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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Velan Studios·Released Oct 15, 2020·Single player

Platforms
Switch
Genres
Racing
Critic77/100
Across 6 reviews
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Turn your home into a race track with Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, a brand new way to experience Mario Kart on Nintendo Switch! Drive a kart in the real world using familiar Mario Kart controls and see the action from your kart’s on-board camera displayed on your Nintendo Switch or TV screen. Watch as your home is transformed into ocean depths, a sandy desert and more from the world of Mario Kart!

Reviews

8 reviews
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Kotaku
Ash Parrish·Oct 14, 2020
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I experienced legit childlike glee upon first laying eyes on Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit during Nintendo’s recent Mario 35th Anniversary Showcase. A

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IGN
Janet Garcia·Oct 14, 2020
Critic70/100
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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit's course creation and in-game tracks are a blast held back by some key limitations.

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Nintendo Life
Damien McFerran·Oct 14, 2020
Critic80/100
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We can't deliver our final verdict on Mario Kart Live until we've fully explored its multiplayer potential with a second RC car, but what we can say at this stage is that this is a startlingly authentic "mixed reality" recreation of Nintendo's most popular racing series which encourages you to be inventive with your course designs and does an excellent job of combining your real world surroundings with the fantasy environments of the Mushroom Kingdom. The tech side of things is undeniably impressive and it's impossible to not raise a smile the first time you play; the question is how long that magic will last, especially if your home limits your track designs and you've only got the budget to cover the cost of a single car.

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GameSpot
Steve Watts·Oct 14, 2020
Critic70/100
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Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is Nintendo at its toyetic peak, with a magical AR effect that nonetheless requires some elbow grease to find the fun.

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