Gamestop has a demo unit set up for Mario Kart 8 this weekend, so I got to do a few quick races today. Now I haven't really played a Mario Kart game since Mario Kart 64, it's been a long freaking time lol I played I think a tad Double Dash at one point, but really, it's been awhile. They had a bunch of characters to play, most of them really, you could choose different carts/bikes, different tires, and different gliders, and there were about 8 tracks. I only played about 3 of them since I had to get going, but it's some quality fun for sure. The game looks really good, I was playing just like I use to with drifting corners, I'm pretty stoked for this game.
I used the Wii U gamepad also as I was curious if I was gonna have to buy the Wii U classic controller for this, but I didn't really have any problems using it. A is to go, right trigger is drift, left trigger is items, very simple and easy to play.