New Mario Kart Arcade - with face mapping!

by James Ransom-Wiley { Feb 18th 2005 at 12:33PM }

Mario Kart

No, this ain't the Revolution(*). But rather, it's a Mario Kart arcade game (remember those?) being developed by Namco. Apparently, it maps your face into the game while you play. Pretty frickin' sweet, but useless.

(*)Well, it could be. Launch title, anyone?

[Thanks, Kat]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kamalot @ Dec 18th 2005 9:58PM

I just played the Initial D arcade game by Sega this weekend. It has the option to save your data on cards that you can use when you return to the arcade. Quite cool!

Innovation in the arcade is long overdue. If they can provide a play experience that I can't get in my home, I'll drop my quarters in arcade games just like I did when I was young. This is a great, fun step.

ajmcdaniel @ Dec 18th 2005 9:58PM

is it just me, but the pictures from the actual article site look horrible. the textures and shading is n64 level. the aliasing is outrageous. if this was a revolution level launch game, they definitely have some work to do on it.

as for the face mapping. its nothing new. if a publisher wanted, you can already do that on the ps2.