Mynintendonews - We all love Mario Kart 8 and it seems that the guys and girls over at Amazon UK share your sentiment as they have named Mario Kart 8 as their game of 2014. The popular online retailer says that it’s the perfect game to gather round and have fun with the family. Amazon UK also named Mario Kart 8 as a system seller. Hopefully this will help the game shift more units in the United Kingdom.
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
One of the biggest releases of the year, Starfield, is days away from its full global release, with owners of its Premium and Constellation Editions already having had early access for a couple of days, and unsurprisingly, the excitement surrounding the space-faring RPG’s launch has resulted in increased hardware sales for Xbox as well.
It's to be expected software especially really hyped software always drives hardware sales and that's a fact! Xbox for many years has been lacking the software side so the hardware sales has always suffered..
I'm curious to what the numbers will end up being at the end of this month. That'll tell the story.
Nintendo has recently restored Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon online after five months of being offline.
It is my personal choice for GOTY as well. so much fun playing this game.
No arguments from me. Great game
Very well deserved. The only thing "wrong" with this game is battle mode, but a majority of the people who play this game have no interest in that mode to begin with.