TRIVIA This game was shown at the 43rd Amusement Machine Show 2005 in Tokyo Japan. Dedicated 2-Player dimensions: 76'' H x 70'' W x 63'' D. The great classic racing game Mario kart series comes to the arcade, with excellent graphics, new characters and options of personalisation, also includes six stages divided into 24 tracks and all kinds of power ups items to increase speed or confuse and take out his opponents off the track, accelerating hard to win this fantastic race! TECHNICAL The cabinet includes a camera which allows the player to take a photo and put it over its kart for multiplayer games. This is powered by Namco System ES3 – which as far as I am aware is a PC configuration (as an example Namco’s ES1 was used in Dead Heat, which is a PC-configuration that used an nVidia 9800GT.Arcade Video game published 16 years ago: Mario Kart Arcade GP © 2005 Namco, Limited. One thing we are also sure about is that this is not the same game as what Nintendo will be releasing for the WiiU later next year that they are calling Mario Kart 8. No confirmation on how many units can be linked yet but I think it is safe to say that 4 should be handled at least with the door left open for more. The game software is the same as found in the Japanese version (so characters like Don-Chan will be playable) and it will also be one of the few arcade games to make use of online features (new courses,karts and characters for release down the road). There is no price listed for the game yet but we should find that out soon. Reusing cabinets is a tested and true way of handling releases that also works to keep costs down. Here is the first shot of the US cabinet, which is a reuse of the 42″ monitor Dead Heat Street Racing cabinets that Namco released last year. Stay tuned for more over the next few days. Many other titles are as well this week ( check this post for a preview of various new titles from many different companies at the event Namco themselves have quite the line-up including the return of Alpine Racerand the psuedo-arrival of Ace Combat to arcades, Mach Storm) but this is the first big confirmation news we have received from the event so far. The game is currently being showcased at the IAAPA 2013 trade show in Orlando, FL. For anyone asking where to find an arcade near them, I’d suggest visiting which has over 1600 locations listed and counting.
Today we can confirm that the game is in fact slated to launch outside of Japan for Winter 2013. We made an assumption that the game would be making it to the West based upon the history of Mario Kart Arcade GP1 and GP2 having a release here. The game was subsequently tested and released in Japan this past Summer. Months ago Namco announced that they would be bringing Mario Kart back to the arcades for a 3rd round with Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
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