Editing Mario Kart TV

[[File:Mario Kart TV.svg|200px|thumb|Mario Kart TV's logo]]
'''Mario Kart TV''' (often advertised in-game as '''MKTV''' or '''Mario Kart Television''') is a sponsor within the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series as well as a feature in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', acting as a successor to the [[Wii#Mario Kart Channel|Mario Kart Channel]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.

==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
[[File:MK8 Mario Kart TV.jpg|200px|thumb|Mario Kart TV menu]]
Within the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', the Mario Kart TV feature integrates with [[Miiverse]], allowing players to view and share [[Highlight Reel|replay videos]] of races, which others from around the world can then watch and leave comments on. Players can view highlight reels at any time by choosing the View Highlight Reel option after a race/battle or from the Mario Kart TV menu. While viewing, players can edit their own replay videos by using various options, including slow motion, rewinding, and fast-forwarding, as well as changing the focus of a video to include specific players and actions, as well as the duration of the video. Players can also favorite up to six of their own replays. The videos can also be uploaded to {{wp|YouTube}}, if the player has a {{wp|Google}}/YouTube account, though they cannot be longer than 60 seconds. ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' also features the ability to show and edit replay videos, but unlike in the original, it is no longer possible to directly upload videos to YouTube.

As of November 7, 2017, it is no longer possible to upload ''Mario Kart 8'' highlight reels to YouTube, due to the termination of the Miiverse service.

An accompanying web app was also released on May 28, 2014,<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo Everything|date=May 29, 2014|title=Mario Kart 8 – Mario Kart TV web app now live|url=https://twitter.com/NinEverything/status/471831977042014208|publisher=X (formerly known as Twitter)|language=en|accessdate=January 16, 2025}}</ref> and it allows users to find and view shared highlights posted to Mario Kart TV and YouTube. Users who log in with their [[Nintendo Network]] ID are also able to find things that are specific to them.<ref name="Fiscal Year">{{cite|date=May 8, 2014|title=Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2014
|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140508/02.html|publisher=Nintendo|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508182416/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140508/02.html|deadlink=y|language=en|accessdate=January 16, 2025}}</ref> On March 8, 2016, it was announced that the portal site would be closed on April 4.<ref>{{cite|author=Tamoor Hussain|date=March 8, 2016|title=Nintendo to Close Mario Kart TV Website|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-to-close-mario-kart-tv-website/1100-6435450/|publisher=Gamespot|language=en|accessdate=January 16, 2025}}</ref>

[[Nintendo]] has planned to "send out videos of attractive reels, and hints and tips as official Nintendo videos."<ref name="Fiscal Year"/> 

Within ''Mario Kart 8'', Mario Kart TV is a sponsor on many courses, most notably [[Mario Kart Stadium]]. They are featured in banners and large screens that broadcast footage of the races. Mario Kart TV {{wp|Production truck|broadcasting vans}} also appear on many courses, including courses in the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]''. While the vans are usually outside the track and thus of no consequence to the player, two of the vans on [[3DS Toad Circuit]] are parked in the off-road on the side of the track, acting as walls if racers happen to run into them. The [[MKTV Parafoil]] is named after Mario Kart TV and features its logo.

====''Mario Kart'' (Nintendo Switch 2)====
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Mario Kart TV broadcasting vans reappear in the ''[[Mario Kart (Nintendo Switch 2)|Mario Kart]]'' game for the [[Nintendo Switch 2]] as shown in its reveal trailer. The vans are now yellow in color.<ref name=FirstLook>Nintendo of America (January 16, 2025). [https://youtu.be/itpcsQQvgAQ Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 16, 2025.</ref>

===Other appearances===
Outside the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, a Mario Kart TV patch appears on the front of the racing outfit in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', and multiple Mario Kart TV banners appear alongside the [[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Mario Motors|Mario Motors]] and [[List of recurring sponsors in the Mario Kart series#Burning DK|Burning DK]] banners in the racetrack area of the World of Light in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. In the Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge attraction at [[Super Nintendo World]] in Japan, the attraction queue passes by a broadcasting van and studio for Mario Kart TV where [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu]] explains the ride's interactive components. In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', the cloud in Mario Kart TV's logo is used as the news channel's logo.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Lakitu - Mario Kart 8.png|A [[Lakitu]] operating a Mario Kart TV
MK8 MKTV relay car model.png|Model of a Mario Kart TV broadcasting van
MKTVParafoilGliderMK8.png|The [[MKTV Parafoil]]
SMO_Racing_Outfit.png|The Racing Outfit in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' featuring the Mario Kart TV logo
MK NS2 MKTV.png|A Mario Kart TV van in the unnamed [[Mario Kart (Nintendo Switch 2)|''Mario Kart'']] for the [[Nintendo Switch 2]]<ref name=FirstLook/>
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*The [[Mii]]s react to events during a replay, such as falling over when a racer gets hit with an [[Mario Kart 8#Items|item]] or cheering when a racer crosses the [[finish line (object)|finish line]].
*There is a similar game mode in ''[[fzerowiki:F-Zero GX|F-Zero GX]]'' called [[fzerowiki:F-Zero TV|F-Zero TV]].
*The Miis in the Wii U version also appeared in many other Wii U games, such as ''{{wp|Wii Sports Club}}'', ''{{wp|Wii Party U}}'', and ''[[Nintendo Land]]'', while the ones in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' are randomly generated, similarly to the "Choose a lookalike" feature from the Switch.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150221200707/https://mariokart.tv/en_us/ Mario Kart TV site] (archived, February 21, 2015)

==References==
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