Topic: Ever played Mario Kart Arcade GP?

Yes, a local arcade had it at one time. It was one of the more expensive ones though ($1.50-$2.00 per player per race).

I've seen it other places since then, but I haven't bothered to take it for another spin.

and I went to Rainbow Road first. Never played it after that.

I played the 1st one loved it but I didn't even know their was a 2nd one id love to see both of them come to the eshop

I saw them at a local Minigolf/waterpark that I live nearby. Never played it though cause either there was a line for it or I was there to do other things.

I've played the first one a couple times. Once in Ohio a few years ago (i am from WV by the way....where it is next to impossible to find anything cool from Nintendo), at some big arcade room in a mall....actually just found the card for it in my wallet...from years ago (i've had this wallet since 2004...soo..)
It was at the Easton Town Center in Columbus, OH. The arcade is called GameWorks, and seems to be owned by Sega.
So anyway, besides that one, back in January, we went to Disney World for our honeymoon, and stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort, where they had the game in the arcade room. I put around 10 bucks or so in that game. Beat a couple grand prix with Yoshi of course.
It is fun for what it is. It's not the quality of the console or handheld games really. It's cool to drive with an actually steering wheel in Mario Kart, even if the turning was a little odd. You get used to it though. The grad prix themselves were pretty simple. Basically the same level from different perspectives about 3 or 4 different times.

i saw it in funland in london's trocodero last year, before it got shut down. looks good, unfortunately i can't drive so i'd be crap at this game!

Its in a arcade hall close to me so i played it a lot. Its good.

I stayed at Pop Century in 2005. Pretty cool place. If I remember right, when I was there, I played the Fzero arcade (which was great) for the first time there. I guess I'm not the only one who has to go to Florida to find cool stuff like that.

You wouldn't need both on the eshop, just the second. Its like an expansion pack as it has everything the first has.

Ive played it, but my mates kart's weapon button was broke, so I agreed that I wouldnt use mine to make it fair, that was until the last lap, on the home straight, I gave in to temptation and shot him down, but I then claimed it was another racer (cpu controlled) and then claimed the title of Mario kart king.
cruel I know, just hope he doesnt read this site!!!

I played the first one at gattitown in December 2011. Very fun. Played as Luigi, Pac-Man, And Mario.

Hah! Same here, bro. I told the guy at MY place it was boken though, so it got fixed.

I played it and thought it was pretty bad. At the time I figured that Mario Kart just wouldn't work with steering controls, but then MKW came around and now I think Namco or whoever just isn't that good.

I've played the second one. It's ok, but it's one of the weaker Mario Kart games.

I hope Nintendo shows their arcade games some love when Wii U comes out. I'd love to play this at long last (I didn't even know these EXISTED until recently). It's inconceivable that arcade Donkey Kong has never made it to VC.

I played this a few weeks ago with some buddies at an arcade.
It's pretty awful. Barely feels like Mario Kart. The physics are completely bizzarre, the tracks are really bland (except Rainbow Road, which was actually kind of cool) and there's no drifting or backwards-item-throwing or anything that takes any kind of skill. Very weird game.

Oh my god dude that is exactly where I played this! Easton Mall! I live like 15 minutes from there! Small world