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Mario Kart 8 DLC video revs up Excitebike Arena

Nintendo is digging deep into its past for Mario Kart 8's first DLC pack, going so far as to add in a new track called Excitebike Arena.

Ozzie Mejia

October 28, 2014 9:25 AM

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Mario Kart 8 is dipping further into Nintendo's library with its upcoming November DLC pack, already revealing characters and vehicles from sister franchises. The shout-out to fellow first-party games will also extend to new courses, as indicated by today's new video, where Nintendo revealed the Excitebike Arena.

As expected, this course tosses in all of the Excitebike aesthetics, putting racers atop a dirt course filled with mud puddles, bumps, ramps, and hills. It even comes with a remix of the classic Excitebike theme music. The video also features some of the new racers set to come to the DLC, like Cat Peach and Tanooki Mario.

For a taste of nostalgia, check out the video below. The first Mario Kart 8 DLC pack hits next month for $7.99.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?