{"id":131697,"date":"2023-02-08T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-144806"},"modified":"2023-02-08T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T00:05:00","slug":"mario-kart-live-home-circuit-dev-announces-hot-wheels-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/08\/mario-kart-live-home-circuit-dev-announces-hot-wheels-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Dev Announces Hot Wheels Follow-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/90a51db2b6269\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/90a51db2b6269\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"b0Q0fYl0pH0\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Velan Studios last week made a tough announcement &#8211; revealing it would be shutting down its free-to-play multiplayer title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/knockout_city\">Knockout City<\/a> on 6th of June this year. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/live-service-game-knockout-city-will-shut-down-this-june\">same update<\/a>, it said it had <em>other<\/em> IPs and products it was &#8220;very excited about&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If you were wondering what&#8217;s next, it seems the American developer is working on a follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_live_home_circuit\">Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit<\/a> with a new &#8220;mixed-reality racing experience&#8221; called <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2023\/02\/hot-wheels-rift-rally-brings-mario-kart-live-style-mixed-reality-racing-to-ps5-ps4\">Hot Wheels: Rift Rally<\/a><\/strong>. Much like Mario Kart Live, it will blend real-world environments with the digital world.<\/p>\n<p>This new racer puts players behind the wheel of more than 140 Hot Wheels vehicles using the Chameleon RC car, which can &#8220;digitally transform&#8221;. The game will also come with a campaign mode (including &#8220;Rift Gates&#8221; as checkpoints) and a stunt mode, where players perform all sorts of crazy moves to earn a high score.<\/p>\n<p>The catch at the moment is Hot Wheels: Rift Rally has only been announced for iOS, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. It&#8217;s due out next month on <strong>14th March 2023<\/strong> and will be <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.riftrally.com\/\">priced at $129.99 USD for the standard edition and $149.99 USD for the collector&#8217;s edition<\/a>. Again though, you&#8217;re going to need to own one of these platforms to be able to play it.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more on our PlayStation website <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2023\/02\/hot-wheels-rift-rally-brings-mario-kart-live-style-mixed-reality-racing-to-ps5-ps4\"><strong>Push Square<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Hot Wheels\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c8e4cf8a43400\/hot-wheels.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c8e4cf8a43400\/hot-wheels.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Wheels\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Velan Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/mario-kart\/related-articles:106049,144569 @ 2023-02-08T06:06:55+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/11\/mario-kart-live-home-circuit-version-2-0-0-is-now-available-adds-split-screen-multiplayer-and-more\">most recent patch dates back to November 2021<\/a>. It added a Luigi Cup to the Grand Prix, new mods, a multiplayer split-screen mode, new gate types and karts, and much more.<\/p>\n<p><em>If we hear anything about a Hot Wheels: Rift Rally Nintendo release, we&#8217;ll be sure to update you. Would you like to see this follow-up to Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit released on a Nintendo platform at some point? What other Nintendo IP do you think could be adapted to Velan&#8217;s &#8220;mixed-reality racing experience&#8221;? Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-would-you-like-to-see-this-new-mixed-reality-racing-experience-on-a-nintendo-platform\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/would_you_like_to_see_this_new_mixed-reality_racing_experience_on_a_nintendo_platform\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Would you like to see this new &quot;mixed-reality racing experience&quot; on a Nintendo platform?\">Would you like to see this new &#8220;mixed-reality racing experience&#8221; on a Nintendo platform? (139 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Yes, absolutely!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"59 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"42\"><span class=\"val\">42<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">No, I&#8217;m not really interested<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"80 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"58\"><span class=\"val\">58<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Velan Studios last week made a tough announcement &#8211; revealing it would be shutting down its free-to-play multiplayer title Knockout City on 6th of June this year. In the same update, it said it had other IPs and products it was &#8220;very excited about&#8221;. 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