Mario Kart multiplayer issues
Kart cart doesn't like other Kart carts
Mario Kart Super Circuit is due out over here on September 14th. It's charged with cheering up obsessive Nintendo fans snorting in disgust over the long wait from Japanese to European GameCube releases. Unfortunately, gamers who couldn't even wait until September 14th for Nintendo's next big hit have taken to importing the game from Japan and the States. Unluckily for them, it has emerged that Japanese and American carts simply will not link up for multiplay. The difference is the language barrier according to reports at C&VG, and we've seen as much ourselves. As if confirmation were needed, the UK release won't link up with the Japanese, but will happily play alongside the American version. Interestingly though, we tried to play link up Mario Kart Super Circuit on one kart this weekend, and although this facility is publicized in the manual and elsewhere, we had absolutely no luck getting our Japanese console and cart to interact with our UK Game Boy Advance. Whether this is a product of the inter-territory language barrier problem or something more sinister we don't know. GBAs from Japan and the UK are technically identical, so we're at a loss but to blame it on the software. The single player game is stunning, mind. Get your wallets ready for the middle of next month.