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Mario Kart Arcade GP

Mario Kart Arcade GP is an arcade-only iteration of Nintendo's Mario Kart series, developed by Namco. Designed for the Triforce arcade board (also used for F-Zero AX), players can race as one of eleven…

10 October 2005

Mario Kart Arcade GP is an arcade developed by Namco, released 10 October 2005 on Arcade.

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What Mario Kart Arcade GP is

Mario Kart Arcade GP is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 2005. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Sega Triforce.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mario Kart Arcade GP is an arcade-only iteration of Nintendo's Mario Kart series, developed by Namco. Designed for the Triforce arcade board (also used for F-Zero AX), players can race as one of eleven characters on twenty-four tracks. On certain machines, for an additional fee, a player's data can be saved on a magnetic card which can be inserted into the machine again later to retain unlocked items and records. Nintendo's limited role of development was mainly isolated to ensuring that it was a worthy title for the established franchise. This game's arcade cabinet houses a camera that will take a photograph of the player's face. The photo can be customized and then will be displayed above…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Mario Kart Arcade GP is the 395th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was SSX on Tour in 2005.

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What it launched against

Mario Kart Arcade GP launched on 10 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).

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When did Mario Kart Arcade GP come out?
Mario Kart Arcade GP was released on 10 October 2005 for Arcade.

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