September 13th, 2011

New screenshots and trailer for Mario Kart 7

147 Comments

Mario Kart 7 has been treated with a new trailer a few new screenshots which, among other things, give us our first look at the new first-person mode in the game. Check it all out after the break.

  • Poopster

    METAL SUIT!?

    AW YEAH

    • drwill439

      Hate to burst your bubble, but if you caught that while Mario got Blooped, it looked metal, but it wasn’t. That was Blooper ink.

    • Jer

      There is a Metal Box item or Kart that turns you metal. Something to that degree. It was shown off in a post-conference interview with developers.

    • munther555!!!!

      hes probably more than just a suite… more like a metal mario playable charicter..if they can add more charicters to the already huge amount of playable charicters to mario karts , then imagine what they can do to super smash bros 3d!!! the games gonna be amazing!!

      (im still praying isaac from golden sun is gonna be in ssb3D)

    • That guy

      it is a playable character, it was told that lakitu and metal mario are both playable characters on the conference interview.

    • Jer

      Slightly disappointed that it’s not a Kart that turns you metal like some translations were saying. I’d honestly like to see that more than Metal Mario.

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      Whats next?

      He look you guys, it’s the 7 Up guy.

      (7 up guy) Hey, 7 UP YOURS.

    • aaa

      OH MY GOSH…….THE BLUE SHELL WITHOUT WINGS IS BACK!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!

    • drwill439

      Saw the vid again and feel like an uber dumbass. My bad, man.

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      I think the metal item was originally on the Mario Kart arcade GP 1 and/or 2

      but now it makes its way to a Nintendo System

      SHABLAGOO!

    • Cosmo Black FTW

      Is it just me or is Luigi “metal” right at the beginning of the video and after a few seconds he turns “normal”?

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      It’s just Lugi.

      And that Metal item power up from one of the 2 Mario Kart Arcade games.

      But I want the Black Turtle shell & Triple Black Turtle Shells.

      They work like green ones, but they blow up like bombs.

      SHABLAGOO!

    • Xarreno

      You know what? They should add a metal box as a power-up and here’s why:

      1) It it make you classify for a heavy character, so you could push over oppenents.

      2) It can be used as a weight in the air or water. Immediate drop offs when used in the air to land specifically in one spot and quicker movement underwater (just like Super Mario 64).

      3) The downside would be no traction on ice.

  • Castlevania

    First! Great game Mario Kart is a great game.

  • super wii

    looks cool

    • I am Error

      First person View and… MY GOD!
      Its like they just screwed the rules of “you fall to the water, you wait ’till lakitu puts you back to the road” and the “follow the road MO-FO” rules!!
      ……
      Me Gusta

  • [V]ark

    Woohoo, first person view in 3D

  • Bleck

    Is there a link to the video of Lakitu as a playable character yet??

  • LOZISTHEBEST

    Hurray second person 2 comment

  • David

    and i are 3rd :P

    • DavidW

      Cool story bro

  • MrKoopan

    first person? i didnt like it when i saw it on the live stream, and i dont like it now

    • Total911

      HURR DURRR THAT’S WHY IT’S OPTIONAL.

    • drwill439

      ^Wheres a like button when you need it?

  • Noah

    OMG that first person view is epic

  • ZeldaCallsLetsGO

    OMG! Is that a first-person mode?!

  • Mucrush

    Metal Powerup! :D

    • Robynn

      screw the metal powerup, FIREFLOWER!!!

      oh, and sexy looking ice level :D

    • Mr. Paper

      Fire Flower!

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/sa66o6?feature=mhum sa66o6

      Metal Mario Actually.

    • COLE TRAIN

      It’s actually Metal Mario.

    • Matt

      Fire special, FTW!

  • kitano

    WTF first personn view at the end of the trailer ?????

  • Gipi

    First person view! Wow, unexpected.

    So sad snaking has been replaced by drifting…

    • Total911

      YES! Snaking was dumb. One of the only things keeping Mario Kart DS from being perfect.

    • JMAN

      WHAT?! no snaking?! :(

    • Xarreno

      @Total911

      Mario Kart DS is one of my favorite games out of the whole collection. Snaking was pretty bad though. MK DS Rainbow Road FTW!
      I want to see it return.

  • LazyKite

    wow first person kart view! this is gonna sell 3ds all over the world! Not only does it look fun, they have reinvented the game agaiN! ;) i will pre-purchase this game asap!

  • Luneth22

    Is that a Metal Power-Up, or Metal Mario, which makes him a new character?

    • http://www.gamerparadice.yolasite.com J2Dinc

      metal mario! new character!

  • mr. game

    this game looks very promising an it comes out on my birthday. It also looks like we will also have a new metal power up ingame maybe the metal cap from super mario 64

  • mr. game

    this game looks very promising an it comes out on my birthday. It also looks like we will also have a new metal power up ingame maybe the metal cap from super mario 64

  • mr. game

    this game looks very promising an it comes out on my birthday. It also looks like we will also have a new metal power up ingame maybe the metal cap from super mario 64

  • Blah

    bad quality trailer :/

    • Zack

      if you were watching it full screen or something, then yeah, these 3DS don’t look good at all. You can’t expect a game that’s supposed to be on a screen the size of a credit card to look good on a full sized computer, even if it is not full screen…

    • Blah

      resolution of this video is just shitty, doesn’t matter how big it is

    • none of your bussiness

      oh shut up, be happy you can actually see an updated trailer and dont be a spoiled brat, imagine if you were born 100 years earlier, you would kill for that kind of Color tv, hell you would kill for electricity, so i say stop being the typical spoiled whiny american brat, and stop complaining

    • Nutmeg

      hey at least there’s a video!!

    • Blah

      true, BUT it could be a lot better! :P

  • Me
    • aaa

      TANOOKI CART?!?!?!

    • http://www.gamerparadice.yolasite.com J2Dinc

      Nice spotting :D

  • Kendall427

    Looks incredible! I’m so excited!

  • why capcom why?!

    first person mode!!! thats crazy awesome!!!

  • N

    Yess!
    The first race of the trailer shows Mario & co. racing around Wuhu Island (just like in the E3 2010 photos)!! Just makes me more excited! – I’m still waiting for a 3DS redesign though…

  • black-leg jex

    Anyone else spot the racoon leaf item from the new mario land game. It’s in the item roulette thing at the start

    • black-leg jex

      You can see it if you pause at exactly 0:06

    • MegabusterLegends3

      Wow!
      Super Astute, guys!

    • http://www.gamesradar.com GameManiac

      Wonder what the leaf does.

    • Perry

      That looks awesome!

    • Glitchmastermario

      I saw a 7

  • Dragoon

    :O first person perspective!

  • The Only Pokemon Champion

    AWSOME SAUCE!

    • 3DyeS

      All over my sausage.

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d?s=80 ABEzilla116

      and on my face…. damn that was messy pasta….

  • Waffle

    TRICKS!!!!!! :D

  • Waffle

    FIRE FLOWER ITEM? RACCOON ITEM? OMG OMG CANT WAIT!

  • Orkboy

    I hate all this trick jumping crap. Ruined Mario Kart Wii. Go back to Double Dash formula.

    • http://www.youtube.com/flyinglevel Nick Knack

      NTY & GTFO. I like MKWii

    • DavidW

      Why complain about tricks? It’s not like the game controls are based around the idea of doing tricks. It’s just an extra thing that doesn’t do much anyway. No need to complain bro.

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/gilmaster63 gilmaster63

      Someone went off the road when doing tricks :P

    • Orkboy

      Enjoy your baby game.

  • adus1991

    I would like to see the hands of the driver on the wheel

    • adus1991

      I mean in 1st person mode

    • MetaMS

      I KNEW something was missing from the wheel!! =P

    • aaa

      It’s your hands I guess.

  • J

    If you pause on the item roulette at the start of the video, you can see a 7 as an item. I wonder what that is? Maybe some kind of jackpot?

    • Belinni

      Perhaps it gives coins if you get it? You know since more coins apparently means more speed? An interesting idea to me at least.

  • desolationstorm

    Wow looks so good.

  • yvar

    looks good. Looks still innovative

  • grimtendo

    I might be crazy, but the course at 0:09 looks like an F-zero course. Does this mean we’re getting a new F-zero game for the 3ds?!

    • THE I

      yes that is a rock-solid confirmation

    • DavidW

      I hope. (Perhaps Captain Falcon could make a cameo!!!)

    • Captain Falcon

      Hey guys… wassup?

  • Sum_person

    Cool they kept tricks, though their boosts look weaker than in MK: Wii

  • Super-Jew

    Is it me or did mario say $#!+ after he threw the fireballs?

    • Xarreno

      He doesn’t say “SH**,” thats the sound of luigi being burned while Mario says “yes.” The ssssshhhhh comes from the fireball.

  • Supergamer

    does anyone know where to see the conference again?

  • MMSK

    Why the heck does Mario say SH** at 0:43 (after hee hee)?

    • Xarreno

      It’s a mix of Luigi getting burned “ssssshhhhh” and Mario saying “Yes!”

  • Dennis

    Mario is in 7th,

    Mario kart 7< =D

  • yoyo

    3ds-screenshot.com has super mario 3D land screen shots guys

    • Red Red

      Thanks for the heads up! They are super cool to look at!

  • thomas1up

    GUYS WE GOT THE OLD BLUE SHELL BACK!!
    PAUSE AT THE RIGHT TIME AT 0:07

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

    • yoyo

      i still hate blue shell

    • http://bit.ly/coolernow123 coolernow123

      @yoyo its really useful but effing annoying if youre in first

  • Esau

    Is it just me, or does Mario say “shit!” at 0:43-0:45??

  • Zack

    I’m pretty sure I caught a glimpse of the Waluigi Pinball round during the 2011 Conference… But I’m not sure.
    There is nothing like that in this trailer, but could someone please confirm that they saw that round in the video shown at the conference? That’s my favorite track and I really hope they re-make it!

    • Red Red

      Yes, Waluigi Pinball is in this game. It is my favorite track, too, so I am super excited!

    • gr8_monst3r

      Yeah dude, i’ve seen it too. It appears for a second :D … The trailer is very recent, but i can’t find it. :/

    • jeremy molko

      i saw it too

  • Zack

    I saw a tanooki suit leaf at 0:06 when the items are rotating!! :o

  • superstarxalien169

    Rosalina is back, OMGROLDFNDUAHD Waluigi Pinball is back, Wario is back, Mii’s are back (with karts matching their color =D), N64 Kalimari Desert and DS DK Pass is back?! Theres no confirmation for that yet…

  • masterno

    what i noticed in the roulette thing is that there was a racoon looking item. Some numbers and a bomb looking item.

  • matt17

    Fireflower looks overpowered

    • Captain Falcon

      Please don’t say that… or else people will start putting Tier Lists for items… ugh.

    • Belinni

      You know what’s overpowered matt17? Godzilla. Yes, Godzilla is overpowered. Thank heavens we never had to see him in action from the unreleased “Mario Kart Double Da-Oh My Lord Is That Mothra”?

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d?s=80 ABEzilla116

      someone always has to ruin it….

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d?s=80 ABEzilla116

      @Belinni thats been confirmed to be an addon comming out on december 6th. Only 5 steps and you reach the finish line. Can’t wait to play as Godzilla :D

  • HellSlayerDX

    Am i the only person that notiiced wuhu resort from pilot wings at 00:47-00:49

    • TheUltimateKoopa

      Are you for real? You .. NOTICED it from 0:47 – 0:49? This has been known since June 2010. Yes, 2010. The very first track shown in the trailer is the same course. There’s no “have you noticed”, about it, that’s like saying “Have you noticed the castle at the beginning of Super Mario 64?”

  • SharicX

    Yo dudes! I haven’t seen the conferance but is there a Super Mario 3D Land demo coming?

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d?s=80 ABEzilla116

      wheres the real david Turnbull to tell you no?

  • Matt

    Metal Mario, lol.

  • http://www.nintendo3dsblog.com Samuel

    I like that the new Mario Kart 7 trailer and I was wondering wich button you have to do tricks on Mario Kart 7?

    • Matt

      Shake the 3ds?

    • Jer

      My money would be on the D-Pad.

  • samori89

    http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=161192&sid=b52d5fced0eb91992740c60586f47cc9

    it’s unfortunate things like this happen, but like I said Nintendo Fans has made reputation of not supporting good quality 3rd party titles. I hope this time around Nintendo fans wake up and support good software, rather than low budget crap.

    • Matt

      :L

  • helloz

    must have and also if you didnt see the confrence:http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2011/presentation/index.html

  • Jon

    At first I thought the new propeller and hang glider wouldn’t change the game much, but it seems like they really open it up: tracks like the Penguin one from Mario Kart Wii could really have benefited from these additions!

  • kanahnakah3

    Metal Mario is an actual character, not a power up. Lakitu is the other confirmed character.

  • Daniel

    was there always drifting in the MK series?

    • Drybones

      since Double Dash

  • cree’az

    Better than MK Wii

  • SharicX

    So what’s the “extremely big title”? :(

    • Adam

      moster hunter 4

  • drwill439

    There’s a whole bunch i dug about this trailer. I thought Mario was gonna die, but he went under water. I also saw a new powerup and the new view mode. This game has the potential to be one of the best.

  • scootercoconut

    Added underwater sections? Hopefully they won’t do that to Maple Treeway, the best course ever. (I saw that they brought it back.)
    Also, it looks like they didn’t bring back bikes.
    -_-

  • Nathan

    Even though it might seem easier now that they don’t reset you for falling in the water, it looks to me like the underwater section is kind of a punishment because you go slower

  • Brown_Yoshi

    Woah! First person view! Didn’t see that one coming! The fire flower looks pretty neat too!

  • im a troll

    I hate mariokart and this looks horrible. WIll never be purchasing. PSvita waaaaaaaaay better!!!!!! thumbs up

    • Zack Zion

      @im a troll your a troll

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      After the PSP, no one is gonna be buying a PS handheld ever again.

      except a few people here a & there, which means there will never be a PSP3 after the PSP2 (PS Vita)

      and that’s Real Talk

      SHABLAGOO!

    • Drybones

      You can’t thumbs up, plus nobody would because if they read this, they would hate your guts, like I do.

  • http://www.youtube.com/papermariodude101 papermariodude101 of YouTube.com

    1st person mode? Awesome!

  • Jmaster720

    First person mode!!!!
    AQDWEFERFWSQWD

    THATS amazing (7th Pic)

  • samori89

    Is the fire power exclusive to mario and maybe similar one for luigi, kinda like double dash? or maybe they will let luigi slow time around him for a while like brawl

  • GERRELEY

    Whoa, this looks amazing…nerd-gasm. :3

  • StarTropics

    All I want is Diddy Kong and Pauline as racers and I;m good. I mean we get Peach, Daisy and even Rosalina so why not Pauline? Shes become a main character of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      We might get Diddy Kong because of Double Dash.

      But who knows.

      I certainly don’t.

    • Xarreno

      @StarTropics

      I know, right? I mean, come ON! Rosalina only showed up in Super Mario Galaxy and she became a playable character (SMG2 came after MKWii). Not only that, but Pauline has made at least 3 appearances now herself (including the first Donkey Kong).

  • CHACAL

    TANOOKI SHEET 0:06

  • Yoshiv

    New Bowser’s Castle FTW.

  • eddypikachu

    You guys are retarded, metal mario is a whole new playable character, the rpoducer of mario kart 7 even said so, so is lakitu a new playable character

  • eddypikachu

    When mario was playing in first person view it was playing on the gyroscope mode, you can play with the gyroscope now just like the wii

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      That’s hella cool!