Two tracks from Mario Kart 7 — Rainbow Road and Music Park — caught our attention while playing.

Another course based on Wuhu Island makes its way into Mario Kart 7.

How many do you recognize?

Read up on Mario Kart 7′s community features and the different ways in which you can interact with other players on the Internet.

Ghost data will be made available through daily downloads.

Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, will discuss the upcoming firmware update and Mario Kart 7.

The Tanooki suit will be working overtime this fall.

Metal Mario and Lakitu will be amongst new playable characters, and Wuhu Island from Wii Sports Resort will be one of the game’s new tracks.

Nintendo of America just let loose with release dates for some of the more popular DS, 3DS and Wii games slated for release by the end of the year.

Mario Kart 7 will put players in the drivers seat with a new first-person kart driving mode. Select this mode and you’ll control the kart using the Nintendo 3DS’ gyro sensors.

Mario Kart has tons of power ups ranging from easy to dodge banana peels to annoying blue shells. Add fire flower to that list.

Giant tires help karts drive off-road. Smaller tires work better on city courses.

Mario Kart for the Nintendo 3DS will be available this holiday season, Nintendo announced at their E3 media briefing. The game will include customization features, such as attaching wheel sets of various sizes on your kart.   A trailer for the game also displayed hang-glider-like wings allowing the karts to glide through the air, as [...]

Nintendo planning first-party releases around third-party titles, says company president, Satoru Iwata.