Yeah, that was great. I think my favorite things are the (basically) 'merry go round' kart and the fact that the koopalings are going to be playable. I love Ludwig and Wendy!
I bought Mario Kart 8 for the WII U on launch day. I have been playing it for nearly 10 YEARS. I was 9. Now I am almost 19. From Elementary School to a Freshmen in College. This is ridiculous.
@@supermariof0521 Yeah back when Directs were filled with cringey skits that wasted your time rather than showing information about actual games. Painfully unfunny, cringey, and forced skits aren’t “substance”.
“For once in his life, Luigi Is in first place”. “I guess the year if Luigi really is over” When I heard those two lines it was like... Wow... Just wow...
chacahut What thought? If Nintendo were to have at least thought about Super Circuit the 1 track they would have picked would have been a course that everybody wanted like Cheese Land, or Ribbon Road. But instead they picked the most lazy option they could have chosen and called it a day.
1) Epic music 2) Epic gameplay 3) No annoying kids who have never played nintendo in their life. I think they have figured out how to make an advertisement
He's not in heaven but he will get an opurtunity to know about jesus and Jehovah so that he can live forever in a much better earth aka the new garden of eden
This. This is it, folks. I'm an old guy, a guy that had to read magazines to get any news from E3 about companies releasing new stuff. Now E3 became this huge popcorn Hollywood thing and... I think I like Nintendo Directs better. Don't get me wrong, I still like watching some E3 stuff online, but Nintendo made the best choice - sticking with videos created by them, on their YT channel, to be viewed by us. No journalists between us, no reading between the lines - we see everything at the same moment as any gaming news site does. And I LOVE it!
This may very well be the best Wii U game so far! I'm super excited, and it seems like they've really listened to the fans and tried their very best to balance items, bikes versus karts, etc. while adding great new features and amazing online play, as well as music. The Mario Kart TV implementation with RUclips also has me really excited! This game is going to be great!
Wow, that Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle with that bonus game from the Mario Kart 8 deal is kinda fantastic. Well done, Nintendo. You've finally convinced me to get a Wii U.
I absolutely loved the original Mario Kart on SNES and Mario Kart 64, god only knows how many hours I sank into those games. But none of the MKs after that really did much for me. I dutifully bought them and played them as much as I could. MK Wii and MK7, I literally only played them for an hour to two each the day they came out. So when MK8 was announced, I didn't care. I didn't look at any previews or anything, I just ignored it. It was going to be the first MK I skipped. Then this Direct vid came out and ended up in my feed. Something made me watch it. And that was when I knew MK8 was probably going to be my favorite MK since 1997. And it was. I've come back and re-watched this Direct about once a year ever since. It's like comfort food to me.
If you guys are wondering why they skipped the clip they they had to show Mario Kart: Super Circuit, it's not their fault, it's the guy who was watching TV. He switched through a lot of channels and eventually missed it.
Yoshi's VGM No that's not just it. It was also the first Mario Kart game to have a grand prix ranking system, the first to be able to trade ghost data for time trials, the first game to have a Lightning cup, and finally Mario Kart Super Circuit was the first Mario Kart to have retro tracks("being every Super Mario Kart Track.") way before Mario Kart DS had the idea for the retro cups.
***** I'm not complaining about the Wind Waker remake but I would definitely say that it wasn't the best title they could have chose to remake. And we've wanted Majora's Mask to complement since Ocarina of Time hit the 3DS back in 2011.
***** yeh, but it will be too many remakes and not enaugh original content, which won't be good for buisness. But I can understand you, Majora seems like a great game, just started to play it
Is this how Directs will be from now on? Playful and fun? Because it's been that way for the past three, and as much as I'll miss Iwata awkwardly standing on a white backdrop - can't explained why I liked it - THIS seems a bit more...Nintendo-y. I like it.
Nintendo Collecting but they havent made vanilla lake yet or any of the SNES bowser castles. why do you think there will be more characters? the whole list is filled up.
I saw Baby Rosalina coming from miles away. Like, it was unavoidable. I don't mind it, but... where are baby Wario and baby Waluigi? AND WHERE IS THE GAME FEATURING ALL OF THEM.
Reniet De Vries It would've been better to simply add an item to metalize your characters, like the metal box, so you can have more unique characters in the roster.
Nintendo, I'm going to say this right now, make a Super Smash Bros Kart game. Every character has some form of transportation, there's thousands of item choices, hundreds of track choices, and you can easily use just about any character. Trust me, this would sell.
Wow... A Nintendo Direct with Better writing than usual, A more unique and a much more engaging, setup, Educational shorts on Mario Kart's past, Promise of an AMAZING online system , even gameplay with some commentary and music performances from the workers at Nintendo! This Direct has it all!....It's *Sniffs*...so beautiful... i'm proud to own a Wii U...;-;
I can still vividly remember playing the first Mario Kart on release in '92. The graphics blew me away and it was the first racing game I actually liked.
Baby Rosalina and Pink Gold Peach?! Baby Rosalina you can probably get away with, but Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach are just wasted character slots. There better be DLC for characters and courses because I think the fans would welcome it at this point.
+MariusBLGQ Maybe they don't want to add that in there since INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS made that game and not the same creators who made the other 6 including MK8, explains why they never gave enough love to INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS over the years by not including many of their tracks they made in DS Wii or 7 except the bare minimum and also explains why GBA Cheeseland and Ribbon Road have no vision/theme whatsoever of INTELIIGENT SYSTEMS ideas they had for those 2 tracks being themed in Space on the moon for Cheese land, and Ribbon road being in any sort of a celebration/party room where the guests presents are surrounded throughout the track plus all 3 retro tracks of SS in MK8 are completely missing any Paper Mario reference in the tracks which is another thing INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS had in Super Circuit.
1. Awesome Direct. 2. People raging over missing characters and hating the game just for that. 3. "Secret characters", ever heard of them? 4. You guys sicken me.
Fantastic Nintendo Direct. Great information on the game. Wii U bundle for North America..... free game when you purchase Mario Kart 8....awesome just awesome.
Nintendo I loved every bit of this Direct. Very new way to watch a Direct and it was refreshing to see how far Mario Kart has come throughout the years. I was already getting the game but now I'm making sure to put money aside to make sure I get it as soon as it releases!
People ALREADY complaining about "OMG I don't ever want this type of direct again!" Please understand that there will be people who like this direct and obviously the ones that don't. Stop making everything about what you alone want. Be more accepting at the fact Nintendo is actually providing information *unannounced* at that.
I like the way Nintendo presented this direct. It's not just a boring talking video. Instead, it's wacky, funny, and still know how to get the message out there.
R.I.P. Mr. IWATA!!!! We miss you lots!!!
indeed. May he forever rest in peace 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏
25:05 "Mother always told me, grab a mushroom, turn, and dash. But not into a wall... I miss mother..." Favorite line of this direct XD
Agreed
Giga Gamby are you getting this just asking?
Ramy Elwakil yus
Yeah, that was great. I think my favorite things are the (basically) 'merry go round' kart and the fact that the koopalings are going to be playable. I love Ludwig and Wendy!
Watermelon told me to eat shrek
Look how far we've come! Almost a decade of anti-gravitational racing and this game is still going strong!
It’s a bit ridiculous
I bought Mario Kart 8 for the WII U on launch day. I have been playing it for nearly 10 YEARS. I was 9. Now I am almost 19. From Elementary School to a Freshmen in College. This is ridiculous.
It’s been over a decade now lol
0:45 This part feels more like a parody than a part of an official Nintendo Direct.
So true
This was back when Nintendo Directs were fun and full of substance. Now its just third party anime RPG's and very little else.
@@supermariof0521 Yeah back when Directs were filled with cringey skits that wasted your time rather than showing information about actual games. Painfully unfunny, cringey, and forced skits aren’t “substance”.
@@supermariof0521We're watching completely different directs from the sounds of it. They announce more than just that on those.
Suzy is getting a little too excited by all those items
But admit it :3 didn't you get excited for the Super Horn?
I loved that little sketch.
il ressemble à un huit
Here in France, the whole French dub of this direct is a meme lol
“For once in his life, Luigi Is in first place”. “I guess the year if Luigi really is over” When I heard those two lines it was like... Wow... Just wow...
I freakin cracked up at that part
fr
Poor Luigi lol 😂
lol in the description there is a typo. It says "Mario art Through the Ages III" xD
Wow just noticed 6 years later
This is probably NBC’s least liked comment on a Nintendo video.
He commented before he blew up lol
4:09
Toad's annoying scream for a while.
*WHEEW*
When the anti gravity device in your car stops working.
4:36 anotha one
9:08 Man, look at dem dentures!
lol
And not a single reference from Mario Kart Super Circuit was mentioned that day...
Closest we got was mario circuit Gba
Chris Smith it's the thought that counts
chacahut What thought? If Nintendo were to have at least thought about Super Circuit the 1 track they would have picked would have been a course that everybody wanted like Cheese Land, or Ribbon Road. But instead they picked the most lazy option they could have chosen and called it a day.
i like it how both of them ended up being dlc lmao
You got your cheese land now
This is a masterpiece. We need more of this for game directs
What a cool-looking Mario Kart game! I sure hope it doesn't take them years to release the next one!
30:35
"It's not over till the fat koopa sings...lookin' at chu, Wendy"
LOL
The shade LMFAO
Dear Nintendo,
Please never change.
From almost everybody
TheVerySeriousLewis well you were wrong
TheVerySeriousLewis Your wrong
They have unfortunately have
we havnt had a direct in a year and a half and Nintendo is so anti-consumer its not even funny
@@robotzking4501 ?
1) Epic music
2) Epic gameplay
3) No annoying kids who have never played nintendo in their life.
I think they have figured out how to make an advertisement
Thank you Iwata...I hope you're enjoying heaven. =,}
@Trey Bowen IWATA BECOMES MORE THEN JESUS
this is the first time i have seen him speak english
Ikr
this hit the feels insanely hard. RIP Iwata!
He's not in heaven but he will get an opurtunity to know about jesus and Jehovah so that he can live forever in a much better earth aka the new garden of eden
This. This is it, folks.
I'm an old guy, a guy that had to read magazines to get any news from E3 about companies releasing new stuff. Now E3 became this huge popcorn Hollywood thing and... I think I like Nintendo Directs better. Don't get me wrong, I still like watching some E3 stuff online, but Nintendo made the best choice - sticking with videos created by them, on their YT channel, to be viewed by us. No journalists between us, no reading between the lines - we see everything at the same moment as any gaming news site does. And I LOVE it!
+1
Agreed
Well, it ain’t called Nintendo “Direct” for nothin😅
This may very well be the best Wii U game so far! I'm super excited, and it seems like they've really listened to the fans and tried their very best to balance items, bikes versus karts, etc. while adding great new features and amazing online play, as well as music. The Mario Kart TV implementation with RUclips also has me really excited! This game is going to be great!
Yep
And with MK8DX you get to play portably where ever (wow 6 year old Comment)
I can't stop thinking about how beautiful rainbow road looks. It's absolutely stunning.
4:09-4:10 Toad's scream kills me every time.
😂😂😂
Can we agree this is one of the best directs Nintendo has ever made. What happened to the personality in this brand? I miss Iwata and Reggie.
I think you answered your own question. Iwata and Reggie WERE Nintendo 😔
8:48, watch Koopa's eyes.
Oh my....
This is bringing back memories... I freaking miss 2014
Burp
hrhh
does this comment bring back memories of 2016 or whenever you made that comment
I was 9. Life was so simple. My only worries were playing Mario Kart 8.
I agree with you
"For the first time Luigi is in first"
#ShotsFired
Point Three well now it’s Waluigi who gets made fun of
nice
...I love you.
PKSparkxx DatHottneSS Me too
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Yeah
"for once is his life Luigi is in first place" LOL I love this direct it was awesome.
This game... looks... so... friggin... BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
Seven years later, this still puts a big smile on my face. When Mario Kart 9 gets announced in five years, they should do something like this again.
Its probably gonna be called mario kart x. X in roman numerals is 10, so it probably confirms tour being a mainline mario kart game and the 9th game.
@@jossuecabrera8611it's probably going to be mario kart 9 instead of X
@@GoofyAhh-dk3kw tour was 9
@@batmanbud2 ur gay
@@batmanbud2NEVERRRR
"Things to do before I die.
1. Meet Mr. Iwata
2. Beat SMB2: The Lost Levels
3. Get a "Real" job"
He stole my bucket list.
Sorry, you won’t be able to meet Mr. Iwata
"For once in his life, Luigi's in first place". That hurt :'(
Even the direct has a Mario Kart TV theme
JacobPea 4 years late but yeah
@@xeno4204 6 years late but sure
@@bombytetoo hes 4 years late as 2+4 is 6
Will be doing an HD Let's Play of this & Watch Dogs at their midnight releases! SO EXCITED! HECK YEAH FOR SUMMER!!! >:D
sup mrdanish
"To no one's surprise Luigi is behind the princess"
"For once in his life Luigi is ahead of Mario"
Damn, Luigi gets no love lol
"GUESS THE YEAR OF LUIGI REALLY IS OVER"
Seriously. That freakin' soundtrack ROCKS!
***** I had the same kind of feels.
***** *Highfive*
Wow, that Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle with that bonus game from the Mario Kart 8 deal is kinda fantastic.
Well done, Nintendo. You've finally convinced me to get a Wii U.
Do what Reggie said tell your parents tell your kids. Spread the word about this bundle
Same here
Remember, the offer ends at the end of July, so you better get it quick.
MisterZebra42 Same with mee! 😂😂
Just wait for the deluxe version
I absolutely loved the original Mario Kart on SNES and Mario Kart 64, god only knows how many hours I sank into those games. But none of the MKs after that really did much for me. I dutifully bought them and played them as much as I could. MK Wii and MK7, I literally only played them for an hour to two each the day they came out. So when MK8 was announced, I didn't care. I didn't look at any previews or anything, I just ignored it. It was going to be the first MK I skipped. Then this Direct vid came out and ended up in my feed. Something made me watch it. And that was when I knew MK8 was probably going to be my favorite MK since 1997. And it was. I've come back and re-watched this Direct about once a year ever since. It's like comfort food to me.
This game seriously needs a Double Dash feature.
I think that they're not gonna do that
31:13 REGGIE !!!
Du bist überall..
Farb- klekz echt so :D
FreaksoMC warum bist du überall? sogar hier??? WTF
R.I.P Iwata
RIP Satoru Iwata. 1959-2015😢😢😢😢😢
"For once in his Life Luigi's in 1st place!" I loved that line so much.
Nintendo do you wanna build up hype?
Because this is how you build up hype!
Nintendo.... Please never change.
"Things to Do Before I Die: Beat SMB2: The Lost Levels" I feel ya.
only took me a month back in the day. dont give up!
Why has this relic revealed itself to me? What have I done to deserve such grace?
I LOVE how Mario Kart now gets a taste of Nintendo's brilliant orchestral genius!
"That one special day.. I had Donkey Kong.. Threw a bomb-omb.. And made a monkey.. Of myself" XD
If you guys are wondering why they skipped the clip they they had to show Mario Kart: Super Circuit, it's not their fault, it's the guy who was watching TV. He switched through a lot of channels and eventually missed it.
That and the fact that he only covered games that actually introduced something new. Super Circuit didn't really introduce anything new.
Yoshi's VGM
Well, it was the first MK game to be on a handheld.
Scott Nguyen True, but that was pretty much it. :-/
Yoshi's VGM No that's not just it. It was also the first Mario Kart game to have a grand prix ranking system, the first to be able to trade ghost data for time trials, the first game to have a Lightning cup, and finally Mario Kart Super Circuit was the first Mario Kart to have retro tracks("being every Super Mario Kart Track.") way before Mario Kart DS had the idea for the retro cups.
It's been 7 yrs and i've been recommended this masterpiece. I'll never forget MK8
"Reggimendation" actually gave me a good chuckle. Good stuff Reggie.
E3/Wii Sports Resort: lady: "hey you're hardcore-you just threw me off the bridge!" Reg: "that's why they call me the regginatort!"
1:21 "It's like Nintendo heard me."
Please. If Nintendo heard us, we would have Majora's Mask 3D by now.
you got that right!
Hey, don't you prefer to have a Link between worlds, than another Zelda game you areldy played, I mean we arealdy got two remakes.........
Really, who was asking for a remake of wind waker?
*****
I'm not complaining about the Wind Waker remake but I would definitely say that it wasn't the best title they could have chose to remake. And we've wanted Majora's Mask to complement since Ocarina of Time hit the 3DS back in 2011.
***** yeh, but it will be too many remakes and not enaugh original content, which won't be good for buisness. But I can understand you, Majora seems like a great game, just started to play it
Is this how Directs will be from now on? Playful and fun? Because it's been that way for the past three, and as much as I'll miss Iwata awkwardly standing on a white backdrop - can't explained why I liked it - THIS seems a bit more...Nintendo-y. I like it.
I didn't notice before, but I notice that the Monster Tires actually get a little muddy in the desert course. I love the little details in this game.
Enjoyed the music portion a ton. Had a nostalgiagasm @ 26:48.
this entire video was high and i loved every second of it
Oh my god, I had to keep pausing because I couldn't stop laughing at the play-by-play. That jab at Luigi was really cold, though.
R.i.p. Iwata... Ya did good.
SteveGuyCP
Nintendo this is simply awesome. Amazing surprise direct for Mario Kart 8! Love the style of the presentation and can't. wait. for. this.
no one can. pink gold peach and baby rosalina are a bad idea. and they couldve done a better job with selecting the courses.
Greenguy4301 There is likely more characters than the 30 (that is my guess) and they had to choose courses that weren't remade already in other games
Nintendo Collecting but they havent made vanilla lake yet or any of the SNES bowser castles. why do you think there will be more characters? the whole list is filled up.
I am not sure if Nintendo would release all of their characters like that - and I expect Diddy Kong to be back too!
i expext king boo back. he's been in the console games ince Double Dash!
I saw Baby Rosalina coming from miles away. Like, it was unavoidable. I don't mind it, but... where are baby Wario and baby Waluigi? AND WHERE IS THE GAME FEATURING ALL OF THEM.
Please dont give them ideas....
and what kind of weird idea is pink golden peach???
Reniet De Vries That one I really didn't see coming. It's an actual metal, though, so that's kinda neat, I guess?
yeah, but i hope there's no all full metal character cast xd
Reniet De Vries It would've been better to simply add an item to metalize your characters, like the metal box, so you can have more unique characters in the roster.
"my mother always told me to grab a mushroom, and dash ahead, but not into a wall. i miss mother"
"For once in his life, Luigi is in 1st place!"
aww
Life lessons with Hideko Konno: "I really hope you'll aggressively bump into things during races."
"The magic of Nintendo... never disappointed me"
The best part about this direct is Nintendo actually acknowledged that they know what we want.
I miss these kinds of directs :(
Nintendo sure know how to present their stuff. I quite enjoyed it all.
I lost it at "The year of Luigi is definitely over."
With the game's release in one month... the hype for it is going to be extreme.
If Nintendo released separate videos of people playing songs for the soundtrack in their games, I'd watch them all.
"For once in his life, Luigi is in first place!"
LMAO! Why does everyone gotta be so cruel to Luigi!?
Nintendo, I'm going to say this right now, make a Super Smash Bros Kart game. Every character has some form of transportation, there's thousands of item choices, hundreds of track choices, and you can easily use just about any character. Trust me, this would sell.
Wow...
A Nintendo Direct with Better writing than usual, A more unique and a much more engaging, setup, Educational shorts on Mario Kart's past, Promise of an AMAZING online system , even gameplay with some commentary and music performances from the workers at Nintendo!
This Direct has it all!....It's *Sniffs*...so beautiful... i'm proud to own a Wii U...;-;
"Do you find yourself wishing that Nintendo would re-release the Donkey Kong cereal?" "It's like Nintendo heard me."
the two things that excited me most: a way to finally counter spiny shells, and the new rainbow road!!
You could evade blueshells with a mushroom though before,.
+Immac (RockLeet) i wasnt very good at it with the mushroom. the super horn is more reliable.
I'm buying a wii u now.
this has to be the creepiest, funniest, direct I have seen in a while.
"Look at me slow-mo, I'm fast!"
*cringes really hard into seat*
Miles5x5
Not one but *THREE* Nintendo Directs in one month! Right now, I honesty don't care if we get a May Nintendo Direct or not!
I'd honestly be surprised if we didn't get a May Direct. Gotta get that hype for Nintendo @ E3 at a fever pitch, after all.
Oh man, what was with the voice over audio in this? Regardless, the game looks really pretty. I am more excited for this now than I was before!
If you think this one is bad, I challenge you to watch the UK version -
Mario Kart 8 Direct Presentation - 30.04.2014
*****
It's no match to the german version... -.-
I can't wait for the japanese version
The Dutch version. That one sounded very very bad.
"reggie-mendation" Once again Reggie proving he still has it...
I can still vividly remember playing the first Mario Kart on release in '92.
The graphics blew me away and it was the first racing game I actually liked.
"It's not over until the fat Koopa sings! Looking at you, Wendy..."
LOL
Mother always told me, "Grab a mushroom and boost! But not into walls.... I miss mother.... XD"
Not crazy about the character selection but OH MY GOD EACH TRACK IN THIS GAME LOOKS PHENOMENAL
Same here, too many clones and baby forms, but the addition of the Koopalings are awesome.
Same here, too many clones and baby forms, but the addition of the Koopalings are awesome.
"Sweet revenge must taste like peaches!"
LOLOLOL Corniness...REACHING CRITICAL LEVELS
That whole Mario Kart announcer segment was hilarious...
Der Hype is nich zu stoppen :D
Ich hätte ja gern, aber geht ja nich. Also halt hier :>
Spiele bis heute noch!
Baby Rosalina and Pink Gold Peach?! Baby Rosalina you can probably get away with, but Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach are just wasted character slots. There better be DLC for characters and courses because I think the fans would welcome it at this point.
You forgot to talk about "Mario Kart: Super Circuit" in "Mario Kart Through the Ages" !
+MariusBLGQ Maybe they don't want to add that in there since INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS made that game and not the same creators who made the other 6 including MK8, explains why they never gave enough love to INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS over the years by not including many of their tracks they made in DS Wii or 7 except the bare minimum and also explains why GBA Cheeseland and Ribbon Road have no vision/theme whatsoever of INTELIIGENT SYSTEMS ideas they had for those 2 tracks being themed in Space on the moon for Cheese land, and Ribbon road being in any sort of a celebration/party room where the guests presents are surrounded throughout the track plus all 3 retro tracks of SS in MK8 are completely missing any Paper Mario reference in the tracks which is another thing INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS had in Super Circuit.
1. Awesome Direct.
2. People raging over missing characters and hating the game just for that.
3. "Secret characters", ever heard of them?
4. You guys sicken me.
#1 reason I want to buy this game: you can destroy blue shells
True
Fantastic Nintendo Direct. Great information on the game. Wii U bundle for North America..... free game when you purchase Mario Kart 8....awesome just awesome.
Like I said before, this is a pretty good, not EXCELLENT month for Nintendo!!! :D
I wish they would just make more DLC - and put Kirby in the game.
XD "Look at me slo-mo, im fast" best line in the whole direct
"even when the road of life gets all bumpity-bump bump"
"It's not over 'til the fat koopa sings. Looking at you Wendy."
"Of course, you don't care about performance. You're too busy being beautiful"
Nintendo I loved every bit of this Direct. Very new way to watch a Direct and it was refreshing to see how far Mario Kart has come throughout the years. I was already getting the game but now I'm making sure to put money aside to make sure I get it as soon as it releases!
Nope. I'll let all the little ones get their copies of the game and just wait patiently for mine!
People ALREADY complaining about "OMG I don't ever want this type of direct again!"
Please understand that there will be people who like this direct and obviously the ones that don't. Stop making everything about what you alone want. Be more accepting at the fact Nintendo is actually providing information *unannounced* at that.
THE YEAR OF LUIGI WILL NEVER END. ALL HAIL LUIGI!
I like the way Nintendo presented this direct. It's not just a boring talking video. Instead, it's wacky, funny, and still know how to get the message out there.
I'd buy the video clips of these musicians playing these songs. I'd buy a cd. I'd go to a concert?
What game were we talking about, again?
Blue shells now have counterplay.
I'm at a loss for words, that's pretty cool :D
Though a very rare one xD
35:55 "Meet Mr. Iwata"
:(