Late last month, a Tokyo District Court ordered MariCar, the unofficial real-life Mario Kart, to cease lending out Nintendo-themed cosplay and to cough up nearly $US90,000 ($126,367) in damages.
However, MariCar is continuing business as usual.
As Kotaku previously reported, Nintendo filed suit early last year for intellectual property violation.
The service is popular with visitors in Tokyo and Osaka but has caused problems, including incidents of tourists crashing the carts.
Livedoor News reports that now, even after a judge has ruled against MariCar, now known as MariMobility, the company is still running its service as it appeals the ruling and MariCar riders continue to wear Mario, Luigi, Bowser outfits.
朝からマリカー走ってたわ。 pic.twitter.com/vkSuT1NBnf
— UG☆鳳凰 (@UG_phoenix) October 14, 2018
本日、銀座で爆走するマリカーを見て、「非上場で上場する気もない会社の開き直り」と「いわゆる無敵の人の犯罪」の相違性について考察していました。 pic.twitter.com/j9fWCalQBT
— ボヴ (@cornwallcapital) September 27, 2018
任天堂がマリカーに勝訴してたが、いくら信号が赤だからと言って思いっきりカートから降りて案内役と思われる奴がエンジンかけたまま車から降りて記念撮影してる様な会社はロクなもんじゃねえよ。画像はたまたま俺が撮ったもの。 pic.twitter.com/YOvMB2v0BA
— 釘バットさん (@kugibat) September 27, 2018
秋葉原のマリカーさん、敗訴後もふつうに走ってた pic.twitter.com/B4FVSp1SZ0
— ツルミロボ (@kaztsu) September 29, 2018
難波にマリオカートおった(小並感) pic.twitter.com/gLwN0fmrZM
— 卍よしのすけ卍 (@yoshinosuke323) October 4, 2018
打ち合わせの帰りに、、
\( ‘ω’)/ウオアアアアアア!!!ぉぉスーパーマリオカート軍団に遭遇✨✨✨写真許可貰ったので、ピース頂きました笑 pic.twitter.com/2DjATTvdBd— KROMY(クロミー) (@kromy1985) October 15, 2018
みなとみらい駅周辺でマリカーやってる外国人スコだわ。 pic.twitter.com/Cs6S7HEHlG
— ピロチンマン (@k7Rfh7ewW8vd1EZ) October 15, 2018
訴訟で任天堂に敗訴した路上マリオカートが今日も大阪梅田をハシリマクリディ pic.twitter.com/hOW0nZZ7jR
— 沖田虎丸 (@okitatoramaru) October 6, 2018
マリカーぜんぜん懲りてなくて笑った pic.twitter.com/CfsQW4Ys6t
— リカール (@gvgexvs0919) October 6, 2018
公道マリカー消える前に一度見といてよかった☺️ pic.twitter.com/H0BslIoGbW
— L (@Elulu_7) October 7, 2018
マリカーは相変わらずなのかな? pic.twitter.com/WKnl6js8ia
— こたちゃん@胃袋は大洗 (@kotatsu_neko) October 8, 2018
原宿でまたマリカーに遭遇した pic.twitter.com/AzXuMLwqOM
— くま (@kumaaa18) October 13, 2018
浅草で公道マリオカート発見!!???? pic.twitter.com/JoS1iVZ4UB
— 結祈 (@YuKi_4o4) October 11, 2018
マリカーを引き連れて走るジーノ pic.twitter.com/wOlpFTUJ2E
— みਭ ̏ ₹ㄘ???????????? (@kurumilk0110) October 14, 2018
今日はマリオカートに遭遇しました???? pic.twitter.com/rTEE9Gsmsz
— Teeiyo!! (@Teeiyo_zrxii) October 13, 2018
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4 responses to “After Nintendo’s Lawsuit Win, Japan’s Unofficial Mario Kart Continues ”
“Here’s like 6 screens worth of untranslated japanese tweets in a row. God help you if you’re on your mobile.”
Thanks, Brian.
The tweets aren’t even in context, nor are they necessary. The article at no point says “here are some tweets confirming it”, they are just stuck in there, and really redundant because the provided link to Livedoor News covers the story in sufficient detail (with a bit of help from Google Translate).
Way to cover something that I saw happening immediately the next day in the flesh like 2 weeks ago there 😛
Saw them on the street in Shibuya yesterday (the 17th). Annoying that the only result of this is that the image of foreigners breaking laws will continue, making it harder for the rest of us ¯\_(ツ)_/¯