Mario Kart 8

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Template:Newsubject Template:Infobox Mario Kart 8 is an upcoming Mario Kart game for Wii U, and confirmed to be released in Spring 2014. The game is the eighth game in the mainstream series, and the tenth in the overall Mario Kart series. A new gimmick, anti-gravity, is confirmed. Bikes, gliders, and underwater driving are also confirmed to return.

Gameplay

The gameplay appears to be the same as most Mario Kart games. The main karts use a similar design from Mario Kart 7 and have gliders. Bikes, which are introduced in Mario Kart Wii make a return. Vehicles can also go underwater. The game introduces anti-gravity tracks, that allow the players to race on vertical and upside-down roads. Kart customizing from Mario Kart 7 also seems to be a feature shown by some of the standard karts having different wheels. Also, like Mario Kart Wii, twelve racers are present in normal races.

Characters

• Mario
• Luigi
• Yoshi
• Toad
• Princess Peach
• Princess Daisy
• Wario
• Waluigi
• Toadette
• Koopa Troopa
• Donkey Kong
• Bowser

Non-playable

• Super Piranha Plant
• Goomba Towers

Items

• Item Boxes
• Coins
• Banana
• Triple Bananas
• Fire Flower
• Green Shell
• Triple Green Shells
• Red Shell
• Triple Red Shells
• Mushroom
• Triple Mushrooms
• Golden Mushroom
• Star
• Thunderbolt
• Blooper
• Bob-omb

Courses

Nitro Courses

• A Mobius Strip like course formed like an 8
• Mario Circuit, which is a valley near Princess Peach's Castle, also it is the main course shown in the E3 2013 trailer.
• A candyland area.
• A ruins area.
• A residential area.
• An underwater chamber.
• A haunted mansion.

Retro Courses

• GCN Dry Dry Desert
• 3DS Music Park
• 3DS Piranha Plant Slide

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Mario Circuit

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  GCN Dry Dry Desert

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  3DS Piranha Plant Slide

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  Toadette in a new Mario Kart 8 track.

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  Another view of Toadette.

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  3DS Music Park

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  Donkey Kong, racing on a new track.

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Artwork

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  Mario

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  Luigi

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  A course that illustrates gravity.