Mario Kart 8 starts its engines on Wii U this May

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During a corporate briefing today in Japan, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata confirmed Mario Kart 8 would launch on Wii U some time in May. The Wall Street Journal's Digits blog picked up the news during a Nintendo business briefing held in Japan.

Mario Kart 8, announced during E3 last year, is the latest in Nintendo's long-running arcade racing series. This new installment includes a gravity-defying mechanic that lets racers ride along walls.

Last week, Nintendo had to slash financial forecasts in light of weak Wii U sales. Originally the company had projected Wii U sales to reach a total of 9 million from March 2013 to March 2014. Nintendo now anticipates Wii U shipments will reach 2.8 million in that timeframe.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/29/mario-kart-8-starts-its-engines-on-wii-u-this-may/

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PensPosted:

Mario kart games are always fun on the wii

TTGZOMBIFIEDPosted:

mario is soo fun i will buy the wii u just for mario kart 8

DissPosted:

Being able to ride on walls, lets see how that plays out.



Krookodile Mario is really one of the only things keeping their console alive


Mario has always been Nintendo's largest success.

T0RONTOPosted:

Mario is really one of the only things keeping their console alive

XenoChristPosted:

Mario doesn't look fun anymore..

I may have to give it another chance.

DemonSurferPosted:

codOZZY God nintendo needs to do something drastic to reboot their company

So many good mario games getting lost on **** consoles


It's the Wii U console not doing so well,not actually Nintendo,the 3DS is making them big money at the moment :D

SwiftPosted:

God I have put so many hours into the Mario Cart series.

ZahnePosted:

cant wait for this now, man

-CPPosted:

Oh God, I cannot wait for it!

MaggardoPosted:

Mario Kart was always an addicting game as a child, I would love to see everything they are gonna do with this Mario Kart.


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