travo said:

I don't know.  I get tired of those games after about a week.

It's this, or back to the gas station! I will take out a loan in your name!

travo said:

Great, there are three escaped murderers from Tennessee, spotted in my town.

They heard you weren't buying MK8.

travo said:

So it's come to this, GG?  You've hired killers?

They're only armed with Blue Shells.

Damn MK8 is a beautiful game... that I wont buy.

Konno on the game’s visuals…

“We’re working with HD for the first time, and we really wanted to take advantage of that. The last console version was Mario Kart Wii, which was released in 2008, so it was about six years ago. And during those six years, we were able to incorporate a lot of technology in our development process, but especially on the graphics side. So we put a lot of effort into making this a good looking game–it’s a very pretty game.”

“This time with the power of the Wii U we really made an effort to keep that graphic quality high regardless of how many ways we were splitting the TV into.”

Yabuki also talking about the game’s graphics…

“We’ve also been able to show movement on the [karts and bikes] that we haven’t seen before. We’re seeing bounding, we’re seeing different parts of the kart move, we’re seeing dirt on the tires, we’re seeing skidmarks left on the course–again I think we’ve done a good job of utilizing that graphical power.”

“Using the power of the Wii U, we were able to create a Mario Kart title that feels right, and the controls feel like they’re perfect for this game.”

“We were able to harness the power of the Wii U to get a huge polygon count, and we were able to make courses that involved a lot of undulating, moving surfaces. We’ve also done a lot of work with the character animations. If you look at Mario and the Koopalings and all the characters, you’re seeing a level and range of animation that you’ve never seen before.”

Wow Mario Kart looks awesome!!!!!

gamingeek said:

CVG:

"If marketed properly, Mario Kart 8 could finally be the Wii U's golden mushroom Nintendo is so desperate for"

For Mario Kart haterz like vaderz the golden mushroom power up is a speed boost you could use multiple times, so much that so, you could zoom up many places in the race through its use. I've been reading a lot and most previews and/or gamers are saying this is a system seller and if this can't move Wii Us, nothing will. Depends on how much they market it IMO.

Vader is just scared. Mario Kart was the one and only game I've ever beaten him in (and pretty much the only game I've ever beaten anyone in for that matter).

I'm very curious at how Amy Henning will shape the new SW.

PS: If you can appreciate Blood Omen games, as mediocre as they were, you should definitely give Lords of Shadow 2 a try. It will satisfy your blood-lust nicely!

robio said:

Blood Omen games were mediocre? You're a whore and you're dead to me now.

Yeah I thought the original Blood Omen was brilliant. The 2nd one was just OKAY but still well worth checking out. Blood Omen 1 and Soul Reaver 1 were by far the best games in the Kain series.

travo said:

I'm very curious at how Amy Henning will shape the new SW.

I'm kind of disappointed honestly...I want Bioware on it. Or even Obsidian. This clearly isn't going to be an RPG with Visceral doing it. Likely an action game of some kind.