Mario Kart as a videogame is brilliant. But the board game ? Ehhh…
Yes, there’s a Mario Kart board game. Or rather there will be. Japanese company Epoch showed off two new board games at the Tokyo Toy Show 2010 earlier this week: one for Super Mario Bros. , and one for Mario Kart . These will be out later this year.
Mario Kart (the board game) is a 2-player game that bears as much resemblance to Nintendo’s classic racer as I do to Robert Pattinson. The basic gist: move a ball forward through a little Mario Kart circuit by mashing buttons and arrive at the checkered flag first to win. Surprise surprise, it looks as good as it sounds:
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