Japan getting Wii U gamepad steering wheel for MK8

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V-r0cK said:

t3mporary_126 said:

You can also play against people online with your GamePad. Most multiplayer games in the past five years lack split screen support anyway. Nintendo games are the rare exception that usually have four player support. So if you're used to playing multiplayer games online than this shouldn't be too big of a deal for you anyway.

Sucks for your family and friends that come over though. Maybe you should tell them to buy their own Pro/ classic controller if they want to play Mario Kart 8 with you since you bothered to buy the system and game already. Or better yet, tell them to buy their own system and game so you can play them online like people do with FPS games

My wii U is mainly just for local partying, and my fam and friends i play with rarely play enough games to justify them purchasing a controller just for one game (MK).

It seems like you are excited for Mario Kart 8 but also feel really upset about its local player options.

Do you enjoy playing mutliplayer games online? Because Mario Kart Wii had one of the better online functions for the Wii. I'm sure Mario Kart 8 will be even better because recent online Nintendo games are pretty awesome. Sure it sucks that you can't play this game locally, but maybe you can treat Mario Kart 8 as an online multiplayer game because you seem to enjoy its multiplayer a lot. That's how most FPS gamers treat their FPS games when they have no one else to play with so why not do the same with Mario Kart 8?

And I bet Mario Kart 8's Grand Prix mode will be as fun as the other Mario Karts as well

There is no reason to not buy this game if you enjoy how its looks so far. Unless you're really that upset about losing your ability to play this game locally with your friends.