It's been three weeks now since Nintendo President Satoru Iwata confirmed the development of a new Mario Kart sequel for Wii U, an announcement that shocked absolutely no one. The Kart series has solidified itself as one of Nintendo's no-brainer franchises – it's just a foregone conclusion that a new sequel will show up on every new piece of hardware the company puts out.
For some, that regularity has become a comfortable consistency. For others, the series has grow too stale after too many sequels. So how can the upcoming Wii U edition keep the racing feeling fresh? We have a few ideas.
The easiest thing to wish for with any new Kart game is simply more of everything – more characters, more karts, more courses. We want to have new faces from the Mushroom Kingdom to put behind the wheel of vehicles we've never seen before, driving through racetracks that are all new. All of that will happen anyway, though – so what could make it feel fresh is a new approach.
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