Kamek the Magikoopa is finally part of the Mario Kart roster, 25 years after he was first teased as a playable character — and cruelly ripped from the roster — in Mario Kart 64. Kamek is the latest racer to join Mario Kart Tour, Nintendo’s free-to-play spin on the kart-racing series for mobile. Nintendo announced […]
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Mario Kart Live update brings new courses and items
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, the AR and toy take on Nintendo’s Mario Kart series, quietly got an update on Thursday. The new version brings an additional cup and new items for your racer, according to Nintendo’s support website. The update is free and adds the Mario Cup to the Grand Prix, which brings three […]
Mario Kart Tour Update Brings Back An N64 Classic Track With Royal Raceway
It’s June, and that means wedding season has come to Mario Kart Tour. With the new tour comes the return of an old N64 classic track, Royal Raceway. For the first time in the mobile version of Mario Kart, avid racers can now duke it out in a blast from the past. Also per usual, […]
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Just Received Its First Update In Over 2 Years
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe just received its first update in more than two years, but don’t go getting too excited about what it brings to the table. Four years on from its release on Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn’t the kind of game that gets a lot of updates. Even to begin with, […]
Mario Kart 64 Speedrunner Is The First To Hit A 1/90000 Trick, Breaks Two World Records At Once
Mario Kart 64 speedrunner Dossey shocked the game’s community by breaking two world records at once, both the single-lap and three-lap records on Kalimari Desert, hitting a trick with one in 90 thousand odds after around five thousand attempts, live on Twitch. With a game as old as Mario Kart 64, you’d think that top players […]
Mario Kart Tour Team Rally Bowser Vs. Donkey Kong To Start May 4
Once Nintendo’s mobile variant of the world’s best-loved racer switched to landscape mode, there was no stopping Mario Kart Tour from dominating the charts. Since that switch, the game has been churning out tour after tour for racers to shred with their tyres, and the next event pits two iconic characters against each other. Bowser […]
Mario Kart 8 Is Now The Best Selling Racing Game Of All Time In The US
New sales data reported on by the NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella shows that Mario Kart 8 has become the best-selling racing game in the US. Piscatella announced the achievement through Twitter, where he was reporting on March’s sales data. In the Tweet, he says that Mario Kart 8 placed 6th on the best-sellers chart for the […]
Mario Kart Tour Adds Challenging New Course As Part Of The Ninja Tour
The Ninja Tour has officially begun in Mario Kart Tour, adding new karts, gliders, and the new Ninja Hideaway track. There’s also a “Snap a Photo” challenge running on Twitter that will provide all players with coins based on the community’s participation. To join in on the “Snap a Photo” fun, you’ll need to take […]
Mario Kart 8 Fans Are Blasting Themselves With Blue Shells In "Blue Yourself" Speedrun Competition
One of the worst feelings, when you’re drifting Mario Kart’s courses, is spotting the blue shell chasing your tail. Many have shared mythical techniques or flukes in order to shake it off, but this new Mario Kart 8 challenge has fans welcoming the kaboom. The Blue Yourself speedrun challenge is a rather simple concept, compared to […]
New Mario Kart 8 speedrun makes fans ‘blue yourself’
When it comes to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, there’s no greater threat to the crown than an opponent holding a fearsome blue shell. But the latest speedrunning sensation for the Nintendo Switch racing game doesn’t just embrace the blue shell — fans are actively trying to target themselves. The appropriately-named “Blue Yourself” speedrun category has […]