Mario Kart online in 2003?

GoldbergWWE · Post by **GoldbergWWE** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 6:16 am

According to those pesky rumours, Nintendo of Japan are planning to release four online games next year, including... Mario Kart!
If we may put on our Chandler voice for a moment - could there be a better online Nintendo game? Just imagine, the Nintendo crew of Mario, Yoshi, Bowser and pals, karting around online circuits with players from across the globe... it's the kind of thing that could bring countries together. According to rumours in Japan, Mario Kart Online would be just one of the four proposed games Nintendo are planning for the GameCube in 2003. Think about it - when was the last time you saw any details on Mario Kart on the GameCube? For such a flagship title, you'd think we would have seen more of it by now - maybe an online facility is holding it up?

The other three supposedly online games in the works - Mario Party Online, Animal Forest Online and GameCube Wars - are all well and good, but it's Mario's crazy karting buddies that have got us excited. Nintendo are going full steam ahead with their online strategy now, and have announced the Japanese release date for both the GameCube Modem adaptor and Broadband adaptor - September 12th and October 3rd (past)respectively. They're finally getting behind online gaming, in Japan at least.

It'd ALMOST make me go out and buy one...

-G

kaze · Post by **kaze** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 6:40 am

i MIGHT get one, if they solve all the broadband shortages. starting to look just as bad as sony.

-Azathoth- · Post by **-Azathoth-** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 6:50 am

pavelbure · Post by **pavelbure** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:16 am

ive been saying this for months.

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:19 am

kaze wrote:i MIGHT get one, if they solve all the broadband shortages. starting to look just as bad as sony.

Us over in the Xbox Community will have 14 games online by the end of 2002... All broadband and the sleekness of Xbox Live... Join us...Join us...

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:22 am

That would be kinda fun. Too bad my GC is in a place far from any internet connection.

kaze · Post by **kaze** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 11:12 am

Jeeba Jabba wrote:
kaze wrote:i MIGHT get one, if they solve all the broadband shortages. starting to look just as bad as sony.

Us over in the Xbox Community will have 14 games online by the end of 2002... All broadband and the sleekness of Xbox Live... Join us...Join us...

already have. just been much too busy to plau, but im on uc some nights.

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 12:02 pm

kaze wrote:
Jeeba Jabba wrote:
kaze wrote:i MIGHT get one, if they solve all the broadband shortages. starting to look just as bad as sony.

Us over in the Xbox Community will have 14 games online by the end of 2002... All broadband and the sleekness of Xbox Live... Join us...Join us...
already have. just been much too busy to plau, but im on uc some nights.

How's the modding going? (assuming that you've began)

kaze · Post by **kaze** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 12:04 pm

Jeeba Jabba wrote:
kaze wrote:
Jeeba Jabba wrote:
kaze wrote:i MIGHT get one, if they solve all the broadband shortages. starting to look just as bad as sony.

Us over in the Xbox Community will have 14 games online by the end of 2002... All broadband and the sleekness of Xbox Live... Join us...Join us...
already have. just been much too busy to plau, but im on uc some nights.

How's the modding going? (assuming that you've began)

http://www.geocities.com/kaioshade/xbox ... _lit_2.jpg

see for yourself

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 12:12 pm

Sweeeeeeeeeet

(Although it strangely resembles the pictures you showed me that someone else did... on that website...)

kaze · Post by **kaze** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 12:30 pm

Jeeba Jabba wrote:Sweeeeeeeeeet

(Although it strangely resembles the pictures you showed me that someone else did... on that website...)

simple. they are the same. im not going to lie, i copied their example. but mine came out looking the exact same.

atf487 · Post by **atf487** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 2:04 pm

OooooOooo mario kart online. Whoop de doo.

That sucks, I mean, come on, it's a farking cart game, it's not that good. Heh

And Jeeba, do you know of a list of the 14 games that are out/ coming out? Wherever I look it only has the original 8.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 2:14 pm

Mario Kart is the least interesting sounding online game of the 4 mentioned.

Gamecube wars?????????? I wonder if it will be RTS or turnbased....... :gotcha:

VR6 · Post by **VR6** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 2:37 pm

Gamecubes online plan is trash, XBOX live is far better, for roughly the same price as the GC adapter you could play Live all year and have loads of games

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 4:46 pm

atf487 wrote:
And Jeeba, do you know of a list of the 14 games that are out/ coming out? Wherever I look it only has the original 8.

I dont have a concrete list... Im just going by what the Billmeister said ^_^

Spiderman_00 · Post by **Spiderman_00** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 1:41 am

I think Mario Kart would rule online.....They seriously need to get some online stuff going on cause my Wal-Mart has a buttload of Broadband adaptors but Im not buying one if I have no games to play

Sir Slash · Post by **Sir Slash** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 2:49 am

VR6 wrote:Gamecubes online plan is trash, XBOX live is far better, for roughly the same price as the GC adapter you could play Live all year and have loads of games

til they jack up the price....

any way mario kart online would be a easy purchase for me, it would come out, and that day i would own it

spaghetti · Post by **spaghetti** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 5:15 am

They don't have broadband in this area, so I we're left out of the whole lovely online gaming thing.

Post by **|darc|** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 6:04 am

Sir Slash wrote:
VR6 wrote:Gamecubes online plan is trash, XBOX live is far better, for roughly the same price as the GC adapter you could play Live all year and have loads of games
til they jack up the price....

Wow is that the fanboy's new defense?

"Xbox is great!"

"ya until dey jak up da priceZ"

spaghetti · Post by **spaghetti** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 6:19 am

Yeah, I didn't even notice the Gamecube broadband and modem adapters aren't even in most online stores, and either one sells for $80 used. What's with that anyway? I must have missed out on all the news... why such hardware shortage? Or is Nintendo just not gonna promote it much until their is more online games?