Gameplay is enhanced by power-up items obtained by driving into item boxes laid out on the course.

Up to twelve characters can compete in each race (varying per game). In the Mario Kart series, players compete in go-kart races, controlling one of a selection of characters, mainly from the Mario franchise. Over 164.43 million copies in the series have been sold worldwide. The latest game in the series, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, was released on the Nintendo Switch in October 2020. The Mario Kart series totals fourteen games, with six on home consoles, three on handheld consoles, four arcade games co-developed with Namco, and one for mobile phones. The series was launched in 1992 with Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, to critical and commercial success. It features characters and courses mostly from the Mario series as well as other gaming franchises such as The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, F-Zero, and Splatoon. Players compete in go-kart races while using various power-up items. Meanwhile, you can learn about all the new features debuting today with this overview.Mario Kart is a series of kart racing games and a spin-off Mario franchise developed and published by Nintendo. Here on Gamereactor we've already downloaded and installed MK8 DLC Pack 2, and will review the content this very week.

Keep in mind it firstly downloads 4.0 update patch and then the new content. The combined download weighs about 1.4GB, while the specific new content alone is 972MB (European version). And as online mode is live, there are some players competing in the new 8 circuits already. This means you can purchase and/or download 2 new Cups and some new vehicles and characters, and as a free download you can also try the new, much faster and difficult 200cc class, among other new features.

The launch day was today and, even if we were expecting the download to be ready later in the afternoon, we can now confirm it's available now on a Wii U near you.īesides, the server maintenance downtime announced yesterday took less time than expected, and therefore online races are back as well. After the great quality and value of its first add-on content pack, it was only natural that fans of Mario Kart 8 were eager to get their hands behind the wheel of the second DLC, entitled Animal Crossing X Mario Kart.

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