Earlier this year we had our first Mario Kart 7 community event of 2014, and unsurprisingly it was a lot of fun. Since that time the release date for Mario Kart 8 has been confirmed, and we've realised that we need a lot more practice before the new Wii U title rolls around. Besides, the 3DS game is still a blast to play over two years after its release.
So, as promised, the fun will start today at noon Pacific / 3pm Eastern / 7pm UK time / 8pm Central European time. The 'NLife All Items' community room will be in action as always, but by popular demand we'll have a second Grand Prix room open. That was your choice in the community vote, and you chose NL Pure Racing, a no-items room. While most are likely to focus on those two rooms, the Battle Room is also an option.
NLife All Items (150cc races) — 00-2104-5343-9763
NL Pure Racing (150cc no items) — 24-7218-5610-6691
NLife Battles — 63-1489-1510-4932
If you want to know how to get into these Community rooms, check out our usual official and oh-so-serious guide below.
In order to get started with some Mario Kart 7 awesomeness with fellow Nintendo Lifers, simply open the game, select Online Multiplayer and then Communities. If you've played with us before you may have 'NLife All Items' in your list of favourites. If not, select Enter Code and input 00-2104-5343-9763. This is a 150cc all items room, so it may get chaotic. You'll all need to enter code 24-7218-5610-6691 for the brand new no items "pure racing" room. For Battles follow the same steps as above, but input code 63-1489-1510-4932.
Now, it's common to experience connection problems with Mario Kart 7 communities, and if you don't then we can only imagine that you're hard-wired directly into Nintendo's servers. If you do have problems connecting or receive an error message, make sure your wireless is on and position yourself as close as possible to your internet router. Please be patient and keep trying, because more often than not you will eventually get in.
There may be more than one room open at once, so remember the basic rules. Play nice, and if someone annoys you settle it like grown-ups... out on the track. Please be considerate to others in the lobby area, and only start the race when there are enough racers and everyone's ready.
So here we go again, more Mario Kart mayhem; we'll be checking the comments below, tweeting on our Twitter page and getting up to all sorts of shenanigans in the game itself. If you are tweeting, be sure to stick #NLracing in your messages.
See you on the track.
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I'm unable to go on when it starts, but I may be on around 3pm pacific time.
I haven't played Mario Kart 7 much at all the last two years, but I think I'll have to drop in for a few races since I have the time this afternoon.
Joy!! In the words of Reggie,"my body is ready."
Sorry, gotta practice real life driving today!
I'm waiting in the all items room right now
Last time I got involved in one of these you guys kicked my butt up and down the track. I've been forever scarred by those events.
Sorry for this but i have to say it and use caps; DON'T START THE RACE WITH 3 OR 4 PLAYERS, it's annoying. Wait for at least 6 players.. Peace.
Something came up and I won't be able to join right away. I'll definitely join in as soon as I can!
Oh, nice! I had tons of fun last time; I'll be joining in for sure! ...maybe in an hour or two.
I'm in there now. I'll be racing for the next hour or so.
It's been a while since I've played MK7 much, but I'll be sure to jump on and see how I go.
And the award for first Blue Shell victim goes to yours truly.
I'll jump on later not sure which community though.
Same room BenAV
@Guovssohas Good luck.
Let's please wait until we are atleast 6 players before we start.
@Jmvars I agree.
Here we get a possibility to play with up to 8 players and you decide to start with 4 - 5. It's like Mario Kart DS.
I will leave if we are not 6 players. I'm sorry, but it is really boring.
yeah it's very annoying. I just left a group, they started with 5 players..
After a certain amount of time, it just starts automatically.
@BenAV I think that's what happened.
ok didn't know that.
@Klimbatize Yes, sadly.
me and jmvars are waiting, join us.
I didn't play last time, this'll be interesting. I haven't played MK7 in a while!
Darn working alL day
Not much notice for such an event! But I'm really tired so I'm going to bed, you'll have to have the fun without me
Time to join the pack. My name on the track is Kai (on Twitter @RaylaxKai), shout if you see me!
I'll be getting MK7 later this month, maybe next month.
I'm Tom from the UK! I'm in a 4-player lobby!
@GamerOZO Looks like you're with me then, good luck.
Awesome! Hopefully I won't be as awful as last time.
I'm Jamie from the UK if any of you see me!
Lets rock.
I'm Marques in US.
I'm James from the UK playing as Donkey Kong in the train
I'm going to try some Pure Racing, so I'm bound to finish last...
Blue Shells are the bane of my existance
I'll be sure to get into the races later on. Keep an eye out for the LuigiMan!
Thank you invincible star!
Ready to race.
Yeah, Luigi for win!
Argh, I had a communication error in the last race! ;_; I was about to win too!
Looks like my internet disconnected briefly...curse you Virginmedia!
Gonna hit the pure racing track next @ThomasBW84. Might see you out there!
Woot! 2nd place!
I should have gone to the no items room....
Just one of those days where I'm being hit by literally everything.
2nd place.
Damn bomb. Ruined everything for me.
@BenAV I left the game to play no items
Pure racing is a nice change of pace
I'm always in the items race.
Got 1st, may head to no items later.
Oh I'm with Matt! Who's that then?
All right. Got 3 sets of races in, but unfortunately I have stuff to do. I'll leave while on top on the group standings (which will hold up for about 30 more seconds).
Great races, everyone.
Ahh everyones blue! Blue v me!
3rd place in the first tourney. Not too bad :gentlemen:
Got f'ed by that blue shell, while my brother takes first...
I could have been 2nd, but ended up in 7th.
I suck at Mario Kart.
Great no-item races there with with 'Dragon :3', GTKing and Adri
@Jazzem that's me
@Jazzem I'm guessing you were James. Nice first place
Has anyone seen me? I have the same username and use play as the mii in my profile pic.
Alright! First bunch of races. Here we go!
@Dragonxflame323 Aye Close results eh?
@Jazzem Indeed.I'm pretty new to pure racing >.>
@mystman12 I think I'm in your game!
@mystman12 I think I'm in your game!
@Dragonxflame323 I really like the twist it puts on it, makes for a nice change of pace! Though frustrating when you fall down a hole
No! My powers!
That was a close one on SNES RR!
Alright! Second over all is not too shabby!
1st place. 1 point above my brother
Who else is in my group? I'm JM.
Norway 1 and 2 jmvars
What community are people racing in?
im in the all item comm..
@Jazzer94 I'm racing in the all item one, I assumed it'd have a bit more action.
@BenAV And that is where I'm heading.
@Dragonxflame323 Argh, not a communication error! Shame as those were some good races; your comeback on SNES RR was very impressive!
@Jazzem Got an error, ah well good games. I cracked up when I got pushed over the bridge at the start of the last race XD
@Dragonxflame323 Ahah, I was rather confused by that!
I'm rocking out the all items room!!
I won.
Banana peels are such a pain on ramps.
Try giving your 3DS a static IP if you are getting communication error. Worked for both me and Guovssohas.
@Dark-Luigi If that was on the DK course that was me.
tbd's in my group now! Oh it is on, @theblackdragon >:3
Bugger! Who's the guy that uses Japanese in their name?!
Steadily getting worse for me guys.
Jazzer94 Ah! So I saw!
yeah. joined 1st
Ugh, that wasn't my A game...
@Dark-Luigi Whats your tag.
3rd.
@Dark-Luigi @Jazzer94 I must be in the same room as you then. Got 5th overall
@Jazzer94 Marques US. Always playing as luigi.
My connection dropped, though I was getting thrashed anyway!
@Dark-Luigi I'm more of a Koopa or Lakitu kind of guy.
Darkgamer and Yasten are too good!
Anyone played me? I race as Lakitu and my name is joe
Who is the Dragon such an ominous name.
Yeah yeah, any excuse @ThomasBW84 :3
Just got on, in a room with three other people waiting for some more players
Ugh ran out of time and random picked Wuhu Mountain Loop again.
So far, I've placed 2nd overall twice. Typical...
Look for me i'm James in the all items room!! I'm whooping some butt =)))
Damn you game card I was in second on Waluigi pinball
James im in your room
Oh yeah I see you Guovssohas, its a ghost town here, and I just got disconnected... Typical...
Barley escaped the blue shell!
@Guovssohas what's your character name?
@Jazzer94 Were you the Lakitu player?
Oh I'm James as well, sorry if it confused you! Did you get disconnected as well a minute ago Guovssohas?
@Dragonxflame323 Yeah it said I removed the game card must have been wobbling it to frantically can you tell me when the races are over so I can join again.
yes
That Melody Motorway race was insane!
Hey, guys. I was in a couple set of races early on. I've browsed the site for a while but decided to pop in today as well as register. Good races. They were fun.
@Jazzer94 It's over now. I managed to tie first place ;A;
@Dragonxflame323 Going to be gentle this time.
Even when coming second, those blue shells sure know how to find me.
Fifth place from that, thanks game.
First race, 4ths not too bad I guess... Im a Yoshi in the M-Dasher with mushroom wheels
First race, 4ths not too bad I guess... Im a Yoshi in the M-Dasher with mushroom wheels
Ok, I'm James (playing Yoshi) and I just scored 3rd in all items room!!
I'm loving this tournament ((=
Pretty bad lag in the last race, might move closer to the router if it contimues, Got 2nd somehow though!
Falling off once no items = lose.
Well, I'm done. Good games everyone who raced me. MK8 will be epic racing! Until then, green thunder out!
I recommend setting your ip as static, really helped me and my brother.
Thinks it was just a temporary thing, the last race was ok as far as I could tell. Fourth, not terrible I guess...
Finished on a high.
Man I could've had that
Fifth in the last race, and third overall, not too bad for my first game since the last NL tourney
@Jazzer94 @Darkgamer @Yasten Good games! And nice tie. I think I'll switch to some All items now.
James (Yoshi) is creeping into the top 10 in the all items room!
@Dragonxflame323 Going all items to otherwise I'd have to switch out Lakitu.
3rd place again =
I'm finished for today. It was great fun
Trying to find a group
Got first in SNES Rainbow Road!
1st baby
1st
2nd
Throughout those races, I've ended up rivaling against a Koopa racer. I'm stopping now before I let my vengeance out! Two 2nd places overall and two 1st places overall. Great races, guys!
It's been awhile... be gentle!
Dragon were u in my group?
@DreamyViridi thanks for playing!
@Guovssohas I'm the Rosalina player who just got first in the last race I did
In a room with three Toads, with only three players! First on Kalamari Desret, I am the greatest Toad!
Aww I can't get back into a group.
Well, nice being on top while it lasted I guess.
Wow, I keep losing in last place! I'm a great MK player, I even beat 4 world records posted in GamePro magazine back on MK64... but I just can't seem to race well in MK7. Probably the fact I haven't played in 2 years is a small factor, but also the handling and speed is off. Need to find the right cart/wheel combo to get Stella her groove back. This is embarrassing!
Guys, this is really fun =)))
Cakes is bruised, but not beaten. Round Two...
Wow tight race!
I think I die a little inside when Daisy Cruiser gets picked.
And why am I such an item magnet today? D:
@LittleIrves I see you got 1 pt....I'm james, Yoshi
I just joined pure racing! Good luck
I hate Bowser's Castle in this game...
@BenAV Close call!
Darn you with that star Knuckles haha
@Dragonxflame323 Lightning, Blue Shell, Lightning, Lightning... what was that?
@LittleIrves 2 points now...
Had to take a 45 min break. But now I'm back
And DC...
@BenAV The essence of Mario Kart lol. You would've had it!
Nice DK jungle guys
It's been like that for me all morning, everything that could hit me has hit me, haha.
Just one of those days I guess.
Good races though.
My connection's hating me now.
airship fortress gg guys
Might have to leave, my Internet isn't happy today, and now I can't get into a room...
Arghhhh, got stuck at the please wait screen for a few minutes so gave up and closed the game, but then got stuck at the game closing messages for ages so had to just reset my 3DS.
Just not my day.
lol 3 second places
This is a blast, can't wait to do this on Mario Kart 8 =)))
^ YES
@BenAV happens to the best of us...
Very pleased to have won on Airship Fortress! Love that track
@Brown77 You're counting skills are impeccable.
I couldn't get in for a while! Phew!! Almost had a panic attack. Lol. Now for more fun!
I reset my modem, and looks like I'm back in now.
Please behave Internet, I could still be sleeping right now so I want to be able to actually play considering I'm up for this.
Someone just started the game with 4 players, made me have to reset the game =/
I had a blast racing, guys. Nice games all around, can't wait to play again next time! Perhaps that'll be in Mario Kart 8!
I'm up to 109 points on all items room =)))
Man, I might be too late. I'll be home pretty soon so maybe I can get a race or two in. If not, I'll join in next time!
thanks for playing my friends, it was great fun i'm currently on first place
@Guovssohas Same here! You're an excellent racer!
thanks mate. did i play against u?
Just joined!
@Guovssohas You did! But only for two sets of races.
People, join the pure racing community!!
Just got online in the all items community. I'm かずお from Canada.
Joining the All Items community now.
@yokokazuo Seems like we're in the same group! I'm Lichi from Norway
@LichiRichi @LunarHalo24 hopefully more people join, or do you guys just want to start now?
Eh, it's starting automatically anyway.
I actually don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said today has been the worst luck I've ever had in Mario Kart in my life, haha.
Still been fun for the most part though.
Never mind, countdown had already started
Just tied first with someone playing as peach👏👏
PFFFT. That was REALLY close.
Oh, well, that was a bad game...
@LunarHalo24 shoot! Thought I had that race when I hit you with the red shell! Haha. So close...
I did bad in that last one...
gg, you're pretty good LunarHalo
EDIT: Disconnected...
2nd place for the 2nd time. Fairly good 1st 2 races :3
Red shell knocked me out of the air...
That one was pretty close too. Red shells saved me though. -u-
Good game~
I'm going over to Pure Racing now.
@LunarHalo24 Well, I kept running into obstacles that whole race... >.< Had fun, but I think I will be going off now. Good game!
Alrighty then. See ya!
I think I'm done racing for now. Glad I was able to race for a little bit at least~
Im on my bolt buggy with red monster wheels
I think I'm done for the day... the game hates me today and I've seen enough Blue Shells.
Thanks for the fun races everyone.
Who is [GB(Star)Luigi]?
Well, I'm done for tonight. Had some great races, it was a lot of fun! Got to love Mario Kart, and these tourneys are awesome. Thanks for arranging them again, folks. I may have lost this time, but I'll returň͍̗̥̬͓̬͎̚̕͡! I'll be back some d̨̦͔̮͊ͤ̏͆͜ͅà͙̠͕̞̰̻͕ͨͬ́͝ͅy better than ev̵̸̰̭̋̚ͅe ̸̾ͣr̵̰̺͚̬͛ͧ͐̎̽͑́̓! The racetrack w̾ͧ͐͆̀҉̴̨̯̜̮̹i̙̻͍̓̈́͑̈́̂ͦͮ́͢ͅl̑͐͑ͧ̐͏̖͕͖̲̭͢l̵̒͒̈ͣͦ̉ͧͣ͏̟̩̻̭̫͍̰̀ ̴͕̬͕͎̘̻̺̲ͣͮ́ͮͩb̧̛̫̘̘̤̰̜̬͋̓̆̃̾̏̋͘e̘͆ͥ̈͌̎ͥ ̛͙͑̀͑́͝mͯ̌ͥ̋͐ͭͭ̔҉̵͓͎̞͔̟̙̪̹͞i̙̖̣͔̯̋̎̊͝͡͝n̡̦̜̱̬̯̞̅eͪͮ͛҉̰͉͘ I swear it! Those who face me will ş͙̮ͣ̍̈ͣ̏ͪ̕ụ̖̘̱͙̭̤̍̓ͧ̉ͥ͛͆̋͌f͔̼͇̠̳̙͎ͥͤ̀̅͡f̨̻̞̫̩̠͓̲͇̪́̑̎̈e̅̽҉̞̦͈͖r̵̺͉̟̭̩̺ͥͨ̑̅̃̄ͅ ̜͖̲̱ͦ̓͊̽̃̀̚͡f̵͎̭̫͈̬̠ͣ̌ͬ̚͘ĕ̬͙͔͚͈̾͒͒̀̿̍ͮ͝ͅa̸͔̖͖̼̪̪̬͓͛̌͆ͦ́͢r̷̰͉̣̬̫̺̈́ͫ̓ͭ̊̈́̿͞ and defeat THE TRUE VICTOR W̴͕͚̪̲̦͚̬͖ͨ͊Ì̑̈҉̨̠̲L̨͇͓̲̦̰̐ͨ͘L̖̩͚̰̜͚̪ͩͤͨ̅̑̆̕ ̥̲̩̟̩̱̹͓͗͛͒̚͝ͅR̢̯͚̳̰ͫ̊͛ͫͧ͢Îͤ͆͑͑̍ͧ̊̀͏̖̱S͒͌̾͏̞̺͔͚͖͙͓͇É̍͌͗̃̌̚҉̠͍̺̱͢ B͖̳ͤ̔̓͆̏͛̽̚Ë́̆̈͊̾ͩ͑҉͎̜̜W̡̤͖͚͇̣̹͍̖̉ͣ̍ͥ̀̎̐̍A̐͛̈̚͏̵̷̦̗̦͙Ŕ̢̝̪͓̗͉̰ͩ̽ͦ̂̊̈Ė̷̹̞͇̼̝͍̘̆̍ͣ
That was a lot of fun thanks for the races everybody and thanks Tom for organising it!
@Knuckles Hi there we had a couple of good races!
@BenAV You and Peach make a fearsome team haha
Anyone want to exchange friend codes? Mine is 1349-4916-2054. Just asking, since I play Mario Kart 7 most nights and had fun today.
I'm pretty sad cause I ended up getting sick this week and let NyQuil take out my entire Saturday. Just woke up, not fun.
No Mario Kart shenanigans for me.
I had a lot of fun. Ended up playing for over 3 hours with my brother. In the end my brother was leading in the entire community with 218 points, while I was 3rd, right behind BenAV
I'm JM and my brother is Guovssohas, in case anyone is wondering.
@Jmvars You and your brother are great racers. Mario Kart Bros.? Lol. I raced both you and your brother for two sets and was impressed! Thanks again NL!
@idork99 Thanks What was your character name?
GGs to all the NL Mario Kart 7 racers I raced with earlier. I go by the name: [GB*LUIGI] . The * is a Dark Star symbol.
I am Dark Gamer. Gg guys. Very fun!
Probably kinda late now, but I just joined the community.
@3DSLuigi I've raced against you online more than once. I've seen your Orange MK7 mii in my plaza for over a year now. Nice to finally put a user to the Mii.
@Black_psu added u, my fc; 4742-5710-3966
90’s Nintendo will always be better.
Mario 64 is better looking than any new Super Mario game.
Mario use to look cool. Not so obviously aimed at toddlers.
"Wall kick will work” it was challenging. There were elements of creepiness. Like the Thwomps mean face and the fiery painting you jumped through.
Now the Bosses all look adorable like Plessy … The textures looked more tone down and as if they could continue they would strive to continue to look more realistic but instead they look super bright and reflectively shiny.
The music even seemed better in Mario 64 to me. though the music is the only thing that still remains just as good if not better. Better in sound quality obviously but the songs like the one you heard throughout Basement in Mario 64 or that awesome japanese instrument in Shifting Sand Land.
I’m just asking… what happened Nintendo?...
Mario Kart 8 is the first Wii U game I'm actually excited about.
@RedFireTiger i agree the N-64 era was something special. Luckily i still have my N-64
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