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Mario Kart: Arcade Gran Prix DX announced (Nintendo/Bandai Namco), due this summer
- Thread starter Hobby
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Criminal Upper
Banned
If this turns out to be Mario Kart WiiU, I'll be happy.
If it turns out this will have nothing to do with Mario Kart WiiU, I'll still be happy. Been on a MK binge as of late.
If it turns out this will have nothing to do with Mario Kart WiiU, I'll still be happy. Been on a MK binge as of late.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
What's the underlying hardware? Triforce Mk.III? Taito Type X2?
perfectchaos007
Member
I'de venture there's a 95% chance this will never see the light of day on the Wii U at all. Nintendo could have made the original Mario Kart Arcade game available for purchase as an "arcade" game on WiiWare but they didn't. And it's probably because Nintendo felt like they should get 25cents for every time we played the game.
Screens are too low resolution to tell much. Since I have a hard time believing this is using their PS3-based boards, it could very well be re-using the engine of the other Arcade GP games and sticking with Triforce.
A Black Falcon
Member
And apparently they don't care one bit that most people outside of Japan can't play it at all.
Beermeister
Banned
Fixed.
StreetsAhead
Member
Exactly. IGN is just being stupid.
Seems Rich from IGN is getting a bit of flak from it on twitter though.
walking fiend
Member
I sure hope this is not what MK U will look like -_-
I can probably design a better UI and font given time
I can probably design a better UI and font given time
It looks like Mario Kart. What would you expect to change?
Don't worry it won't
like I said, this handheld game already looks way better than this arcade game so it only can get better
StreetsAhead
Member
Hero of Legend
Member
One interesting thing is, it runs on PS3 arcade board (Namco System357).
Of course MK will never come out on PS3 as a console so it doesn't really mean anything
So that's what it's running on? Does it say that in the pdf?
Beermeister
Banned
StreetsAhead
Member
Ninja Scooter
Member
the last Mario Kart Arcade was completely independent of the Gamecube Mario Kart, and this looks like an extension of that, so I'm going to go ahead and say that the eventual Mario Kart U won't look anything like this.
Smiles and Cries
Member
hose photos remind me a lot of TANK TANK TANK
but I remember the first arcade Mario Kart from many years ago... meh... Sega should do F-Zero again... wake me up for that
but I remember the first arcade Mario Kart from many years ago... meh... Sega should do F-Zero again... wake me up for that
Tevious
Member
I'd like them to take a cue from MNR or LBP Karting and have a track toolset/editor. Or just have lots of DLC tracks (new and old) over time.
If that gifs supposed to be vomiting then E a D.
Sonic Transformed looks really great.
PS3 port confirmed? Would be funny
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, but it's not a good look for Mario Kart. And I hope that EAD pun was on purpose.
Streets behind.
TalesOfWin
Banned
eh the arcade versions has never been a indication what the console version will look like. And we should be happy over that considering the arcade version looks bland.
God... why?
Oni Link 666
Member
It is nice seeing Namco and Nintendo working together like this. Now, how about putting one of those Soul Calibur games on Wii U?
Tevious
Member
To have a variety of tracks so the game doesn't get old? What's wrong with that??? The game should still have 32 tracks (16 new) to start with as usual.
StreetsAhead
Member
Yeah, there'll probably be DLC tracks this time.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It really is odd that the previous ones didn't come home.
Mario Kart is one of the hugest selling titles of all time, and you let fully finished games just sit in the arcades... really?????
Mario Kart is one of the hugest selling titles of all time, and you let fully finished games just sit in the arcades... really?????
Screamapillar
Member
This more than likely has nothing to do with the Wii U version of Mario Kart.
Nintendo collaborated with Namco in 2005 for a Mario Kart/Namco mash-up arcade racer for Japanese arcades and I think the game was mostly developed at Namco with Nintendo just offering licensing and asset assistance.
This is pretty much guaranteed to be an extension of that and really shouldn't be construed as something related to the EAD-developed Mario Kart Wii U game.
Nintendo collaborated with Namco in 2005 for a Mario Kart/Namco mash-up arcade racer for Japanese arcades and I think the game was mostly developed at Namco with Nintendo just offering licensing and asset assistance.
This is pretty much guaranteed to be an extension of that and really shouldn't be construed as something related to the EAD-developed Mario Kart Wii U game.
Nintendo probably just views the arcade games as advertisements for the "real" games.
Gamer @ Heart
Member
Starting this rumor here:
Nintendo has handed Mario Kart Wii U duties to the Ridge Ever team at Namco. That is why we haven't seen or even heard rumors of an RR for wii u or next gen. Guys it makes perfect sense. Guys. I am sherlock.
Nintendo has handed Mario Kart Wii U duties to the Ridge Ever team at Namco. That is why we haven't seen or even heard rumors of an RR for wii u or next gen. Guys it makes perfect sense. Guys. I am sherlock.
Or maybe they view arcade games as arcade games.
I mean we didn't get Fzero AX either.
As it seems like the graphics aren't good enough to be another Triforce iteration, it's more likely that it's the same (Type 3 i guess) board of GP2 so that means that could be emulated in a Wii (I mean if they don't bring it to merica') if it is it another board it's more likely that it's gonna be a Wii Based than a WiiU One so it still could possible being emulated on Wii if they don't change too much the specs or by the Dolphin Emulator
And in the weird case that this is a Taito Type X Board, well
Mario Kart for PC
And in the weird case that this is a Taito Type X Board, well
Mario Kart for PC
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I think it has to do with them giving Namco and Sega arcade-exclusive deals.
To be fair, all the content from AX was in GX; it just had some insane unlocking requirements.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Why would you feel anything? This is the 3rd in a series of Namco Mario Karts released since 2005.
Indeed sometimes I wonder what StarFox would have been, then I recall how Assault was...
Yeah I remember that -_-'
hardcore indeed.
We never did see more Mario Kart arcade because the arcade scene is dead anyway I don't know why they should bother bringing them if the arcade scene is dead since the whole experience is more than just the ROM inside the cabinet and we know how Nintendo is asinine with their virtual console requirement...
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Arcade ain't dead in Japan.
And I think most of the reason games like this exist is to maintain good relations between the insular Japanese industry anyway.
"If you somehow liked this arcade version of Mario Kart you'll be blown away by the real deal on Wii and 3DS!"
OMG, are you kidding me? the first time I saw that video I thought it was a mediocre fanmade game. I mean... wth?!