Topic: Mario Kart 8 - OT

I freaking hate the babies in Wii, especially Peach and Daisy.

Then again, none of them are nearly as stupid as the Honey Queen and Metal Mario in 7. -_-

Agreed... >.>

They'll never be as bad as Baby Peach in MandL2/Yoshi's Island DS.

I'm gutted it's not in April, now we're going to have March and April without a release. Two months is a long time for a console to go without games. When will Ninty ever learn?

Indie games dude. I'm guessing the delays from last year ended up delaying Nintnedos whole product Schelude.

And really, how often can you Expect Nintendo to have big 1st party titles release? If they'd released DKCTF in Feb, MK8 in March, and somehow magically got Smash 4 out in April, we'd have the rest of the year to wait for Bayo 2 and the other titles we've been waiting on with no break. I definitely expected a March or April release, but I'm not that annoyed. I'm sure there will be plenty to tide me over, in between.

I still have to disagree I'm afraid. We don't even know when in May it's coming out, it could be at the end which will make it a three month drought.

I can only hope that Nintendo are aware of other games coming out in March and April to tide us over, or once again they are just going to sit back and watch their console have crippling sales for two months due to no software.

Maybe Yoshi Yarn will make a surprise appearance during those months.

I'm assuming it's mostly gonna be F2P Steel Diver and Wii Sports Club. Probably something else too.

If it makes you feel better, it seems like the indies are taking advantage of this drought from the confirmed dates of release I just read. So there's that.

It won't be the end of the world for me, as you say I'll have the indies to play and games for my other consoles.

I just worry about the Wii U, don't wanna see it suffering anymore.

So excited for this game! But yeah, some indie games and donkey kong and other games I still haven't picked up(101 !!!) should keep me busy quite easily.

Oh, yeah, there's always the games I have yet to pick up. Windwaker, W101, Pikmin 3, maybe some launch 3rd party stuff, considering how cheap it is, now. And then there's the 3DS stuff like Yoshi's New Island, Bravely Default, Conception II, I still haven't gotten Mario Kart 7, and I'm sure I can find more, if I really want to.

Yeah, it may be long but I'm cool with it. I have some games to keep me busy. This is going to be awsome, my GOTY right here!

I'm happy with the May release.

Bayonetta 2 should be out in may.

The big problem is that Infamous and Titanfall cone out in March just in time for people to spend extra tax money in a next gen conosle. Nintendo is losing a lot by not having Karts prrssence at that time.

A May release ensures a more quality release than any date earlier than that. Beside, I dont have a Wii U yet and even if I get one before May I still have a lot more great games to spend money besides the amazing looking Mario Kart 8. u_u

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Don't worry, Shovel Knight comes out in March.

It won't be a lot if time since MK8 will be done in development by next month since they have to start production in March and have gone gold by April.

From the Investor Slides it sounds like the game had been done, but Iwata made the team do a delay to try and make better use of the gamepad other than a horn or map. He seems to recognize at least that the company has done a pretty terrible job at showing why the main hook of the system is worth it. I think Donkey Kong is a big reasoning of this.

Another big problem about the may release date is it makes Iwata look pretty incompetent after he parroted away at last year's investor meetings about how delays and droughts hurt the console. They need to either be able to get a game back every three months first parry wise or get third parties back, and I think he said he was going to try and rally the Japanese third parties.

Either way the game is going to be great, and Nintendo could still do well following up a. big release with a comeback at E3 this year.

Could the gamepad be used as a sterring wheel or is the gyroscope not good enough for that and possibly have the touchscreen being the view from the drivers seat with the tv being the tradtional view?

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I think the E3 Demo gave you the option of using the gamepad as a steering wheel so I imagine you can do the same in the final game.