Mario Kart Live Home Circuit will bring the racing circuit to your home through AR technology. This new Mario Kart title was announced through the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct. This trailer teased some exciting new details and innovations that will be coming with this new Mario Kart title.
In order to play Live Home Circuit, you will need to buy specific attachments. These include RC karts that will be racing around your living room, dining room, or any room in your house in real time. Additional attachments include gates that players will be able to place around their home to create their own custom tracks. The bottom of the trailer mentions that additional karts will be required for multiplayer modes.
You can watch the full trailer below starting at 4:40.
Live Home Circuit can be played with both the standard Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch Lite systems. Players will be able to engage in races against computer players on these custom courses. You will be able to play with up to four players in multiplayer mode as well.
Mario Kart Live is being made with Velan Studios’ technology. Karthik and Guha Bala’s mixed reality hardware and prototype is being used for the game and is part of what CEO Karthik Bala referred to as a “multi-year creative collaboration.”
Other games that were announced during the Anniversary Direct included Super Mario 3D All Stars, which is a collection of some of the 3D Mario games. This includes Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy.
Mario Kart Live Home Circuit will release on October 16, 2020 to the Nintendo Switch.
Published: Sep 3, 2020 09:45 am