<s>
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
sub-series	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
series	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
and	O
later	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Games	O
under	O
license	O
from	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
game	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
to	O
feature	O
playable	O
crossover	O
characters	O
:	O
Namco	O
's	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Blinky	O
,	O
which	O
all	O
are	O
from	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
sequel	O
features	O
Mametchi	O
,	O
a	O
character	O
from	O
the	O
Tamagotchi	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
includes	O
Don	O
from	O
the	O
Taiko	B-Application
no	I-Application
Tatsujin	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
sub-series	O
started	O
in	O
2005	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
followed	O
by	O
three	O
sequels	O
:	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
2	O
(	O
2007	O
)	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
DX	O
(	O
2013	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
VR	O
(	O
2017	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
is	O
the	O
initial	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
Triforce	B-Device
arcade	O
board	O
(	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
F-Zero	O
AX	O
)	O
by	O
Namco	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
race	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
eleven	O
characters	O
on	O
twenty-four	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cups	O
are	O
Mario	B-Application
Cup	O
,	O
Wario	O
Cup	O
,	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Cup	O
,	O
DK	O
Cup	O
,	O
Bowser	O
Cup	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
unlockable	O
Rainbow	O
Cup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
features	O
items	O
new	O
and	O
old	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
eleven	O
characters	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
all	O
eight	O
playable	O
characters	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
64	I-Application
,	O
and	O
guest	O
characters	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Blinky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
came	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
:	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Dash	I-Application
including	O
the	O
pre-race	O
countdown	O
timer	O
to	O
commence	O
racing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
2	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
series	O
released	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
used	O
the	O
Triforce	B-Device
arcade	O
system	O
board	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
arcade	O
installment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
eleven	O
characters	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
return	O
,	O
alongside	O
new	O
characters	O
Waluigi	O
from	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
Mametchi	O
from	O
the	O
Tamagotchi	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
cups	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
also	O
appear	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
two	O
new	O
cups	O
,	O
Yoshi	B-Application
Cup	O
and	O
Waluigi	O
Cup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
DX	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japanese	O
arcades	O
on	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
American	O
and	O
European	O
arcades	O
in	O
2014	O
(	O
previously	O
announced	O
for	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
all	O
Dave	O
&	O
Buster	O
's	O
restaurants	O
from	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
until	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
ten	O
redesigned	O
courses	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
introduced	O
in	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
7	I-Application
such	O
as	O
gliders	O
and	O
underwater	O
racing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
players	O
can	O
combine	O
their	O
karts	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
more	O
powerful	O
kart	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
player	O
driving	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
serving	O
as	O
the	O
gunner	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Dash	I-Application
!!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
ten	O
of	O
the	O
thirteen	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
installment	O
return	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Bowser	O
Jr.	O
and	O
Don-Chan	B-Application
from	O
Taiko	B-Application
no	I-Application
Tatsujin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
racing	O
commentary	O
is	O
voiced	O
in	O
Japanese	O
by	O
Rica	O
Matsumoto	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
voices	O
Ash	O
Ketchum	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Pokémon	O
anime	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
English	O
by	O
Jack	O
Merluzzi	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
the	O
in-game	O
announcer	O
in	O
Fast	B-Device
Racing	I-Device
Neo	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
VR	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japanese	O
arcades	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
prior	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
games	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
virtual	O
reality	O
headset	O
and	O
in	O
first	O
person	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
on	O
a	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
arcade	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
prior	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
arcade	I-Application
games	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
controlled	O
via	O
a	O
steering	O
wheel	O
and	O
acceleration	O
and	O
brake	O
pedals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
only	O
four	O
playable	O
characters	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
appeared	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
:	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Luigi	O
,	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
and	O
Yoshi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gliders	O
are	O
used	O
similarly	O
to	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
GP	I-Application
DX	O
.	O
</s>
