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Anyone who has ever picked up a controller and squealed around the track in Nintendo’s Mario Kart has probably thought about how amazing it would be to get to do it in real life.

Japan
(Mari Car • Mario Kart • nintendo • video games • Viewster)

Mario Kart makes the leap to virtual reality at new Tokyo VR entertainment center【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2017

Warm up those throwing arms, because it’ll take more than a button tap to chuck those Koopa shells.

Japan
(Bandai Namco • Evangelion • Mario Kart • Ninendo • Super Mario • Tokyo • video • video games • virtual reality • VR Zone Shinjuku)

Rumors of real-life Mario Kart attraction to open at Super Nintendo World

Shannon McNaught
Jun 5, 2017

Now you too may be able to experience the thrill of driving over a banana peel.

Japan
(Mario Kart • nintendo • Super Nintendo World • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan)

Hugh Jackman speaks Japanese, pulls up next to Mario Kart drivers on the road during Japan visit

Oona McGee
May 26, 2017

From the look of these videos he shot, Wolverine is in love with Japan.

Japan
(celebrities • Hugh Jackman • Japanese language • Logan • Mario Kart • Marvel • movies • Wolverine • X-Men)

Trial begins in the case of Mario Kart v. Mari Car

Master Blaster
Apr 19, 2017

Nintendo is suing a go-kart and costume rental business for infringing on their Mario Kart copyright.

Japan
(go-kart • Mari Car • Mario Kart • nintendo • Tokyo • video games)

Japan’s amazing screen door video game artist is back with new NES-inspired projects【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2017

Intricate process creates characters that look as cool now as they did in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

Japan
(art • cool • crafts • fan art • Final Fantasy • interior • Mario Kart • Mega Man • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

Crafty Dragon Quest Builders player creates Mario Kart-inspired custom race course

Mike
Feb 13, 2016

A creative Dragon Quest Builders player has managed to build a Mario Kart-inspired in-game race course so impressive, he received praise from the game’s producer himself.

Internet, Japan
(Dragon Quest • dragon quest builders • Mario Kart • Square Enix • video games)

Please make Star Kart, the Star Wars/Mario Kart crossover, a real game immediately!【Video】

KK Miller
Feb 12, 2016

You mean there’s a video that takes the world of Star Wars and combines it with the ruthless fun of Mario Kart? YES, PLEASE!

Internet
(awesome • Dark Pixel • Mario Kart • nintendo • Star Wars • video • video games)

Nintendo taxis?! Peruvian cabs outfitted with Mario Kart 8 setups for rear passengers to play

Casey Baseel
Oct 27, 2015

Japanese taxis are pretty nice. They’ve got those cool doors that swing open and shut at the touch of a button, and the lace doilies they usually have across the rear parcel shelf add a nice touch of class.

Still, we’re finding ourselves feeling a little jealous of taxi patrons in Peru, where one company isn’t just providing swift transportation, but entertainment with a fleet of cabs equipped with Nintendo Wii U game consoles for passengers to play in the back seat during their ride.

Japan, S America
(cool • Mario Kart • nintendo • Peru • taxis • travel • video games)

Mario mod goes on violent rampage in Grand Theft Auto V【Video】

Cara Clegg
Sep 11, 2015

The vibrant Grand Theft Auto mod scene is what keeps the game alive long after people have completed the campaign, making sure gameplay never grows stale and providing plenty of laughs for both the players involved and the viewers of the resulting videos. There are already hundreds of mods available for the latest entry in the franchise, Grand Theft Auto V, and a few creative Nintendo-based ones have been combined to create this surreal video of Nintendo’s Super Mario behaving badly in Los Santos.

This isn’t the Mario that Nintendo wants you to see.

Internet
(Grand Theft Auto • Mario • Mario Kart • modding • nintendo • Rockstar Games • video games)

Japanese pianist stuns us with faithful representation of Mario Kart music and sound effects

Preston Phro
Dec 8, 2014

Fan covers of video game music are nothing new by this point, but that doesn’t make them any less awesome. We’ve seen metal covers, beautiful acoustic covers, and NES cartridge harmonicas, but rarely have we seen someone so dedicated to conveying every sound in a game.

Using nothing more than two pianos, this niconico video user plays both the in-game audio and the sound effects. As one commenter put it, “This was so amazing, I almost forgot to comment!”

Internet, Japan
(Mario Kart • piano • video game music • Zimuin G)

Japanese gamers share their most memorable Mario Kart moments

Philip Kendall
Nov 19, 2014

Mario Kart. We don’t know a single person who claims not to like it at least a little bit, and with its 22-year history and eight (11 if you count the arcade iterations) distinct outings to date, pretty much everyone has zipped around at least one of Nintendo’s crazy cartoony tracks at some point in their life.

News site MyNavi Woman recently polled gamers all over Japan about their most memorable Mario Kart experiences, 13 of which we’ve listed after the jump for your reading and reminiscing pleasure. Honestly, we don’t think there’s a single one here that didn’t have us nodding in agreement.