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It feels like an awfully long time has passed since the last traditional Mario Kart experience came our way.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe arrived on Switch back in 2017, which itself was a rerelease of 2014’s Wii U entry, and with mobile’s Mario Kart Tour and experimental Switch title Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit filling the gap since, some fans are beginning to wonder when the next ‘main’ game will arrive. According to one trusted games industry analyst, the next entry could actually be speeding into view quicker than you think.

Kantan Games’ Dr. Serkan Toto has shared his gaming predictions for 2022 with GamesIndustry.biz, noting that he believes the industry will likely see fewer delays this year and that crypto gaming could be about to get even bigger. In amongst those predictions, though, Toto discusses what he calls ‘Mario Kart 9’, a true successor to Mario Kart 8 that he claims is “in active development”.

“I am aware Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still selling very well on the Nintendo Switch, but Mario Kart 9 is in active development (and comes with a new twist) and Nintendo could tease it this year.”

So, a new Mario Kart game? With a brand new twist? And it could be shown off this year? Yes please.

Toto also believes that 2022 could see another mobile take on a classic Nintendo IP:

“On mobile, Nintendo has been very silent since Mario Kart Tour’s launch in 2019, but I think 2022 is when we will see an established IP arriving on smart devices again.”

Do you think it’s time for a brand new Mario Kart game? Could you imagine Nintendo showing off a new Mario Kart project this year? Race into our comment section below.

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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, Nintendo’s AR-powered Mario Kart game that lets you race physical toy karts around your home with the Nintendo Switch, just got updated to version 2.0 with a much-requested feature: splitscreen local multiplayer.

Previously, multiplayer Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit was a complex and costly endeavor. You’d need two karts — the base game only comes with one — as well as two Nintendo Switch consoles, and the action would play out on each player’s Switch screen. With the 2.0 update, you can hook up one Switch to a TV so both players can stay on the couch as they race their karts around the room.

There’s also a new Relay Race mode that allows for multiplayer games with just a single kart. Between two and four players can select their own characters, with control switching between them after every lap. In addition, the update is adding a new tournament called the Luigi Cup along with three new courses.

Nintendo is further lowering the barrier to entry by including Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit in its Black Friday sales. The game —including one kart — will cost $59.99 from November 21st, which saves you $40 off the MSRP.

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Closest we’re getting to a new Pilotwings.

Gif: Microsoft / Nintendo / Illogicoma

We’ve seen how well Microsoft’s Flight Simulator handles interpreting real-world objects and landmarks, but what about something a little more…racy? Modder Illogicoma thought it would be neat to try importing Mario Kart tracks into the sim, and they’re right. It’s very neat.

With the latest version of Flight Simulator, Microsoft has given players a reasonable facsimile of the planet Earth, and I feel as if it is our sovereign duty to screw with that planet as much as possible. Not in a global warming sense—we’ve already got that covered, it seems—but by turning it into the fanciful playground it could be if we could only get over the idea of physics and coherent design. In short, we need more people like Illogicoma to have thoughts like these:

So anyway I thought Mario Kart 8 tracks would also be fun when you play them in Flight Simulator so I put Mario Kart 8 tracks in Flight Simulator and played them and it was true.

I’d fly more often if the sky looked like this.

Screenshot: Microsoft / Nintendo / Illogicoma

Not just to have the thoughts, but to actually follow through as well. As Illogicoma explains in another tweet, they got the Mario Kart 8 track models from The Models Resource and created a custom mod with the aid of a Blender2MSFS addon. Basically, they input the models into the Blender 3D Creation Suite and output magical flying race courses for all to enjoy. Witness the glory yourself in the video below, queued up to the 3:26 mark.

As glorious as it all looks, it’s a pretty rudimentary mod. The Mario Kart 8 objects are floating in the air, minding their own business. They do not have collision, so you can fly right through them if you so choose. Flying through rings does not activate checkpoints. There are no coins to collect. It’s just pure and colorful chaos invading a world built from Google Maps and satellite data.

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This is air traffic control, we’re totally screwed.

Screenshot: Microsoft / Nintendo / Illogicoma

I’d like to imagine there is a place in the world, high in the sky, where such dream worlds exist, but I’ll accept modders like Illogicoma tossing virtual versions together for us in a pinch. Lovely work.

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Gif: Nintendo / Skilloz / Kotaku

Do you know you can hit yourself with a Blue Shell in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Speedrunners do, and they’re going all out to blow themselves up with the first place-targeting item as quickly as possible.

Skilloz, the current world record-holder for the hilariously named “Blue Yourself” category, uploaded a video yesterday (h/t Polygon) showing that it’s possible to go from the beginning of the race to spinning out in a Blue Shell blast in just under 38 seconds. If you’re a fan of Baby Daisy—there’s got to be at least one of you out there—you might want to look away.

Here’s how Skilloz did it, according to the man himself:

The items you get depend how far away you are from first place. Knowing this, I sandbag at the start to get a good chance of getting a Star. Then I rush to the next set of items and I’m at the point where getting Triple Mushrooms is also a pretty decent chance. These aren’t too terribly difficult to get if you’re able to correctly position yourself.

The toughest part is getting the Blue Shell. There’s no real way to manipulate it. You can only get a Blue Shell if you’re at least 2000 units behind first place. Since that’s the closest you can be, it’s about a 5% chance of receiving a Blue Shell. You can also only get a Blue Shell once 30 seconds have passed in game.

So when I hesitate in front of those item boxes, I’m waiting on those two things: the first-place CPU to get at least 2000 units ahead of me and 30 seconds of in-game time [to pass]. A member in our community, GsFlint, found that these two conditions can basically line up with each other at the same [time] in Mario Circuit.

My favorite speedruns are those that see players take a small, preferably ridiculous part of a game and get very serious about learning how to do it fast. It’s hard to say how low folks will be able to get “Blue Yourself” times in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but you can bet I’ll be watching with bated breath.

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Mario Kart 9 hasn’t been announced for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite yet, nor has Nintendo even hinted at its existence. However, according to a plethora of rumors, it’s in development for Switch, Switch Lite, and possibly the Super Nintendo Switch. And according to a new rumor, it’s releasing sooner than some may think. In other words, if the rumor is accurate, the turnaround from reveal to release will be a fairly small one, especially compared to other Nintendo games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, Bayonetta 3, and Metroid Prime 4.

According to the new rumor, which comes the way of a “verified insider” over on Reset Era, Mario Kart 9 — or whatever the next mainline installment winds up being called — isn’t just in development but is scheduled to release sometime late this year.

Unfortunately, the insider doesn’t divulge any additional or more specific details about the game or its release, but it sounds like Nintendo is aiming to have it out during the holiday season, which is to say, sometime between October and December.

Not only are details here light, but what is here should be taken with a major grain of salt. While this echoes previous rumors and reports, it’s still all unofficial and completely subject to change.

At the moment of publishing, Nintendo hasn’t provided a comment of any sort on any Mario Kart 9 rumor so far, and at the moment, it’s hard to imagine this changing for this specific rumor. However, if it does, we will be sure to update the article with whatever is provided, salient or not.

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Microsoft’s Edge extensions store appears to be hosting illegal copies of a number of iconic games, including Mario Kart 64, Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Pac-Man, Tetris, Cut The Rope, and even Microsoft’s own smash hit Minecraft. The developers listed on the titles aren’t Microsoft, Nintendo, or any other recognizable game developer, meaning that they almost certainly aren’t official copies of the games.

We found 35 listings across 10 different “developers” with names like “GamePro Inc,” “Gamelands,” “StayReal” and “Kday,” including a number of duplicate games. Many listings, even from different developers, had very similar descriptions, indicating that they could be coming from the same source.

Here are screenshots of just a few of the games we found:

Since the opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan on Feb. 4, visitors have been posting videos and photos of attractions all over the internet. While the posts have left those still in lockdown absolutely salivating, new footage of the theme park at least allows people to appreciate it from afar. Now we have a full look at the new Mario Kart ride, Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge, from Universal Park News Today.

The attraction uses augmented reality, so every visitor gets their own Mario-themed headset to play the game as they ride. The ride treats guests to a first-person view of a variety of classic courses like Mario Kart Circuit and Rainbow Road. As people progress from course to course, everyone fires AR shells at Bowser and his underlings to rack up points.

The waiting area is charming, too. The line goes through a model Bowser’s Castle filled with all sorts of fun props. There’s a giant throne — presumably Bowser’s — that has a framed photo of Princess Peach sitting on it, and an award case with all the Mario Cup trophies. That case also features a new cup, which integrates the Universal Pictures logo into the Mario Cup.

Overall, the ride looks fantastic — and for now, I can only dream about experiencing it live in its full glory someday.

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