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Mario Kart 8

Mario Kart 8 is the eighth entry in the Mario Kart series of games, developed by Nintendo EAD and released exclusively on the Wii U. This will be the first installment of the series featured on an 8th-generation main console and supports up to four-player kart racing.

Mario Kart 8 follows the gameplay of the rest of the Mario Kart series, with up to four players racing against CPU players to pass the finish line first on a variety of courses. The game features a variety of weapons, which players are encouraged to collect and use against other characters in order to achieve victory. The game strongly draws from the significant changes added in Mario Kart 7, and also adds in new features such as gravity-switching.

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Mario Kart 8 is the eighth entry in the Mario Kart series and the first to be on an 8th-generation main console. Following the gameplay of the rest of the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart 8 supports up to four players racing against CPU players to pass the finish line first on a variety of courses.

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Item & Weapons

Items and weapons have always been a big part in Mario Kart games, where they are meant to help players stall other players enough to pass them up. See the following pages for more details.

  • — Coins
  • — Bananas
  • — Fire Flowers
  • — Green Shells
  • — Red Shells
  • — Spiny Shells
  • — Mushrooms
  • — Stars
  • — Thunderbolts

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Courses

This page features all of the courses available in Mario Kart 8. The game will feature many new Nitro courses, as well as "Retro" courses which return from previous games.

  • — Mushroom Cup
  • — Flower Cup
  • — Star Cup
  • — Special Cup
  • — Shell Cup
  • — Banana Cup
  • — Leaf Cup
  • — Lightning Cup
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The following pages cover the multiple different media coverage for this game, from concept art to game trailers.

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Nintendo EAD
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Nintendo
Key People
Hideki Konno
Kosuke Yabuki
Release Dates
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May 30, 2014

Genre Racing
Sub-Genres(s) Kart Racing
Theme(s) Racing
Alternative Name(s) マリオカート8

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  • Item & Weapons
    • Coins
    • Bananas
    • Fire Flowers
    • Green Shells
    • Red Shells
    • Spiny Shells
    • Mushrooms
      • Triple Mushrooms
      • Golden Mushrooms
    • Stars
    • Thunderbolts
    • Bloopers
    • Bob-ombs
  • Courses
    • Mushroom Cup
      • Mario Kart Stadium
      • Water Park
      • Sweet Sweet Canyon
      • Thwomp Ruins
    • Flower Cup
      • Mario Circuit
      • Toad Harbor
      • Twisted Mansion
      • Shy Guy Falls
    • Star Cup
      • Sunshine Airport
      • Dolphin Shoals
      • Electrodome
      • Mount Wario
    • Special Cup
      • Cloudtop Cruise
      • Bone Dry Dunes
      • Bowser's Castle
      • Rainbow Road
    • Shell Cup
      • Moo Moo Meadows (Wii)
      • Mario Circuit (GBA)
      • Cheep Cheep Beach (DS)
      • Toad's Turnpike (N64)
    • Banana Cup
      • Dry Dry Desert (GCN)
      • Donut Plains 3 (SNES)
      • Royal Raceway (N64)
      • DK Jungle (3DS)
    • Leaf Cup
      • Wario Stadium (DS)
      • Sherbet Land (GCN)
      • Music Park (3DS)
      • Yoshi Valley (N64)
    • Lightning Cup
      • Tick-Tock Clock (DS)
      • Pirahna Plant Slide (3DS)
      • Grumble Volcano (Wii)
      • Rainbow Road (N64)
    • Battle Mode Courses
      • Moo Moo Meadows (Wii)
      • Dry Dry Desert (GCN)
      • Donut Plains 3 (SNES)
      • Toad's Turnpike (N64)
      • Mario Circuit
      • Toad Harbor
      • Sherbet Land (GCN)
      • Yoshi Valley (N64)
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