Arcade: Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix

Sat, 2005-02-19 19:18 — Stephen

http://cube.ign.com/articles/588/588864p1.html

It's built on the Triforce architecture, which is a joint modification project (of the Gamecube) by Nintendo, Namco, and Sega. F-Zero AX, the arcade version of F-Zero GX for Gamecube, ran on this system.

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Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix runs on the Triforce arcade hardware, which is based off Nintendo's GameCube hardware. Despite the identical hardware, Namco seems to have created an original kart racing game rather than recycling Double Dash for the arcade scene.

Playable characters include Mario, Luigi, Wario, Donkey Kong, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Yoshi, Koopa, Peach and Toad -- 11 characters in all, available from the start. On top of this are 24 courses and six racing cups.

Modes of play include single player Grand Prix mode and battle mode. Battle mode has up to four players racing against one another on linked machines. You save your progress using rewritable cards, and winning opens up new types of races.

Racing in a Kart as Pacman sounds good to me. Weird, but good.

There are some screens as well. I'm hoping this comes to the Cube, it's safe to assume it will.

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As mentioned in our original story, Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix makes use of a camera system that Namco calls "Nam Cam 2." Once you've selected your character, a camera located above the screen takes your picture. Your image then appears above your kart on your opponents' screens. The picture is modified based on the character that you're using.