Mario Kart 8 is an arcade developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 29 May 2014 on Nintendo Switch and Wii U. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What Mario Kart 8 is
Mario Kart 8 is an arcade game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2014. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch and Wii U.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mario Kart 8 is a 2014 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. It retains the gameplay of previous Mario Kart games, with players controlling characters from the Mario series and other Nintendo characters in races around tracks. Tracks are themed around locales from the Super Mario series populated with power-ups that help players gain advantages in races. Different difficulties are selectable prior to a race; harder difficulties make gameplay faster. In the new anti-gravity sequences, players drive on walls and ceilings. Mario Kart 8 contains a variety of single-player and local and online multiplayer game modes, including Grand Prix racing and arena-based…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, kids and party. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 5 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Mario Kart 8 is the 65th of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. It arrived 6 months after Mario Party: Island Tour. The next entry was Arcade Archives: Mario Bros. in 2017. Its critic score of 91 is 17 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Kart 8 holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 690 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 50 hrs, roughly 6.3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Mario Kart 8 launched on 29 May 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor and Rise of Nations: Extended Edition. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Kart 8 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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