Super Mario Kart Speeds Onto the North American Wii U eShop

yes!
but i already have it on snes

Heh, nice for you guys. (don't know why they release it a day b4 download day....)

why would people buy this game if they have mario kart 8? For historical reason?

@GreatPlayer Because it's a great game?

@GreatPlayer Because it's even better than 8 is?

@headfirstslide Better than MK8?

@GreatPlayer Battle mode. That is all.

i have never tried battle mode on MK games... I probably should.

@GreatPlayer Where have you been not trying Battle mode?!?

Our patience has been rewarded? Pfft. If our patience has been rewarded, there would've been some special offer or something. We were just patient.

I have played MK8 everyday since release (except or when I had to drive hours to get to a Smash Fest). This old favorite may help get me away from it finally.

@Captain_Toad I have only owned MK8. I did not have SNES.

@Captain_Toad so they can release a mega man game tomorrow. Capcom is doing something similar to mega may but in the wii u this month.

The hours I have put in to SMK far outweigh the hours I will ever put into MK8.

LOL not free or 50% discount for those who own MK8 digitally? We paid 8 euros here in EU but it was deducted when we bought MK8 on the eShop. Not worth 8$ if you ask me unless you did play and liked the game on the SNES back then.

Tomorrow we're getting a Mega Man game. I guess NOA remembered that they can never release two Wii U VC games on the same day and decided to release this early.

"What's taking you so long, Fox!?"

(speaking of which, were the hell is VC Starfox?)

Would rather have Mario Kart Doubledash.

The VC is pitiful, this summer has been pitiful. GIVE US SOMETHING TO PLAY.

I didn't know being delayed was a reward.

@outburst
Was taxes included on to that 8 Euros?

"A day normal than the standard Download Update,..."
wut

@GreatPlayer

"why would people buy this game if they have mario kart 8? For historical reason?"

Why does the sun rise every morning? Why do we breathe air? Why do we need food and water? Why would people buy Super Mario Kart?

These are questions that we do not need to think about anymore, it just happens.

@MoonKnight7 <3

@tysonfury Good question. Honestly, that and the SNES Donkey Kong Country games are the only games that I really care about that are missing at this point. I know people talk about issues with the Super FX chip or whatever, but to that I say figure it out. It's a classic Nintendo game and it needs to be on the VC with the other classics, whatever it takes.

They can release this on Virtual Console but not Pokemon TCG on Virtual console. Make senses. (Yes, I'm still bitter.)

I plan on getting it as soon as I get home. Mainly for the nostalgia factor, that and I try and upgrade all the Wii VC games so I can do off tv play without needing to launch the Wii menu firsf

Smart move Nintendo.

@millarrp You do know that you could just hold down the B button on the gamepad when powering on the Wii U to go straight in to Wii Mode without even having to turn on your tv.

Well, time to upgrade my wii eshop copy!

When will they release this one?

(Image I found randomly on another site)

No. Nintendo can't be serious. They release the occasional VC game, and the hardcore love it, but I could care less. At this point it all feels too little too late.

Ghost Valley is the best!!! I wish they put that one in 8

No dice. I'd have bought this during the run up to MK8, but I'm good now.

what else will be on the update besides a free Mercedes?

About time, though I wish they would of released it before MK8 came out, I'll probably get it eventually for $1.50

@SparkOfSpirit And yet they consistently release at least one VC game for 3DS and Wii U?

@dustin_g: The update is supposed to fix some online bugs, update the game so that "View Highlights" is no longer the default option after a Grand Prix, and just fixing bugs in general

@WaLzgi Fairly sure you know what I meant.

@MoonKnight7 There is a fundamental logical flaw in your reasoning. Why does the sun raise every morning? It is a wrong question because the sun does NOT raise every morning, scientifically. We need air, food, and water because they are basic requirements for human cells to survive. Let me ask a question: Do we need Mario Kart to suvive biologically?

I see what you are getting - you are trying to equate the importance of fulfilling fundamental biological needs such as having air, food, and water, as well as the occurrence of natural phenomenon, to the non-fundamental necessity such as having a mario kart game. Can you see there is something wrong in your logic?

Not my favorite Mario Kart but a classic nonetheless.

Myy Godd

Time to insert another dollar fifty into my Wii U~!!!

Since no one will say it, I will.

Thank you NOA. Late as usual, but thank you anyway.

It took so long that I almost forgot about it.

"A day normal than the standard Download Update"?

A day normal than?

@outburst True, I wouldn't pay $8 for the game so soon after Mario Kart 8's release, however I'm more then willing to upgrade my Wii VC version of this game for $1.50.

That said the battle mode in this iteration of Mario Kart is the second best in the series only being beaten out by Mario Kart Wii's battle mode.

@GreatPlayer

This response made me lol so hard. I'm not sure if you just have no sense of humor, or if you're just trying to save face, but regardless...

"Why so serious??"

Well, at least I know where $1.50 of my paycheck will be going to on Friday. At least the next time it shows up in Club Nintendo as a reward it will be the Wii U version.

@Krambo42 Super Mario Kart is better than Mario Kart 8? That is so wrong, even if it is an opinion.

@ThomasBW84 "A day normal than the standard Download Update," doesn't make sense.
Normal should be replaced with after~

but i already have it on snes

Do you still play it on your SNES? I believe people play more old games on VC than they do on the original console.

@Bass_X0 I actually go so far as to sell my old games when they are released on the VC. Once they're on the VC, I'm going with that convenience every time I play.

@Darknyht that's not true, Vegas Stakes showed up as a club reward this month, but it's the Wii version, despite the fact that it's available on the Wii U.

No thank you. I would have most likely got this back in March while I waited for MK8 to arrive. However, now that I have it, I have no desire to play the original.

@SparkOfSpirit Bahaha! I agree!

@MoonKnight7 was your comments even supposed to be a joke or be humorous? Obviously it was not very successful. Lol...

@dkxcalibur exactly, unless you think mk1 is better than mk8, releasing the game now does not make much sense. It is unlike mario world, which is not much worse, and is probably better, than mario u.

@Krambo42 The Super FX Chip issues I'm pretty sure are licensing related rather than technical. Nintendo doesn't own the chip and hence the only way to release is via a remake (like Yoshi's Island for GBA). Star Fox 64 though they have absolutely no excuses!

@Grumblevolcano Yeah, sorry. I meant whether it is licensing or technical, figure out a way to make it work. Even if they don't have the license, surely they could work with whoever does to make it happen. Like I said, it's a classic Nintendo game. It belongs on the VC. No excuses!

@Krambo42 Unfortunately the creators went defunct 10 years ago.

@Grumblevolcano I mean, I'm no expert on licensing, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't mean the license is just in limbo. SOMEBODY must have the rights to it, right? And if nobody does, why would it be an issue?

I don't know, maybe this isn't the time or place for this conversation, I just feel like there's a way to get past this issue, if it even is the real reason it's not on the VC.

@Prof_Clayton

I would say with "before" since it is available today and the usual update is tomorrow.

@mowerdude I knew about using the B button but whenever I tried it in the past it told me to have the TV on to launch the Wii menu....must have changed in one of the recent firmware updates. Either way I still plan to upgrade to the Wii U version.

Sweet memories. I'll be updating this for the Wii U tonight. Loving MK 8, but THIS. This is the game my wife and I were playing when I discovered how great she could be at video games (before we were married). She still trounces me in MK8 regularly. There's a couple of tracks we'd play over and over just to pull off a sweet feather shortcut. She loves that. God, I love her.

Now if only someone could work out the Diddy Kong Racing rights for VC. :/

Does this mean EU will get a surprise release? Does it ****

@GreatPlayer

"was your comments even supposed to be a joke or be humorous? Obviously it was not very successful. Lol..."

Oh come on don't play that card. You and I both know that it was humorous. You and I also know your biological rabble was just you trying to save face since it appears you want/need to have the last word here.

A silly question deserves a silly answer. If I were you, I would just take a page from Frozen and just... "Let it Go."

sorry...but I'm not a fan of super mario kart...its the only one i don't like

@GreatPlayer Kind of....I personally think that Mario Kart 8 is superior in every way, makes the older Kart games obsolete for me. However, I also know that older games are still fun to play. I still play a lot of older games regardless of whether or not I like the original or not. In this case, Nintendo of America missed another opportunity once again IMO. To each his own though.

I'll probably pay the upgrade fee.

@Captain_Toad Perhaps to not outshine Capcom and its MegaMan 5 FINALLY arriving on WiiU's VC tomorrow

It still has the best Rainbow Road. (You can play that 2 player vs and it be good and have the best player win).

I used to play the PAL version at NTSC speeds though. (It was optimised a bit so even the USA version feels too slow).

@Nionel True, but Mario Kart recently saw an appearance on Club Nintendo. I figure by the time it cycles around again, the Wii wlll be officially retired in North America. It already has been reduced to a Wii Mini model that is not online, and like it or not eventually the flash drives in the Wii wear out.

@Krambo42 Donkey Kong Country was made by Rare, and Microsoft bought Rare, so that means Microsoft owns the game, however since the Koney Kong IP is owned by Nintendo, they can't put it on XBox Live, so we'll never see the game until Microsoft decides to give the rights back to Nintendo.

@Dipper723 He was talking about SNES Star Fox (called Star Wing in EU) with regards to the Super FX chip stuff.

@GreatPlayer @MoonKnight7

Well, I for one thought it was funny, but the whole interchange is even funnier!

However, I for one am glad they've released SMK as I never bought it on Wii.

And, to be quite honest, for me it'll be a nice alternative to playing MK8. I've...played 8 so much it's started to reach that "I'm bored after a few races" stage for me.

Now, Nintendo, where's MK64 and MK:DD for my WiiU VC...hmmmmm?!

@Dipper723
I don't understand your comment on Donkey Kong Country. I have all 3 on Wii VC. I know that they were removed last year, but if it was a Microsoft licencing Issue, surely they would not have been released on Wii VC at all.
But I am probably wrong. I am on most things

@FubumblR

Thank you friend. What's the point of living if you can't laugh along the way.

It definitely is a nice change of pace to play an older version of the game. It let's you see how much it has changed over the years.

Why bother buying SMK now when Nintendo will probably offer a 50 cent Club Nintendo discount on it sometime in the future?

About friggin time!!

Yes! Finally! I might, just might, get this. Now please add Mario Kart Super Circuit and Mario Kart 64 (if 64 games ever come).

@MoonKnight7

Indeed you are right, my friend!

And to truly appreciate what a franchise has become you must first experience its roots!

I also enjoy 8's use of various tracks as the battle stages, but nothing really compared to having fun with your friends in SMK's battle mode back in the day. There was something quite visceral and impactful when dealing out the shells in SMK, and I for one am looking forward to reliving those moments.

@Dipper723 Rare said that they don't own the rights to the original DKC trilogy, DK64, or Diddy Kong Racing. Nintendo owns all of the rights to those games. Rare is just as confused as we are as to why Nintendo pulled the DKC trilogy.

If NoA was smart they'd have put this on Wii U VC BEFORE MK8 came out...

...but we all know they aren't smart.

@FubumblR

I completely agree, nothing compares to the good ol' days. Those memories are irreplaceable.

I just added you as a friend via Wii U hardware, perhaps we can do a round of MK8 sometime.

@tysonfury The FX chip is exactly the reason that we never saw Star Fox (SNES) release on the Wii as well. Basically in addition to the game code, Nintendo would need to add emulation of the chip as well. I'm guessing that Nintendo hasn't really felt it necessary to devote any resources to this task. Even on PC emulators, Star Fox for the SNES can be fairly buggy.

@Nico07
We do have Yoshi's Island on the GBA and it used the Super FX chip. And they were able to emulate the custom chips of the N64 (which my macbook still struggles with). I don't know the exact technology but it should fit that it's possible with some effort. Though I agree that Nintendo probably didn't see it as worthwhile.

@Dipper723 I think that was proven to be untrue. Didn't Rare say that they have no idea why Nintendo delisted those games/didn't put them or DK64 on the VC?

Never cared for any of the MK games, but good for those who do.
It's strange how long Nintendo's first party hits have taken to arrive in North America.

@IceClimbers Owning the rights to the titles, yes.
Owning the assets?
Rare still owns the assets for most every game they made for Nintendo.
Nintendo obviously still owns the rights to the titles (DKC: Returns / Tropical Freeze).

Nice update for Mario Kart 8! The lack of stat tracking was the only thing that irked me about the game and now that they released a patch for it all is well!

'Bout time! That's another game I can update. I need those Restore Points too, because that CPU cheats like there's no tomorrow.

Yes! Best SMK of all time. Has a true racing kart experience (small courses with no complexity) And is the easier to edit. I love making custom battle courses so I can play them with my bro.

@dkxcalibur It is probably fun if they made multiplayer in MK1 online, although I know it won't happen.

I think people here complain MK8 as having few courses. The online element is the best in a kart game, but people tends to play a few courses repeatedly online in MK8. As a result, I also found the experience somewhat dull after a while.

What? Why would I buy such an ugly old game?
I already have MK8.
GOD I hate VC games

@GreatPlayer MK8 having too few courses??? It has 32 courses! I think my only gripe is the lack of stadiums like everyone else. Stadiums should have been in the game but if Nintendo wanted to make some more money, all they would need to do is develop and release DLC with 5 stadiums included.

#3 @GreatPlayer maybe they don't have enough money to buy mk8 so they buy a fun cheap alternative.

@dkxcalibur I thought it already has Mario Kart Stadium (short course).

Well, each course is too short and they are all about kart racing - i.e., I felt monotonous soon. How about boat racing and jet racing?

@Danny429 You made me laugh so hard!

@GreatPlayer I wasnt trying to be funny. I do know some people that really don't have enough money to buy mk8.