History AndTheFandomRejoiced / MarioKart

* An UpdatedRerelease known as ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' has been announced for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Alright, what's it got besides all the DLC? WHOA, they fixed the Battle Mode so that it's more like how it used to be? SNES Battle Course 1 and GCN Luigi’s Mansion return as Battle Courses? [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld The Cape Feather]] and Boo are back as items?! King Boo, Bowser Jr. and Dry Bones are playable characters?! How do you top all that? By throwing in '''THE [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} INKLINGS AND URCHIN UNDERPASS]], THAT'S HOW!'''

* The game lets you customize your own kart in advance before the races - big tires ala Monster Trucks, gliders and other karts' parts are yours to command.

* An UpdatedRerelease known as ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' has been announced for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Alright, what's it got besides all the DLC-WHOA, they fixed the Battle Mode so that it's more like how it used to be? SNES Battle Course 1 and GCN Luigi’s Mansion return as Battle Courses? [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld The Cape Feather]] and Boo are back as items?! King Boo, Bowser Jr. and Dry Bones are playable characters?! How do you top all that? By throwing in '''THE [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} INKLINGS AND URCHIN UNDERPASS]], THAT'S HOW!'''

* An UpdatedRerelease known as ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' has been announced for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Alright, what's it got besides all the DLC-WHOA, they fixed the Battle Mode so that it's more like how it used to be? SNES Battle Course 1 and GCN Luigi’s Mansion return as Battle Courses? [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld The Cape Feather]] and Boo are back as items?! King Boo, Bowser Jr. and Dry Bones are playable characters?! How do you top all that? By throwing in '''THE [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} INKLINGS AND URCHIN UNDERPASS, THAT'S HOW!'''

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* After his absence from the last two games, King Boo returns in the Switch's debut trailer. Alongside their boss, the fan-favourite Boo item returns from it's last appearence on MKDS.
* [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} The Inklings are confirmed, complete with a new course]].
* [[TheBusCameBack The Feather item has returned after 7 games of absensce]].

* After his absence from the last two games, King Boo returns in the Switch's debut trailer.

* [[VideoGame/Splatoon The Inklings are confirmed]], complete with a new course.

* After his absence from the last two games, King Boo returns in the Switch's debut trailer.

** Fans of the ''F-Zero'' games got a big kick when the announcer from X was heard at the final section of Big Blue. "YEAH, THE FINAL LAP!".

** Even players who hated that course's [[SarcasmMode insane]] [[BreatherLevel difficulty]] can be happy about this one, thanks to the [[SequelDifficultySpike changes Nintendo has]] [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome made to the place]].

--> '''Developer''': Calm down Mr. Lakitu, to make up for these unfortunate changes regarding your role in this series, we have made surprise for you. ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eTFUz9qEBU#t=140s *Hands a kart driving license to Lakitu*]]''

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* ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' was confirmed. Oh great. It hasn't been that long since the last one, and they [[CashCowFranchise are already making a new]] one... Wait, are those cars hovering ? AND DRIVING ON WALLS AND UPSIDE DOWN ?

* ''Mario Kart 64'''s Rainbow Road is a Retro Course. Let me repeat that. '''Mario Kart 64's Rainbow Road is a Retro Course''.

* The game has DLC packs in November 2014 and May 2015, each of which has 3 characters, 8 courses (some new, some retro), and 4 vehicles. These DLC packs include characters and tracks based on other Nintendo games. That's right- at long last, the Nintendoverse has invaded ''Mario Kart''!

** The May pack has Dry Bowser along with ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing the Villager and Isabelle]]!''

** One of the new vehicles is a white race car called the [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 P-Wing.]]

** One of the new vehicles is a white race car that kind of resembles the Mach 5 from ''Amine/SpeedRacer''.

** A returning track for DLC pack 2 includes... Baby Park?!

** Finally, Nintendo brings back more ''Super Circuit'' tracks. Ribbon Road and Cheese Land!

** A returning track for DLC pack 2 includes... Baby Park?!

** Mega Man, Sonic, and Pac-Man have racing suits in the second round of amiibo support. Mega Man's suit in particular got much rejoicing, as it shows Nintendo still cares about him.

** Alongside the second DLC pack comes a new update. 200cc baby! Oh, and it's been moved up to April 23rd!

** Alongside the second DLC pack comes a new update. 200cc baby!

** It's a crying shame that both of the DLC packs are such a long way from being released. Why would they let us preorder them so far in advance? Wait, we get to use ''[[PaletteSwap all of the Yoshi and Shy Guy colors]]'' as soon as we pay for both of them? Sold.

--> '''Developer''': Calm down Mr. Lakitu, to make up for these unfortunate changes regarding your role in this series, we have made suprise for you. ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eTFUz9qEBU#t=140s *Hands a kart driving license to Lakitu*]]''

*** That Excite Bike course doesn't look very interesting, it doesn't even feature anti-gravity... What? The jumps and boost placements change every time you load the course? Intriguing...

** In the U.S., each pack is priced at $7.99, or bundled together for $11.99. That's 12 dollars all together to add an additional 16 tracks, half the track count of the original release. Compared to other content expansion packs for other games, it's an incredible value, as people were expecting to pay more for just new tracks.

** Some of the new courses include Wario's Mine, F-Zero, Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing courses, and an ''[[VideoGame/{{Excite}} Excite Bike]]'' course.