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TIME Tech Editor talks about the genius of Super Mario Bros. as the NES game turns 30._ by [Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly Nov 30, 2015 11:05 PM UTC  Nintendo by [Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly Nov 30, 2015 11:05 PM UTC Following the success of October’s hour-long special from the Nintendo World Championships 2015, Disney XD and Nintendo are reteaming for another competitive gaming TV special. The new eSports special, _Clash of Karts: Mario Kart 8_, will air Dec. 5 on Disney XD, and it will see four two-person teams of top teenage gamers compete in a_Mario Kart 8_ tournament on a Nintendo Wii U console in front of a live audience. YouTube personalities Mari Takahashi, Meghan Camarena, SethBling, and Andre Meadows will coach the teams, and Alison Haislip and Matt Rife will host the event. The hour-long program differs from the previous special in that it will focus on one game, as opposed to October’s “decathlon of eSports,” as Disney XD’s senior vice president of programming and general manager Marc Buhaj described it to [_Fortune_](http://fortune.com/2015/11/25/disney-xd-esports-nintendo-mario-kart/?xid=smartnews). “We wanted to focus on a single game with this special and have a more intimate event,” Buhaj explained, noting that _Mario Kart 8_ lends itself well to television because it appeals to viewers of all ages and doesn’t take itself too seriously. Disney XD is committed to attracting and maintaining its audience of young gamers; the network is also home to live-action comedy series _Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything_ and airs Canadian show _Gaming Show (In My Parents’ Garage)_. _Clash of Karts: Mario Kart 8_ will air Dec. 5 at 8:00 p.m. on Disney XD. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/30/disney-xd-nintendo-mario-kart-8-tv-special) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) 'Mario Kart 8' TV Tournament Is Coming to Disney XD ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4130122/mario-kart-8-tv-special-disney/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4130122/mario-kart-8-tv-special-disney/"},"headline":"Mario Kart 8 TV Tournament Is Coming to Disney XD","datePublished":"2015-11-30T23:05:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:58:48.360Z","description":"The hour-long program will feature top gamers compete in front of a live audience","url":"https://time.com/4130122/mario-kart-8-tv-special-disney/","keywords":["Video Games","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a920858f12c9b6e/69869ac9f983e7028604eb4f/mario-kart-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mary Sollosi / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a920858f12c9b6e/69869ac9f983e7028604eb4f/mario-kart-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"mario-kart-8","caption":"","creditText":"Nintendo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/video-games/","name":"Video Games"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4130122/mario-kart-8-tv-special-disney/","name":"Mario Kart 8 TV Tournament Is Coming to Disney XD"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Time: Why Super Mario Bros. is One of the Best Video Games Ever Made","description":"TIME Tech Editor talks about the genius of Super Mario Bros. as the NES game turns 30.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/b86vuoEJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-09-10T14:07:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/b86vuoEJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4130122/mario-kart-8-tv-special-disney/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4130122/mario-kart-8-tv-special-disney/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```