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Mario Kart 8 DLC 2 - Full races
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Yeah, I agree. I think it will actually be something like MK8 and Diddy Kong Racing 2 for the Wii U. And MK10 and a new F-Zero for the next home console.
Bamboo Boy
Neo Member
Release another niche game like F-Zero is what the Wii U needs right now.
I don't really think they'd put the time into a revitalized F-Zero sequel for a console that has barely broken 10 mil worldwide. It would be best for whenever their new console drops to have a game like this at launch to bring back those so called "I'll totally buy another nintendo console if F-Zero is there!"
Which I find to believe for some reason.
Also we already have a small scale futuristic racer coming to the Wii U that isn't made by Nintendo, but will surely fill that void a bit if the online capabilities are great.
What does "save the Wii U" have to do with how MK8 looks? Do other recent Wii U EAD games (3D World, Pikmin 3, Captain Toad) look so much worse?
Regarding the highest budget right now", this is what was said at the investor meeting when the MK8 DLCs were discussed:
When we compare making a new Mario Kart game and digitally distributing new courses and characters as add-on content, the required number of developers, development costs and development terms are very different. We believe it is important to create triggers for our consumers to frequently play their favorite games while minimizing development costs on our side.
Refreshment.01
Member
Sorry but you don't have a point here and this is easy to refute.
Star Fox is a "bigger" IP for Nintendo than FZero had ever been, yet they are bothering with it for that 10 million user base.
Also you aren't adressing what i said. A game made for a Wii U now could potentially be a game for any of their successing platforms, since the last years Nintendo is making the effort to have a more homogeneous development infrastructure. So even if the Wii U install base is small the game could have a 2nd chance in a potentially bigger user base.
Secondly, Fzero it's the right scale as far as Wii U proyects go. The development pipeline is basically setup and it's a game that wouldn't take much development time. If NIntendo started the concept phase for a Fzero game after Mario Kart was released we could easily have the game for early 2016.
Of course im not saying it will happen, im just saying it does make sense and the reasons present against it are not that strong. The easy bet here is claiming it won't happen, after all it did not happen in a 100 million user base.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
It's getting real now!
Spring-Loaded
Member
Neat.
I wonder whether Baby Park losing central area's characteristics (items can pass over it) will be for the better or for the worse; the saner or the crazier.
I wonder whether Baby Park losing central area's characteristics (items can pass over it) will be for the better or for the worse; the saner or the crazier.
sixteen-bit
Member
this DLC looks so amazing.
It's getting real now!
God damn, I just love the camera swoop in on this scene so much.
MannyToons
Member
Don't know why, but it's giving me some major Diddy Kong Racing track selection vibes.
It's getting real now!
Is that Luigi's Mansion I see in the background?
entremet
Member
Does the GAF group still play?
It's always empty when I try to join games.
It's the other track, yes.
It's always empty when I try to join games.
It's the other track, yes.
D
Deleted member 465307
Unconfirmed Member
Yep yep yep. From the first game.
This is going to be kinda off the path - but this game REALLY makes me want another open world Mario title (and really exposes the limited exploration from Super Mario 3D World - I fantastic game in it's own right).
Shy Guy Falls
Wario Mountain
Toad Harbor
Sunshine Airport
But now with Wild Woods... all I want to do is explore that area (where you see the village below) - it somehow reminds me of Click Clock Wood from Banjo-Kazooie.
I want to go there, make it happen, Nintendo.
Shy Guy Falls
Wario Mountain
Toad Harbor
Sunshine Airport
But now with Wild Woods... all I want to do is explore that area (where you see the village below) - it somehow reminds me of Click Clock Wood from Banjo-Kazooie.
I want to go there, make it happen, Nintendo.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Yeah. There's a game going on right now, in fact.
Right now, we usually play in the evenings in North America. Check the OT to see when people are playing.
Solid Samus
Banned
With Super Smash, there is no need for Street Fighter anymore.
With Fire Emblem If having two versions, there is no need for Pokemon anymore.
With Arma, there is no need for Battlefield anymore.
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Starwolf_UK
Member
So playing online I suffered from the lagged item wheel where it keeps spinning instead of giving you an item (what I don't get is how I can be attacked by people behind me during this, by the fact they are behind me they should get their item after mine not before...I'm talking first box in the race so no "maybe they had one").
This made me figure something out. Baby Park online will kind of crappy to play given how the item boxes appear to be distributed (they move so you'll get to them sooner but getting to them sooner means less time to use your current one, add in the wheel spinning for longer and it means missing out on items you should have got).Also the shortness of the race means loading and lobby will be as long as the race itself. Also everyone will pick it.
This made me figure something out. Baby Park online will kind of crappy to play given how the item boxes appear to be distributed (they move so you'll get to them sooner but getting to them sooner means less time to use your current one, add in the wheel spinning for longer and it means missing out on items you should have got).Also the shortness of the race means loading and lobby will be as long as the race itself. Also everyone will pick it.
I think even you will have to level up given how wild GAFcc got before I got more consistently involved with the gang again recently.
Samus is a Boy
Banned
Big blue is everything I ever wanted O_O
It's getting real now!
Missed this type of hype gifs so much :'). Can't believe I'm this excited for a DLC. It feels more like an expansion rather than DLC. It's like Mario Kart 8.5. Thursday come quick!
Samus is a Boy
Banned
Spring-Loaded
Member
Those series have had releases within the last decade.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I can't wait to throw blue shells at your ass
That just makes me want a new F-Zero. All the racing without the RNG pickups
Not like it will make a difference either way. May as well make the fans happy.
PadWarrior
Member
Can't wait to drive the pwing
Yep. Same graphics...same mechanics. Almost like the inverse of the sphere planets from Galaxy...this would be more anti-grav and regular gravity...
Dat 60 fps gifs omg. 3 days to go! It truly feels like a new game release. 200cc is gonna make it feel like it.
You seriously have to take my idea and make the last two gifs include footage from the Japanese animated Mario Kart commercials.
balladofwindfishes
Member
So Villager uses the same color picking system as Yoshi? I've seen him with a different shirt and female villager, is it safe to assume that there's a color menu?
I'd be willing to give that a try.
Baka Sempai
Member
Seriously drooling over here .... Thursday cannot come soon enough.
SoldnerKei
Member
those F-Zero tracks... Captain Falcon as a DLC character pls
I tried it once before on 150cc no items and it just wasn't enough. Whoever was in first stayed in first with no way to stop them. Hopefully this works out.
What if Diddy Kong Racing and F-Zero are going to be major Mario Kart expansions?
The F-Zero stages could just be testing the water to see how open their fan base is to a crossover racing game!
The F-Zero expansion could be Captain Falcon (and maybe other Nintendo space characters like Fox or samus) and friends, with new karts and tracks, and same with a Diddy Kong Racing style pack. F-Zero could all be antigravity where DKR tracks would focus on glider and underwater stuff.
That seems like the most logical reason why Captain Falcon still isn't a racer, and why Diddy is mysteriously absent. It's either that they both are getting new installments soon, or Nintendo is building up to have them be the frontrunners of dlc season 2
Not that rolling all the nintendo racing IP's into one is my first choice, but it'd be a hell of an answer to sonic and all stars racing!
The F-Zero stages could just be testing the water to see how open their fan base is to a crossover racing game!
The F-Zero expansion could be Captain Falcon (and maybe other Nintendo space characters like Fox or samus) and friends, with new karts and tracks, and same with a Diddy Kong Racing style pack. F-Zero could all be antigravity where DKR tracks would focus on glider and underwater stuff.
That seems like the most logical reason why Captain Falcon still isn't a racer, and why Diddy is mysteriously absent. It's either that they both are getting new installments soon, or Nintendo is building up to have them be the frontrunners of dlc season 2
Not that rolling all the nintendo racing IP's into one is my first choice, but it'd be a hell of an answer to sonic and all stars racing!