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  • News Race For The Highest Score In Mario Kart Monopoly

    Do not powerslide past Go. Do not collect $200.

    We're quite fond of Monopoly Gamer Edition; this collaboration between Hasbro and Nintendo was more than just a simple skinned Monopoly board. It was a fresh Mario Party-esque take on the classic property trading game, with a splash of Nintendo's most iconic IP. It looks like the...

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  • News Nintendo Throws a Blue Shell at Real Life Mario Kart

    Japanese Company "Maricar" is being sued for copyright infringement

    A popular Japanese company that let you live out your childhood dreams and race karts dressed as Mario and company are being sued by Nintendo for Copyright Infringment. The go karting firm that goes by the name "Maricar" lets anyone that holds a Japanese driving license race around...

January2017

December2016

  • Video These Kids Might Be The Luckiest Mario Kart Fans In The World

    Living the dream

    Playing Mario Kart all day long is fun, but there's no substitute for having your very own circuit to race around in real life - and that's exactly what happened to two young fans of the series. Jack and Maddi Mello were given the treat of their lives when their parents Johnny and Krista created a track complete with working karts,...

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  • Random Fan Ports Super Mario Kart to HTML5

    Not exactly perfect, but it works

    Though it can seem a bit basic by modern standards, Super Mario Kart was an innovative racer for its time, and it kicked off one of the most successful racing game franchises to date. It did have some unique mechanics that haven't completely been translated to the newer games, and there's certainly still a fan...

  • News Mario Kart TV Website Confirmed for Closure on 5th April

    In-game functionality remains, however

    Mario Kart 8 has had a lot of excellent features that have earned it plaudits, such as anti-gravity mechanics, amiibo support and paid-DLC. A much trumpeted feature when it launched, also, was Mario Kart TV, which allows you to upload highlight reels directly to YouTube. Though you can access much of this...

February2016

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  • Feature How Mario Kart Brought Two Soul Mates Together

    The road to true love is littered with red shells

    From now until the start of the new year we're going to be republishing some of what we feel are our best features of 2015. Hopefully this will offer the chance for newer readers to catch up on content they might have missed and allow long-time fans to reacquaint themselves with features they enjoyed...