They will have real Mario Kart at SXSW this year

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You go around the track and power up by picking up various icons sourced from the Mario Kart games that change the way the karts work — they'll speed up or slow down depending on what you get. They even have some new features from the upcoming new Mario Kart 8, like antigravity that puts your kart upside-down

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On video, anyway. GoPro camers are set up on each kart that capture video of the race, and a team of editors splices in the effects from the games, Austin360 says. Okay, so you won't be firing actual shells at each other. It still sounds like a blast.

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