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Luigi’s Death Stare Is the Best Reason to Buy Mario Kart 8

Luigi is a one-man kart-racing meme machine in Mario Kart 8. In several slow motion videos and a handful of facial expressions, Mario Kart 8 has taught us more about Luigi’s inner badass than any game he’s been in so far. As his “death stare” expression very clearly states: the year of Luigi’s not over! Forget fire flowers—he’ll burn a hole in you with those eyes.

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TheCagyDies3643d ago (Edited 3643d ago )

Hopefully Nintendo recognizes the meme and makes it a trademark feature to Luigi's character.

randomass1713643d ago

Why the heck is this so dang funny?

-Foxtrot3643d ago (Edited 3643d ago )

It was funny at first, like something you watch for a minute or so but god damn...people are really over hyping this.

I mean I saw another article saying how they bought a Wii U for it. I mean really? Come on man

People are focusing on this one thing from Mario Kart instead of how good the actual bloody game is.

"Oh buy Mario Kart 8 everyone"

"Why...is it a good game"

"Huh...yeah sure....but there's this death stare Luigi does from time to time"

"....Right but what about the game"

"Oh...yeah it's good........BUT THE DEATH STARE MAN"

randomass1713643d ago

Actually I think the reason people are so focused on this meme is because everyone is already aware and past the point of acknowledging how great MK8 is lol.

Sincere01213642d ago

Just like how you over exaggerated Mario kart 8 having no battle arenas even tho there probably will be a lot of DLC including arenas. Your just as quick to overly downplay things as they are to overhype.

Pot kettle black.

-Foxtrot3642d ago

@Sincere0121

That has no substance to what we or the article is talking about.

Battle arenas were awesome in past Mario games the fact they took them out were ridiculous when this could of been the perfect Mario Kart

The fact your comparing the removal of a much loved mode to a silly stare a character does in the game......come on man what the hell.

Tedakin3642d ago

I cannot believe how this has blown up so much. It's awesome and cute. Still crazy. It was even on the news.... Whoever made this video should get a check or props from Nintendo because it's definitely helped with the marketing.

LightofDarkness3642d ago

I would say the best reason is the multiplayer, especially on one console, but you go ahead and blow this mildly amusing footnote out of proportion, by all means.

No_Limit3642d ago (Edited 3642d ago )

They see me rollin
They hatin
Patrolling they tryin to catch me ridin dirty

Luigi, the Don!

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Looking Ahead: The Lingering Questions About the Next Mario Kart

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."

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Yi-Long43d ago

I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.

gold_drake43d ago

there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.

nintendo needs their bangers early on

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Wii U Versions of Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon's Online Play is Back

Nintendo has recently restored Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon online after five months of being offline.

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The Next Mario Kart Desperately Needs A Good Gimmick

Mario Kart 8 has been out for nine years now if you include the Wii U version. Despite the Switch port continuing to sell insane numbers since it came out in 2017, many people believed that a new installment was way past due. When the Booster Course Pass was announced instead, it was a bit controversial, with one side of people stating that it was time for a new game, and the other side believing that this was the best course of action and that there's nothing else Nintendo can do to innovate the franchise.

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Number1TailzFan341d ago

There's nothing wrong with the games, but after most of them being very samey, I got a bit bored. I liked MKDS because it added a mission mode, yeah it didn't have maybe as many as I'd like but it was decent for variety.

I really prefer the new Mario Party for the different types of games in it.

Mario Kart doesn't really feel fresh because you know what to expect for every new game pretty much. The single player mode of DKR was far more in depth a game vs Mario Kart IMO, MK is probably better for multiplayer though.

-Foxtrot341d ago

It needs a campaign mode like Crash Team Racing with open hubs, driving around the Mushroom Kingdom, selecting your races and the like. Have a system like the CTR tokens within the races that then unlock secret racing cups later on or the time relics to unlock other things.

There's nothing wrong with the games but when you've had the same set up for so many games it just gets a bit samey after a while.

They could even have something like a track creator like Modnation Racers or something.

Neonridr341d ago

I always enjoyed the single player aspect of Diddy Kong Racing myself.

Knushwood Butt341d ago

After starting with the first game on SNES, I think the last one I bought was on the DS.

Phlacky340d ago (Edited 340d ago )

I think the next gimmick should be interactive tracks with obstacles and traps such as maybe throwing a shell ahead to make something fall on another player Also have water and mud parts that effect handling more also fire parts that can cause you to over heat if you stay in it to long etc...

Yi-Long340d ago (Edited 340d ago )

I don’t think it needs ‘a gimmick’ so much, because gameplay is pretty much perfect right now, but I would like the next Mario Kart to do either a ‘track-builder’ thing, so you just get access to the tools and make your own tracks (think Modnation Racers or LBP Karting), and/or expand upon ‘Mario’ Kart and open it up to the rest of Nintendo IPs, and just do a ‘Nintendo Kart’, so we’d see more of Zelda, but also Starfox, Kirby, Metroid, Valkyria Chronicles*, etc.

* I know, technically not ‘Nintendo’.

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