Mario Kart 8 Game News: Earns Top Honors as Game of the Year for Euro Gamer, Forbes, Nintendo Minute, More
"Mario Kart 8" closed 2014 with a bang coming out with more than a few Game of the Year awards from several online news and gaming outlets.
In the gaming industry, there are no set criteria as to how to determine the best games of the lot. However, it is still considered a compliment to be considered at the top of all the games that come out yearly. Such is the case for Nintendo's Wii U game "Mario Kart 8" as its success earned it positive reception as one of the best games of the year.
The staff from Euro Gamer called "Mario Kart 8" its Game of the Year, calling it "a welcome slice of pure pleasure" and considered it the pinnacle of Nintendo's "Mario Kart" series.
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The writers from Forbes gave the game a Gold Medal in their list of the Best Video Games of 2014. It called the game almost flawless, as well as being the best "Mario Kart" experience since its introduction 22 years ago.
Kit and Krysta from Nintendo Minute also heaped praise on its Game of the Year, saying "Mario Kart 8" takes the cake among all Nintendo games released, while the writers of Game Spot also awarded the game as their Wii U Game of the Year.
Anthony John Agnello from Joystiq counted "Mario Kart 8" as one of its Top 10 Games of 2014, pointing out its anti-gravity racing and its "wonderfully active" track design as some of the game's best features. It called "Mario Kart 8" as Nintendo's bets online game to date.
Ben Kuchera from Polygon and Steve Watts from Shack News put the game at number five on their respective Top 10 Best Games of the Year.
"Mario Kart 8" is the eighth installment of the kart racing game that was developed and published for the Wii U console by Nintendo. It was released in May 2014.
