Mario Kart

DLC Pack 2 drops on April 23, and will feature:

• 3 Characters: Villager, Isabelle, Dry Bowser
• 4 Vehicles: Bone Rattler (Bike), City Tripper (Bike), Streetle (Kart), P-Wing (Kart)
• 8 Courses: Animal Crossing, Big Blue, Super Bell Subway, Wild Woods, Baby Park (GCN), Cheese Land (GBA), Koopa City (3DS), Ribbon Road (GBA)

Here's a side by side comparison of Nintendo's newly announced 200 cc Mario Kart class, coming to a Wii U near you for free on April 23.  They weren't kidding when they said you'd need your brakes!  And hey, maybe you'll finally be able to take some of those nigh impossible shortcuts with ease.

You got your Animal Crossing in my Mario Kart!



Amiibo Mario Kart

And a version where Luigi wins!

In case you missed the first one, or just want to watch it again for some reason, click here.

November's MK8 DLC will add Yoshi's Circuit, The Master Cycle, Cat Peach, Tanooki Mario, the Tanooki Buggy, the B Dasher and more yet to be seen content.

Watch Dogs and Mario Kart are numbers one and two in sales this week, and both are doing great things for their companies. Watch Dogs sold 4 million copies in its first week, breaking Ubisoft's record and becoming its best selling game in its first week. Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 sold 1.2 million copies in its first weekend. 82% of those sold in the UK were bundled with a Wii U. In a statement, Reggie Fils-Aime said, "The early response to Mario Kart 8 demonstrates that the best days for Wii U are still ahead. This year's E3 is just days away, and it will be all about the future games for Nintendo platforms. This milestone is a great place to start!"

If you're not excited about the Super Horn, you've probably never been in first place. Check out other new features in these teasers below:

Nintendo won't release mobile versions of their games, but we do get an official application for Mario Kart that will let you share gameplay footage and screenshots, and access rankings:

Our policy is to establish consumer relationships based on accounts named Nintendo Network IDs, which are abbreviated as NNIDs," Iwata said. "This 'Mario Kart TV' (temp.) web service is available even for players without NNIDs, but by logging into the service with an NNID, they will be able to easily find their rankings, videos that their friends have shared, videos of tournaments in which they have participated, and it will be convenient to access this service through smart devices even when they are not at home.

Spanish gaming site Hobby Consolas has a screenshot of Diddy Kong as a playable character in the upcoming Mario Kart 8. It's not an official announcement yet, but the shot appears to be from the spanish version of the Official Nintendo Magazine:

Rainbow Road! Shy Guy! So many playable characters! What are you excited about?

Check out how the new Rainbow Road compares to its N64 counterpart:

Before you panic and try to preorder it, know that it's just the software and collectable blue shell, not a Wii U bundle. No news yet as to whether or not North America will have a similar special edition version of the game.