The Harbour Masters team recently released a big upgrade for SpaghettiKart, their Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port with a bunch of new features.

The series has had its ups and downs. Following the quantum leap in fidelity from 1992’s Super Mario Kart to the N64 version, and again to the GameCube’s Double Dash (2003), the series spun its wheels ...

Alongside wall-riding and open-world maps, Mario Kart World has a subtle feature that changes the game in ways most players didn’t ask for. The developers have quietly slipped in an update to the AI ...

The Mario Kart series has helped define racing games for more than 30 years. After spending the past decade showing what was possible with the Mario Kart 8 generation, it was hard to imagine where ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It’s no secret that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was a massive seller on ...

As Nintendo's sole major launch title, Mario Kart World is carrying a lot of weight on its shoulders. There's arguably no more proven quantity to do so. Mario Kart 8, across its two iterations on Wii ...

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I’ve been a Nintendo fan my whole life: my first console was the Nintendo 64, I’ve got a number of tattoos from their IPs, and I’ve delighted in their characters for the majority of my life so far.

That’s the declaration belted by Mario in his chintziest Italian accent at the start screen of 1996’s Mario Kart 64. It’s a cry most Millennials recall fondly, and for good reason. It’s a welcome to ...