Nintendo and Bandai Namco have teamed up to produce three games in the Mario Kart franchise exclusively for arcades. Mario Kart Arcade GP kicked things off in 2005, and it was followed by Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 in 2007, and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX in 2013. Tomorrow, the latest game in this partnership will power slide its way into Japanese arcades… Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix VR.
As you might have guessed from the title, this version of Mario Kart includes a virtual reality twist, and players will be able to sit inside a life-size kart and use a special wrist peripheral to toss Green Shells at their opponents. Mario Kart Arcade Grand Prix VR is powered by HTC’s Vive headset, and will only be available at the VR Zone arcade in the Shinjuku region of Tokyo.
The rest of us will have to make do with the awesome Launch Trailer embedded above and the handful of screenshots available at VR Zone’s official website.
