--- description: Hot damn. This remote control Mario Kart set not only lets you race your favorite characters around on your kitchen floor, but the controllers feature... title: Mario Kart RC Cars Let You Virtually Shoot Other Players image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # Mario Kart RC Cars Let You Virtually Shoot Other Players by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jun 1, 2010 8:09 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jun 1, 2010 8:09 PM CUT Hot damn. This remote control Mario Kart set not only lets you race your favorite characters around on your kitchen floor, but the controllers feature built-in virtual projectiles and power-ups in the form of shells, banana peels, mushrooms, stars, and more.  The karts apparently have built-in sensors, so when you get hit from another player’s shell, for instance, your kart will vibrate and slow down. I’d guess that activating a mushroom or star would give you a little speed boost, too, but hard as I try, I just can’t seem to be able to read Japanese. They’ll be available from [Amazon’s Japan site](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%ADQ-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%ADQ%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%89-%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88Wii-VS%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%97-QVM-01%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA/dp/B00347B46K%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ6UNXVHXEIRXKREQ%26tag%3Ditmedia-ls-22%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00347B46K "undefined") on June 19th for around $30 each. Hopefully they’ll make their way stateside sooner or later. Better start working on that real-life replica of Rainbow Road just to be on the safe side. [_via Newlaunches_](http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/tomys%5Fmario%5Fkart%5Fshoots%5Fshells%5Fand%5Fbananas%5Fat%5Fother%5Fkarts.php "undefined") **More on Techland:** [**Mario Kart Meets Call of Duty: Hands-On with Blur**](http://techland.com/2010/04/28/mario-kart-meets-call-of-duty-hands-on-with-blur/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7248900/mario-kart-rc-cars-let-you-virtually-shoot-other-players/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7248900/mario-kart-rc-cars-let-you-virtually-shoot-other-players/"},"headline":"Mario Kart RC Cars Let You Virtually Shoot Other Players","datePublished":"2010-06-01T20:09:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:56:10.891Z","description":"Hot damn. This remote control Mario Kart set not only lets you race your favorite characters around on your kitchen floor, but the controllers feature...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7248900/mario-kart-rc-cars-let-you-virtually-shoot-other-players/","keywords":["Tech","cars","Toys"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"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/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7248900/mario-kart-rc-cars-let-you-virtually-shoot-other-players/","name":"Mario Kart RC Cars Let You Virtually Shoot Other Players"}}]}] ```