-kart-8-is-the-first-mario-kart-to-fe...

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Info summary

- Returning characters : Metal Mario, Shy Guy, Lakitu, UPDATE Baby Rosalina, Pink Gold Peach

- New items : Boomerang Flower (3-time use item that works like you would expect), Piranha Plant (hangs in the front of your kart and hit opponents nearby), Coin (add 2 coins to your total count), UPDATE Super Horn (blast nearbly opponents and items, even the blue shell !), Crazy Eight (same concept as the Lucky Seven with an extra coin item included)

- New Nitro tracks : Mario Kart Stadium (apparently the first track of the mushroom cup) UPDATE Mount Wario (1-lap track going all downhill, final Star Cup track), Bowser Castle, Rainbow Road

- New Retro tracks : Donut Plains 3 (SNES), Toad's Turnpike (N64), Royal Raceway (N64), Rainbow Road (N64) [one-lap only], Cheep Cheep Beach (NDS), Moo Moo Meadows (Wii) UPDATE Wario Stadium (NDS), Sherbet Land (GCN), Yoshi Valley (N64)

- You can now only hold ONE item at a time like in Double Dash.

UPDATE Time Trial leaderboards returns from MKWii, with the possibility to download top 10 ghosts for any track. Beating the staff ghosts unlocks stamps that you can use on the soon-to-come MK8 Miiverse community à la Super Mario 3D World. The developers of the game have also tried to make the different types of vehicles (karts, bikes, ATVs viable for Time Trial).

UPDATE Battle Mode returns to the old survival balloon system, with even defeated players transforming into ghosts that can still trouble the remaining pilots. The major difference being that batlle arenas are no more, the battles occuring instead on a reduced selection of racing tracks like Moo Moo Meadows or Yoshi Valley. The time limit is also still there, although customisable to some degree.

- Online mode is playable with 2 people split-screen like in MKWii.

UPDATE In addition to the standard game chat seen in MKWii and MK7, voice chat in also possible with friends between races (NOT during races, though...)

UPDATE New features for the online mode include separate options for racing worldwide, regional, or with friends, like in MKWii, but also a new Tournament allowing players to organize their own tournaments with advanced customisation like set starting times, item choice... with the option to even make them private and gate them behind a skill requirement !

UPDATE Mario Kart TV enables you to record and edit (slow down, rewind, camera angle...) highlight reels of your online races that can be (re)watched directly via the game and uploaded directly to Miiverse and even Youtube, provided you have a Google+ account.




Note : UPDATE = new information as for Apr. 30th

All these tweets have been deleted.

^^

Besides TT from MK64 we still haven't seen WS, RRy, YV and (which is most likely to be in this game) RRd been remaked...
MKTV? Can't wait to hear more details about that

Well... FUCK!!

- CCB (MKDS) is back,

- @0:53, it's probably MC from MK7...? tbc

- A DP track is in there too. I'm guessing it's DP3 with all the water, bridges and stuff... (@ 0:55) => The path shown is the grass cut between the 2 bridges at the very begining of the track.
@1:25, we can see the part right after the cut Toadette was taking, with the bridge, which confirms at 100% it's DP3.

- The next track is MMF. No doubt about it.

- Then we can see a new item!! The boomerang! Probably works like a green shell which comes back straight to you and can be used three times or something?

- @1:04 we can see RRD (MK64). Damn I hate this track... It's sooooo long. I hope it's just one lap.

- Metal Mario is still there!!!

- An other new item : The piranha plant that kind of works like a Tanuki but probably automatically. It shlags everyone that comes close to the character who activates it. So this may be the worst item for team players because it might even shlag their own team mates...

- The Night/Car track that we could see earlier and that is shown again at 1:31 looks like it could very well be Toad's Turnpike from MK64.

- To finish, it looks like you have something like a spin boost everytime you hit someone with an item or bump into someone...? But I don't really understand how it works yet.

Nicola wrote on 04/02/14 at 23:44:06:

Ooohhh Yeah you're absolutely right! At 0:37, we can see the finish line and the big (glider) jump on which Lakitu is driving must be the very big jump RR has. Now that you mentioned it.  

So many infos and videos to process... I'll slowly edit the OP with videos posted here and whatever I can find.

I said goddamn at RR 64 and Royal Raceway though... can't even be that mad that Yoshi Valley isn't in. And Moo Moo Meadows upgrade is ridiculous.

★rusoX wrote on 04/03/14 at 03:28:18:

... Yeah just like it is on MK7 isn't it?  

MM's bike doesn't seem to drift as much as the others... Looks like it tends to drift more like a Mach Bike or something

Yes, now I'm getting frantic of waiting.

they aren't holding back with MK64 tracks. the next MK might be the last one to have MK64 retro courses unless they start reusing them again.

Rodriguezjr wrote on 04/03/14 at 10:31:36:

GCN Sherbert Land too, so whats the last retro? xD

J-Cop wrote on 04/03/14 at 08:39:24:


Glider shortcut with ramp trick, going over the last turn on Mario Kart Stadium.

You already know it will be a pain in the ass to do =/


Marc474R wrote on 04/03/14 at 11:02:06:

PLEASE BE REAL PLEASE BE REAL

I like a lot of how this looks, but man that coin system still looks like garbage,