The Music of <em>Mario Kart 8</em>
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“The music used throughout the Mario Kart series isn’t intended to be just background music,” says Kenta Nagata.

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With all the clone characters, like Metal Mario or Pink Gold Peach, introduced in Mario Kart 8, DeviantART artist TheBourgyMan played with the idea of what a future Mario Kart would look like if Nintendo stayed on this path. Well, I hope we don't have to wait 9 more games for Grandpa Mario. Read more

"Victory and defeat are just lies told out of two sides of the same mouth. This is the Blue Shell of collapse, the Blue Shell of financial crisis, the Blue Shell of the New Gilded Age." That's game designer/academic Ian Bogost on the most hated and feared pick-up in the Mario Kart series. His essay at Gamasutra is a Read more

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