An Overview of Mario Kart 7 on 3DS

Mario Kart 7 is possibly the most anticipated Nintendo 3DS game of 2011. The hugely popular Mario Kart racing franchise comes to the Nintendo 3DS with glorious 3D support, and is the most visually impressive Mario Kart video game ever. Added features into the franchise include a hand gliding add-on that enables your kart to glide through the air, and a propeller attachment that allows your kart to travel underwater.

GAME FEATURES:

Personalise Your Kart - Select from various offered frame-types for your kart, each frame with a unique weight as well as handling attributes. Pick from a variety of tires, with different tires performing better on different road surfaces - giant tires will be best for off-road tracks along with smaller sized tire-types for on-road courses. Choose an add-on for your kart, including the hand-gliding add-on or underwater propeller attachment.

Attachments for Flying and Driving Underwater - The hand-gliding attachment enables ones vehicle to glide through the air, discover secondary paths, as well as pick up coins in mid air. The underwater propeller add-on makes it possible for ones kart to travel underwater. Many weapon attachments are available in Mario Kart 7 - new weapon-types include the Fire Flower as well as the Super Leaf.

Traditional Mario Kart Gaming - Fan-favourite features from past Mario Kart video games return, which includes various coins that may be collected to boost a players speed as well as defence. Gamers are also able to use the trick system in order to acquire boosts by executing tricks in mid-air.

Stunning Mario Kart Graphics - Mario Kart 7 includes by far the greatest visuals to date in a Mario Kart video game, and this game runs at an incredible 60 frames per second. The full 3D support heightens the feeling of falling plus the improved sense of depth helps with judging distances as well as seeing items and in-game effects (for example the 'ink blot' special effect).

Favourite Mario Characters - Select to compete as any favourite character from previous Mario video games. New characters include Lakitu, Wiggler, Honey Queen, Metal Mario and also Shy Guy. Characters also interact with one another throughout races, and will turn their heads, glare and make faces at other nearby racers.

Steer Via Motion Control - Utilizing the built-in 3DS Gyroscope, an optional first-person game mode makes it possible for players to steer by tilting their 3DS left and right.

Tons of Tracks - The game has 16 completely new courses, along with 16 classic courses which have been enhanced and in this game contain new sections. Race through a variety of environments, over mountain passes, in busy cities as well as vast desert terrains.

Multi-Player Modes Include Online and Local Multi-Player - As many as eight gamers may compete in multi-player, either over the Internet, or local via wireless connections. This game supports both StreetPass/SpotPass, and players are able to swap recordings of their best Mario Kart moments.

The official release date for Mario Kart 7 is scheduled for 2nd Dec, 2011, with the video game to be sold solely on 3DS Consoles. The publishing house for this title is Nintendo, and this game is developed by Nintendo EAD. This game will provide multi-player support, and up to 8 gamers can join in. The PEGI rating given to this video game will be PEGI 3, and will be thus appropriate for players 3 years as well as older.

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