IS THAT LINK IN A KART????

[Neweegee]

Seems kinda random and out of the blue

I think Nintendo is trying whatever it takes to bring Mario Kart 8 back up, since Smash kind of overshadowed it quickly after it was released.

[Koopaul]

I saw this coming. Why?

Amiibo.

Remember that? Yeah they said the Smash Bros. Amiibo figures would work with Mario Kart 8. So I always had a feeling they'd have something like this.

Expect Metroid, Fire Emblem, and more to appear.

[Jermungandr]

But it says they are DLC packages, not downloaded via Amiibos ... check the quote under the pictures in the first post. I was hoping this was Amiibo related too but it looks like there's no such luck.

[Omega]

is that link in a kart?

no sir thats the sound of my wallet evaporating

[E-Man]

Did your wallet look something liek this by any chance?



Coincidentally, I carry the same one for anything Zelda related.

[Rystar]

Expect Metroid, Fire Emblem, and more to appear.

"Samus... the ultimate intergalactic bounty hunter... she stopped the deathly Metroid threat... and single-handedly saved the galaxy...



AND NOW SHE'S GONNA RACE SOME GO-KARTS A-WHOA HO HO HO!!!"

[Koopaul]

But it says they are DLC packages, not downloaded via Amiibos ... check the quote under the pictures in the first post. I was hoping this was Amiibo related too but it looks like there's no such luck.

I never said they'd be used to unlock those characters. But the Link DLC may interact with the Link Amiibo in some way.

[MrYoshbert]

Really freakin' good deal here.

[Mystie]

I saw this coming. Why?

Amiibo.

Remember that? Yeah they said the Smash Bros. Amiibo figures would work with Mario Kart 8. So I always had a feeling they'd have something like this.

Expect Metroid, Fire Emblem, and more to appear.

They did? I remember them saying that there would be Amiibos available for SSB and MK8, but I don't ever recall them saying that the SSB figures would be compatible with MK8.

[Kriven]

Really freakin' good deal here.

Oh, holy shit.

Is there an expiration on this?

[StarSock64]

I don't even have this game, but I always have a lot of trouble justifying buying DLC for prices like that when there are tons of good full games I can buy for less than that

[TomGuycott]

I think this is the kind of DLC I can very much get behind though. The number of DLC courses basically constitutes a third of the amount in the entire game as a whole for less than a third of the price the game originally cost.

I mean, this is a pretty high-quality paid DLC. There's some games out there that want to charge that much for costume packs with no additional content.

Someone sent me this too:

[psychospacecow]

I'm honestly a little disappointed that it isn't the Wind Waker Link because he just fits in better with the Mario Kart style, but still awesome.

[Jermungandr]

I never said they'd be used to unlock those characters. But the Link DLC may interact with the Link Amiibo in some way.

Oooooh ... I'm a dummy. I completely misunderstood what you meant. Have this apology cookie.

[Koopaul]

They did? I remember them saying that there would be Amiibos available for SSB and MK8, but I don't ever recall them saying that the SSB figures would be compatible with MK8.

Right here: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/12/e...-figurines

You can take the Mario amiibo and use it in Smash Bros., but then you'll be able to use it across different games that Mario appears in. For example, you can use the Smash Bros. Mario figure and use it in Mario Kart 8 when that functionality releases. You can also use that same Mario figure in Mario Party 10. So for the amiibo project in general, we're looking at having all of the figures be useable across a lot of Nintendo titles and not just the one game the figure was [visually] designed for.