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Mario Kart 7 |OT|

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Format: Nintendo 3DS
Launch Date: 12/04/11
Players: 1 - 8
Website: http://mariokart7.com

NeoGAF Mario Kart 7 Review Thread

Screenshot Gallery

Videos
Trailer 1
Trailer 2
Mario Kart 7 Kart Rules TV Commercial
Leaf Cup
Star Cup
Battle Mode
Hideki Konno Interview


Modes


Grand Prix - This is the big one! It's a feverish race for first place amongst eight racers. Three difficulty levels and eight competitive cups with four tracks each will keep you racing for a long time to come.

Time Trials - Race against the clock in a single race on any course you've unlocked. Then challenge others to beat your best time by sharing your ghost data with them via StreetPass communication.

Balloon Battle - Square off against other racers in a closed course, grabbing items and using them to pop their balloons before you get popped yourself. Whoever pops the most balloons wins.

Coin Runners - Battle your fellow racers to see who can get rich the quickest! Grab as many coins as you can on the closed course, and use items to make your opponents drop their stash.

VS (Multiplayer Only) - This mode lets you race with up to 8 players total, with a range of options to customize your match. Choose the number of races, teams, types of items allowed, and much more.

Multi-card Play - If each player has a copy of Mario Kart 7 and their own Nintendo 3DS system, you can hold 2-8 player matches in the Grand Prix, VS., Balloon Battle, and Coin Runners modes. Everyone can choose their own racer and custom kart for maximum racing fun on the bus, at the playground, or anywhere you like.

Download Play - If all your racing buddies have a Nintendo 3DS system, only one of you needs a copy of Mario Kart 7 to enjoy Download Play. All of the exciting VS. game modes are available—the only difference is that whoever doesn't have the game can only play as Shy Guy, and won't be able to customize their kart. All the more reason for each of your friends to get their own copy of the game!

Online Multiplayer - No matter where you are in the world, if you have wireless broadband Internet access, you can link up with other players for online play. You can hold 2-8 player matches in VS., Balloon Battle, or Coin Runners modes with people on your Friend List, or opponents from around the globe. Racing in Mario Kart 7 is a worldwide phenomenon-show the Community what you're made of.

Streetpass - Head to the Mario Kart Channel in your game to access a ton of awesome StreetPass™ features. This is where you can share and view ghost data from racers you pass on the street, and even share your most recent Community data to recruit new members. At any At any time you'll see the 100 most recent players you've passed—and if they're online, you can challenge them to a race right on the spot.

Spotpass - Turn on SpotPass™ communication for Mario Kart 7, and you can receive 20 new ghosts to race per day while the system is in Sleep Mode*. This ghost data will come from novices all the way up to pro kart racers, giving you a chance to choose either a breezy match or a supreme challenge.

Communities - Worldwide online* Communities, appearing for the first time in Mario Kart 7, bring players together like never before. Join a Community to play whenever you like with groups without having to add them to your friend list - or create your own Community and and have racers play by your rules.

Right from the get-go, you'll be able to join Nintendo-created Communities with their own unique rules- such as speed class or items available. Communities come in all sizes—from two players up to 100,000, and every Community has a leaderboard, giving the best players bragging rights.


Characters
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Items

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Tracks

Mushroom Cup
Toad Circuit
Daisy Hills
Cheep Cheep Lagoon
Shy Guy Bazaar

Flower Cup
Wuhu Loop
Mario Circuit
Music Park
Rock Rock Mountain

Star Cup
Piranha Plant Slide
Wario Shipyard
Neo Bowser City
Maka Wuhu

Special Cup
DK Jungle
Rosalina's Ice World
Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road

Shell Cup
Luigi Raceway (N64)
Bowser Castle 1 (GBA)
Mushroom Gorge (Wii)
Luigi's Mansion (DS)

Banana Cup
Koopa Beach (N64)
Mario Circuit 2 (SNES)
Coconut Mall (Wii)
Waluigi Pinball (DS)

Leaf Cup
Kalimari Desert (N64)
DK Pass (DS)
Daisy Cruiser (GCN)
Maple Treeway (Wii)

Lightning Cup
Koopa Cape (Wii)
Dino Dino Jungle (GCN)
Airship Fortress (DS)
Rainbow Road (SNES)

Battle Stages
Honeybee Hive
Sherbet Rink
Wuhu Town
Battle Course 1 (GBA)
Big Donut (N64)
Palm Shore (DS)
 
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I'll post codes here, hidden with the email tag.

Hit the "Quote" link under my name to see the hidden codes.

FoxHimself (All items on, 150CC)
 

Kai Dracon

Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
One thing I'm not clear about with Communities

So, you log online to a community you have bookmarked. Does it basically match up everyone online in that community in groups of 8 - 8 player lobbies? Then there are unified leaderboards for said community where the rankings of everyone who's ever raced in it are visible to all?

Does anyone know if you can only play in a community if other players are online in the same community, or can you log on and do time trials in a community? Can a community be set up only FOR time trials?
 
Finally it's time for Shyguy (disappointing download play only in DS aside), i've been waiting years for this moment.
What's the deal with car and character weight classes? I'd like to shove Shyguy in a heavy kart myself and I assume this is possible due to the kart modifying stuff.
 

test_account

XP-39C²
Was the arm holes in the turtle shells always there? First time i see it now. I like the shells better with no arm holes :\ No big deal though hehe.
 

Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
This was the only game I didn't pre-order this Fall. I'll be picking it up for free with Best Buy RZ certificates instead. :)

poor chet is gonna be devastated

spoiler tag the tracks ;_;
I hope he doesn't go on a murderous rampage.

Yes, spoiler tag that shit. I scrolled past it so I wouldn't read it.
 
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