Developer: Nintendo
Publisher:
Nintendo
Genre: Racer
Platforms: Wii
U
Age Rating: 3+
(PEGI)
When I got my Nintendo Wii U, I bought a copy of Sonic &
All Stars Racing Transformed to go with it. I’d learnt people involved in
making games such as Split/Second, Blur and one of my favourite racing games of
all time, Project Gotham Racing 4, had migrated to Sumo Digital after their old
studios had been unceremoniously shut down by Disney and Activision
respectively.
In Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, Sumo Digital
made a fantastic kart racer that was imaginative, balanced and varied which was
not only a lot of fun, but good enough to challenge the all-time master of the
kart racing genre; Mario Kart itself.
Mario Kart 8 has a lot to live up to, not least of all as
many people still need a reason to actually buy a Wii U. Can Mario Kart 8 live up
to the enormous challenge before it?
