It turns out that M♋ario Kart 8 has a secret LAN mode that allows up to 12 players to race♊ together via a wired connection. 

As pointed out by Mar🌊io Kart content creator and Twitter user, , Nintendo is hiding a secret LAN moded in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Mankalor demonstrates how to access this feature in a video attached to the tweet andജ all players need to do is hold L+R and click on the Left Stick on the main menu to swap the 'Wireless Play' option to 'LAN Play'.

on the Nintendo of America website. As the page reads: "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe supports LAN play, allowing players to connect multiple Nintendo Switch consoles together over a wired connection for the ultimate Mario Kart competition with up to 12 player🐬s."

The tweet by Mankalor has understandably gone somewhat viral and has introduced more casual Mario Kart players to the likes of Mario Kart 🌞8 Deluxe LAN tournaments, one of which was as recently as last week and live streamed online.  

Not entirely sure what a LAN tournament is? Starting in the late 90s and early 2000s,🌌 ''AN parties'' were essentially gatherings where players bring their computers/consoles to each other's houses or other locations and wire them together to play multiplayer games. Although they're not so much a thing anymore, due to the ease of wireless con💙nectivity, these events still happen, as Mankalor has demonstrated.

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