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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:I think... by shufler · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The item system makes SMK different from realistic driving games, because you're not driving for hours only to never catch up to the leader.

    It's very satisfying to shoot a shell at a player in front of you to take the lead and the win. You prepared that shell just for them, they should have prepared a defence (I would run entire races in the SNES original with a banana peel or shell hanging out behind me while in 1st). It's not like you can't just look at the other person's screen and realise they're coming to get you.

    It adds another element into the mix.