New Mario Kart 8 Details! <(^_^<)

[Lonely_Dolphin]

Slarvax said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

Slarvax said:
Sooooo, more strategy to it than just getting first and having a banana behind you? Awesome.

One does not simply get into first!
Also just having a banana behimd you does not mean you're invincible! At the very least, the Blue Shell exist!

I know, but how often does that happen? And if you get a mushroom, always keep it.

But now, if you lose items or the bananas/shells don't follow you, you'll have to think more about what items to use and when to use them. 

How often does what happen? A Blue Shell? Pretty often, let me tell ya!
And what do you mean just keep it? I think you'll probably want to use that Mushroom at some point! xD

The losing items thing isn't 100% yet, as we don't see Yoshi fully recover from that hit since the scene cuts away, and you can still drag items behind you. The characters holding items now seems to just be a visual cosmetic, but it may mean they can be stolen when you ram em with a Mushroom or Starman.