Good lord, Nintendo gave Link a motorcycle!

This pleases me

We’ve seen a couple images of Link in Mario Kart 8 before but nothing like this. Take special note of the front of the motorcycle. So cool! Hope the vehicle’s stats are good.

As a reminder, the DLC is coming in two waves. Link, Tanooki Mario, and Cat Peach are arriving in Pack 1 this November, while Villager, Isabelle, and Dry Bowser won’t be out until May 2015. Each pack ($7.99 a piece or $11.99 together) also includes four vehicles and eight tracks.

I ended up paying for the DLC early to get immediate access to the different-colored Yoshis and Shy Guys. Haven’t made very much use of them yet, but Link will be another story.

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There’s also some new artwork for Villager and Isabelle from Animal Crossing:

But who cares about that, because Link has a fucking motorcycle.

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