Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Re: Mario Kart 8

Because the items were held in the hands Double Dash styled and the other evidence was from an early demo?

In Double Dash, you can't place items behind your kart. Neither in the Arcade GP games for the vast majority of items (which is why items such as the Banana Cannon existed in the Arcade GP games). You can hold items in your hand in both games

So the holding the item in your hand is just a nice, aesthetic touch.

---- yeah Nintendo, paying even more attention to detail. I love that.
 
Re: Mario Kart 8

In the outdated E3 demo, yes, but the recent trailers were a bit ambiguous about it
 
Re: Mario Kart 8

Baby Luigi said:
UPDATE:

apparently you CAN hold items behind you:

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I watched the trailer again and it's not a shell wandering to Mario: Mario is indeed holding it behind him
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I think you're extremely late with that information, as pretty much everyone figured it out on day one.
 
Re: Mario Kart 8

Really? I've seen people asking this on GameFAQs and I swear I've seen people ask about it here
 
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Baby Luigi said:
Really? I've seen people asking this on GameFAQs and I swear I've seen people ask about it here
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Well, I figured it out at the E3 Demo I went to and played it. I was in 1st and I had my bananas and shell behind me whenever there was a red shell coming. 8)
 
Re: Mario Kart 8

The E3 demo was outdated though: characters didn't hold items in their hands
 
Re: Mario Kart 8

Okay, let me rephrase my statement. The instant that the 12/18 Mario Kart 8 trailer was shown, everyone pretty much figured out that the racers can still hold items behind their vehicle.
 
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Everyone? It didn't look like that. Other than the brief Mario driving by thing that you can't catch, no one was holding their items out and everyone looked like it was going to be Double Dash styled, hinting that you couldn't hold your items behind your kart