One Mario Kart
Uno Mario Kart combines two franchises that are well known to players around the world. For decades, Mario Kart has been a favorite choice for competitive fun among friends. Nintendo's flagship racing franchise offers just the right balance of accessibility for newbies and gratification for veterans, and that random bit of luck in the game mechanics makes racing even more interesting.Now, Nintendo and Mattel International have created a collaboration for the publication of Uno Mario Kart.
Uno Mario Kart: the hybrid card game
The crossover element immediately The artwork of the cards is evident because, instead of just a number, almost every card is also illustrated with a character from the Super Mario franchise, such as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser and Yoshi. But in addition to a number and a character, the cards also have the image of a Mario Kart upgrade.This feature was introduced because Uno Mario Kart has a special and exclusive rule which brings Mario Kart strategy to the card game. If you're lucky, you may end up with an Item Box card in your hand. When you choose to play this card, its effect allows you to flip the top card of the deck and activate it, whatever object is on it.
Below you see the Box of Objects card (left) and cards with super mushroom and green shell items:
Each item has a different effect. For example, the banana peel forces the person who preceded you to draw two cards, while the lightning bolt makes all players draw a card, including those who played it, but also allows them to take an extra second turn. >
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Uno Mario Kart is ready to take the action from the track to the cards with cool crossover rule
The most entertaining/aggravating thing about Mario Kart is coming to the classic card game.
For decades, Mario Kart has been one of the top choices for friendly competitive fun (OK, maybe for some gamers the competition isn’t that friendly, but we’re assuming everyone you’re racing with practices good digital sportsmanship). Nintendo’s flagship racing franchise strikes just the right balance between accessible for newbies and rewarding for skilled veterans, and a dash of random luck in the game mechanics keeps things extra interesting. Throw in a not-too-long-but-not-too-short amount of time to determine a winner, and you’ve got a game that’s always a crowd-pleaser that can bring people together.
Actually, you can apply a lot of that description to Uno as well, and apparently those similarities didn’t escape the notice of Nintendo and Mattel International (the toymaker’s Japanese division), as the two companies have teamed up to release Uno Mario Kart.
The immediately obvious crossover element is the artwork, as instead of just a number, almost every card has a character from the Super Mario cast, such as Mario himself, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, or Yoshi. But in addition to a number and character, the cards also have a picture of a Mario Kart power-up.
That’s because Uno Mario Kart has a special, exclusive rule that brings Mario Kart strategy into the card game. If you’re lucky, at some point in the game you’ll end up with an Item Box card in your hand. When you choose to play this card, you then flip over the top card from the draw pile and active whatever item is on it.
▼ The Item Box card (left) and cards with the super mushroom and green shell items
Each item has a different effect. For example, the banana peel forces the person who went before you to draw two cards, while the lightning bolt makes every player besides you draw one and lets you take a second turn.
Uno Mario Kart goes on sale this month, priced at 1,430 yen (US$13.80). The preview photos don’t show any blue shells, by the way, and while we can’t guarantee they’re not hiding deeper in the deck, at least if someone is a sore loser throwing a card is a lot less destructive than throwing a controller.
Source: PR Times via Inside Games via Livedoor News via OtakomuImages: PR Times● Want to hear about SoraNews24’s latest articles as soon as they’re published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
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