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Arcade Version of Mario Kart Coming to Japan

Posted by Zonk on from the let'sa-go! dept.

Gamespot has the story about a heads up arcade version of Gamecube favorite Mario Kart. The arcade version will apparently have several tweaks from its console brother to allow for the changes in setting. From the article: "The Mario Kart series features an item system so that players can catch up by using them when they're trailing behind, but with the new rubber-band system that Namco implemented [in Mario Kart Arcade GP], the races become a really close-pitched match..."

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  1. Re:So um... by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 4, Informative
    It came...and went.

    From what I've heard online, the machine is somewhat rare. I've never seen one, and most of the people who have have seen it in one location only.

    Arcades seem to be almost completely dead in America. If the market wasn't so small now, it would be easier to find. As it is, though, how many arcades exist where the investment that would be needed for a giant and relatively complex machine that may or may not result in a profit?

    Short version: it's out there, but good luck finding it.

    --
    Goo goo g'joob.
  2. more images from AOU arcade exhibition by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    AOU2005 968 KiB
    Neo-Arcadia.com: Toutes les dernieres news 10,4 MiB
    MSN-Mainichi INTERACTIVE [2005] 308 KiB

    Now mod me up, shitnipples. :)

  3. Re:So um... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 2, Informative

    First, get a load of this site that has catalogued F-Zero AX sites in the US that they can find. They haven't found many.

    Second, F-Zero GX/AX was made by Sega's Amusement Vision.

    Third, you may be thinking of the arcade hardware itself. Namco, Nintendo, and Sega teamed up to develop the "Triforce" arcade hardware which is used in F-Zero AX and the Mario Kart arcade game.