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General and Gaming => Modern Video Games => Topic started by: spac316 on August 27, 2014, 03:12:07 am
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New tracks and characters based on Zelda, F-Zero and Animal Crossing!
http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/26/6071823/mario-kart-8-link-animal-crossing-dlc (http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/26/6071823/mario-kart-8-link-animal-crossing-dlc)
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Way to go Nintendo! That's really neat, and Im not into DLC at all. I am definitely getting these packs
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That's pretty sweet! I'm glad to hear they're finally doing some cool stuff with the series. I'm pretty sure everyone is going to buy those packs.
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I'd be pissed about this if Mario Kart 8 wasn't a full on game. If it had been short on tracks or characters, I wouldn't be happy about this.
I love that they are adding to the game to keep it alive. We don't need another full Mario Kart game, we just need more tracks for this one. I'll drop the $10 or whatever it is for 8 new tracks. I'm in.
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sweet. I was really hoping for more carts and stuff too. I pretty much unlocked everything the week the game came out. lol
Not sure how I feel about other franchises being included. -At least it's DLC.
It was also announced recently that they were going to change the post race menu to have View Replay as the 2nd option. Thank God.
Edit: I'm interested to see what the Hyrule course will be like. I can't tell but looks like there's an Excite Bike track as well if you look at the tiny thumbnail on the UK Nintendo site (http://store.nintendo.co.uk/wii-u-ddc/the-legend-of-zelda-x-mario-kart-8-aoc-pack-digital-download/10991121.html?utm_source=Affiliate&utm_medium=Tradedoubler&utm_campaign=VigLink%20UK).
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Very excited that they are finally allowing for non-Mario stuff to crossover into Mario Kart 8, such as having Link and courses from different games. I'd love for them to try and instead of making Mario Kart 9, try to just make Nintendo Kart and see how it does. It would essentially make it like Smah Bros Kart, but I'm totally cool with that lol
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How does it work you guys? I've never used DLC. Is it possible I can buy a DLC disc from Gamestop and install it on my Wii U? I'm asking because I don't have internet to connect my Wii U system to, to download it.
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How does it work you guys? I've never used DLC. Is it possible I can buy a DLC disc from Gamestop and install it on my Wii U? I'm asking because I don't have internet to connect my Wii U system to, to download it.
Download only. Probably won't ever see it show up as a separate disc. Possibly combined into a complete Mario Kart 8 version way down the road, but not sure about that either.
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Well played Nintendo. My Wii u made a noise and sure enough my Wii u controller was advertising the bundle. You got my 12 bucks.
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Well played Nintendo. My Wii u made a noise and sure enough my Wii u controller was advertising the bundle. You got my 12 bucks.
They got me too. So long $12
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Well played Nintendo. My Wii u made a noise and sure enough my Wii u controller was advertising the bundle. You got my 12 bucks.
They got me too. So long $12
Hahaha I saw you online and could only assume the same thing happened :P
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Nintendo is just terrible...Now with the pre-orders, the new characters and courses will be shown as placeholders till they are released...taunting and teasing me for the next 8 months...YOU BASTARDS!
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Well, looks like I need to get this now.
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Still waiting to purchase my WiiU can't wait to get it and get mario kart 8 and DLC sounds awesome... Hopefully I will have it by Christmas time... Thanks for the info.. On the game :D
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More screen shots from their Japanese Youtube. They show how the menus will be layed out to make room for the new content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JRMTisbyeA
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How does it work you guys? I've never used DLC. Is it possible I can buy a DLC disc from Gamestop and install it on my Wii U? I'm asking because I don't have internet to connect my Wii U system to, to download it.
You could always take your WiiU with you to somewhere that has WiFi and download it while you're there while playing games on it. And you'd be awesome playing Mario Kart 8 in public. Each pack is 1GB though, so it might take awhile to download.
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This is an amazing deal. While I'm not a fan of digital content, they're giving you a ton of bang for your buck:
For $12 you get:
16 new tracks (which boosts the total number of tracks in the game by 50%)
6 new characters
8 new carts
And LINK is a playable character now! This totally opens up the door to other characters, tracks from other franchises, etc.
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Is it possible to pre-order the DLCs without owning the game? Do they check for the save file on your system? I don't have MK8 yet, but I eventually will, and the DLCs are pretty cool. I want the bundle and yoshi colors :P
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Is it possible to pre-order the DLCs without owning the game? Do they check for the save file on your system? I don't have MK8 yet, but I eventually will, and the DLCs are pretty cool. I want the bundle and yoshi colors :P
I don't think it actually checks anything, but the shop does pop up with a warning that you must own the game.
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I don't think it actually checks anything, but the shop does pop up with a warning that you must own the game.
I wonder if it's because they absolutely want you to pay for the game first, or to make sure that people don't buy the DLC while thinking it's a standalone game. I'll have to try tonight!
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I don't think it actually checks anything, but the shop does pop up with a warning that you must own the game.
I wonder if it's because they absolutely want you to pay for the game first, or to make sure that people don't buy the DLC while thinking it's a standalone game. I'll have to try tonight!
I'd assume the later. It's just a button you press that says OK lol. Being that you can get the game on disk, I'd imagine they'd have no way of actually verifying you've paid for the game before hand.
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US announcement
http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/kxQeOuaDWhFVthovbOvAu7LohoolqN_T
http://mariokart8.nintendo.com/dlc/
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A Excitebike inspired track will be included in DLC Pack 1 :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ7yVvxk8Q4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ7yVvxk8Q4)
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Oh man, I'm loving the music on the Excitebike track. Can't wait for that to come out!