Nintendo of Europe sent out a newsletter recently stating that Mario Kart 8 will release April 2014.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
Nintendo has recently restored Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon online after five months of being offline.
Mario Kart 8 has been out for nine years now if you include the Wii U version. Despite the Switch port continuing to sell insane numbers since it came out in 2017, many people believed that a new installment was way past due. When the Booster Course Pass was announced instead, it was a bit controversial, with one side of people stating that it was time for a new game, and the other side believing that this was the best course of action and that there's nothing else Nintendo can do to innovate the franchise.
There's nothing wrong with the games, but after most of them being very samey, I got a bit bored. I liked MKDS because it added a mission mode, yeah it didn't have maybe as many as I'd like but it was decent for variety.
I really prefer the new Mario Party for the different types of games in it.
Mario Kart doesn't really feel fresh because you know what to expect for every new game pretty much. The single player mode of DKR was far more in depth a game vs Mario Kart IMO, MK is probably better for multiplayer though.
It needs a campaign mode like Crash Team Racing with open hubs, driving around the Mushroom Kingdom, selecting your races and the like. Have a system like the CTR tokens within the races that then unlock secret racing cups later on or the time relics to unlock other things.
There's nothing wrong with the games but when you've had the same set up for so many games it just gets a bit samey after a while.
They could even have something like a track creator like Modnation Racers or something.
After starting with the first game on SNES, I think the last one I bought was on the DS.
I think the next gimmick should be interactive tracks with obstacles and traps such as maybe throwing a shell ahead to make something fall on another player Also have water and mud parts that effect handling more also fire parts that can cause you to over heat if you stay in it to long etc...
I don’t think it needs ‘a gimmick’ so much, because gameplay is pretty much perfect right now, but I would like the next Mario Kart to do either a ‘track-builder’ thing, so you just get access to the tools and make your own tracks (think Modnation Racers or LBP Karting), and/or expand upon ‘Mario’ Kart and open it up to the rest of Nintendo IPs, and just do a ‘Nintendo Kart’, so we’d see more of Zelda, but also Starfox, Kirby, Metroid, Valkyria Chronicles*, etc.
* I know, technically not ‘Nintendo’.
Ugh. I really hope it comes out sooner. What else could be coming out between December and April? Certainly nothing I know of.
What are we gonna play from January 'till then?
So the PS4 and Xbone are expected to release this November, and Nintendo is missing a huge game during the holidays...
You know what? Never mind. Mario Kart Wii also cane out in April, in 2008. However, people are saying, and even Nintendo is acknowledging, that the Wii U has not sold well. Mario Kart sells, and in the holidays it could sell even more.
Eggghhhhhhhhhh
I would just like to point out that pop rocks asked if anything came out between dec and April he did not ask what Nintendo games are being released between then. I really don't understand why people insist on making digs towards nintend when people say 3rd party games ( even if multi platform) may be released during that time frame. Not everyone each console. Not to mentionit is an article about Mario kart a Nintendo made and exclusive game so again I don't understand some people's comments. It almost seems like people have to make sure they grow their epeen on a daily basis by trying to insult another console.
Another way to look at it is this way. Why even ask the question about games when either
A) you only own a Nintendo system, therefore, any third party game released can be viewed as an exclusive since you only have a Nintendo system....
Or
B) you own a Nintendo system plus either a Microsoft or Sony (or both) console, therefore, you will buy Nintendo made games and if/when third party games release you buy them for a different console it's still a game to play.
It still amazes me how much joy it brings people when taking digs at other consoles in particular Nintendo systems. Is it because people are mad that 3ds a shittty HH (spec wise) is stomping on vita's face, pushing it harder into the mud each time it grasps for air? Or maybe because the wii sold 100million consoles this gen beating both Sony and Microsoft?
If you don't like Nintendo that's fine but Jesus people lets be realistic Nintendo can't release a major game every month for both 3ds and wii u. It's just not going to happen.
Lastly I would like to point out wii fit U is not a game and anyone thinking other wise is an idiot. Also what big N needs to make instead is a wii sports 2 adding more depth to the current games it alreadys has as well as even more sports and adding in the resort title. What happened to that golf and baseball sport demo they showed back in 2012? The one where you in golf the gamepad is used as the tee and in baseball the pad is used as your glove? They need to add that crap and I bet it would sell like hot cakes.