Current Events > Weird that nobody is talking about the Mario Kart thing

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With actual physical rc karts.

Pretty wild

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It's the kind of thing a kid sets up one time and then moves on after it's too much of a chore.

What's to talk about.

Saw the giant living room the family had to set it up in and I'm like "wow, must be nice".

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Because it's as dumb as their cardboard shit. Only this time it's a 100 bones each

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I'm trying to figure out what the point is. You're staring at your screen anyway so it's just an annoyance for everyone else in your house who wants to walk thru your race.

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i'd consider it if i had space and lino/wood floors. but i don't, so *shrug*

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shockthemonkey posted...

What is this thing

looked it up since people were deliberately not saying shit about it for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2mCqUSDCJE&feature=emb_title

It's useless unless you live in a castle apparently. The size of that living room is 3x the size of my previous apartment

Sorry shock. I missed your post. :(

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shockthemonkey posted...

What if someone describes it since YouTube is blocked at work

It's an RC mario kart that you control via switch. The level is wherever your physical RC is and you can see it on your switch screen. There are power ups and coins like in real mario kart

Because it's stupid. It's the kind of thing that sounds cool in theory, but will never work in 99% of homes.

Majority of people interested in it don't have an enormous, wide-open living room that would actually work with racing.

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Seems more novel than practical since you're gonna be looking at a screen anyway. Why not just play Mario Kart at that point? lol

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guys, remember when target was promoting mario kart so they put stickers on their carts?
best time of my life tbh

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I have a couple of the nice Carerra Mario Kart RCs, and sometimes I bring my son up to my office on the weekend to race them around the parking garage

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LostForest posted...

Because it's stupid.

You didnt need to say anymore.

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eston posted...

I have a couple of the nice Carerra Mario Kart RCs, and sometimes I bring my son up to my office on the weekend to race them around the parking garage

eston you're a cool dad. Can you be my dad?

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To everyone talking about how stupid this is - it isnt aimed at you. This is for kids. Theyll eat this shit up. I forwarded the video to all of my friends who have kids anywhere from 5-12 and own a Switch. Every one of them said their kids will flip out over this.

For anyone older than that, it would be fun to see it in action, but would probably lose its novelty after 30 minutes.

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Ngl that looks kinda fun

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Lysandear posted...

looked it up since people were deliberately not saying shit about it for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2mCqUSDCJE&feature=emb_title

It's useless unless you live in a castle apparently. The size of that living room is 3x the size of my previous apartment

I love how they never show what happens if you hit something. Intentionally of course, but like, my first thought is will that thing break as soon as it clips a wall.

I couldnt see me wanting it either way even if I had the size for a cool track.

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Can you just pick up your car and place it at finish line?

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Because people here are largely not home owners with spacious living rooms and children who would be excited about racing remote controlled cars in said living room while watching it on a screen in a form of virtual reality, not to mention that this whole thing looks like it could become very expensive if they go the amiibo route and release several new cars to play as different characters.
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Caution999 posted...

Can you just pick up your car and place it at finish line?

You have to bribe Lakitu with some coin

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CyricZ posted...

eston you're a cool dad. Can you be my dad?

Sure thing son

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Caution999 posted...

Can you just pick up your car and place it at finish line?

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I havent looked into this enough, but couldnt you just play this outside?

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The Popo posted...

To everyone talking about how stupid this is - it isnt aimed at you.

It's a thread made by an adult asking other adults why they aren't talking about it. What did you expect.

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I wonder how big you can make a track?

The first floor of my house is basically a big figure 8 of great room, kitchen, office, and front room. Would be a lot of fun coming up with some ideas.

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It's kind of cool but problem is I just don't see a real opportunity to play it. I actually have a spacious enough house but most of it is carpet so I would have to buy track for it and the costs start going up pretty heavily for something I will almost never play.

Now if there turns out to be a literal scene like minis where I can go to a shop on the weekend "BYOKart" and race against other patrons against a store's preset track I might be more interested but for now it's a load of meh.

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I can't wait to go on I-40 and recreate Toad's Turnpike.

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I really hope you can play this outside. My place is too small to set this up properly.

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CapnMuffin posted...

The first floor of my house is basically a big figure 8 of great room, kitchen, office, and front room. Would be a lot of fun coming up with some ideas.

Everything in the trailer involved flat surfaces. I wonder how it would handle ramps - would that mess with the software at all.

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Caution999 posted...

Can you just pick up your car and place it at finish line?

asking the important questions

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Because it looks like a pain in the ass.
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The Popo posted...

Everything in the trailer involved flat surfaces. I wonder how it would handle ramps - would that mess with the software at all.

Good question. Fortunately my first floor is uniform hard surface. Ramps and elevation might be out but tunnels using furniture and some kids toys could be interesting. While the kids race I can manage obstacles like pillow Thwomps

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I especially like the giant cat monster that appears at random and puts you in last place.

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CapnMuffin posted...

Good question. Fortunately my first floor is uniform hard surface. Ramps and elevation might be out but tunnels using furniture and some kids toys could be interesting. While the kids race I can manage obstacles like pillow Thwomps

I was wondering how creative someone could get by adding a level to the track. If you dont have a sprawling living room, then maybe make a course that uses a ramp to go up above the track. Build a makeshift bridge. Get creative.

If it can handle that kinda stuff, then Id imagine well see some very elaborate courses built by people once the game comes out. Those checkpoints could be a limitation, though, depending on how they work.


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Not feasible for people with smaller living spaces.

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It looks terrible is why. It's for people with big spaces to play in which is niche as fuck for the average person.

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To me it looks like it links the track together with the checkpoints and cardboard arrows. So as long as you can link them together and have reception from the switch to the kart most ideas should work I think.

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