Mario Kart 8: Difference between revisions

'''''Mario Kart 8''''' is a racing game for the [[Wii U]] developed primarily by [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]], with [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Namco Bandai Holdings]] assisting. It is the eighth console installment in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] (hence the game's name). This installment is the follow-up game of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] title ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. Like other Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games, this game can be purchased both physically at retail and could be purchased digitally through the [[Nintendo eShop]] until March 27, 2023, with the digital version requiring 4949.8 MB (approx. 4.83 GB) of memory to be installed. The game was released on the last three days of May 2014 worldwide.

On November 7, 2017, Nintendo terminated the [[Miiverse]] service, which made it no longer possible for players to use this game's Miiverse stamps, upload highlight reels onto {{wp|YouTube}}, and create new online tournaments. On April 8, 2024, Nintendo will terminate the [[Nintendo Network]] service, which made it no longer possible for players to play the game online and attend the pre-existing online tournaments.<ref name=Shutdown> {{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=October 4, 2023|title=As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.|url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1709418623566020975|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}</ref><ref name=ShutdownUpdate> {{cite|author=@NintendoAmerica|date=January 23, 2024|title=Update: as of 4/8, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.|url=https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1749963072998166670|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}</ref>

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!colspan="12" style="background:#9c9c9c"|Normal Suits

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! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| Green

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| Blue

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| Light-blue

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| Pink

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| Purple

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!colspan="14" style="background:#9c9c9c"|amiibo Suits <small>(Wave 1)</small> <center><small>(November 13, 2014)</small>

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Mario|black|Mario Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Luigi|black|Luigi Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Peach|black|Peach Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Yoshi|black|Yoshi Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Donkey Kong|black|Donkey Kong Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Link|black|Hylian Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Captain Falcon|black|Captain Falcon Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Kirby|black|Kirby Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Samus|black|Varia Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Fox|black|Fox Suit}}

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!colspan="14" style="background:#9c9c9c"|amiibo Suits <small>(Wave 2)</small> <center><small>(April 23, 2015)</small>

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Toad|black|Toad Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Bowser|black|Bowser Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Wario|black|Wario Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Rosalina|black|Rosalina Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Olimar|black|Pikmin Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Villager|black|Animal Crossing Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Mega Man|black|Mega Man Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|PAC-MAN|black|PAC-MAN Suit}}

! colspan=2 width=11% style="background:#dedede"| {{color-link|Sonic|black|Sonic Suit}}

Unlike previous ''Mario Kart'' games, characters (other than Mii) are unlocked at random by completing cups; however, another character cannot be unlocked by replaying a cup, making this title the first and only ''Mario Kart'' game that uses this distinction. In previous games, fixed characters are unlocked by completing specific cups with specific engine classes. Additionally, for the first time in the series, unlockable characters appear as CPUs during races when they are still locked.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTKRtYK5cmo/</ref>

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!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|link=Mario|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Peach Icon.png|link=Princess Peach|32x32px|Peach]][[File:MK8 Bowser Icon.png|link=Bowser|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Luigi Icon.png|link=Luigi|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|link=Mario|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Daisy Icon.png|link=Princess Daisy|32x32px|Daisy]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Peach Icon.png|link=Princess Peach|32x32px|Peach]]||[[File:MK8 Toad Icon.png|link=Toad|32x32px]][[File:MK8 DKong Icon.png|link=Donkey Kong|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Daisy Icon.png|link=Princess Daisy|32x32px|Daisy]]||[[File:MK8 Peach Icon.png|link=Princess Peach|32x32px|Peach]][[File:MK8 Waluigi Icon.png|link=Waluigi|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Yoshi Icon.png|link=Yoshi|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Toad Icon.png|link=Toad|32x32px]][[File:MK8 DKong Icon.png|link=Donkey Kong|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Toad Icon.png|link=Toad|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Koopa Icon.png|link=Koopa|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Waluigi Icon.png|link=Waluigi|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Koopa Icon.png|link=Koopa Troopa|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Yoshi Icon.png|link=Yoshi|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Toad Icon.png|link=Toad|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Toadette Icon.png|link=Toadette|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Yoshi Icon.png|link=Yoshi|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Wario Icon.png|link=Wario|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Bowser Icon.png|link=Bowser|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|link=Mario|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Luigi Icon.png|link=Luigi|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 DKong Icon.png|link=Donkey Kong|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Bowser Icon.png|link=Bowser|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Wario Icon.png|link=Wario|32x32px]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Wario Icon.png|link=Wario|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|link=Mario|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Daisy Icon.png|link=Princess Daisy|32x32px|Daisy]]

!style="background:#dedede"|[[File:MK8 Waluigi Icon.png|link=Waluigi|32x32px]]||[[File:MK8 Luigi Icon.png|link=Luigi|32x32px]][[File:MK8 Toadette Icon.png|link=Toadette|32x32px]]

!colspan="3"style="background:#9c9c9c"align=center|Characters and elements

!width="15%"style="background:#dedede"align=center|Character/element

!width="20%"style="background:#dedede"align=center|Location

!width="65%"style="background:#dedede"align=center|Description

''Mario Kart 8'' also features changes to the items' mechanics. In the races, each item's probability of being obtained depends on probability distributions that are based mainly on the distance from the driver in first place.<ref name=items/> This means that it is possible to get even a [[Bullet Bill]] in second. While past ''Mario Kart'' games allowed the users to gain a different item from the [[Item Box]]es while dragging some other such as a [[Green Shell]] or a [[Banana]], in ''Mario Kart 8'', players are restricted to carry only the item they are currently holding or dragging. Releasing the item in use will then allow the player to take another from the boxes. In order to keep gameplay balance, some items are much less frequent to appear, most notably [[Lightning]] and the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]]. Additionally, the [[Triple Bananas]], the [[Triple Mushrooms]] and the eight items of the [[Crazy Eight]] surround the vehicle in the same manner as triple shells do, and opponents receive their effects when touching them, giving some disadvantage, or advantage in the case of the ''Triple Mushrooms'' and the [[Super Star|Star]]. Racers only lose the items they are holding in their hand when struck by a Lightning while items surrounding the drivers, with the exception of the Mushrooms, are lost when other racers touch them. The item icon, located on the top left of the screen, now displays a usage-remaining meter, either time remaining to use or uses remaining, for items with limited repeating usage.

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