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Nintendo wins ¥50 million lawsuit against operator of Tokyo 'real-life Mario Kart' company
Original source: japantoday.com
All the same, Tokyo-based Mari Mobility Development leaned a little too heavily into its marketing plan of billing itself as a real-life Mario Kart rental company.
For starters, the company’s original name was “MariCar,” which when written in Japanese katakana script (マリカー), is exactly the same as the fan nickname for the Mario Kart series in Japan.
Following the High Court ruling, Mari released a statement on its official website, which is now a desolate-looking collection of plain black text on a solid white background.
Source: Bengoshi.com News via Hachima Kiko, Mari Mobility DevelopmentRead more stories from SoraNews24.
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