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I love 2D platformers but i feels like there is little alternative to them in the overall library of the console, which i think is a bad thing. I'm fine with the number of 2D platformers the Wii U had but there really should be a wider variety of games on offer by now.

Nice image from E3. Wasn't sure where to post it.

Looking forward this this game as I really enjoyed the Toad levels in Mario 3D World.

http://kotaku.com/the-new-wii-u-gamecube-controllers-are-super-hot-1588991448?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

please be real please be real... edit-

yeah pretty good. I'm hoping they go into more details about the Mario Kart Amiibo stuff before the end of E3

I know that the second image here was debunked. Someone found a youtube video from last year that was used as a template to put the battle mode option screen onto. However I don't believe that first image has been debunked yet... And after seeing the leaked screenshots of Miyamotos games just now, I can't help but notice that those have the same purple backgrounds behind the TV as this image.

You have to upload it to youtube so that Miiverse can embed it into your Miiverse post. Nintendo don't actually host the videos themselves

haha just saw the leaked info from time magazine

There definitely has been improvements but at times it feels like more like incremental steps then strides. And sometimes a step back from from some things they have done right in the past. There is also a weird disjointed feeling on how Nintendo handle Online gaming from game to game.

I'm having fun when it works, but I am getting quite a few communication errors now. Its happening a lot more then it was a week ago.

Wow Quick start is so fast! I was going to post pretty much the same thing, i want quick start on because its a huge improvement to the console but I don't want standby functions on at all

gif I made from what happened in a race just now

Mario Kart TV is a nice feature but I wish you had a little more control over the footage. I want to be able to control camera angles, choose what parts of a race I want in the highlight and put in slow-motion clips. I can understand why they kept is so basic and easy to use, and it is a great feature but it would have been good to have an "advanced option" somewhere in there with a few more features.

I love the music in this game: Audio Audio

i think the problem is what they had before (in MKWii) was perfectly fine. Why change it and make it worse? I guess they can always patch it in at a later date though.

yeah I'm a little puzzled as to why they changed it like this, unless I'm overlooking something here. MKWii's way of handling time trials and ghost data was close to perfect.

I'd love to use a gamecube pad with MK8, because I exclusively used to play MKWii with the gamecube controller for all those years.

An unprecedented second appearance from the postman brings me my copy: yep

Seems the postman did arrive here this morning, just without Mario Kart 8.

Dang, my shopto order hasn't arrived

The Mario Kart TV site is up and running https://mariokart.tv/

This always works for me. Well...apart from Wii U games because no one around here seems to sell them

IGN are live streaming the game right now if anyone wants to watch. The hosts are a little annoying http://www.twitch.tv/ignlive I'm watching this stream some random dude has set up thats pretty good: http://www.twitch.tv/trifroze

I spent too long trying to decide if I should get the limited edition or normal version of this game. I chose just to get the normal version, since that Blue Shell statue doesn't really seem worth an extra £20. Knowing my luck, we'll find out its secretly a NFC toy that unlocks a bunch of cool stuff lol