Take on the one hand Mario Kart, one of Nintendo's most famous licenses, the latest installment of which has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
Take mixed reality on the other hand, this technology that allows the real world and virtual elements to be mixed through a screen.
Mix it all up and you get
Mario Kart Live Home Circuit
, a video game that turns your home into a kart racing circuit.
Unveiled this Thursday by Nintendo, this connected toy will be marketed from October 16 for 99 euros.
The game box will contain a remote-controlled kart equipped with a camera and four beacons to delimit its circuit.
It's up to everyone to show their imagination to build routes through their homes.
Better to have space in your living room and few obstacles on the floor ...
Once the circuit has been created, it is transposed to the screen of the Nintendo Switch console.
The player will have to race against virtual competitors, who will only appear on the screen.
But her car will move in the real world.
The toy kart will also react to the bonuses and penalties encountered in the video game: it will stop dead in front of a red shell, or will accelerate if the player uses a mushroom.
It will also be possible to play with four friends in the same room, who will have to bring their own toy kart.
Nintendo had already ventured into the lands of mixed reality with Nintendo Labo.
Released in 2018, this title intended for children invited them to build objects using cardboard construction kits, and to see them come to life on the Nintendo Switch screen via mini-games.
Playful and inventive, this connected game was nevertheless not a commercial success.
Attaching a brand as strong as Mario Kart to a mixed reality title should, on the contrary, attract the curious.
