Talk:Mario Kart 8

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:15, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that Nintendo removed a gesture in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that was likened to the bras d'honneur? Source: Eurogamer
  • ALT1: ... that Nintendo removed a gesture in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that is taken to mean "up your ass" or "fuck you"? Source: Kotaku Australia
  • ALT2: ... that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe removed a controversial technique? Source: Kotaku
  • Reviewed: N/A
  • Comment: This is only my fourth DYK nomination ({{1}}, {{2}}, {{3}}), so a QPQ shouldn't be needed

Moved to mainspace by DecafPotato (talk). Self-nominated at 23:58, 14 November 2022 (UTC).

• Article appears new enough and long enough. Hook is interesting and cited. QPQ is unnecessary, as stated. Seems good to go! I'd go with the top hook, Alt1 may be unnecessarily vulgar for front page and Alt2 is a tad too vague for my liking. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 04:30, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
• pulled from prep to account for an ongoing merge discussion. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:51, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
• @Krisgabwoosh: merge discussion has closed; article remains, with new article merged into it. New review needed to account for new article content. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 20:08, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
  • It appears that the merge hasn't opened any serious citation issues and the hook claim remains in the article, so I'd still support ALT1. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:11, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

The article has now been merged into Mario Kart 8 so Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is at present a redirect. - Aoidh (talk) 03:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

"A successor for the Nintendo Switch 2 is in development."

There've been multiple successors already. Tour, Live, Arcade VR. I've tried removing this but the person making the edits keeps reverting it despite my reasoning being perfectly valid. Sir Edits (talk) 19:55, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Those are are further entries, but none of those are "successors". I mean, are you familiar with these titles? They're all very different from traditional entries. Sergecross73 msg me 20:01, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

They are entries in the series that released following 8, regardless of how "traditional" they are, they are successors. Saying the next game is a successor to 8 would be denying them games' existence, those unfamiliar with the series would clearly be misinformed into believing no games released between 8 and the next one. You claiming they should not count is your opinion, not fact, therefore shouldn't be written on the article as factual. Also to even assume the next game even is what you call "traditional" is speculative. Unless you have a source from Nintendo to back up such claims. Sir Edits (talk) 11:20, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm merely explaining why sources are publishing articles that match my stance. We're not going off of my personal stance though, we're going off of the content of multiple, reliable, third party sources. I'm following WP:PSTS. Sergecross73 msg me 17:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Sources appear to describe the Switch 2 as the next main game after MK8, which imo is the clear implication. And even if you don't agree with that, the sentence "A successor for the Nintendo Switch 2 is in development" is technically watertight either way — were any of the other "successors" developed for Nintendo Switch 2? Popcornfud (talk) 20:09, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

The source itself does not have any basis from Nintendo themselves to call it a successor. Other articles include Tour, Live, etc as games releasing since 8, mainly on behalf of the fact that they did release after 8. Basing an entire fact on a statement made from a journalist with nothing to back them up is not a valid source in my opinion. Kotaku and Eurogamer, among others, themselves have proven to be rather untrustworthy on many occasions. I believe that it is only fair that the statement is removed from the article until Nintendo themselves outright confirm the game is indeed a direct successor to 8, despite the other entries existing, because a journalist detached from Nintendo's claims are no stronger than a random Wikipedia editor's. And if you are having to say to me that it is a clear implication "in [your] opinion", then it is very clear that this is unconfirmed information and is merely speculative and should be removed. Ultimately: Nintendo typically group Tour up with other entries, including 8, therefore if we want to talk implication, Nintendo seen to be implying that the Nintendo Switch 2 entry is in fact a successor to Tour, as Tour would fall in the same line-up of games. Sir Edits (talk) 11:22, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

That's not how Wikipedia works. We don't require our sources to have confirmation from Nintendo. We go by what reliable sources say, and that's what they say. Ignoring what third party sources say in favor of what you personally believe is far more problematic in the terms of Wikipedia policy. As mentioned above, it's a very common sentiment from reliable sources - it took me less than a minute to find an IGN source that clearly says it too. Sergecross73 msg me 11:50, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

So you openly admit it is entirely based off of what journalists assume and not whats actually confirmed? Sir Edits (talk) 13:21, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

If you don't like this, you have a bigger problem with the way Wikipedia works, and not the Mario Kart 8 article. Popcornfud (talk) 13:51, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Are you openly admitting you don't understand Wikipedia sourcing policy? Please read up on it and respond to my comments in the context of the actual policy rather than your personal opinions. The relevant links would be WP:SECONDARY and WP:PRIMARY. In this context, Nintendo would be the primary source, and IGN would be the secondary/third party source. Sergecross73 msg me 13:52, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

As Sergecross said, Wikipedia is based on secondary sources. We can only go by what they say. Popcornfud (talk) 12:17, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

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Mercedes-Benz in Mariokart

I remember Mercedes licensed Mariokart to use their cars as karts,I was playing the game and it gave me a Mercedes-Benz 300SL as my new car. M998fan (talk) 13:04, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, the Mercedes crossover stuff is mentioned in the development section already. Sergecross73 msg me 14:24, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

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