Nintendo has revealed two new Mario Kart 8 Wii U console bundles for Europe that may give a glimpse at what the company has planned for the U.S.

Mario Kart 8 has boosted weekly Wii U console sales by 666% in the UK. 82% of new Wii U customers purchased one of Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 console bundles, which launched alongside the game on May 30.

Above all else, Mario Kart 8 feels like a love letter to the entire series, or a greatest hits album. The new tracks are all fun, but it’s in the revisits to old favorites, like Coconut Mall, my ...

It took several months, but you can finally play the Wii U versions of Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon online. Nintendo has confirmed that both titles will once again be available for multiplayer as of ...

“In March 2023, Nintendo paused network services for the Wii U games Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 to address a vulnerability related to online play,” reads a post on the Nintendo website.

No timeline was given for their return. Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon were two of the most successful games for the Wii U, being the first- and sixth-best-selling games for the console respectively.

The Wii U’s top-selling game of all time was Mario Kart 8 (just like the Nintendo Switch with the Deluxe version) and sold over 8 million copies. So if there are any active Wii U players out ...

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OatmealDome notes that multiple Wii U, Switch. and 3DS games have been patched to protect users from attack, but that “Splatoon 1 and Mario Kart 8 did not receive any".

It first came out on the Wii U, way back in 2014. To put it in perspective, that puts it both 11 years from 2025 and the release of Mario Kart: Double Dash.