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  Mario Kart Arcade GP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mario Kart Arcade GP is an arcade-only sequel to Nintendo's Mario Kart series, developed by Namco and Nintendo, making it the first Mario Kart game not developed exclusively by Nintendo.
There are 6 stages in Mario Kart Arcade GP, each with a different theme, from the beach theme in the Mario stage to the jungle theme in the DK stage.
Mario Kart Arcade GP can be difficult to find within the United States, due to limited distribution of the machines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mario_Kart_Arcade_GP   (1140 words)

  
 Mario Kart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mario Kart 64 was released in 1996 in Japan, and in 1997 in North America and Europe for Nintendo 64.
Mario Kart Arcade GP was released in autumn of 2005 in Japan and North America.
Mario Kart DS was released in November 2005 for Nintendo DS.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mario_Kart   (4107 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade GP (Arcade) - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Mario Kart Arcade GP is the first Mario Kart version not fully developed by Nintendo.
Mario Kart Arcade GP seems to be a direct port of the Gamecube version (Mario Kart Double Dash) but only on the graphics side.
As in all Mario Kart series, the objective of the game is to beat your competitors to the finishing lines and do damage to them or slow them down by using various items strewn all over the race tracks.
news.inq7.net /infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=74554   (739 words)

  
 STAR TECH Journal Message Board: JAMMA 2005: Hands On with Mario Kart
Arcade GP was originally shown at the AOU arcade show earlier this year, but JAMMA gave us an opportunity to get in a few extra rounds with the game and grab some quality video footage.
The tracks in Mario Kart Arcade GP are bright and colorful, fitting in perfectly with the visual look Nintendo tends to go for with the series.
Mario Kart Arcade GP is designed from the ground up to be multiplayer-centric -- much like Nintendo's new machine, according to the company.
www.startechjournal.com /discus/messages/5929/6077.html?1125616680   (699 words)

  
 TMK | The Games | Arcade | Mario Kart Arcade GP
Mario Kart Arcade GP offers around 90 items—with a small percentage based on previous Namco games—and 24 total courses in six worlds.
Mario Kart Arcade GP uses a rewritable card for saving information, and the NamCam captures your face to use as a custom avatar in-game.
Mario, Luigi, and Pac-Man are your standard drivers with average acceleration, weight, and speed.
www.themushroomkingdom.net /games/mkagp   (199 words)

  
 Planet GameCube ARC Impressions: Mario Kart Arcade GP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
While on vacation in Disney World last week, Pale was excited to find that virtually every arcade on the property had at least one Mario Kart Arcade GP cabinet.
Karts feel much looser than their console counterparts.
Yoshi sticks Yoshi eyes on your head, Mario gives you a hat and mustache, etc. I hope they release a peripheral that allows future Mario Karts to do something similar.
www.planetgamecube.com /impressionsArt.cfm?artid=11380   (1053 words)

  
 Barcade.com News
The Amusement Machine Operators Union (AOU) tradeshow last week was the stage for the first glimpse of Mario Kart: Arcade GP.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Mario Kart series of games, these drivers have been on multiple consoles and they feature popular Nintendo characters racing each other.
Mario Kart Arcade GP already has players across the internet foaming at the mouth with the classic one driver mode.
www.barcade.com /media_detail.php?type=media&id=1723   (296 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade GP Announced - Gaming Age   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In a surprise announcement, Namco showed off Mario Kart Arcade GP today for the first time.
The game is based on the Triforce arcade board, a collaboration between Nintendo, Sega, and Namco forged several years back.
Namco has said it expects Mario Kart Arcade GP to hit arcades in Japan this Fall.
www.gaming-age.com /news/2005/2/18-40   (282 words)

  
 www.got-next.com // Features
When Nintendo releases a new Mario Kart game exclusively for coin-op play and yet nobody can seem to find it, maybe there's some truth to the notion that arcades are by and large dead these days...
Developed by Namco, Mario Kart Arcade GP is a bit of a change of pace for Nintendo's genre-leading kart franchise.
Drivers include the usual roster of Mario characters (Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Bowser, Toad), with a few high-profile additions from the Namco family: Pac-Man, Ms.
www.got-next.com /features_read.php?id=324   (386 words)

  
 News - Nintendo unveils arcade Mario Kart title // None /// Eurogamer
Nintendo has unveiled a new Mario Kart game in Japan - but anybody expecting to get a closer look at Mario Kart DS or hear about a new GameCube game may be slightly confused when they learn what the company has in store.
The new Mario Kart is an arcade title developed by Namco using Triforce - the arcade system designed by Namco, SEGA and Nintendo and based on Cube architecture - and is due out in Japan this autumn.
Instead, Mario Kart: Arcade GP, as it's known, appears to be something of a one-off, and in a video address at the Amusement Operators' Union show in Japan last Friday and Saturday, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto spoke of how it had been tailored to the arcade experience.
www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=57985   (467 words)

  
 Mario Kart coming to Japanese arcades - Arcade Games News at GameSpot
Namco is developing Mario Kart: Arcade GP for the Triforce arcade system, which was developed by Namco, Sega, and Nintendo in 2002 and is based on the GameCube's architecture.
Miyamoto addressed some of the ways in which Mario Kart was adapted for arcade gameplay.
The Mario Kart series features an item system so that players can catch up by using them when they're trailing behind, but with the new rubber-band system that Namco implemented [in Mario Kart Arcade GP], the races become a really close-pitched match," he said.
www.gamespot.com /news/2005/02/18/news_6118868.html   (569 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade GP Hands-On - Arcade Games News at GameSpot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mario Kart Arcade GP Hands-On We take to the streets in Namco's arcade racer starring Mario.
Mario and the Nintendo cast all appeared to be voiced by their normal voice actors.
All told, Mario Kart Arcade GP is looking like a sharp arcade racer with an abundance of charm.
www.gamespot.com /arcade/driving/mariokartarcadegp/preview_6132550.html?part=rss&tag=gs_previews&subj=6132550   (1166 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mario Kart GP to debut in arcades this October
The new Mario Kart GP arcade game that is being developed with Namco will make its debut this October in the US.
You are able to capture your own pic and use it in the game- imagine a tackling a corner furiously while taunting your opponent with your mug as he slips over your banana peel.
www.ubergizmo.com /15/archives/2005/09/mario_kart_gp_t.html   (133 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade GP! - Static Gamer Forums
I was surprised to see this coming out, I also had thought that Nintendo was out of the arcade business, but perhaps F-Zero AX changed that.
Problem is that the arcade industry needs more big exclusives...titles that won't go to the consoles.
At the moment the trend seems to be take console games and port them to the arcades, which I don't think makes much sense, but hey if it works, I won't complain.
www.staticgamer.com /forums/showthread.php?p=8119   (492 words)

  
 GameTrailers.com Forums - Mario Kart: The Arcade Game
The pods for Mario Kart look cool, it would be great to control it with the steering wheel.
Mario Kart Arcade GP apparently uses some sort of 'rubber band' system to prevent players from falling too far behind, so it stays competitive with positions constantly switching.
Mario Kart 64 had a system like that, that the computer used.
forums.gametrailers.com /showthread.php?t=7633   (1046 words)

  
 Neowin.net > Mario Kart Arcade GP
February 17, 2005 - The yearly AOU arcade show tends to have one or two big surprises, and taking this year's spot is none other than Nintendo's main man, Mario.
Through a tie-up between Namco and Nintendo, Namco is developing Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix for arcades.
It makes sense to have Mario Kart in the arcades though, I don't say they had to do alot to really make a good arcade adaptation.
www.neowin.net /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t286796.html   (487 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade GP - The Next Level Forum
I'd like to think that Mario Kart had enough of a fan base that this might pop up at a gameworks or two, but realistically I doubt we'll ever see it.
As dismal as arcades are, this totally seems like something that would be brought here in some capacity.
Its mario, I have to belive a big arcade place like Game Works, or some shit would grab that thing becauses its a lock to get plenty of tokens.
www.the-nextlevel.com /board/showthread.php?p=900272   (1171 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade GP Review / Preview for the GameCube (GC)
NINTENDO ARCADE PREVIEW: MARIO KART ARCADE GP IAnnounced at the AOU event in Japan, Mario Kart Arcade GP is the result of the latest agreement between Nintendo and NAMCO and is built upon the TriForce board.
It’s worth noting that the game returns to the more traditional characteristic of one character per kart, whilst we’re also happy to note the return of coins – something that has been sorely missing in recent console versions.
Featuring 24 tracks from 6 different worlds, Mario Kart Arcade GP includes the usual roster of Nintendo characters alongside NAMCO classics such as Pac-Man.
www.cheatcc.com /gc/rev/mariokartarcadegp.html   (249 words)

  
 screenshot-gallery: Mario Kart: Arcade GP (platform: NONE) - Ferrago News Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The arcade version will apparently have several tweaks from its console brother to allow for the changes in setting.
Nintendo has announced at an event at AUO that Mario Kart Arcade GP will be coming to arcades.
The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card.
www.ferrago.com /portal/cluster/166041   (286 words)

  
 N-Europe: News: Mario Kart Arcade GP Speeding To Arcades
A Nintendo press release issued today confirmed that their latest joint arcade effort with Namco, Mario Kart Arcade GP, will be hitting US (and presumably Japanese) arcades in October.
MARIO KART® ARCADE GP™ is suitable for players of all ages.
first this Arcade GP with all the bells and whistles (oooo, steering wheel) of an arcade cabinet and of course the November release of the online-enabled Mario Kart DS, the game that will debut Nintendo's Wifi Connection service.
www.n-europe.com /news.php?nid=8286   (665 words)

  
 Mario Kart Arcade GP - Cheap Ass Gamer
The game has been released in the usa to arcades however the last time i checked it was only released in limited quantities so you will be very fortunate if you find a machine.
Now i could go on and on about arcade games i want to play but just cannot find due to the fact that the arcades around me never update anything, same old machines over and over.
I've seen it in 2 arcades and each play was 25 philippino pesos, which is less than 50 cents.(53 pesos= 1 dollar) it was pretty fun so many items, its a pretty good idea and having on revolution would be wonderful.
www.cheapassgamer.com /forums/showthread.php?t=79392   (788 words)

  
 The Magic Box - Mario Kart Arcade GP Preview (Page 1 of 2)
Namco announced Mario Kart Arcade GP at the AOU Show, a new TriForce arcade kart racing game.
Mario Kart Arcade GP will have 24 race courses in 6 worlds.
There is also a Rubberband System, which automatically adjust the kart performance during the race, to close the gap between the fastest and slowest players.
www.the-magicbox.com /0502/game050218a.shtml   (134 words)

  
 BVC Product Details: ,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Namco is happy to announce that MARIO KART® ARCADE GP™ will be shipping in late October.
Familiar Mario Kart® characters like Mario, Luigi, Peach and Wario tear up the track with characters available only in the arcade model….
Some items can be thrown forward at the competitors racing in front of you on the course and others can be used to disrupt those who are hot on your tail.
www.coinoperatedequipment.com /proddetail.asp?prod=Namco_Mariokart&cat=33   (477 words)

  
 Misc: Mario Kart powerslides into arcades - Mario Kart: Arcade GP
The arcade version also choices use of the Nam Cam; the camera what Namco used in previous titles, to put the player's face into the game.
Apparently instead of just awkwardly slapping a players face onto the player model's head, a rep at Namco insisted their select elements of a player's face are used, so that two Donkey Kong players can still be distinguishable from one another but without sacrificing the facial choices their give DK his simian qualities.
Mario Kart: GP isn't confirmed for US and European arcades as yet, but we've heard from what sources what a release does glimpse likely before Autumn of this week.
www.computerandvideogames.com /t/story/mariokartpowerslidesintoarcades/id115260   (405 words)

  
 Mario Kart Is Coming To Arcades - News at Gaming Horizon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mario Kart will include both Race and Combat modes and players are given the opportunity to choose different weapons before the game.
Arcade GP will have 24 tracks from 6 Mario worlds.
No official date when and if Mario Kart Arcade GP will make it overseas, but it is scheduled to release in Japan this Autumn.
news.gaminghorizon.com /media2/1108788900.210.html   (236 words)

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