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The Taj Mahal built in snow? Aizuwakamatsu Castle? Taiwan's National Palace Museum in ice? Meh! (Okay, all these are pretty cool, but stick with me.) The Sapporo Snow Festival isn't only frozen famous landmarks, it also showcases some of the geekiest snow sculptures on Earth. More »
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Watch this from across the room, or squinting, and you'll think it's Mario Kart. From the effects to the course design, it is literally Mario Kart Wii. More »
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I swear I'm gonna murder Toad. I hate everything about him—his stupid smurfy hat, his dumb little smile, his goofy, perky body language. I despise his goddam Marge Simpson voice, and the way he yells "Rabo!" But most of all, I hate the way the little fucker keeps nailing me with blue shells in Mario Kart 7 and snatching my lead away. More »
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Remember those kick-ass drivable Mario Karts unveiled at the L.A. Auto Show earlier this year? Did you know they started out as glorified golf carts. More »
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There's a spot on the couch where Mario Kart 7 sits, a well-worn seat where the pillows and cushions have been arranged just so. Over the years, a multitude of previous Mario Kart games have all occupied that spot, and so Mario Kart 7 knows just how to hold itself, just how to sit, just how to remain comfortable. This game feels so confidently Mario Kart—every aspect of its design and presentation is just in there. More »
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This week, we've taken a look at Mario Kart 7's online multiplayer and community pages, so for my last launch-week video, I wanted to take a quick tour through the 16 new tracks that Nintendo has created for the game. They run the gamut from simple racetracks to elaborate, multi-level roller-coasters, and a couple already rank among my favorite Kart tracks. More »
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Yesterday, I took a look at Mario Kart 7's online multiplayer, which is functional and easier to use than any past Kart game. Today, I wanted to show another cool feature of the game's multiplayer—the ability to make multiplayer communities. More »
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Reggie Fils-Aime, everybody's favorite pizza man turned game exec, is a terror on the road. The Nintendo of America president thinks it's okay to drive like Mario Kart in real life. You know, burning rubber and throwing heat-seeking turtle shells. More »
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Racing into stores to end a fall gaming season filled with shining gems is Mario Kart 7, Nintendo's final shot in the war to make the 3DS relevant in 2011. Does it hit the mark? *eyes chart* Mostly? More »
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Looking back, there's an argument to be made that Mario Kart 64 was my first true multiplayer gaming obsession, more so than even Goldeneye 64. It was so much more fun to race against my friends than it was to race against the (frustrating, rubber banding) computer—the idea of online Mario Kart hadn't even crossed my mind. More »
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Nintendo has been on something of a roll so far this holiday season, releasing a fantastic new Zelda game for the Wii and a triumphant new Mario game for the 3DS. More »
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The pretty damn amazing Mario Kart 7 ad currently showing looks pretty damn amazing. So amazing that it'd be easy to assume the entire thing, actors aside, was computer generated. But it's not! More »
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Mario's debut on the 3DS was, appropriately, called Super Mario 3D Land. And never in the series 19-year history has the game had a numbered sequel (well, technically there's Mario Kart 64, but it was not the 64th game in the series.) So why is the franchise's 3DS version, due out in North America next week, called Mario Kart 7 and not, say, Mario Kart 3D? More »
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There's currently a rather clever scam fishing its way through Facebook at the moment, looking to cash in on one of the most popular video game series of all time: the humble Mario Kart. More »
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When Mario Kart hit the Wii, Nintendo released a goofy plastic steering wheel that was supposed to simulate driving. Mario Kart 7 is around the corner. Know what that means? More »
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Like chucking turtle shells while carting? Have I got a group of gamers for you. Today, Nintendo announced that Mario Kart 7 would be bringing community features to the long-running Mario Kart series. More »
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Next week G4TV.com will begin streaming dark takes on a trio of video game classics. More »
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The dudes from Japanese car site Cliccar get out of their boring civvies and got dressed up as Mario and Luigi. Then, they hopped in two street legal X-Karts and took to the avenues and boulevards of Tokyo. More »
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This December, Mario Kart 7, which is actually the ninth Mario Kart, pulls off the line. More »
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By now, you've heard about the new study from Nottingham Trent University that found that playing lots of video games can result in "Game Transfer Phenomena": the real world and the video-game world start to blend together, and gamers begin to see conversation menus during real-life interactions and going for button-prompts to perform real-world actions. More »
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Jamming 30 years worth of Mario tunes and visuals into an epic 18-minute-long video remix, the creators of "Super Mario Ceremony The 30th Anniversary Medley" doing an impressive job of honoring Nintendo's famous mascot. More »
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Here's a new trailer for Mario Kart 7, a different one than what was shown at the 3DS conference last night. Nintendo has also dropped some new information regarding how the game will take advantage of the 3DS's hardware, as well as mentioned some fresh additions to the popular series: More »
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Some dude named Mike S. decided to take a video showing how a traffic-free Seattle commute looked. And added some Mario Kart. More »
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We learned the name of the new Mario Kart today. And it's...(pause for effect)...Mario Kart 7. More »
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As part of its press release outlining the 3DS' massive price cut, Nintendo also provided more detailed release information for two of the system's more eagerly-anticipated titles, saying Super Mario 3D Land (November) and Mario Kart 7 (December) will be out in time for Christmas. As will Kid Icarus! More »
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Loads of big games will be at this year's Comic-Con. Nintendo is no exception. More »
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Who'd pass up a chance to own a full set of Yoshi Armor in Super Mario World for a mere 200 SNES points? More »
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Nintendo showed an impressive Wii U tech demo at this year's E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles. More »
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I checked out some of the new features of Mario Kart 3D at the Nintendo booth today. In addition to looking pretty, partially thanks to Donkey Kong Country Returns developer Retro Studios, the 3DS version adds customizable vehicles, flying sections and "underwater driving". More »
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If you thought for a second that Nintendo wasn't going to bring Mario Kart to 3DS, than I guess today is your lucky day. For most of us however, the game's biggest surprise is the addition of flying and undersea racing. Nintendo has also added Mii support and the standard array of 3DS features; Spot Pass, Street Pass, and wireless multiplayer. More »
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Check out the amphibious and aerial footage of Mario Kart 3DS direct from Nintendo's E3 2011 press conference. More »
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In today's installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Vlyke615 wonders what strange gaming habits we've developed over the years. It's sharing time! More »
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They might be at odds in the live-action Thor movie and its accompanying video games, but there is one thing Norse god of mischief Loki and earth goddess Sif agree upon, and that's Mario Kart. More »
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Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto is in Paris at the moment on a 3DS press tour, and in between pressing the flesh and answering questions about his hobbies and pastimes, he's dropping hints about Mario Kart 3DS. More »
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I'd like to think that I made a reasonable request of the man behind Mario Kart. More »
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Game designer Eitan Glinert (Slam Bolt Scrappers) told me over dinner last week that he's really good at Mario Kart games, good enough that, a year ago believed he and his colleagues at Fire Hose Games could gold-medal all the races in all the console Mario Karts for charity in a 36-hour stretch. More »
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There's a new contender in the battle for real world Mario Kart action, Rémi Gaillard. Master video makers Freddie Wong and friends have taken their special effects laden know-how to the track, the most realistic looking Mario Kart-meets-real life video yet. More »
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This line of Yoshis are just a fraction of the population of Nintendo toys and figures at Toy Fair 2011. These guys are from Global Holdings, a company that gets Nintendo items onto the shelves of Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, GameStop and other shops. More »
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As promised, Mario Kart loving prankster Rémi Gaillard takes to the streets of France with kart, Mario costume and huge balls in tow, running from the cops and tossing banana peels and plush turtles at mini-vans. More »
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