Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit brings back that sense of wonder we all felt when we cracked open our first video game and realised there was another world behind the screen. Only now that other world is in our living rooms.
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit2020
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
2020 Nintendo74Good
Playtime
ShortIt typically takes about 6 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
Available on
- Free
Game modes
- 2–4 players
Details
- Launch
- October 15, 2020
- Developer
- Velan Studios
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Genres
Overview
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!
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Reception
Press75
Good- Metacritic75from 62 reviews
- OpenCritic74from 36 reviews
Nintendo's augmented reality kart racer – which involves a miniature kart – works better as a creative toy than a traditional racing game
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is a unique experience that is really impressive at first glance. I enjoyed putting the courses together and exploring the variety of Grand Prix’s, but after a while, the experience does lose its charm much faster than normal Mario Kart experiences. I think this is in part due to the fact that there really is only so many...
It's one of the best applications of AR I've got my hands on and features some impressive tech. The kart is a joy to drive and responds as closely to the game as physically possible, with multiplayer adding even more fun into the mix. Mario Kart Live Home Circuit is a fantastic blend of mad Mario Kart action in your own home. It's awesome seeing your...
There's real magic at the heart of this brilliantly faithful AR take on Mario Kart, but a fair few caveats abound.