Nintendo To Launch Mario Kart 7 Facebook Community

normalFacebook communities are nothing new, Infendo has a page, our sister site Nerdzy has a page, I even admin a group of pages dedicated to particular games such as Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon X and Y, Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy.  What is new, is the fact that Nintendo is publicly announcing the launch of their new Facebook Mario Kart 7 community today.

The community has quite a few benefits to join, such as the capability to join in specialized events centered around the Facebook application.  If you area  top racer in an event, your name will be proudly displayed upon the leader board for all to see!  Below are a couple leader board events:

Leaderboards

  • Event Races – Get bragging rights by beating your friends and other Mario Kart 7 players from across the UK in community races every week and special monthly event races. The most recent race leaderboards will also be showcased on the community page.
  • Time Trials – Think you can’t be beaten on Melody Motorway or Rainbow Road? Prove it with the Time Trial leaderboards. Each track will have its own permanent leaderboard so you can show off your skills on your favourite tracks and battle it out for the record times.

Overall, reaching the top and appearing on the leaderboard is purely for bragging rights, but who doesn’t like to see their name out where everyone can see?  By joining the group, you will also be privy to special event notifications, as well as share in your strategies with other devoted players.

Below the jump is the official press release (I know it is the UK press release, and so far that is all I can seem to find).  Before we take a look at it, why do you think that Nintendo is taking the time to publicly announce the Mario Kart 7 Facebook community app?  The game came out in 2011, and we are expecting a new Mario Kart within a year or two.  Is this possibly a subliminal way for Nintendo to get people playing the latest Mario Kart, and build excitement for the next launch?  Is this a roundabout way of saying that the next gen Mario Kart is a ling ways off?  Why not create a MiiVerse community instead of a Facebook community?  What are your thoughts?

RACE TO THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD WITH THE NEW MARIO KART 7 COMMUNITY APPLICATION

Brand new Mario Kart 7 Facebook Application to be released on 13 August

 

13th Aug, 2013 – If you know your way around the racetracks of the Mushroom Kingdom, you’ll want to set up your karts and load up on Bananas as the MK7 Community Application hits Facebook on 13th August.

As well as battling it out to be immortalised in the Mario Kart 7 Hall of Fame, you will be able to compete in Weekly Races and Time Trial leaderboards, get special event notifications and chat on the Community Page. So whether you like to race against other players, compete for the fastest possible lap times or just meet other fans to play and chat with – the new Facebook app for Mario Kart 7 has something for you.

Hall of Fame

Race your way to the top and get immortalised in the Hall of Fame. Every month, the app will keep track of the best racers across the Nintendo UK Mario Kart 7 Community and induct someone permanently into the Hall of Fame.

 

Leaderboards

  • Event Races – Get bragging rights by beating your friends and other Mario Kart 7 players from across the UK in community races every week and special monthly event races. The most recent race leaderboards will also be showcased on the community page.
  • Time Trials – Think you can’t be beaten on Melody Motorway or Rainbow Road? Prove it with the Time Trial leaderboards. Each track will have its own permanent leaderboard so you can show off your skills on your favourite tracks and battle it out for the record times.

Community

Join in the fun with other Mario Kart 7 fans online. Swap community codes, set up races with other players and participate in Mario Kart discussion on the community page.

By entering your Mii name into the MK7 Community Application, you can link to your Facebook profile and start submitting race times as well as competing in weekly and special UK events.* The application will even link in with your Facebook events to notify you of upcoming races and let you see how many of your friends you’ll be competing against.

Mario Kart 7 on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL is the ultimate Mario Kart experience. In the latest game in the series, you have to master racing on land, underwater or in the air through 32 courses, made up of 16 new and 16 remastered retro courses. You can also customise your karts using a combination of frame, wheels and glider parts which can be unlocked by collecting coins during each race.

Bringing together racers locally via Wi-Fi and StreetPass or globally though an internet connection, Mario Kart 7 allows you to race against friends and Mario Kart fans everywhere.

With the option to construct your own communities and define your racing mode and items, you can always play your way.

There will be more reasons than ever for Mario Kart 7 players to keep competing when the MK7 Community Application hits Facebook on 13th August. To find out more, go to http://www.nintendo.co.uk/mariokart7

 

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