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[Game On!] It's Mario Kart sans Mario, Kart Rider is here and it's free.
Lord Jezo
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Woo!!
Kart Rider.
The Korean MMO kart racer sensation has hit in America and we can all be a part of it.
The game is now available for download, go over to the site, sign in, grab the file, and race!
While at the DigitalLife expo this afternoon (which was terrible, be happy you didn't go) I had the chance to check out the game in person, its going to be a lot of fun.
Yay cardboard cutouts!!
What is Kart Rider?
Crazyracing Kartrider (Korean:크레이지레이싱 카트라이더) is a South Korean online multiplayer racing game, developed by Nexon, which earns revenues by selling virtual items for the game through its website, including different types of car and spraypaint. Such cars include fantasy and real-life models of cars, with Nexon's collaboration with companies such as MINI (Korea). It has been confirmed for an Open Beta release of October 2nd, 2007, 6pm USA time [6]. In America, the game has the slogan: "Catch my drift!"
Yay.. um.. matchmatking!!
The game is pretty much Mario Kart, except with out the Mario characters. It's cute, its fast, it has spinning cube item boxes, and it's online. It's sort of Gun Bound, except a kart racer game.
Who's in?
Why should you play?
It knocked Starcraft off the #1 spot on the Korean charts, its just that amazing.
The plan now is to set up a PA league and destroy the world with our kart riding skills!
Go watch and find out what you will be experience will be like once you install it later today.
Official Multimedia Page.
Movies on YouTube
Current PA Rider List Roster
Board Handle --- In game name --- From
Lord Jezo --- Jezo --- North America
Seguer --- Seguer --- Down Under
Jam Warrior --- JamWarrior --- UK
DekuStick --- DekuStick --- Canada
tachyon --- tachyon13 --- ?
projectmayhem --- Deca --- ?
PikaPuff --- PikaPuff --- ?
DtotheG --- DtotheG --- North America
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some fun facts
- There are an estimated 15,000,000 users of the Korean version of Kartrider
- Over 25% of South Koreans have played the game at least once.
- Was the first game to beat Starcraft in the Korean and Chinese online game market.
That's unpossible.
UNIQUE ITEM!
VARIOUS THEME!
The letter S. Learn to use it.
So true, but it is from Korea. So true, it looks JUST LIKE Mario Kart, minus the Mario.
You can probably get fancy little hats for your racers...
Sold!
And persistent avatar enhancements.
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360 Gamertag: Baronskatenbass Steam: BaronVonSnakPak HgL: AnsonLuap
How big's the client?
I am at a loss for words.
Steam | Live
EDIT: A gameplay video
fix'd
Be prepared, the biggest thing to hit Korea is about to go English.
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Like, a subscription? Because that will kill my raging bonAr.
It's free. Have you ever played any other Korean online games? Like Maple Story or Gunbound? They are all free to play but you can spend real money to buy your guy new hats or shirts or sunglasses.
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No, not really.
That is AWESOME. I'm so in.
No items. No karts. Final Destination.
I have to wonder... if you take all of the MMOs available in Korea, and use the "# of players" stat they all use, and then factor in the actual population of Korea... how many factors greater will the # of players be? :P
Oh I know that... but what I'm wondering is, there are a -ton- of these free MMOs in Korea. Most of them report having more than a million players, many with over 5 mil. If you added these up, and compared it to the population of South Korea (around 49 mil), how much higher would it be? :P
The excitement levels should be through the roof at this point.
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Steam | Live
Perhaps they took it down because the big reveal is coming and they need to get everything ready for the awesomeness that is Kart Rider.
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