Nintendo

Mario Kart 8

Game First reported release May 29, 2014

Game details

First release year: 2014

Platforms

Wii U
Nintendo Switch^*

Genres

kart racing game
Kart racing^*
racing video game^*

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game
Single-player^*
multiplayer^*

Players by platform

Wii U^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
4^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Wii U^*
Classification
E - Everyone^*

Series

Mario Kart^*

Studios & publishers

Developers

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Nintendo^*

Publishers

Nintendo

Release history

2014-05-29
Date precision
Exact date
Market
Japan
2014-05-30
Date precision
Exact date
Market
Europe
2014-05-30
Date precision
Exact date
Market
North America
2014-05-31
Date precision
Exact date
Market
Australia
2014-05-31
Date precision
Exact date
Market
New Zealand
2014-05-29 · Wii U · Japan^*
Release date
2014-05-29^*
Date precision
Exact date^*
Platform
Wii U^*
Market
Japan^*
2014-05-31 · Wii U · Australia^*
Release date
2014-05-31^*
Date precision
Exact date^*
Platform
Wii U^*
Market
Australia^*
2017-04-28 · Nintendo Switch · Worldwide^*
Release date
2017-04-28^*
Date precision
Exact date^*
Platform
Nintendo Switch^*
Market
Worldwide^*
2020-03-16 · Nintendo Switch · China^*
Release date
2020-03-16^*
Date precision
Exact date^*
Platform
Nintendo Switch^*
Market
China^*
2014-05-30 · Wii U^*
Release date
2014-05-30^*
Date precision
Exact date^*
Platform
Wii U^*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 7 fields

Developers · Wii U

Nintendo: Nintendo^*

ESRB classification · Wii U

ESRB · Wii U

Classification: E - Everyone^*

Genres · Wii U

racing video game: racing video game^*

Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Wii U

Wii U

Maximum players (mode unspecified): 4^*

Platform

Wii U: Wii U^*

Publishers · Wii U

Nintendo: Nintendo^*

Release date · Wii U

2014-05-30 · Wii U

Release date: 2014-05-30^*
Date precision: day^*
Platform: Wii U^*

Specifications 2 · 7 fields

Series

Mario Kart^*

Platforms

Wii U^*
Nintendo Switch^*

Release history

Region
Japan^*
Scope
- Wii U^*
Value
May 29, 2014^*
Scope
- Wii U^*
Value
NA/EU: May 30, 2014^*
Region
Australia^*
Scope
- Wii U^*
Value
May 31, 2014^*
Region
Worldwide^*
Scope
- Nintendo Switch^*
Value
April 28, 2017^*
Region
China^*
Scope
- Nintendo Switch^*
Value
March 16, 2020^*

Genres and style

Kart racing^*

Play modes

Single-player^*
multiplayer^*

Publishers

Nintendo^*

Programmers

Yusuke Shiraiwa^*

* Provisional data