Different difficulties are selectable prior to a race harder difficulties make gameplay faster. Tracks are themed around locales from the Super Mario platform series and are populated with power-ups that help players gain advantages in races. It retains the gameplay of previous games in the Mario Kart series, with players controlling a Mario franchise character in races around tracks. Meanwhile, you can learn about all the new features debuting today with this overview.Mario Kart 8 is a 2014 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U.

Here on Gamereactor we've already downloaded and installed MK8 DLC Pack 2, and will review the content this very week. Keep in mind it firstly downloads 4.0 update patch and then the new content. The combined download weighs about 1.4GB, while the specific new content alone is 972MB (European version). And as online mode is live, there are some players competing in the new 8 circuits already. This means you can purchase and/or download 2 new Cups and some new vehicles and characters, and as a free download you can also try the new, much faster and difficult 200cc class, among other new features. The launch day was today and, even if we were expecting the download to be ready later in the afternoon, we can now confirm it's available now on a Wii U near you.īesides, the server maintenance downtime announced yesterday took less time than expected, and therefore online races are back as well.

After the great quality and value of its first add-on content pack, it was only natural that fans of Mario Kart 8 were eager to get their hands behind the wheel of the second DLC, entitled Animal Crossing X Mario Kart.

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