The game is also the best-selling title for the Wii U, selling 8 million copies as of September 30, 2016, surpassing sales of both Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. The game also features more detail in courses, specifically retro tracks, which appear more redesigned than their original appearances. In addition, ATVs join the returning karts and bikes as a new class of vehicle. Elements from Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7 are reused, such as 12-racer fields, bikes and 2-Player online from Mario Kart Wii and gliding, underwater driving, and kart customizing from Mario Kart 7. The game was released on the last three days of May 2014 worldwide.Ī prominent new addition is anti-gravity, allowing players to drive on almost any surface. Like other Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games, this game can be purchased both physically at retail and digitally through the Nintendo eShop, with the digital version requiring 4949.8 MB (approx. This installment is the follow-up game of the Nintendo 3DS title Mario Kart 7.

It is the eighth console installment in the Mario Kart series (hence the game's name). Mario Kart 8 is a racing game developed primarily by Nintendo EAD, with Namco Bandai Holdings assisting, for the Wii U.

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