AWARDED GAMES "Games of the Year Division"

Award for excellence
Mario Kart 8

Award for Excellence

General Description


Title Mario Kart 8
Release May 29, 2014
Price 6,156yen(tax included)
Platform Wii U
Distributor Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Publisher Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer Nintendo Co., Ltd.
URL http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/amkj/index.html
Copyright © 2014 Nintendo

Reason for the Award for Excellence

Joys are doubled by new characters “seven Koopaling”and a variety of new items,
and the release of new courses in additional contents provided in the network distribution.
Further, a new factor "anti-gravity" is added and all screens can be race courses.
This work offers a joy to freely drive on a three-dimensional course such as climbing a vertical wall and running along a ceiling, and attracts many supports over generations with a voice "All families enjoy the game."

Work Introdution


Circuits of walls and ceilings.
The race stage is wider.
In this work, racers can climb a perpendicular wall and drive along the ceiling in a vertically inverted state.
Racers can drive anywhere as well as land, ocean, and sky as in the past.

In addition, many new characters and types of items and machines are added.
This work features a wider variety of plays: Players can hold a tournament by specifying a favorite time and date and rules,
uploads race highlight images to Miiverse for share, etc.

Moreover, "200cc" class is added.
It is a new dimension over "150cc," which has existed as the fastest class since the first "Super Mario Kart." Players can experience a novel Mario Kart.
For example, the new kart drives with great speed, and a braking technique is required at a sharp corner.

Comment of the game producer

It is a great honor to be awarded such an honorable prize.
Thank you very much.
All team members want to express our deepest gratitude to users who played this work and interested parties.

Mario Kart series aims at a game, which can be noisily enjoyed with the family or friends not only by a driving skill but also through gamesmanship or by good/bad fortune.
In addition, this work contains HD graphics and live music for the first time in the series and pursues the joy of running.

I hope players enjoy playing this game for a long time.
Thank you indeed.

All members of Mario Cart 8 Production team