Mario Kart 8

[Trunks]

I pre-ordered this game a couple of months ago. Just checked today to see what the pre order bonus was. You get a free Mario Kart Poster which I will enjoy and also a free game! You get to pick between some pretty popular titles. Pikman 3, Legend of Zelda WindWaker, Super Mario Bros. U and Wii Party U. I was pretty amazed by this, these are some popular titles. Already have Zelda, so I'll end up getting Pikman 3 probably.

Nothing like buying a great 60 dollar game and getting another great 50 dollar game for free. Only downside is that the free game you choose you get a dwonload code through club nintendo. So hopefully you have a decent size harddrive.

I'm excited for Mario Kart 8 though, looks like they added a lot of new stuff to it. The track designs look fun and the game looks amazing. Can't wait to see more Mario games in HD.

[ROFLBRYCE]

I'm excited to play it. It was the only reason I bought a Wii-U to begin with! With this plus SSB4 on 3DS/WiiU Nintendo is gonna have a pretty awesome year.

[Mizel]

We did the same thing! Awesome deal. DEFINITELY getting Pikmin 3. Can't wait to play that game

[Mizel]

Picked it up this afternoon on my lunch!

Game was $59.99 at Target. It also comes with a free steering wheel controller thing. Also, they do price matching, and it's on sale for $49.99 at Fry's. And if you sign up for Target crap you get an additional 10% off. So I got MK8, a steering wheel, and another game (probably Pikmin 3) for $45. Woo

[Trunks]

I picked up my game from gamestop earlier today, game is pretty awesome. The new tracks are really well done, I like the design. Only have 4 more characters to unlock and not sure how many car customizations are left.

It's nice seeing Mario Games in HD though, not really a lot to complain about it, nice to have a decent game to play for my Wii U now. Going to try the online feature later as well.

As for my free game, probably going with pikman 3 as well, going to do that now actually.

Edit: Club Nintendo is having some traffic issues, took me 5 minutes to login, now the sites under maintenance.

[ROFLBRYCE]

Sounds like it's a lot of fun! I'm gonna try and sweet talk the girlfriend into going 50/50 on it lol and hopefully be playing it by tomorrow night!

[ROFLBRYCE]

Whelp, she bought it as a surprise this morning! Bout another hour or so to finish downloading it and I'll be in game wooo

[Trunks]

Anyone else having issues with the online multiplayer? Me and a friend were trying to play, but we got disconnected 3 or 4 different times and only got to race once. Hopefully they get that fixed. Mean while downloading PikMan 3, only have 14 gigs left on my harddrive though , getting low already.

[ROFLBRYCE]

I've raced solo twice and played battle mode for the last half hour, didn't have any troubles.

Used regional search if that helps at all D:

Yeah my HD space is shrinking quickly too. Wonder why they went with such low storage.

[Mizel]

Mario Kart 8 Helps Wii U Hardware Sales Climb 666 Percent in the UK - GameSpot

Good to see. C'mon Nintendo, you can do it!