Mario Kart 7 Nintendo 3DS News

Nintendo has announced an upcoming holiday 3DS XL Bundle, which includes Mario Kart 7 for free. Read more

Nintendo has put up some of its first-party 3DS titles on the eShop today, as it continues its efforts to offer select parts of the library as digital downloads. Read more

Nintendo has announced it will patch Mario Kart 7 to eliminate three unintended shortcuts in multiplayer modes. Read more

Nintendo has outlined its first ever annual operating loss, and detailed its plans for the coming year in terms of strategy and predicted sales. Read more

In ye oldene dayes, if a console game was broken, it was stuck that way forever. Or, in the case of the Nintendo 3DS, in ye moderne dayes too. Not for much longer, though, as the handheld is getting support for game patches in a firmware update this week. Read more

An analytical look at Nintendo's 2011 sales numbers show Nintendo's first-party titles cleaning up, especially when Mario is involved, but third parties still lagging behind. Read more

A new year is here, so let the video games business boasts begin! Nintendo today revealed that over 4 million 3DSs have now been sold in the US, while Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword have all sold over a million. Read more

Mario Kart 7 program director Yusuke Shiraiwa talks about the design philosophy behind bringing coins back to the series, and the challenges he faced hitting 60 FPS in a 3D game. Read more

Mario Kart series producer Hideki Konno has revealed that production on Mario Kart 7 stalled when it became necessary for Nintendogs + Cats to be completed for the Nintendo 3DS launch. Read more

We get a look at the 3DS "Join Game" feature through the first game to use it, Mario Kart 7. Read more