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Nintendo Direct Archive (Nov. 2012 - Nov. 2014)

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« Reply #75 on: April 30, 2014, 02:25:03 pm »

Randomly happened today. DG posted some info about the North American Wii U Mario Kart 8 Bundle and free game deal in his topic earlier: http://wiiunite.smfforfree3.com/index.php/topic,25504.0.html

But now it's time to share a bunch of info about Mario Kart 8, "Directly" to you!

Full Direct:



Nintendo NoA Press Release:
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Revealed: Wii U Bundle, Free Game Offer, Online Features, New Items and Racers

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- One month from today, Mario Kart 8 will be driving players wild with anti-gravity racing action. To get people revved up for the Wii U game, Nintendo released a new Nintendo Direct video that announced some additional news nuggets, including a Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle, a free downloadable game offer for Wii U owners who buy Mario Kart 8, details about online features, cool new characters and devastating new items.



"Everyone loves Mario Kart," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "It's a franchise that brings people together for fun at a family gathering, a frenzied race against friends or just an afternoon break at the office. The numerous new features of Mario Kart 8 make this the most ambitious version yet, and one that will have players of all skill levels racing for the checkered flag."

To view the Nintendo Direct in its entirety, visit http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct. Some of the new information announced today included:

Mario Kart 8 Wii U Bundle: People who don't yet own a Wii U system will find it easy to get in on the action. On May 30 Nintendo is releasing the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Set bundle that includes a Wii U Deluxe Set system, a Mario Kart 8 game, a red Mario Wii Wheel accessory and a red Mario Wii Remote Plus controller, all at a suggested retail price of just $329.99.

Get a Free Digital Game: People who buy Mario Kart 8 and register the game with Club Nintendo before July 31 will receive a free Nintendo eShop download code for an additional Wii U game. Players can grow their Wii U digital game collections by choosing from one of these well-received Wii U games: New Super Mario Bros. U, Pikmin 3, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD or Wii Party U. That's a two-for-one deal featuring some of the all-time great Wii U games. This offer also applies to people who get the game in the Mario Kart 8 bundle or digitally in the Nintendo eShop.

Online Multiplayer: Up to 12 players can race together online in four different multiplayer modes, as long as everyone has a broadband Internet connection. Like to trash-talk your friends while you're preparing for a race? You're in luck! Mario Kart 8 lets players chat with one another in the lobby area using the Wii U GamePad microphone or text phrases as they wait for their friends to join. Players also can create public or private tournaments for which they specify the day of the week, the time and the rules. Per tradition, players will be able to race against ghost data from friends or even the top 10 worldwide racers. They can try to beat them or just pick up a few tips and tricks from studying the best. If you beat the development team's ghosts, you'll get cool stamps for use in Miiverse posts.

Mario Kart TV: As previously announced, players can watch their highlight racing reels, rewind them, play them in slow motion or upload them to Miiverse. They can watch the world's most popular highlight reels and comment on them. But players with Google accounts can also upload their reels directly to their YouTube channels.

New Items: Items are what make Mario Kart games so balanced. No matter how skilled racers are, they're just a blue Spiny Shell away from disaster. A well-timed item can also turn defeat into victory in an instant. The new Super Horn blows away all other items - literally. Sounding the Super Horn issues forth a sonic shock wave that blasts away everything in the vicinity, including other drivers, Red Shells and even blue Spiny Shells. It's a potent asset, especially for drivers trying to maintain their lead. Mario Kart 8 also introduces the Crazy Eight, a swirl of eight different items that lucky players can use one by one.

New Racers: Two new playable female characters make their debut appearances in Mario Kart 8. New heavyweight driver Pink Gold Peach glows with a golden light and makes a nice counterpart to Metal Mario. Baby Rosalina shows up for a play date with other Baby characters. As in past Mario Kart games, players can again choose to play as their Mii characters, which rounds out the field of racers to an even 30.

Mario Kart 8 is now available for pre-order at major retailers throughout North America. A deposit may be required for pre-orders. See individual retailers for details. For more information about Mario Kart 8, visit http://mariokart8.nintendo.com.

Remember that Wii U features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu.


A side note- Europe kinda gets a better deal on the free games thing as they get to choose between 10 games.
- Nintendo Land
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U version)
- GAME & WARIO
- Pikmin 3
- The Wonderful 101
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
- Sonic Lost World (Wii U version)
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
- Wii Party U

^This is for Europe, remember that.

Now we can continue with the info. This is from IGN so it may have been covered in the direct or the PR already.

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- Baby Rosalina and Pink Gold Peach confirmed
- Crazy 8 is an item just like Mario Kart 7’s Lucky 7
- Super Horn item can knock out other players or destroy incoming shells (including Blue)
- Super Horn will be a very rare item
- supports voice chat in lobbies for games with friends only
- select an icon and input a name for when you use Create-a-Tournament
- select rules for a tournament (speed, teams, number of wins and more)
- set a tournament to be public or restricted to friends
- you can also restrict control schemes used in a race, whether computer players can fill in empty slots, and even vehicle types
- set up a race so only players who achieved a certain online rank can join
- complete tournament creation to get a number code to share with your friends
- this code can also be discovered publicly via search
- set up daily, weekly, or monthly recurring tournaments
- you can also set start and end times
- choose which item sets are allowed in a race
- options include all items, shells only, bananas only, mushrooms only, bob-ombs only, no items
- Frantic Mode means more likelihood of Lightning Bolts, Bullet Bills, and Blue Shells
- the game records every race that you participate in
- it will save the events of the last 12 you competed in on the Wii U itself
- edit clips down to 30, 45, or 60 seconds
- you can also render a highlight reel to display the full race
- share the video via Miiverse or YouTube in HD
- sign up/in with a Google Account to share via YouTube
- add stamps to Miiverse posts
- battle mode takes new and existing courses and re-engineers them for battle
- battle mode replays can also be edited and shared
- GamePad will mirror the TV in 4-player multiplayer


Here's a battle mode video:
http://youtu.be/yRq9bqj-eRk/





That'll be all that I post in this edition of the topic. There were a bunch of preview videos so I'll save that for the Mario Kart discussion topic.


My take on all of this:
It's amazing. Glad Miis are back in and iffy on Baby Rosalina (even though she was joked about) and Pink Gold Peach. I at least wanted Dry Bones back since he was my man in Mario Kart Wii. I like the vehicle balancing they did so Bikes aren't OP anymore. Voice Chat in friend lobbies is a plus. Like the Youtube thing too since I might actually use it. Online seems to be looking pretty nice.
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