10 Things You Didn't Know About Mario Kart 8

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Published on June 8, 2017 7:00:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgne8Hi4Yjg

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Mario Kart 8 (2014)

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Mario Kart 8 is viewed by many as the game that restored the Mario Kart series former glory, combining aspects of games past into what could possibly be the best Mario Kart game of all time. But, there are things that even the biggest Mario Kart fans don’t know about Mario Kart 8. That’s why i’m here. This is… 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mario Kart 8.

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mario Kart 8 (in text form)

10. Before the race starts on the Ribbon Road course, you can spot a poster that depicts a Lakitu in a kung-fu like pose that says "Dragon Driftway The Movie, Kung Fu Lakitu, coming Spring 2015”. This poster is referencing Dreamworks film and television series Kung Fu Panda.

9. Four cup icons can be found in the game’s files. They’re icons are a Boo, a Blue Shell, a Shrine Sprite, and a Yoshi egg. The lack of detail on the icons compared to used icons suggests that they are going to be cups for possible Mario Kart 8 DLC.

8. You can see a billboard on the Toad Harbor course that reads "Shy Guy Metals, Since 1987”. The billboard references the first appearance of Shy Guys in the 1987 game Dream Factory: Heart-Pounding Panic (put “Yume KÅjÅ: Doki Doki Panic” in Japanese on-screen).

7. Throughout the Ribbon Road course, you can spot various knitted Yoshi’s around the course. There are 3 in total, a pink Yoshi, a blue Yoshi, and a green Yoshi. These are references to both the three yarn Yoshi amibos available as well as Yoshi’s Yard Land.

6. The 1.1 update to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe altered one of the Inkling Girl’s taunts because the original animation could have been viewed as being an offensive gesture in certain areas.

5. In Mario Kart 8’s Sunshine Airport track, the serial number “55402MS" can be seen on crates on the carousel. The code is a reference to Super Mario Sunshine’s Australian and European release date, October 4th, 2002.

4. In the files for Mario Kart 8, you can find an emblem for Kamek that goes unused in the game, suggesting that he was going to be a playable character at some point during Mario Kart 8’s development.

3. The sharp, raised turn on the retro version of the Mario Circuit track is supported by an Ultra Arm. The Ultra Arm references a toy made by Gunpei Yokoi, the Ultra Hand. Yokoi is perhaps best known as the designer of the Gameboy.

2. There was a picture of Diddy Kong among other Mario characters in a Spanish copy of Official Nintendo Magazine, suggesting that Diddy Kong was planned to be in the game at some point, but was cut. (sort of mumble) As if we needed another fucking baby character that nobody gives a shit about.

1. A map of the city can be spotted on the wall at the beginning of the course on the Mario Kart 8 DLC course Super Bell Subway. The map seems to have a similar, if not identical, structural layout to the city below Mario Kart 8 version of Mario Kart 64’s Rainbow Road course. Toad Harbor is also marked on the map, suggesting that the two courses are in similar areas near Toad Harbor.

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