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[lbd_nytetrayn]

Sweet mother of fucker, Jesus holy and shit.

JEUX-FRANCE wrote: "The biggest rumor of the day so far seems to be that NAMCO is in the middle of develloping a game called "Mario Kart The Arcade" after a list of games was made available on the Japonese site "FiberBit.net" about Arcade games that will be available to try at the largest Arcade gaming show "AOU 2005" which opens on the 19th of February in Tokyo. Namco seems to be presenting this racer during said event. We're going to have to wait till this weekend to get confirmation."

Could this be the next Triforce game? I can't really believe they would say it's a rumor whent heres a picture of it right there. Either that, or it's a hell of a well done fake.

I really hope this is coming out on 'Cube. That Double Dash crap just didn't do it for me. Also. I believe I see Pac-Man driving that kart there. What more awesomeness could there possibly be?

UPDATE: The arcade machine takes your picture and "morphs" it with the mugshot of the character that you are using, for instance if you were Mario you'd look like a fat guy with a red M cap. That's what those crazy looking little pictures are above the karts. Not really a big play mechanic, but hey, neat. Also, if you hadn't noticed, the Ghost weapon is back. Woo! And Pac-Man is most definately playable. I mean, look at him, he's right there.

UPDATE: Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix promises some added bonuses above previous home Mario Kart games. In addition to 24 courses set in 6 different worlds, you can count on some new playable characters, including Pacman. Namco will also be making use of what it calls the "Nam Cam," a camera placed above the monitor which allows players to place themselves in the game. Finally, continuing a growing arcade trend, the game will make use of rewritable cards for saving play data.

"A Japanese arcade release is set for Fall. -- IGN"

As one person put it...

"Here were my nuts before:

OO

Here they are now:

..

THANKS."



Speculation is running that this may run on the Triforce arcade hardware, a joint venture between Nintendo, Namco, and Sega. But we've only seen Namco and Nintendo on this, which means Sega isn't seen yet...

Some are arguing about the idea of Sonic in a game like this, that he wouldn't need a kart. I refer them to this hilarious series of strips dealing with a very similar issue involving Quick Man and the Battle & Chase tournament.

LBD "Nytetrayn"

Comments

[makou.livejournal.com]

That could very well be a "SEGA" logo in the lower-left corner of the marquee. If it is, then it's indeed a Triforce game.

[shinkuu.livejournal.com]

That looks incredible!! But it looks like... are there only four karts per race? I guess that'd be standard for an arcade game.

[korcas.livejournal.com]

Namco making Mario Kart? Watch how you'll only drive a cart in two stages of the game, and run around in 3D areas the other part. ;P

[makzu.livejournal.com]

The cool thing about the Triforce hardware is that it's extremely close (architecture-wise) to the Gamecube. Meaning it's really freaking easy to port games over in either direction.

And if this game is successful, then, well...

[lbd-nytetrayn.livejournal.com]

He seems to have one.

LBD "Nytetrayn"