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Mario Kart 8 is a video game released in 2014 for the Nintendo Wii U.
Release Date
- May 29, 2014 (Japan)
- May 30, 2014 (North America and Europe)
- May 31, 2014 (Australia)
Sound Effects Used
- Boo Laugh 2 (Used for Boos in the Twisted Mansion track.)
- Boo Laugh 3 (Used for Boos in the Twisted Mansion track.)
- HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Cicadas Chirping/JUNGLE, NIGHT - NIGHT TIME JUNGLE AMBIENCE: HEAVY CICADA CHORUS, FORESTS, JUNGLES & SWAMPS, INSECTS (Used for ambience in the Animal Crossing track.)
- Hollywoodedge, Cattle Cow Moo Bellow AT041702 (Used for the cows in the Wii Moo Moo Meadows track.)
- Hollywoodedge, Hawk Redtailed Scree AT082801 (Used for ambience in the Shy Guy Falls track.)
- HUMAN, YELL - YELL: FEMALE (Used for Koopa Troopa.)
- SMW Spin Sound (Used as Tanooki Mario's horn.)
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - MORNING CALL, ANIMAL 01 (Heard in the intro for the Wii Moo Moo Meadows track.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FAST ZIP WHISTLE 01 (1st half of the sound sampled in the Wii Wario's Gold Mine music.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SIREN WHISTLE (Heard once at the beginning of the N64 Yoshi Valley music as a sample.)
- Sound Ideas, CHEERING, CROWD - OUTDOOR: LARGE CONCERT CROWD 02 (Heard in the intro.)
- Sound Ideas, CLOCK, ALARM - LARGE ALARM CLOCK: BELL RINGING (Used for the alarm clock bells in the DS Tick Tock Clock track.)
- Sound Ideas, CREAK, DOOR - HEAVY DOOR CREAK 03 (Used for the front doors in the Twisted Mansion track when they open just before the race starts.)
- Sound Ideas, DOG, ROTTWEILER - MEDIUM DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL (Used for the Chain Chomps in the GBA Cheese Land track.)
- Sound Ideas, DRAWBRIDGE - GEAR AND CHAIN MECHANISM MOVING DRAWBRIDGE, CASTLE 01 (Used in the Bowser's Castle track when the portcullis opens just before the race starts.)
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - SHORT, LARGE BURST OF FLAME 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 02 (Used in the Twisted Mansion track whenever the Boo-possessed knight statues pound their hammers on the ground.)
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - METAL PULLEY: TURNING (Used for the pulleys in the Wild Woods track.)
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 03 (Used for ambience in the 3DS Neo Bowser City track.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, MANY BLASTS, CLOSE UP (Used for the train in the N64 Rainbow Road track.)
- Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 06 (Used for the Lightning item.)
- Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 07
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Audio Samples
Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 02 as heard in the game:
- VIDEO GAMES
- 2010s Video Games
- 2014 Made
- Nintendo Wii U Video Games
- 2014 Video Games
- Racing Video Games
- Mario Kart Franchise
- Video Games That Use TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, MANY BLASTS, CLOSE UP
- Nintendo Video Games
- Video Games that have music composed by Shiho Fujii
- Video Games that have music composed by Atsuko Asahi
- Video Games that have music composed by Ryo Nagamatsu
- Video Games that have music composed by Yasuaki Iwata
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