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I know the majority of people won't give a shit (or even be annoyed at the possibility of a new Mii Music) but I reckon this has some serious potential. As anyone that really got into Wii Music will know, it was actually a fantastic piece of software. I spent over 100 immensely enjoyable hours with it, and have longed for a sequel ever since. If they sort the issue of track variation, especially increasing the number of Nintendo tracks available, then it could be a real winner. I'll just quote my wishlist from the Wii Music thread... Dual Wii Remote drumming is a must as well. One thing's for sure, this is definitely a title that could make great use of the GamePad and Miiverse.

Yep. That was definitely one of the most epic moments in N-E MK league history. Although there have been many more, including loads on MK7 (as you'll be well aware ) that unfortunately weren't recorded due to lack of an easy way to capture footage. A lot of the spectacular MK7 moments really had an impact on the framerate and produced some major slowdown. Gonna be interesting to see if we can break the silky smooth 60fps on MK8 too.

Duuuuuuude... You gotta join. This. The league is awesome. :awesome:Seriously, and theme GPs are especially amazing, not to mention something that you're unlikely to experience when playing the game in local (or random online) multiplayer. 12 players using exactly the same character/vehicle setup simultaneously is a sight to behold! I can't wait to witness carnage like this in HD on MK8!:

New DLC is live! 2 more 18 hole courses + Nabbit.

Same here. Now to pray that the additional weight of a T-Shirt doesn't mean it'll take longer for royal mail to deliver it... ...I'm not confident. Well, it's currently second on their all format pre-order chart: Watch Dogs PS4 Excl… Mario Kart 8 Inc Fr… Far Cry 4 Limited E… Watch Dogs Far Cry 4 Limited E… The Last of Us Rema… Murdered Soul Suspe… Halo 5: Guardians EA Sports UFC Inc B… PS4 Console Inc Wat…

I decided to try and find the answer to this. Downloaded all of the Mii icons that have posted in the MK8 community, deleted the duplicates (different facial expressions) and the result was this: 323 images! So that's at least 323 bastards people that are currently playing MK8. The online mode must be buzzing by now.

True actually. Think I just played Battle Mode a heck of a lot less on those versions. Anyway, still not fussed about Battle Mode in MK8. It's all about GP, TT, and the N-E League. :awesome:

Word.

...or in reviews... or on Nintendo's official website... or on Miiverse, etc... All of these things materialised... TOO SOON!!!! Pretty much. Battle mode hasn't been decent since SMK/MK64.

Sure would. Perhaps get Barkle into the mix as well. I was contemplating picking up one of the PS3 versions of Dynasty Warriors at some point before this game releases, any idea which is the best version out of 6, 7, or 8?

Come on Tingle.

It's not so much about the amount of content that's out there, but rather how soon it was revealed. For anyone that's been following the game, the hype levels have peaked (gone off the charts actually ) but there's still over a week to wait. So yeah, that excitement becomes frustration. Just wanna play the damn game already!

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There's literally only 1 thing that I've managed to resist spoiling for myself concerning this game, which is the staff credits sequence/music, and even that is floating around on multiple websites. There needed to be way more control over coverage for MK8. But obviously Nintendo are in a pickle when it comes to Wii U so they appear to have encouraged the gaming press to share as much info/media as possible, and in doing so the game has become overhyped beyond belief. The hype has turned into tripe.

Yep... ...every time I go on Miiverse.

True, doesn't make it any less annoying though.But I think the worst thing of all was lifting the review embargo so damn early and activating the Miiverse community. That opened the floodgates and we've been drowning in information/media from the game ever since. Well, you haven't because you were smart/strong enough to avoid it, but not everyone has that kind of willpower. Personally I think reviews shouldn't have gone up until a week before the release date, and the Miiverse community and features like MKTV's YouTube uploading should have been running privately until the 30th.

It's actually starting to kill the buzz a bit now. Really hope Nintendo don't pull this shit again, not that I'd ever anticipate another Wii U game as much as MK8 anyway... I mean if there was ever a time when they needed to stick to their "quick announcement/launch" thingy it was now. The Wii U hasn't seen a decent retail game in months, and they seem to think this is a good idea:

MEGATON!... For me at least

Yeah. I wonder if the situation with Wii U would've been different had that been the launch title instead of Nintendo Land... They're probably going to release 'em together to limit the amount of free trials. Looking forward to checking out boxing.

Let's. I know. Yep. Correct. ... How about the very reason I was originally pointing out? Do you seriously reckon Nintendo couldn't get MK8 running in a 5 player mode if the game had graphics similar to those of SASRT? Expecting both super high quality visuals and 5 player is a big ask.

I meant in terms of it being full screen and 60fps, instead of half a screen and (potentially) 30fps. I think so, yeah. However I could be wrong, and I sure as hell couldn't explain it in any technical detail. @Dcubed, help!

I'm saving this game for a potential future drought, cool to see it's going down well.

Not to downplay the issue being discussed here, but I do find it kinda funny how people were recently having a go at Nintendo for focusing too much on local multiplayer over online, and now that we get a game from them where the superior way to play against others is online, people kick off about aspects of the local multiplayer. Nah, the split screen image on the GamePad is still just a single video stream. Having the GamePad show a different view to that of the TV screen would have a much greater impact on the system. Well, let's not forget about the difference is visual quality between the two. Sonic racing was an OK looking game, but MK8 is on another level entirely. Hell, it's almost as if they're games from 2 different console generations.