{"id":3932,"date":"2014-08-19T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T06:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2014-08-19T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T06:16:02","slug":"mario-kart-gets-real-mercedes-benz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/mario-kart-gets-real-mercedes-benz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart gets real with Mercedes Benz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Mario-Kart-8-Mercedes-Benz-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Mario-Kart-8-Mercedes-Benz-4-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Kart 8 Mercedes-Benz\t (4)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gamesites.nintendo.com.au\/mario-kart-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Kart <\/a>owns a bit slice of video game history having carved almost 22 years of video game success but now that fun, fictional racer is about to get real.<\/p>\n<p>From August 27 players of <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesites.nintendo.com.au\/mario-kart-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Kart 8 for Wii U <\/a>can download 3 real world cars from Mercedes Benz. \u00a0\u00a0A modern compact Mercedes Benz GLA, the 300 SL Roadster from the 50\u2019s and the classy silver arrow benz from the 1930\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time that any real work car has appeared in a Mario Kart game and Nintendo will also be hosting an <a href=\"http:\/\/mb-live.jp\/campaign\/2014\/mariokart8\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">online racing tournament <\/a>also launching on the 27th of this month.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/X0-2wZZmZzM?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Kart owns a bit slice of video game history having carved almost 22 years of video game success but now that fun, fictional racer is about to get real. 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