Item boxes in Mario Kart are both intentionally placed in their location by the game’s developer as well as dynamically filled… upon picking one up, players receive a unique item based […]
Thanks to the popularity of the original kart racing games like Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing, almost every gaming franchise seems to have their own “kart racing” spin-off now. […]
Appearances can be deceiving in Mario Kart… characters like Baby Mario and Baby Peach may not look like legitimate contenders for victory at first glance when compared them to their […]
Multiplayer modes such as “balloon battle” add a unique twist to the Mario Kart formula, with our racing ability taking a backseat to developing a superior battle strategy. These victories […]
While playing online with others is one of Mario Kart’s major draws, it also brings in one of the worst aspects of the online gaming experience… CHEATING. The ability to […]
As much fun as playing Mario Kart can be, it is still a competition at its’ core… players use a combination of racing techniques and offensive weapons to advance towards […]
As hard as I try to prevent it, there are still times that I fall off the track while playing Mario Kart. Fortunately, that mistake doesn’t mean that my game […]
While the coins that surround the race track in Mario Kart provide a much-appreciated speed boost, they have a few downsides… they aren’t permanent, they don’t carry over into the […]
While most of the tracks in Mario Kart are fairly straight-forward, it is still possible for us to find our racer facing the wrong way after a collision has occurred […]
I don’t know about you, but I much prefer the clearly defined “three lap races” in Mario Kart to facing an endless endurance mode featured in other racing games… I […]
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