Mario Kart Archives

Baby Park is one of the greatest tracks ever created in Mario Kart That might sound odd considering the Mario Kart: Double Dash classic is just an oval shape and a lap takes around 20 seconds to complete, but there is a drifting skill to it that makes it really fun to play against friends. That's[...]

Last week, I shared a video showing off the breakneck speeds of Mario Kart 8's 200cc races The new mode is part of a free update that will be with us on April 23rd. If that first video didn't give you a good enough idea of the speeds that 200cc gets to, this one almost certainly will[...]

We recently learnt that Mario Kart 8 was getting a free update that would include a 200CC mode on April 23rd This will be the fastest mode the series has ever implemented, which will no doubt make it the hardest mode in the game. The problem is we don't really have a frame of reference for just[...]

Mario Kart 8 was one of my top picks for Game of the Year last December, so obviously I'm pretty excited about any new content for the game. Last night during the Nintendo Direct a ton of that came our way too The first was the announcement of the new DLC for the game Much like[...]

Most major corporations stay neutral in such matters, but then again, Nintendo aren't most corporations. Riffing on Marshawn Lynch's confessed love for playing as Toad in Mario Kart on Conan, the company's American division sent this tweet to the player with a GIF of Toad hitting a Mii Karter with a red shell. Thanks to GameSpot for[...]

By Jared Cornelius If you've been paying any attention to Nintendo over the last year you've no doubt heard about Amiibos.  The small plastic figures are riding high off the "Toys-To-Life" craze, created thanks in part to companies like Activision and Disney flooding the gaming aisle with child friendly monsters and recognizable superheroes.  If you're unaware, Amiibos, are Nintendo themed inaction figures more akin to vinyl toys than anything[...]