Tagged with: Mario Kart 7

Nintendo of Australia has revealed a couple of release dates. Some notable titles include:

• Pokedex 3D Pro on the 8th of November
• Fallblox, Hydroventure: Spin Cycle and Air Porter sometime in November
• The white 3DS XL with Mario Kart 7 pre-installed on the 6th of December
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star on the 8th of December
• Denpa Men: They Came by Wave and Nano Assault EX sometime in December

Is there anything that you’re looking forward to?

A white version of the 3DS XL is coming to Europe on the 16th of November. Mario Kart 7 will be bundled with the system as a pre-installed piece of software.

Based on a scan of Nintendo’s servers, it seems like Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land are both destined to be released as digital titles via the eShop. Considering Nintendo has become quite bullish in the digital space, this is very unsurprising, and therefore extremely likely. I wonder when they’ll announce it.

(via gonintendo.com)

Amazon of Japan has published this list, revealing the best-selling products in their video games category between December 1st, 2011 and May 31st, 2012. The top five products were:

1. Final Fantasy XIII-2
2. One Piece: Pirate Warriors
3. Mario Kart 7
4. Monster Hunter 3G
5. Super Robot Wars Z

The white version of the 3DS itself managed to grab the twelfth spot on the list.

Nintendo has released the first patch for a 3DS title. It fixes exploits found in Mario Kart 7, including the one for Maka Wuhu that allows racers to skip half of the track. This is a required update for anyone wishing to play the game online. You can download it via the eShop.

There’s an annoying glitch on the Maka Wuhu track in Mario Kart 7 that gives devious players a hugely unfair advantage. A new firmware upgrade, however, will allow games on the 3DS to be patched via the eShop. This upgrade is arriving on April 25th in North America, and the patch itself will arrive in May.

There’s a frustrating glitch on the Wuhu Island track in Mario Kart 7 that allows lesser people to skip quite far ahead in a race, and unfortunately Nintendo has no plans to fix it. Here’s what they said:

We are aware that it is possible to navigate a certain part of the track in Wuhu Island in a way that allows a large part of the course to be bypassed. There are no plans to update the game to remove this shortcut as doing so would create an unfair advantage for the users of the original release of the game. Rest assured your comments have been added to our records for Mario Kart 7.

Grrrr. That about sums up my feelings. Grrrr.