Nintendo's upcoming amiibo figures will unlock special costumes for Mario Kart 8, and the company aired a trailer during today's Nintendo Direct presentation to show off the outfits.
See Mario Kart 8’s amiibo-unlocked costumes and first DLC pack in action
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The kart racer will support the figures for Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Donkey Kong, Link, Kirby, Captain Falcon, Samus and Fox McCloud. You can see the Mii-like costumes racing around Mario Kart 8 in the trailer above.
Nintendo also showed a separate trailer for Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 1, which will bring new characters, karts and courses into the game on Nov. 13 for $7.99. You can check it out below.
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