Playable Characters

O wow all the characters?

Gonna try some Ludwig then.

8 Playable Courses

Demo also allows for multiplayer

Waaaaay ahead of ya.

Game really doesn't have any AA whatsoever, but in motion it's absolutely gorgeous. Silky smooth. ^_^

Yep it super jaggy but the course design is simply gorgeous

Hey, guys! I got to go to GameStop today and try out Mario Kart 8! I didn't get TOO much time, but enough for general impressions.
Here's the courses I played:
Sunshine Airport
Electrodrome
Water Park
Sweet Sweet Canyon

Here are the positive impressions:
+ Lots of options for the vehicle parts, and they all make a HUGE difference
+WiiU gamepad controls are intuitive and easy to jump into
+Courses are as fun and amazing as I anticipated
+CPU's are at a reasonable difficulty, and item balance is much better than reviewers are stating
+Mario Kart TV is also super cool as expected
Here are the negative impressions:
- The control of your kart can take some getting used to. The style is akin to Mario Kart 7, but feels completely different. Will take getting used to
- It seems like overall stat balances favor bigger characters and they'll be overused for their higher speed AND acceleration at only cost of slight amount of control stat
-I was the oldest person there, the next one being 13. Maybe Nintendo IS for kids... :/

Anyway, if you got to try it out, comment below your impressions, or if you have any other questions, I'll do my best to answer them

As a European you can all burn, I say burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm.

It isn't fair.

In reference to the game from what I have seen Gusty Garden Galaxy combined with Cloudtop Cruise is simply sublime.

So jealous of you guys able to play MK8 early

Soon. Soon.

After seeing some Mario Kart 8 gameplay, I really mis CTR on the PS1...