Mario Kart TV is shutting down

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The Mario Kart TV website, which lets you watch highlight videos posted from Mario Kart 8, will be closing down as of 11:00 PM PT on Monday, April 4th 2016. We are very thankful to the many people who have used this website since it launched in 2014.

Even after the website shuts down, it will still be possible to watch Mario Kart TV and upload highlights from within Mario Kart 8 itself.
Highlight videos uploaded to YouTube from the game will not be deleted after the website shuts down.

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This is awful, the highlight website was awesome and it made it all feel like a real racing brand that broadcasted it's races throughout the Mushroom kingdom. It's sad to know it's closing down, but it's still good that we will still be allowed to upload our races to YouTube.

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Mario Theme Park

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Wouldn't it be awesome if we could ride the Fludd pack from Super Mario Sunshine?! Well, no promises but the new theme parks from Nintendo are coming soon according sankei.com, starting in Japan (of course)... This will be a ZONE to the left of the entry gate at Universal Studios Japan/Universal Parks for Japan. This is all reported by  sankei.com first, below:

"USJ, 400 億 new attraction of the Nintendo Mario is on the left side front gate
It is scheduled to be installed on the left side just a place on the front gate, to assume the area that are currently used, such as in the event space. Although little land that can be extended to USJ, to secure a space in that transfer of the area that you are using, such as in the waiting room of the office and the employee which is adjacent to the event space is also to consider.
　USJ November last year, was acquired by the US media giant Comcast. In the new Chief Executive Officer Jean Mr. Louis Bonnier, who took office in (CEO) in February conference, he had shown a positive attitude to the large-scale investment to USJ."~ (translated by Google) sankei.com

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Nintendo Direct Mario-Time-Recap

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OK, so Mario didn't have a whole lot to mention from this direct, except that Nintendo's reconfirmed the release of Mario & Sonic at The Rio Olympics. A new game is Paper Mario Color Splash (taking ideas from Super Mario Sunshine for splattering paint instead of washing it away) for the Wii U, but that's a spin-off compared to Super Mario Maker!

 Super Mario Maker is getting a new update!! It's getting those piston things with spikes on them and keys/ key doors that allow the maker of the level make it mandatory to beat boss battles. Now I can force players to beat my mini-boss stages!!

Mario Maker costumes: Jizo Mario

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Know how Mario can turn into a statue and be protected in SMB3? And in Super Mario 3D Land??  Well they've made a costume for it in Super Mario Maker. I know, I know, Why ANOTHER costume?! Honestly I have no idea, it doesn't seem that this new costume has any real significance. No special abilities or anything, it just shows Mario hiding behind the ol' statue he used to turn into in SMB3. All I want for Super Mario World now, is slopes and the cape feather in NSMBU mode.
Anyways, here it is:

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1 Million Badge collectors

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Hey, remember The Nintendo Badge arcade? Of course you do, well now over 1 million people in the world are using it. So from now until next Thursday you can receive 2 free plays every day when you visit the badge arcade (we mean digitally, of course). Anyways, I guess the badges that are most collected are (drum roll please...) Super Mario Maker Badges. Not surprising really, technically they're Super Mario World bages (the majority of them). Note: Those of you who don't know, you can collect badges on here to use to decorate your 3DS HOME menu.

Here's a post by me, regarding the matter:

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Nintendo Selected!

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The US is finally getting another line of Nintendo Selects games. NOA announced today that games like Mario Party Island Tour And Super Mario All-Stars Wii will be a disscounted price in the "Nintendo Selects" line. Super Mario 3D World, Galaxy 2 and DK Country Returns/ Tropical Freeze will also be available at only 19.99 each

We're expanding the #NintendoSelects program with these modern classics; only $19.99 each! https://t.co/8IDLIeQuAZ pic.twitter.com/a1fLGn4gld

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 29, 2016

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Happy Valentines Day!

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The Nintendo (3DS) Badge Arcade has put out brand new Super Mario badges that look like chocolates. They resemble the Mario & Friends badge collection but they are chocolate coated and actually resemble real chocolate. Two things I love, Chocolate and Super Mario. So of course I blew tons of cash to get em' The following Miiverse post is one set of badges now available.

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Mario Mech!!

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Remember Pacific Rim? OK, it was a horrible film. But what if Mario had his own giant mech made to look like himself!? Mario Mechs are common, but some are pure artwork. People take all kinds of materials and figures to put together displays and this one is the best so far. It's a hangar where Mario's boarding the mech and Mario characters are repairing it and preparing it to launch. Amazing, it's true art! Of course, to make it the artist had to chop the big Mario in half. I don't know if I could do such a thing.

"Here is one of my biggest projects to date. This project is about 18 inches wide x 14 inches deep x 16 inches tall. I have been working on this for the last year (off and on), and it was well worth the time it took. The Mario Mech has already been done, but I wanted to show all the work it takes to put one together. Mario has a specialized team of Engineers and Technicians helping to maintain and repair this giant Mech."~Source

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Online Mario Maker

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Nintendo of Japan has made a site where you can build your own Super Mario Maker wallpapers for your devices or PC. This is FREE and we've tested it, it acts very much like the level editor in Super Mario Maker, but it doesn't have as many features or options. You cannot rotate pipes or place power ups. You can use the Super Mushroom to make certain baddies and Mario grow one size. You cannot shake elements to get another version of the element you're using. However you can move the items around the screen to be placed wherever you like. Also, you can change the theme and the background scene. The image shown above is the Wallpaper we created using this online software. Hope to see more people using this amazing tool.

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Mario-Time-Halo

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OK, Reddit user Bearskopff has uploaded an image of a level he created in Halo 5 Forge to Reddit VIA Imgur.

"I was feeling nostalgic so decided to try and recreate the infamous castle from Super Mario 64 in Halo 5 Forge. Had quite a bit of fun and as many headaches trying to piece it all together but am pretty pleased with the final result - hope you are too! My GT is 'Bearskopff' so feel free to download it, add a few game mechanics and give it a play. Enjoy :)"~Bearskopff 

Of course he's left out some elements like the waterfall and stained glass windows. But we've gotta give him credit for trying so hard.  He did a good job, and it must've taken a while to create a level with such similarities to the original game.

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Mario GAME Maker

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A Patent for a console just surfaced today, that Nintendo made. From it's description I can only say it's a Mario game maker. Not like Super Mario Maker though. Like it literally lets the users build their own games. However, it's somewhat ridiculous now because Nintendo would sell less games if every console owner out there could simply make their own games. The strange thing is, this patent has a Mario style about it and it was supposedly made back in 1994.

Mario Kart 64 on Wii U

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Mario Kart 64 is coming to Nintendo of Europe's Wii U eShop

#MarioKart 64 gets onto the #WiiU Virtual Console grid on Thursday! pic.twitter.com/CYAYt5dHNU

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) January 18, 2016

On their Twitter account they say that the game comes out on Wii U this Thursday. To many this was the revolutionary Mario Kart game. It was the first to be in FULL 3D, and the sequel to the first Mario Kart game.

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Mini Mario and Friends amiibo challenge revel!

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This is unbelievable! Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge is a Mario & Donkey Kong game style using amiibo figures! Apparently it'll be on Wii U and 3DS, this was a Japanese video though so we cannot confirm anything... AGAIN. Here it is:

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Mario's Pigeon Costume!

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Super Mario Maker has gotten a large number of strange costumes that Mario can wear in the original Mario bros theme. This costume however, takes the cake. Today on Super Mario Maker, (Nintendo of Europe announced on Twitter) we'll be getting a pigeon costume. The famous Super Mario Maker pigeon known as Yamamura (Which we believe is named after an older Nintendo employee) is getting his own costume which you can get by beating the latest event course in Course World. Coo!

From 13/1, soar to new heights with the Yamamura costume by beating the latest #SuperMarioMaker Event Course! Coo! pic.twitter.com/N0yiZ7NhrC

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 12, 2016

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Africa just got some flipping fun

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Mcdonald's of Africa got new Mario Kart 8 Happy meal toys for January 2016, which we've already had here in the USA. Perhaps this is the first they've gotten these toys over there but that's not the most interesting part of this post, the karts are being sold with other strange generic vehicles which are completely unrelated to Mario Kart.

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Mario-Time in Norway

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When we say Mario-Time, we literally mean Mario-Time. The Town Hall's clock in Norway is  chiming famous music right now and every night at 8pm it chimes the tune of the original SMB ground theme by Koji Kondo. So in Norway, 8pm is Mario-Time. I guess this playlist with Mario will be out until may 31st. If you live in Norway, please send Mario-Time a video of this chime in action. Our email is mariotimenews@gmail.com

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Happy Meal Mario JP trailer

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Super Mario's got new Happy meal toys out in Japan right now, that's old news. Well today is THE day they're out in Japan and they got a new Japan TV trailer. Which only makes us wonder more why they're not out in other countries like Canada and America. Either way, this trailer is cute and clearly shows that everybody loves Super Mario. Like me. So bring them over here already!!

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NSMB Wii on Wii U

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A lot of classics are coming to the Wii U eShop lately, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario RPG and DS games too. NSMB for the DS was put on the Wii U, so it's only fair for the unrelated sequel game also come out to the Wii U now. Nintendo of France tweeted this game was now on Wii U, also a few others. We've done the research and it looks like NSMB Wii is no out in the Americas on the Wii U eShop quite yet. Pretty sure it's definitely coming though. If you want the previous game in the series for NSMB U, this game is for you. Fun fact, NSMB Wii is Super Mario Bros 4.

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Sky Pop!

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The Sky Pop has finally arrived in Super Mario Maker from the ol' Game Boy game Classic: Super Mario Land. This costume looks like the sky pop, sounds like the Sky Pop, it just doesn't do one particular thing. Fly. No offense, but to my knowledge planes do one thing above all else. FLY! Otherwise, the trailer for the costume from Nintendo of Japan shows that the Sky Pop costume is quite like the original Sky Pop. 

Another thing, This costume is given upon beating the new Event Course made by Super Mario fans at Southwestern Airlines. This course is called Southwest Air Adventure.

Nintendo World/ NY Store

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The Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Plaza in New York got a serious makeover and re-branding. It's now called "The Nintendo NY Store". Kind of not-as-cool of a title, I know. Nevertheless, this is the title they've chosen according to the Nintendo Press Room. Perhaps this new title means that they'll open up more store locations, but that's doubt-able. Still, there are some new Mario related things that they're introducing in this overhaul. A giant

Fan Faves Results

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Two Super Mario games, and one Yoshi game got in the Nintendo Fan Faves of 2015. The winners were Super Mario Maker, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash and Yoshi's Woolly World. These picks were pretty good picks, I must say. However they did not win the spot of "Most popular" game of the year. That was Splatoon. I've played Yoshi's Woolly World and Super Mario Maker and I believe they're both amazing games! Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash is still on my to-play list but I will play it eventually. These results were well made.

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Mario Kart Garage

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It's-a-Mario-Time! HarmarFan on Talk amongst yourselves made a toy garage for his son based off of Mario Kart. To me, its most amazing feature is the Mario sign of him carrying the tire. It looks as though he bought it, but I've never seen anything like it.  Other than in the game of course. This garage is quite impressive, it was a gift for his son on Christmas 2015.

"I’m so pleased with the final result I can’t even tell you! I’m so relived that it all came together in the end as well. As you can see the finished garage is pretty close to my initial design and I’ve managed to include all of the different elements I originally planned for in some way."~HarmarFan

To see it all, please visit the source below.

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Mario's-a-happy!

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You ever get Super Mario sized Happy when you eat a happy meal? Well anyone over in Japan sure does. For 2014 they got a set of Mario Mcdonalds toys and now for 2016 they're getting another set. According to the Japan Happy Meal site they're getting Mario Mcdonalds toys on January 8th. We hope these toys reach the US someday soon, until then we'll look forward to buying them off of eBay.

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MarioMonday 1-4-16

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It's Mario-Time!! Hey everyone, it's that time again. Time for MarioMonday. Sadly our MarioMondays haven't been that popular so it'll be our last MarioMonday until further notice. Don't you worry though. We'll still be featuring your Super Mario Maker courses every week on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more. If you wish MarioMondays to continue, please feel free to message us on Facebook. But either way you'll still get all the great content that you normally get from us and more soon. We're starting new post series's and we'll be reviewing more games soon as well.

Today's Super Mario Maker course is called "Climbing Mount Kilimario" It forces you to solve puzzles to progress and literally gives you the tools to reach the end, but it's not easy, it's a real challenge. Bookmark it HERE.

Course ID: 5AF2-0000-00FA-18A8

Today's Quiz:

#MarioMonday #SuperMario #QuizName a Mario game not made by Nintendo that's still getting sequels today:
Posted by Mario-Time-News on Monday, January 4, 2016

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Mario & Sonic At The Rio Olympics, Full length Trailer

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Nintendo of Japan put out a new full length trailer for Mario And Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic games for 3DS. A couple things that I noticed in this trailer is that the Golf portion of the game looks a lot like Mario Golf World Tour and that the 3DS will have four player local multiplayer.

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Mario's Happy Home

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Okie-Dokie, so you may or may not have already known this but Louie is an ape that brings in Super Mario content to Animal Crossing Happy Home designer via WiFi . However it was for the 30th anniversary and it's now unavailable. The Pro Nintendo Store DLC is the current FREE DLC and it will be available until the 12th of January.

Nintendo of Japan shared on Twitter that they've updated their Happy Home Designer website saying that the SMB 30th anniversary DLC will be out again on January 5th in Japan.
TWEET GOOGLE TRANSLATION:

"We've updated the page of "Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer". This article contains information about the re-distribution of "Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Items"

This is probably for those who got the game for Christmas. I can't be positive but the DLC for Mario's 30th anniversary may come back out in the Americas shortly after January 12th.
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Dance Dance Galaxy!

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Gamestomp on Twitch is all about beating games using the flooring of a Dance Dance Revolution Arcade game. PeekingBoo does the Gamestomp thing every Sunday, six days ago he uploaded this video of himself beating Super Mario Galaxy (1) using the Dance Dance Revolution Dancepad for all the game's controls. That's incredible!! I couldn't imagine attempting to beat this game with my feet.
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No Need To Question This Price Drop.

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It's Mario-Time! This amiibo carrying case can be purchased for nearly 30 US dollars at Best Buy stores and online too. It was originally $24.99 on Amazon but the price has dropped to just $13.99, no need to clear eyes, you read that correctly. On Amazon you can now buy the Hori amiibo carrying case that looks like an old school question block. This design is accurate and looks amazing. The case can only hold up to 8 amiibo figures but I've seen it in person before and can say without a doubt that it's sturdy, well made and good looking too.
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Happy New Year! New Super Mario Badges

It's Mario-Time! For the new year Nintendo has put out Japanese New Year Mario Badges in the Nintendo Badge Arcade. They were added to the Arcade on New Years Eve and they're still available today. In fact they were put out for today as a special treat for New Years.  Celebrate the new year in Japan-Mario style! Some new Warioware badges are now also available, but remember they won't be available for long.

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DK, Bowser, Skylanders which are also amiibo

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You can now buy Donkey Kong and Bowser Skylanders/amiibo outside of their Nintendo starter packs. This has been proven, packs of Bowser and DK have been found in store without the Skylanders game or the portal for the game.

Why did I buy all those starter packs....@jasoninquires @ToysForGames @sclmatt pic.twitter.com/kfUjp2BC1a

— Amanda Aggers (@AggersAmanda) December 30, 2015

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