Mario Kart 8 DLC
 

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2 packs, first out in November. Link guys! LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Ridley? Disgusting.

Cool! I don't have MK8 cause I don't have a Wii U but my friend does and he's a HUGE Zelda fan so he'll be excited for Link.

16 brand new tracks in DLC, that's basically the same as a new Mario Kart sans retro tracks.

Man, to think Nintendo could have saved those tracks for Mario Kart 9 and are instead making them now is amazing.

holeee shiiit

16 whole new tracks. SIXTEEN! And I get to play as Link.

Awesome.

I wonder if the the new tracks are themed on Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing.

Oh my god gonna be so goooood!

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Still no playable Diddy Kong. WTF.

Best possible reaction gif ever.

If they're gonna plan on adding non-Mario/DK characters in future games then might as well rename the series to Super Racing Bros. or something like that.

But hey, I'm not complaining. I'm certainly not against the addition of Link to the game.

"Mario Kart" is a brand name, they're not going to change the name. Link was probably a poor choice, either Kirby or even Captain Falcon (since there's an F-zero track and kart now) would have been better.

Although I still can't wrap my head around both Bowser Jr. and Diddy Kong being absent. They go through the trouble of adding 7 Koopalings but no Bowser Jr?

Captain Falcon in Mario Kart would be funny yet weird. :lol:

STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERYTHING! How do you function on a daily basis!?

I was worried for DLC in MK but the price is fair and the content is great; Can't even complain about Cat Mario and Peach.. I still remember the Smash Bros. Kirby trailer that showed him in Rainbow Road, at first I thought they had ruined MK by adding Kirby but after the Direct I quickly realized how much more awesome MK would be with other Nintendo franchises, like Sega All-star Racing.

Hope we get more DLC with Kirby/Samus/Fox headlining the other packs. It doesn't have to go too crazy with the Nintendo world like Smash, just the big 4 Nintendo franchises being represented is good enough for me. Really hope that the next Mario Kart is more of a "Mario Kart and the Nintendo All-Stars", it makes sense to move the franchise that direction.

He's too big for MK but he might be in the background.

Nintendo just confirmed a bundle of all 16 tracks for only $11.99. That's absolutely insane, Nintendo could have charged $30 for all new tracks since that's half the game (sans retro tracks).

I cannot believe Nintendo is making 16 all-new tracks for only $11.99. So cheap.

The pricing is absolutely insane. Holy sh*t.

The sad thing is I've already seen people complaining about the distance between the packs. I don't see how this is any different than a season pass for most games, which generally cost twice as much, give you half as much content and take six months to a year to release.

Edit: hahaha! Dude updated that gif
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The distance between tracks is also because Nintendo hasn't finished making them yet. Releasing two cups at a time makes sense, they're probably finishing work on the first 8 tracks and then the second 8 tracks, rather than waiting till May 2015 for all 16 tracks. Splitting them up is smart.

Nintendo is essentially making a brand new Mario Kart in just a year, sans retro tracks. Other than the odd omission of any battle mode tracks, I'm surprised they're doing this for so cheap.

I was gonna say the same as Prowler - makes no sense to add franchises from outside Mario and still call it "Mario Kart". In saying that, Link is an awesome character.

I can't justify buying a Wii U when I have such a backlog already, but I love Mario Kart and it's a pick up and play game which I find far easier to play these days than 'quest' games. I may actually get a Wii U in future. Sixteen new tracks is ridiculously good. Props to Ninty.

Okay, NOW I'm excited for this game. I usually pass Mario Kart games up but I'll have to grab this one.

You pass up Mario Kart games? They're usually the best games on every Nintendo console/handheld they come out for.

Unless I'm mistaken (and I might be) each pack costs £7 here in the UK. Still fantastic pricing, but another example of the EU being screwed given both packs cost $12 total in the States (as said above).

Yeah, because I don't have any friends to play them with. There's little sense in buying a Mario Kart game to play it by myself. As it is, I only have one friend that has a Wii U right now.

I have had chances to play most of them, usually at some party or something, and that's usually good enough for me. I tend to buy Nintendo for Pokémon first and foremost.

I disagree. I love the Grand Prix and Time Trial modes in Mario Kart games.

By the way, the F Zero games are arguably even better than Mario Kart, especially GX. A new F Zero game is way overdue.

I don't enjoy the one-player modes in Mario Kart very much.

I hope and pray, that we get a 3rd and 4th pack, and Bowser Jr and Diddy Kng are added.

You do realize Mario Kart has had online since the DS game back in 2005, right?

I'm so late. I still haven't played it yet. Pretty awesome, though.

Of course I realise that, you dolt.

It doesn't change the fact that almost none of my friends had any of the games.

Don't mind him. He has a habit of being a walking contradiction.

What does playing online have anything to do with having real-life friends? You play online versus anyone across the globe. You don't need friend codes to play Mario Kart.

I was on the fence about Mario Kart because while I like it, other than the free GBA version I got on my 3DS I don't own any of the games. I think now, with this DLC I just may pick it up.

The GBA version is the only one I haven't played yet, besides this one.

I didn't say offline friends. I said friends -- both on and off the internet.

I don't get any enjoyment out of playing with randoms online. I play with friends.

As a bonus for purchasing both packs bundled or individually, buyers receive eight new colors for Yoshi and Shy Guy. Those who advance purchase both packs can begin using the Yoshi and Shy Guy characters immediately

Link and the other characters are on the select screen as well, but the are blacked out. Gonna go buy this now, So i can pick that awesome pale blue Yoshi I always loved!

One thing that bothers me a little, and thats Skrull Bowser, we have all Those awesome Koopa Kids, and the main Bowser, but no Bowser Jr, and thats who we need to finish them off.

I guess he was added to balance out the weight class, but if that was the case DK jr, or Funky Kong would have been a much better choice.

Its especially odd because Bowser Jr. is in Smash, along with all 7 Koopalings as his alternate costumes.

Really, Diddy and Bowser Jr. not being in this game is the biggest oddity.

Every. Single. Goddamn. Thread.

There's no way he's not autistic. To be so laser focused and narrow minded on such a specific thing? For sure. I feel bad for him at this point.

LOL, I'm probably one of the few people on this forum who has never been diagnosed with autism/asperger's syndrome. Usually autistic people get angry when things don't go their way, I'm merely pointing it out.

I notice this is one of the only things you ever acknowledge/reply to. Odd, isn't it?

Confirmed. Feel bad for him, guys.

That gif, every time. :lol: