European tournament for Mario Kart 7

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Once again, Europe will have a tournament dedicated to hyping up Mario Kart.

This time, the game is available on a tour, and players can compete in a Mario Kart 7 time trial, where the overall champion gets a metallic red Nintendo 3DS.

Here's more from Nintendo Europe:

To take part in the Mario Kart competition all you have to do is go to one of the venues and play Mario Kart 7. You will race on a particular track as Mario and your time will be recorded. The best time of the day will win a years subscription of ONM whilst the best score throughout all of the venues will win a Metallic Red 3DS.

Some of the N-Europe team recently visited one of these venues (hence the bad photography skills above) and N-E commenter, F00had, got the number 1 slot for being the best racer! If he can hold it out for just a few more venues the 3DS is his... which begs the question, will YOU knock him off the top spot? Click here to see when the Mario Kart 7 tournament will be taking place in a shopping centre near you.

Mario Kart 7 official site is live

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The Mario Kart 7 official portal from Nintendo is live. Right here. You can't do much on the site other than buy the game or view the trailer.

Yoshi looks insanely top tier in that splash picture.

The 10 Trials - Session 4

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This was probably one of my best sessions ever in The 10 Trials. But would I finish 10-0?



(Updated with the YouTube version of the video)

Two more characters announced for Mario Kart 7

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Honey Queen and Wiggler will be in Mario Kart 7, according to screenshots from a recent gaming magazine. This should be just for style points. I'm still happy that Shy Guy is now playable with no restrictions.

Here's the shots:



Mario Kart 7 - Banana Cup preview

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Someone posted a teaser video of the Banana Cup tracks in Mario Kart 7. It appears that the tracks are as they were in the past, with the exception that players won't be penalized for hitting the depths of the water.