Mario Kart 7 Is The Ninth Mario Kart

15 responses to “Mario Kart 7 Is The Ninth Mario Kart”

1. 

   Shane

   July 29, 2011 at 9:03 am

   Mario Kart 64 doesn’t count. Twice.

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2. 

   Arctick

   July 29, 2011 at 9:17 am

   Its 7 unless u count the namco arcade games, which no one would
   Mario kart 7 and rightly so

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3. 

   Jamie What?

   July 29, 2011 at 9:24 am

   Yes! Let’s count them!
   1) Super Mario Kart — SNES
   2) Mario Kart 64 — N64
   3) Mario Kart: Super Circuit — GBA
   4) Mario Kart: Double Dash!! — GC
   5) Mario Kart DS — NDS
   6) Mario Kart Wii — Wii
   7) Mario Kart 7 — 3DS

   Wait……..

   That’s seven. You obviously wouldn’t be counting the Arcade GP games that were made by NAMCO. That would be stupid. They didn’t even get released on any Nintendo console. That’s like including the CD-I games when you talk about Zelda. No, I obviously missed two somewhere….

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4. 

   Stevorooni

   July 29, 2011 at 9:25 am

   Super Mario Kart (Snes)
   Mario Kart 64 (N64)
   Mario Kart Super Circuit (GBA)
   Mario Kart Double Dash (GCN)
   Mario Kart DS (DS)
   Mario Kart Wii (Wii)

   Did I miss any? This one will be the 7th…

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   1. 

      Stevorooni

      July 29, 2011 at 9:29 am

      oh there were 2 arcade versions according to wikipedia, but I guess those don’t count.

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      1. 

         N0NEoftheAB0VE

         July 29, 2011 at 10:50 am

         Does anyone go to arcades anymore?

         …[sounds of crickets chirping]

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            Christian

            July 29, 2011 at 1:01 pm

            I do, they are fun…but WWAAAAAAYYYY over priced for $2 a pop at playtime.

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5. 

   MrTaco

   July 29, 2011 at 9:31 am

   I’m confused. I only see an ad for SMK?

   But ok I’ll count on my own then. SMK, MK64, MKDD, MKSS, MKDS, MKWii, and now MK3DS. I guess you’d be counting Namco’s pair of arcade games too?

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      MrTaco

      July 29, 2011 at 9:33 am

      Haha and then the rest of the comments appear…

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6. 

   ba!

   July 29, 2011 at 9:37 am

   It would be nice if they made it so you could race Wii people. But obviously no kites or underwater ..etc

   I hate it when a new one comes out and the old one just get’s left behind.

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   Alex

   July 29, 2011 at 10:16 am

   Iv played both the arcade ones. They are true to the other games, so I’d say that they certainly count towards the Mario Kart count

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   1. 

      Jamie What?

      July 29, 2011 at 2:26 pm

      They were made by different people (Namco), had completely different driving mechanics and items.

      Aside from letting you race as Mario in a go kart, how are they “true”?

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      1. 

         Mic

         July 29, 2011 at 6:23 pm

         They had more items, sure but if you’re going to use that, then all non-Mario Kart Snes games are out.

         The driving Mechanics were only different by using an actual steering wheel and pedals instead of buttons. Coins were picked up to increase speed like the Snes. You could still bunny-hop, unlike Double-dash. The onlything I’d say was ‘major’ was that when power sliding you were immune to being rammed and losing coins.

         The games may not have been made by Nintendo, but they’re great games, and they’re definitely great Mario Kart Games.

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   N0NEoftheAB0VE

   July 29, 2011 at 10:49 am

   Yeah I counted this morning and 7 is right. Kotaku US really needs some quality control on these sort of things.

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   1. 

      Chazz

      July 29, 2011 at 9:24 pm

      KotakuUS can’t have quality control. The site would close down if they did and considering the crap they post I always wonder what goes through Serrels and Co’s minds when they decide to repost this crap.

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