Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

Development and release

Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 was first announced in October 2006, as a sequel to the original Mario Kart Arcade GP released a year prior. The game was co-developed by Namco Bandai and Nintendo. With its announcement occurring so close to the launch of Nintendo's then-upcoming Wiihome console, some publications expected the game to release on updated an updated arcade board, but it was later revealed to run on the same Triforce arcade hardware of its predecessor. The Triforce arcade board was created in collaboration with Namco and Sega to bolster third party game support for Nintendo's own GameCube hardware; Nintendo allowed for the use of their intellectual property in arcade games in exchange of more third party game support of their home video game consoles. However, like its predecessor, Arcade GP 2 did not ever receive a GameCube, Wii, or any release outside of arcades. The game was released to arcades in March 2007.