When finishing a race on the Animal Crossing Track, a version of The Roost Theme plays instead of the game's traditional results music.Hitting a fruit gives a 1.5 second speed boost, equal to that of a Mushroom. In the Fall version, they are found in leaf piles similar to those in Maple Treeway ( Mario Kart Wii). Fruit can be found at the base of trees in the Spring and Summer versions of the Animal Crossing course.In one of the courses, a Yoshi can be occasionally heard faintly humming K.K.Critics have praised Mario Kart 8 for its 'exquisite details', vast sense of scale, orchestrated soundtrack, and gameplay. Mario Kart 8 has received highly positive reviews, with Nintendo reporting the 'strongest review scores in franchise history', and scoring 88/100 on Metacritic and 88.52% on GameRankings as of July 10, 2014. It includes new battle stages and new characters, as well as various other tweaks and balance improvements. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a port of Mario Kart 8 for the Nintendo Switch. This is in order to make the villagers easier to notice. Though the racers are rather tiny in comparison to the villagers. Resetti appears as a track hazard by digging up from underground and causing any players who hit him to spin out. Slider is seen playing his guitar by the side of the road, and Mr. Many characters and villagers appear along the side of the track including Bob, Caroline, Filbert, Joey, Lobo, Maelle, Peanut, Pecan, Poppy, Rosie, Static, Teddy, and the Able Sisters. The traditional 10 Coins used to get a slight speed increase get changed to Bells. The season can be manually chosen in single player by holding down the L, R, ZL, and ZR buttons while selecting the course, which will change the track to Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter respectively. Every time the track is played, it will have a different season theme, which changes the color of trees, grass, snow cover, etc., just like in an actual town. Like a real Animal Crossing town, the seasons will change in the track. Both the male and female villager can be chosen by following the same drop-down menu that Yoshi and Shy Guy have received.Īn Animal Crossing themed track is included as part of the second pack.

Isabelle and the Villager are playable characters, a new track based on the Animal Crossing universe, and seven other tracks are unlocked. On August 26, 2014, an Animal Crossing series-themed DLC was announced on the Nintendo UK online store.

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