Mario Kart is by far my favorite video game.  Since its release on Wii years ago, I've been obsessed with it, and over the years I've come up with a few ways to shake up the game (as if it even needs it)

1.  Beerio Kart.  (Also known as Drink and Drive, but I prefer Beerio Kart)  The way you play this you need to be over 21, then you compete against your 21and over friends by drinking half a beer before the race is over.  You can NOT drink while you're driving your Mario character (My strategy is to drink it all in the very beginning which will you give all the bullets, because you're in last place and you'll be back in first by the second lap) Or if you're not very good at the game and anticipate falling off the course constantly, you can save your chugging during the time you're being placed back onto the course.

2.  Partner.  Choose your partner, or randomly draw cards to determine who will be on teams (this works perfect if you have eight people playing, but will also work all the way up to 12 people, or even as low as four people playing)  This way you have to switch up drivers at each lap.  So in the beginning one person will finish a lap, then will hand off the controller to the other team mate.

3.  Blind Driving.  The driver must have his or her eyes closed while their partner directs them which way to go.  This is very difficult, and may cause a few fights :P

4.  Not 21, but still want to play a game similar to Beerio Kart?  You could try the game where you eat four crackers and then when you can whistle is when you can take off in the beginning, or you could go with mega hydration and chug water instead of beer!

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