Yes... it's thread 133420..

Which is exactly why Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii were both announced as Mario Kart 5 and Mario Kart 6 beforehand, right?

Note that they really actually NEVER WERE.

Mario Kart 7 is the OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED name. Get used to it, and get over it.

Finally, just to close it up once and for all...

http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/ufJwtz6UjAK6na5ik_zpgGhHkXL3qDso

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/59JiheYMlzjHqlmUHkP5ESn3QOUHqyOq

Nintendo has made it very clear that they intend to call it Mario Kart 7 everywhere they've used the title. If it was a placeholder name, it would say so. And it makes no sense from any marketing points of view to call it "Mario Kart 3DS".

I would have ignored it merely as a placeholder title, but Nintendo's been saying Mario Kart 7 in the 3DS commercials, and to my knowledge they've never promoted a game under its placeholder name before

Though i would still bet on a placeholder, that bet is less safe than it once was.

Really I was just shocked that there were that many Mario Karts.

Didn't feel like it.

Guess cause of the handhelds.

Surprised they aren't numbered differently like Megaman.

Or rather... semi differently.

Since I think the Megaman gameboy games went

Megaman, Megaman III and Megaman V since each megaman game contained 4 robot bosses from each game and they didn't want people to think gameboy 2 was the same as 2 when none of the robots were the same.

I think it's an awesome name. particularly if mk8 is called not 8.

though to say it's not impossible to change the name. isn't true

the original deus ex 3 changed its named to project snowblind... and sucked.
Final Fantasy Agito XIII, is now FF Type Zero.
Super Mario Bros 2 wasn't even an original game it was a reskin of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panikku.

So I think it's possible they can change the name... but it seems like it's going to be mk7 :)

It's pretty stupid considering it's not the seventh game in the series.

huh?

1. Super Mario Kart — Super Nintendo Entertainment System, 1992 and 1993. Also available on Virtual Console since 2009 and 2010.^[2][3]
2. Mario Kart 64 — Nintendo 64, 1996 and 1997. Also available on Virtual Console since 2007.
3. Mario Kart: Super Circuit — Game Boy Advance, 2001.
4. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! — Nintendo GameCube, 2003.
5. Mario Kart DS — Nintendo DS, 2005.
6. Mario Kart Wii — Wii, 2008.
7. Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo 3DS, 2011, not yet released.

Rainbow Yoshi said: The previous logo (above) used from Super Mario Kart to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and the current logo used from Mario Kart DS to the upcomingMario Kart 7 for Nintendo 3DS. First Installment Super Mario Kart (1992) Latest Installment Mario Kart Wii (Mario Kart 7upcoming) Number of Installments 9 (6 main, 2 arcade, 1 upcoming) Parent Series Mario

those are arcade ones... just like final fantasy and dragon quest, don't count their spinoffs as main games.