Mario Kart 8 getting Legend Of Zelda DLC (November), along with Animal Cross DLC (May 2015).

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ninjaman003 said:

Cheebee said:

ninjaman003 said:
Now that the comments have slowed down? How do you think nonMario characters will play a role in future MarioKart games? There's just way too many options.

Well, it works for Smash, so...

I can't see them going back to just Mario characters for future MK games. Not after these floodgates have been opened. Maybe they'll change the name to Mario & Nintendo All-Stars Kart. Also, it's an excellent way to plug their other franchises, seeing how big of an audience MK usually reaches, compared to their lesser IP's.

It works amazing for smash, but smash has always been a crossover and it's not called super smash mario. Like you said, changing the name would work. Does that mean we won't see another MarioKart with just Mario characters though? Will there even be a Mario Kart 9?

I don't think the next MK will have a cast consisting of just Mario characters, no. Not after this. But the main cast will definitely be there, still. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Toad, Peach, Wario, Bowser and the likes - they've been there since forever. Now I could see them dropping a lot of the secondary characters that don't regularly reappear/aren't popular/were only used once, like the Koopalings, Toadette, Metal Mario and the likes. That way they'd have more time/resources to focus on big Nintendo characters from other IP's.

I imagine the focus will still be on Mario characters, mainly. And the Mario Kart name is a bit too valuable and recognized to cast away and replace with a new name. Mario Kart All-Stars seems nice.