Mario Kart 64 - Virtual Console Articles

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  Friendly Reminder: Know Your Shells

  Todays Woot shirt comes from Ramyb, a native of Baltimore, Maryland and obvious supporter of education. Depicting an obviously well-educated spikey, blue-shelled turtle teaching a small class of his somewhat lesser peers about their abilities.
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  Merry ChristNES; Free 8 Bit Christmas Songs

  Doctor Octoroc gives us 8-bit renditions of our favorite christmas themes... with a video game twist!
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  AKASHI (Mario x Mickey) by Dave Bondi

  Nike and Honda aren't the only people doing hybrids now. Dave Bondi's AKASHI figure is a great smash-up of two of the worlds most noticeable characters, Mickey and Mario. The physical features of both melt together seamlessly as each lend a hand into creating something new. AKASHI stands a proud 9? tall and is limited to only 200 pieces.
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  Meet Charles Martinet at Nintendo World for Mario Super Sluggers Launch

  To celebrate the launch of Mario Super Sluggers, Charles Martinet, the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, and more will be in attendance at the Nintendo World Store in Manhattan on August 24th, signing autographs and giving out a mysterious special gift from Nintendo to those who purchase the new Mario sports title.
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  Nintendo C$%@ Blocks Americans Trying to Kart Early

  Datel's Wii Freeloader, which let owners of Nintendo's milky white console play games from other regions, is apparently incompatible with Mario Kart Wii much to the chagrin of importers looking to get an early start on the waggle-infused driving experience. Awesome online import store(and advertiser to us)Play-Asia, sent out an e-mail to everyone who pre-ordered MKWii on their site. Here's a snippet of the message:
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  Classic, GameCube Controllers Gimped For Mario Kart

  The latest fact sheet handed to Kotaku from Nintendo contains some notes on the game's four control schemes. Here's what it says for the Classic and GameCube controls: ¿ Classic Controller: Mario Kart veterans can let their thumbs do the driving with the Classic Controller. However, players cannot perform certain moves with this control scheme. ¿ Nintendo GameCube Controller: Experienced Mario Kart fans may also enjoy this familiar scheme, although some manoeuvres cannot be performed. More after the jump...
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  Nintendo Prez Raves About Wii 'Mario Kart,' Defends 'Manhunt 2,' Shares 'Endless Ocean' Secrets

  Last year some people were worried that the Wii console overseen by Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime was driving some gamers to accidentally hurl their controllers through their TV screens. A week ago, at E3, Fils-Aime helped unveil the Wii Balance Board, a bathroom-scale-shaped controller designed for Wii-enabled full-body yoga, hula-hooping and skiing video game action (see Nintendo At E3: Mad 'Mario' Titles On The Way; Wii Zapper Could Be A Future Shock). Might Nintendo be concerned that the ...
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  Mario Kart Wii held back for early '08 "void"

  The rumours were right about Mario Kart Wii showing up at E3 last week, they were wrong about it coming out this year - Nintendo tells CVG is has enough big games for Christmas and wants to hold something back for the typical New Year void. For the holidays we have a huge line-up of Wii games already, including Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles and Pokémon Battle Revolution.
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  Rumour: Mario Kart Wii In Europe This Year

  Sources say that the Wii version of Mario Kart - which is said to be revealed at E3 - will be out this year in Europe...The game will be shown at this year's E3, which is something that everything expects anyway. What's more is that it will be release this year in Europe. Specific details on the game are still unknown - just the planned release date and the fact that it exists is known - but we will find ...
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  Rumour: Nintendo Announcing New Hardware At E3

  According to rumours which appear credible to Jeux France, Nintendo would at this year's E3 reveal firm release dates for Smash Bros and Mario Galaxy. More importantly, Nintendo will have a grosse révélation au niveau Hardware [big hardware news] as well as a look at Mario Kart for the Wii.