Mario Kart 8
Description
Mario Kart 8 is a 2014 kart racing video game and the eighth major installment in the Mario Kart series, developed and published by Nintendo for their Wii U home video game console. The game was announced at E3 2013 and released worldwide in May 2014.
Like in other games in the series, in Mario Kart 8, players control characters from the Mario franchise and participate in kart racing on various race tracks, using a variety of items to hinder opponents or gain advantages in the race. While incorporating game mechanics originally featured in earlier Mario Kart games, Mario Kart 8 introduces anti-gravity sections that allow players to drive on walls or ceilings, in addition to allowing them to bump into one another for a short boost. The game features single-player and multiplayer gamemodes, including online via the Nintendo Network.
Genre(s): Kart racing
Developer: Nintendo EAD
Publisher: Nintendo
Release date: May 29, 2014
Platforms: Wii U, Switch
Gamemode(s): Single-player multiplayer
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Reviews
6 Hours Ago
Vincent
Do you have healthy relationships with your friends, family, and/or roommates? Do you want to ruin those relationships? Then this is the game for you! The number one most effective game for destroying civility is back and better than ever! Revel in triumph as you blast past those skilled gamers with your contemptuous bullet bill or blue shell items. Scream in unrequited rage as your perfect race is ruined by an errant green shell. Destroy lifelong relationships and burn bridges in under two minutes with the most entertaining and chaotic racing series devised by evil geniuses!
19 Hours Ago
Athene
The game is great with friends I love playing it with others right next to me. Other than that, I agree with some of the other reviews that this game could use some major improvements. They have relegated the extra power ups so that you only get them if you are in certain positions. So if you are in first you never get shells or invincibility stars or anything like that. So, holding onto the first position puts you at a disadvantage? I would think everyone behind you gunning for your spot was enough of a disadvantage.
3 Days Ago
Brett
I bought this game to have something to play with my family this winter vacation, I had already bought it before for wii u but wanted to see how much changed for this console, I must say that at least on TV it looks much better, it contains all the downloadable content of wiiu edition more a few tracks more, I have had hours of fun with my family and partner, if they have console switch the truth is that if I highly recommend this game. More controls to be able to play at least 4 people