Mario Kart 8 Release Date Lacks Voice Chat? Buzz Over 3Ds, Trailer, Characters Pushed Aside By Nintendo Features Release
Nintendo has released a list of features for the upcoming Mario Kart 8 release date, but voice chat functionalities were not included.
The company has been historically been apprehensive to incorporating this feature into its other titles.
Nintendo gamers who commonly criticize each sequel of Mario Kart for being too alike will be "wrong" about its upcoming release date version, GamesRadar.com opines, leaving many if Mario Kart 8 will have different characters and features.
"People who don't play Nintendo games commonly criticise each sequel for being exactly the same as all the previous games they didn't play either. Those people are wrong on multiple levels," the website writes
"For example, every long-term Mario Kart player knows that each game is very different in personality, conceits and focus. Some are puristic racing games. Some are goofy automotive party extravaganzas. Some lie somewhere in between, and some are entirely different games again."
Nintendo has announced a Mario Kart 8 release date limited edition bundle that includes a special Spiny Shell collector's item with every copy.
Mario Kart 8 may also have a "possibility of turning the tide for Nintendo's not-quite-next-gen console" WiiU more than other titles, Complex.com opines.
Could its highly-anticipated 3Ds, trailer and characters salvage the struggling system?
Facebook has purchased Nintendo for $16 billion on Tuesday, SocialNewsDaily.com reports, leaving many gamers wondering if Mario Kart 8 could include a release date social media application.
"Nintendo has always prided itself on being able to change with the times," Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said, according to the site.
"From a playing card company to toys to early electronic games to the biggest and best gaming consoles that ever existed. Partnering with Facebook allows us to transform once again and reach a whole new audience, the audience that play crap like FarmVille."