What happens when you a simple tricycle race is too dull? Why you add a video game spin to it, that's what! The gang at Panda Smash decide to have a real Mario Kart race. They dress up as their favorite characters, have a full blown course with "real" environmental effects, and enemies like Chain-Chomps and Thwomps ("I'm a Thwomp, I Thwomp people") to attack the racers.
They even have weapons to throw at each other. Mushrooms, bananas, green, red and blue (Ninja) turtle shells.
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A tricycle (often abbreviated to trike) is a three-wheeled vehicle.
Tricycles generally follow one of two layouts:
* delta, with two wheels at the back (of which one or both may be driven) and one steered wheel at the front; and
* tadpole, with two steered wheels at the front and one (usually driven) wheel at the back.
Not all trikes fall into one of these two classes. For example, some early pedal tricycles used two wheels in tandem on one side and a larger driving wheel on the other. It is common for tricycles to have front and rear wheels of different sizes.
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9:42 PM on 03.19.2007
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wtf o_O
Tricycles generally follow one of two layouts:
* delta, with two wheels at the back (of which one or both may be driven) and one steered wheel at the front; and
* tadpole, with two steered wheels at the front and one (usually driven) wheel at the back.
Not all trikes fall into one of these two classes. For example, some early pedal tricycles used two wheels in tandem on one side and a larger driving wheel on the other. It is common for tricycles to have front and rear wheels of different sizes.
THOSE WERE NOT TRICYCLES! ^-^
It's a flipping trikie race....with water ballons...and Ninja Turtles! Gee us a break no? (That was Scottish)
I think everyone who played mariokart to much would have loved to do this!
I wish I was in that race.
yet also like it was so much fun
/envious
Gold.
Fried Gold.
hilarious. on a side note, every song in the original super mario kart needs a techno remix...someone get on that RIGHT NOW.
i'll try to con some friends into doing something similar this weekend.....