You’ll soon be able to put your Mario Kart skills into practice
Let’s-a-go fellow Mario fans. This news is going to rock your world like a lightning bolt. Are you ready to totally geek out?
Real-life Mario Karting is coming to Australia! Yep, it’s true. And if you’re anything like us, you’re high-fiving the air right about now.
‘Yeah! Ha ha ha!’.
Now before you get too excited, our Aussie version of this Japanese quintessential geeky experience, will only be available in Melbourne and Sydney, and the launch dates are not yet confirmed.
But what we do know is that it’s called ‘
Mushroom Racing’, and it will involve dressing up as your favourite character, racing around in go-karts to collect stars, and winning prizes. And whoever wins stands triumphant on the podium, exclaiming,
‘Hee Hee! I got it!’.
Labelled by the organisers as ‘the rally of a lifetime,’
sign up today to get in the driver’s seat. Tickets will be extremely limited so jump to it now.
‘Here we go!’.
It all began with MariCAR in Japan
If you’re ever planning a trip to Tokyo, you must hunt down their go-karting fantasy,
MariCAR. It’s the place to bring all those teenage years of Mario Karting practice to real life. AND you can finally prove to your mum that you weren’t wasting your time playing games!
There’s bad news for the kiddies though. Before you go racing, you must have a valid Japanese driver’s licence or an International Driving Permit or Licence. They do have a strict ‘No license, no drive’ policy.
In a city that’s a bit laxer on their road rules than Australia, you’re allowed to drive custom made go-karts around the streets of Japan, dressed up as your favourite Mario Kart character.
Driving in two lines, led by MariCAR employees, you do need to follow some road rules – stopping at red lights, going at 60km p/h max, and not crashing into your mates to spin them out.
And sorry to be the fun police, but there’s no magical banana peels, flashy stars or shells that you can shoot out of your kart’s backside.
All the karts are equipped with action cameras, so you can show all your mates how cool you are when you get back home. Seriously – blow that photo up, frame it and hang it above your bed! They’ve also got Bluetooth speakers, so you can boom your favourite music while cruising the streets of Japan. The best choice would have to be the theme music yeah?
An epic experienced described as ‘
just wow’, this is one thing to add to your travel bucket list.
‘Here I go’.
Will we really be screaming ‘let’s-a-go’ in Australia?
Three words – ‘bloody hope so’. But the only ones who’ll truly know are the organisers once they’ve cut through any red tape (and perhaps sent a few sucky emails to Nintendo so they don't try and stop this).
So, make sure you
stay in touch with the organisers if you’re super keen to take a ride, Mario Kart style.
Picture yourself cruising through the city. How incredibly cool would it be to have Yoshi pull up next to you at the lights? Or to be stuck in peak hour traffic with the eye-candy of Princess Peach sitting beside you. Or to have Wario try and drag you off at the lights.
And although the road-racing part probably won’t happen in Australia, keep everything crossed that it’ll be a goer at go-kart tracks.
‘Select your player’
The die-hard Mario Kart geeks will be ready and waiting for this epic event with their own
Mario and Luigi costumes,
Princess Peach costumes or
Mushroom Toad costumes already hanging in their wardrobe.
And if this doesn’t eventuate, there are other options for dressing up in your favourite
Mario Kart character costumes:
• Become an Uber driver and
show up in costume – you’ll get tonnes of tips.
• Wear them when you’ve got a day of running kids around – they may not ask you again.
• Any costume party you’re invited to.
• Visit your local go-kart track and have your own
Mario Kart Party.
‘Bingo. Bye Bye’. 
If you’re ever planning a trip to Tokyo, you must hunt down their go-karting fantasy, MariCAR. It’s the place to bring all those teenage years of Mario Karting practice to real life. AND you can finally prove to your mum that you weren’t wasting your time playing games!
There’s bad news for the kiddies though. Before you go racing, you must have a valid Japanese driver’s licence or an International Driving Permit or Licence. They do have a strict ‘No license, no drive’ policy.
In a city that’s a bit laxer on their road rules than Australia, you’re allowed to drive custom made go-karts around the streets of Japan, dressed up as your favourite Mario Kart character.
Driving in two lines, led by MariCAR employees, you do need to follow some road rules – stopping at red lights, going at 60km p/h max, and not crashing into your mates to spin them out.
And sorry to be the fun police, but there’s no magical banana peels, flashy stars or shells that you can shoot out of your kart’s backside.
All the karts are equipped with action cameras, so you can show all your mates how cool you are when you get back home. Seriously – blow that photo up, frame it and hang it above your bed! They’ve also got Bluetooth speakers, so you can boom your favourite music while cruising the streets of Japan. The best choice would have to be the theme music yeah?
An epic experienced described as ‘just wow’, this is one thing to add to your travel bucket list. ‘Here I go’.
Three words – ‘bloody hope so’. But the only ones who’ll truly know are the organisers once they’ve cut through any red tape (and perhaps sent a few sucky emails to Nintendo so they don't try and stop this).
So, make sure you stay in touch with the organisers if you’re super keen to take a ride, Mario Kart style.
Picture yourself cruising through the city. How incredibly cool would it be to have Yoshi pull up next to you at the lights? Or to be stuck in peak hour traffic with the eye-candy of Princess Peach sitting beside you. Or to have Wario try and drag you off at the lights.
And although the road-racing part probably won’t happen in Australia, keep everything crossed that it’ll be a goer at go-kart tracks.
The die-hard Mario Kart geeks will be ready and waiting for this epic event with their own Mario and Luigi costumes, Princess Peach costumes or Mushroom Toad costumes already hanging in their wardrobe.
And if this doesn’t eventuate, there are other options for dressing up in your favourite Mario Kart character costumes:
• Become an Uber driver and show up in costume – you’ll get tonnes of tips.
• Wear them when you’ve got a day of running kids around – they may not ask you again.
• Any costume party you’re invited to.
• Visit your local go-kart track and have your own Mario Kart Party.
‘Bingo. Bye Bye’.