Your Mario Kart 8 Action Guide (aka the game manual). It's only a one page insert, but there you have it. pic.twitter.com/lYLO44u5vs
— Jose Otero (@jose_otero) May 20, 2014
Jose Otero, the Associate Editor at IGN and host of Nintendo Voice Chat, has posted the Mario Kart 8 game manual for all to see. As expected it’s a rather sparse manual, but it shows off the game’s simplistic controls and features some cute racing pictures.
Thanks, Dylan
Games still have manuals? Cool!
Lol no. Not really. They are basically just pictures nowadays. If I open my Need For Speed Wii U case, there is literally nothing but a white and gray piece of paper telling you to view the online manual.
Does the online manual tell you to view the physical manual?
Paradox!
Simple for babies… U = glorified leapfrog??
Xbox One Year Olds.
10 days….
Just 10 days….
Hurry up!!!
You took the words right out of my mouth lol
Better than nothing! I think Diddy Kong Racing on N64 had a similar instruction booklet.
I’m just wondering if the whole outside of the case is red as well, including the Wii U banner.
http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/mario_kart_8_red_case.png
It seems to me that just the case is red, the banner is still blue unfortunately.
Damn. It would look so much better with the banner being red as well.
You’re talking about the the ” U ” right?
Oh you’re talking about the blue stripe at the top of the case. Yeah it would’ve looked special if it was red. You got a point
Yeah but whatever. Can’t wait for the game.
I’m saying the front of the box would look pretty sick if this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Wii_U_Game_Banner.png was red as well.
i think they can’t..it’s the color of the WiiU brand..it’s the color that represents the WiiU
It would’ve been cool though if they would’ve made it red just for this special occasion. The blue banner doesn’t really mix with the red case..
yes, it would be awesome . But when they design a logo and brand in general, they have to create some rules, especially with colors, the color will create an association with the brand, changing the color could broke this association and may confuse people.
I see what you’re saying, but they did the same thing for Super Luigi U. Also, the commercials on tv state only on Wii U, which is visible on the front of the box. So people should know going into the store that they need a Wii U to get MK 8. Consumers should do some research before spending their money..
wow, true, true, I didn’t notice the green change in the fisical boX of the luigi U o.o.
It looks so much better with the colors matching right? But whatever, only 9 more days to play it! Only thing that sucks is that I’m taking summer classes.. 2 sessions.. so I basically only have a 2 week summer break.. 😅🔫
yes, it totally does. And I can’t wait for MK8 omg. Good luck for you =s but i’m in the same, I will have to defend my final project from university in july, and man, it is giving a lot of work, but after this will be totally free *_*
Ahh the college life… haha. Good luck with your final project! By the way, your artwork is incredible.
oh the college life xD yay, thank you ^^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jdX3-yxxwE&list=UU1Hzc4_HsaaswsJP-LN6tUA You gonna love this… he can’t afford an Xbox 360 so he actually has to go to his friends house… how said
So fucking sad man, and his “friend” sounds like his little brother lol.
The poor guy can’t even afford a decent PC XD
All he can do is give us free lulz.
He gave me a shout on his video :3
He thought I said the Wii U had a HD 8000 series…. yet I said it had a custom FirePro 4000 series Graphics Chip, I think we are getting to him
In the Lulz we trust.
Valve GlaDOS your such a tool.
“sasorideidaraobi is such a tool.”* Fixed.
A tool to create lulz.
He’s so clueless lol
It was so funny when he talked about you…
He did? I didn’t catch that. Which vid?
His latest…
He can’t even pronounce anything right haha… Grade school material right there. It’s bukkake, not buvurke.. and Quordorks? hahaha!
Indeed ahahahahahahahah…
Typical Xbot…
And I can’t believe that primordial beast didn’t steal his friend’s Xbox since he loves it so much.. haha
Indeed…
Also you are probably the funniest anti-Xbot I’ve ever seen…
*wink*
I try, I try. Haha
can we get a really good style earthbound manual guide too?
Yeah… but it’s in pdf.
I thought there was a button on the back of the wii wheel that you pressed to use items…not the d pad??
There was, but I believe you could use the D-Pad as well in MK Wii.
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http://vgboxart.com/boxes/WiiU/50123-super-mario-sunshine-2-rise-of-the-shrines.png
SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE 2 LEAKS
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For some reason, I always thought that looked like Kirby.
wow much leak
very official
you bet baby
hopefully they don’t have that stupid watermelon level
Oh i love a good watermelon level ;)
Mario Sunshine was probably the hardest 3D Mario…
The most repetitive and annoying sure, the one with the worst camera too. Just not hard
I found 1 or 2 of the secret courses challenging enough but otherwise the game itself wasn’t hard…
No that stupid one where any slight touch anything and it breaks
And you have to get it down that stupid hill
Game of the Year right there. If it’s Gamecube Compatible…then I’ll be getting it Day 1!
I like how the true Nintendo fans like myself have the Yoshi 3DS XL LE like in this picture! :D
Wow!! Look at all those pages…. All 1 of them!! Serious, instruction manuals aren’t as good as they used to be.
BRING BACK PROPER MANUALS
At least Nintendo still has manuals.
This game is pretty straight forward with no change in gameplay button commands beside the motion controls and Gamepad along with anti-gravity mechanic.
As box art gets uglier and manuals get smaller with less effort being put into them, the convenience of digital purchases starts to become the more appealing option in most cases.
The box art still look pretty hot. The only thing I wish they would’ve done was make the Wii U banner red too.. I also like having a physical copy of the game in my hands. Feels more complete lol. But that’s just me.
The box art for this and most 1st party Nintendo games are great, but some games are just kind of… eh. The MK8 disc looks especially cool, so in cases like this I may lean towards the physical copy for nostalgic and cosmetic reasons lol but crappier boxes and manuals are popping up more and more frequently as time passes. I still have the epic N64 manuals for all my games like SM64 & MK64… so many pages lol.
Lucky! I didn’t care for them at the time (I was like 6 years old), so I stupidly threw them out.
Yeah I agree that some games having no manuals is a bummer, but it is sadly the way of the future. I’ll still be buying the physical copy when that does happen though, as I still enjoy having a good collection and an actual copy of the game in my hands.
Especially since they make online manuals for almost everything now…
Right, the GBA Virtual Console ones are really cool. I wish most of them had the scans like that
They should have called it Crash Course instead of Guide. °ワ°
i will buy this game from the eshop. for a title like this it makes sense to me. it´s weird, for the 3ds i still prefer physical media but on the wiiu i actually buy digital releases a lot. really enjoy having these little cartridges. discs.aren´t that exciting :)
Mario Kart 8 is just one of those games. And we don’t have to worry about a fucking “better” version coming out the next year. *cough*Call of Duty/Madden/Fifa/etc*cough*
They don’t make’em like they used to!
That new game smell, smelled better with dat manual
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MajDZTdsI8&list=UU1Hzc4_HsaaswsJP-LN6tUA&index=3
HOORAY!! WE GOT SHOUT OUTS IN HIS VIDEO PEOPLE!! LETS CELEBRATE BY LAUGHING AT HIM SOME MORE!!
OH LOOK, HE said I’m bored now…LOL
He couldn’t even pronounce my name ahahahahahahahahahahah…
How did he pronounce it?
Nintendo Commander Quodon…
Nintendo Commander Qahax…
And something else, then he just gave up and called me, Nintendrone Commander Quadork…
He really loves me and specially Stranga…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvSuWD_SQE&list=UU1Hzc4_HsaaswsJP-LN6tUA
At around 4:09…
He hasn’t mentioned me in any of them, has he? I don’t have time to bother watching his crappy “I’m a whiny brat” vids.
He mentions you briefly at 13:44 hahahahahahahah…
So I won’t know if he’s mentioned me.
i thought the press only had digital versions for the reviews
This looks more trustful than any other “leak” :s
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/q83/s720x720/1797629_10203649477298724_71420310141905421_n.jpg
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Manual… Pffffffffft! I played MK8 for the first time today! not Knowing the controls I GOT FIRST PLACE ON THE FIRST RACE! HAHAHAHAHA so instead i used my MK7 Controls Memory and It’s basically the same controls! Just the only difference is that intead of the X Button to use items its the R Button!
no it’s the L button, R is drift
Ahh how I miss old game manuals.. They had some nice art in them. I can see the future now; no physical games or consoles, you just pay to have a console/game to be uploaded to your brain XD
I always use to hang up manual guides or any cool looking info page that came with my games glad nintendo still does it its much better then a aaa fps 4 page black and white company info blah blah po box 123 wa 917468
http://youtu.be/-nOz6qFpEr0
Much leak. So Nintendo
You can view a more comprehensive manual of any game on the Wii U by accessing the Home menu while a game is running.
The Manual option is right there, and it will be far more informative than the inserts…
Thats because theres a digital manual included. I just bought W101 and it had no printed manual with it, instead they use the in game manual when you press home
stuff
God, I’m so glad I grew up with 80s and 90s manuals. They could often be pretty flipping cool. It’s a shame the Virtual Console service doesn’t offer scans of them unless it’s a title emulated by M2. Because they actually care about the legacy of past games.
I don’t call that a manual. It’s more like a brochure.
I hope this Mario Kart game has a decent challenge. I don’t want to win the gold trophy on every race in just a week. That’s what happened in Mario Golf: World Tour (the Forest, Seaside and Mountain tournaments). I’m at a complete drought of good games right now, and I’m in serious need of a fun, addicting and challenging game.
Eco-case, probably? Wish Nintendo would just switch to a smaller case instead of puncturing gaping holes into the current ones.
I agree. Those holes ruins the overall quality of the cases. ESPECIALLY Wii and Wii U cases. I e-mailed Nintendo one time, complaining about these cases. And they gave me some crap story about how they’ve been tested and proven safe etc. etc.
But I’ve bought several games (and DVD’S) that had these cases, and many of them have damaged cover art due to the holes. I’ve always hated these so-called eco friendly cases. Sometimes I’ll switch them with regular cases if I happen to have any.
Remember the days when manuals were bright and fun? When each page was filled with art and even expansions upon the story? Ah, how manuals were actually worth looking at in those days…