Mario Kart 7 Will Allow You To Register StreetPass Contacts As Friends

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Sep 13, 2011 06:35 pm

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Mario Kart 7 will support the Nintendo 3DS StreetPass functionality by allowing you to exchange ghost data with other 3DS owners you happen to come across. If you’re in need of online friends to play the game with, you’ll be able to register StreetPass contacts in your Friends List.

Ghost data will also be distributed over SpotPass, using the 3DS Wi-Fi capabilities. The 3DS will automatically download ghosts for you to race against in the game. Series producer, Hideki Konno, confirmed that Wii Sports Resorts’ Wuhu Island will be in Mario Kart 7 as one of the game’s new playable tracks, and that it’ll be one long track instead of the usual three laps.

Metal Mario and Lakitu will be two of several new playable characters. Mario Kart 7 will also have a first-person steering mode using the 3DS tilt functionality, and is slated for release on December 4th in the U.S.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.