Do I have to play the first seven Mario Karts or can I jump into Mario Kart 8's story blind without any past knowledge?
Do I have to play the first seven Mario Karts or can I jump into Mario Kart 8's story blind without any past knowledge?
Ryan Myers
Colton Ortiz
I'd say you can skip the first trilogy (Super, 64 and GBA) since it's a different timeline.
Kayden Reed
all you need to know is that Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, and Dry Bowser come from a dark future timeline which is where Neo Bowser City takes place
Jacob Taylor
This, start with DD for the current continuity. Also, 7 doesn't affect the main canon, so you can skip that one.
James Rodriguez
Fucking hell
There's still some important lore in the post-Double Dash!! that makes absolutely no sense without at LEAST basic story knowledge of Super and 64
Jeremiah Clark
This and you can skip the remake for the Switch.
The new characters are horriblee and contradict with everything they made before.
Also don't skip Double Dash, it's one of the most important ones for the series, if you skip it you will be completelly lost on the DS version.
Parker Phillips
>mario kart
>story
r u the retarded?
Noah Flores
Is 8 still canon or was 8DX a full retcon
Bentley Young
You need to play all the games if you want to understand the history behind the retro tracks. Otherwise you won't be able to appreciate what a good job Nintendo did remastering them.
Robert Kelly
Yes, 8DX was a sequel
Asher Carter
Super circuit actually takes place in the paper mario timeline. It's got a different tone from the others but is still good.
Isaiah Carter
you're the only retard here
Aaron Long
no you idiot,
dry bones comes from the split new super mario timeline were mario prevents bowser jr from trowing dry bones into the magic brew that gives him his skin back
did you even play the games?
Jonathan Howard
There's nothing in 8DX that I would consider a full retcon, just some minor detail fluffing just to make some of the incidents link in more with the overarching story rather than Mario just going from random adventure to random adventure, by having other established characters and their storylines actually be involved this time, and obviously to work in the new quests with the Inklings and BOTW Link.
Tyler Wilson
The dumbest thing you can do is skip Mario Kart Arcade GP. People do it all the time and then they wonder where the hell Metal Mario came from.
Joseph Price
Just watch a video, user.
The story and writing of these games are top notch, but the gameplay will let you down.
You literally just hold one button to win.
William Rodriguez
Double dash actually splits off into 2 separate timelines, console and handheld, then they re-merge for 8. So I'd say play SNES MK, dd, and 8.
Cameron Price
Those girls look familiar but the ugly blonde wigs throw me off.
Brandon Walker
That's Robo Mario though. He was built by E Gadd, not a Lovecraftian iron abomination in the guise of our hero.
Eli Perez
Mario Kart doesn't have a story, but I do recommend playing older games as every Mario Kart game since the DS version has introduced retro courses (basically remakes of older courses). You won't appreciate the retro courses as much if you just play Mario Kart 8.
Anthony Mitchell
The one on the right is Anri, dunno who the left one is.
Jason White
Exactly. But the people who skipped it won't know that Bowser created Metal Mario using stolen Robo Mario blueprints. They also won't know how Robo Mario sacrifices himself to prevent the robot uprising almost caused by one of the many Metal Marios produced by ShyGuynet.
Jonathan Diaz
>he doesn't know
Logan Ramirez
fukcing epic
Evan Bennett
>Mario Kart
>Story
user...
Adam Foster
>he didn't enjoy that time Luigi actually got with Daisy
>he didn't enjoy how Isabelle completely trolled all of the Koopa kids
>he didn't like how Wario got his revenge on Mario
Mario Kart 8 had the best story ever written.
Carson Davis
Explain this, lorefags.
Jayden Thompson
Remember those 128 Mario clones? Now give them all a power up.
Cooper Price