Mario Kart 8 cameos

[The Qu]

A small one to start off with, but you can see this piece of art from 3d Hot Rally at the start of Mario Circuit on a billboard, as seen here.

[Da Robot]

Okay, this I wanted to get some an 2nd opinion on this. In MK8,the retro track GBA Mario Circuit now has a massive anitgravity U bend in it that is held up by . . .

- Giant blue linkages that resemble that of the Ultra Hand?
- Or just happens to be a giant blue coloured scissor lift?

Here's some footage of the track and the "u bend" in question.

(start at 1:14)


And also footage from the start of the track where the "u bend" is lifted out from the ground. (6:37)

[Leon]

There was a Mario Kart event in Japan and some new vehicles were spotted by Mario Wiki. One new kart is called Steel Diver, and the Mach Bike from the Wii game return.

[The Qu]

The aforementioned Ultra Hand lookalikes actually have ULTRA ARM stamped on them, so it's a good guess it's a reference.

[TV Eye]

Did you guys know about this?

It's been leading people to believe that Daisy might've been planned playable in Mario 3D World.

EDIT: Gah, posted this in the Mario Kart 8 thread. It's from Mario Kart 7

[Boo Destroyer]

No.

A lot of other characters in the series like Yoshi and Bowser have had similar portraits, on other Nintendo merchandise like T-shirts or Club Nintendo materials.

[Leon]

Yeah, it's just regular stock art.

[Manspeed]

Regular stock art? That portrait of Daisy hasn't been seen anywhere else! And I actually really like it!

[Leon]

The Mario, Luigi, and Peach art is used fairly frequently on NCL's website. Daisy is never used for obvious reasons.

[Leon]

The new Ribbon Road in the 2nd DLC pack has the three Yoshi's Wooly World amiibos sitting around the track. I'll post an image of them later.