Nintendo is experimenting with other realities and this time, Ninty is trying out Augmented Reality (AR). During its Super Mario Bros. Direct to celebrate the series' 35th anniversary, the console maker announced Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Created in partnership with Velan Studios, this Nintendo Switch game is like no other as it requires physical Mario-themed kart toys to play. These karts come equipped with a camera and are controlled with the Switch console for an AR Mario Kart experience.

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The physical kart responds to boosts in-game and in the real world, stops when hit with an item, and can be affected in different ways depending on the race. Players place gates to create a custom course layout in their home, where they can let their imagination determine the track. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit allows players to race against Koopalings in Grand Prix to unlock skins to customise courses and costumes for Mario and Luigi, and also supports up to four players in local multiplayer mode .

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, which is available in Mario or Luigi models, launches on 16th October and functions with a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Lite.

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[drazenm]

Gimmick that will get boring after an hour, max two. One the same course over and over. Yes you can get up and rearrange the furniture, make a new lap, but how much can you actually change and interesting for how long? Gimmick, hopefully you can return it.

 

[banjo2]

i think you can add cpu racers too, obvisouly theis is not an online racing game since it streams the track from the kart to the switch so how would it even work online you control a kart on a random people house? lol and get to see their house or even ride their kart off a pack of stairs or out of the room? lol

Up to 4 players and 1 cpu racer I think, the trailer doesn't show any more than 5 on the track

 

[Bladexdsl]

Gimmick that will get boring after an hour, max two. One the same course over and over. Yes you can get up and rearrange the furniture, make a new lap, but how much can you actually change and interesting for how long? Gimmick, hopefully you can return it.

didn't you see in the video (did you even watch it...) all the different layouts?

 

[Glyptofane]

Looks pretty cool, but I'm sure I live in too much cramped squalor to properly setup the courses.

 

[Pipistrele]

Gimmick that will get boring after an hour, max two. One the same course over and over. Yes you can get up and rearrange the furniture, make a new lap, but how much can you actually change and interesting for how long? Gimmick, hopefully you can return it.

It's a toy for kids more or less - they would get more mileage out of the whole AR aspect and improvising tracks with household items.

 

[Rail Fighter]

Gimmick that will get boring after an hour, max two. One the same course over and over. Yes you can get up and rearrange the furniture, make a new lap, but how much can you actually change and interesting for how long? Gimmick, hopefully you can return it.

Yep, I think it's missing something.

 

[Rail Fighter]

It's a toy for kids more or less - they would get more mileage out of the whole AR aspect and improvising tracks with household items.

I see the point. Well, I can't judge in that aspect, I would buy one if I was asked to.

Edit: sorry about the double post.

 

[tranceology3]

Ok so this is really cool. Will it work with a modded switch? Also you think it can do ramps and jump?

 

[raxadian]

You can bet your ass it won't be cheap.

Nintendo makes you pay a lot of moneys for cardboard, of course it won't be cheap.

 

[banjo2]

Nintendo makes you pay a lot of moneys for cardboard, of course it won't be cheap.

I haven't bought a RC car in years but considering it streams HD live video, I'd say $99 is a good price

 

[raxadian]

I haven't bought a RC car in years but considering it streams HD live video, I'd say $99 is a good price

While a fun toy, is probably quite reduced even compared to GBA Mario Kart.

 

[tranceology3]

Looks pretty cool, but I'm sure I live in too much cramped squalor to properly setup the courses.

If you have hotspot on your phone and can make a wifi connection, im sure you can take this anywhere outside and make a large track.

 

[pedro702]

If you have hotspot on your phone and can make a wifi connection, im sure you can take this anywhere outside and make a large track.

im pretty sure this wont need an hot spot to work, it will connect to the switch via local wifi, like multiplayer games do, i doubt you need am hot spot to connect your switch and kart...

 

[lordelan]

Nice. I'd really like to buy that, but ...
It's 130 € in germany.
And a box comes only with one driver and there's no TV splitscreen too. Such a shame.
If the price drops I'd consider getting Luigi though.
Hope they add Yoshi soon as my buddy loves him and that would raise the chance I won't be alone with this one lol.

 

[pedro702]

Nice. I'd really like to buy that, but ...
It's 130 € in germany.
And a box comes only with one driver and there's no TV splitscreen too. Such a shame.
If the price drops I'd consider getting Luigi though.
Hope they add Yoshi soon as my buddy loves him and that would raise the chance I won't be alone with this one lol.

why do you even want tv splitscreen? when you need a single switch for each kart? that means you need atleast 2 switches to do real multiplayer without cpu, so what would split-screen do when you cant play 2 players on the same console?

 

[lordelan]

why do you even want tv splitscreen? when you need a single switch for each kart? that means you need atleast 2 switches to do real multiplayer without cpu, so what would split-screen do when you cant play 2 players on the same console?

That's the whole point I'm talking about ... that you can't use two figures on one console but need one console per figure instead.

 

[pedro702]

That's the whole point I'm talking about ... that you can't use two figures on one console but need one console per figure instead.

you cant expect the switch to be getting 2 live hd streams and showing at the same time with ar stuff involved for each stream can you? switch is not that good spec-wise to do that at all.

 

[tranceology3]

im pretty sure this wont need an hot spot to work, it will connect to the switch via local wifi, like multiplayer games do, i doubt you need am hot spot to connect your switch and kart...

So all you need is the switch and RC kart? That would be cool.

But if you are saying you still need a local router spitting out wifi, then that is what I am saying. You can just use your phones hotspot (which has local wifi ) and link them up.

 

[pedro702]

So all you need is the switch and RC kart? That would be cool.

But if you are saying you still need a local router spitting out wifi, then that is what I am saying. You can just use your phones hotspot (which has local wifi ) and link them up.

why would you need a damn rooter lol? you dont need a rooter to play multiplayer games locally... the switch can communicate with other wifi devices without needing a rooter, so it will just be a kart and a switch to work.

 

[Captain_N]

Yeah, I dont think there will be mario kart 9 til next console