The original Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo was a game that quite literally ended friendships back in the day. Now, over two decades later, the latest addition to the series, Mario Kart 8 is headed for the Wii U next spring, and I got a chance for a little hands-on time at this year's Jump Festa 2014 in Japan.

add some dashes and it isnt so bad

for a split second, the pizza crust literally just looks like a dick

wait.... this is real?????

This last one was tough. The stunning transformation that saw one of 2010's biggest failures become one of my favorite games of 2013 was lessened somewhat this week, when a new patch to the second (third?) massively multiplayer online Final Fantasy game basically pissed off everyone playing. Something about not having…

im gonna have to agree. I see a lot of anti-misogynistic stuff on this site, and its pretty backwards when they praise a show that cant go 30 second without a crotch shot up a girls skirt.

.....derp

thank you. just.... thank you.

they probably just didnt know. I'm sure they woulda shut him down quickly if they knew he was making cash off of their creation

this made me happy. it's a sign of good will and sportsmanship, i say

its from the end of the series, i think. when they just beat buu for the final time.

so, when you say it 'runs on air'.....

it may be metal on the passenger area (as lego bricks could not hold a human like that) but the engine clearly consists of lego pieces

jee wiz, the conspiracy theories are FLYING on this page.

i nominate snowden for chillest bro of the year.

serious question: how do they stop?

this picture is awesome and i want a wallpaper of it. link, perhaps?

after playing from the beta to now, i have become utterly numb to super builds. I saw a video of a guy who made a computer, in-game, on which you could play an 8 bit version of minecraft... IN MINECRAFT. after that, there is nothing.

those gloves are seriously unsettling