Nintendo wants Mario Karts street

tokio - Dress up as Mario or Luigi, in a kart steps and drive around Tokyo. It has in recent years a popular excursion in the Japanese capital, but Nintendo has had enough. The company, which has nothing to do with the attraction, says that abuse of Super Mario and Mario Kart. It therefore has filed a lawsuit against the company behind the kart rides, Maricar.

Nintendo wants according to Kyodo news agency a compensation of 10 million yen, converted more than 84 000 for violating copyrights. Nintendo says it wants to protect its 'valuable property with years of hard work into it.' Maricar insists it does nothing wrong and said in response to Bloomberg that protect '' the smile of customers'.

Super Mario is one of the most famous characters from Nintendo. To earn extra there will be a theme park, Super Nintendo World in the Japanese city of Osaka in a few years. The amusement park will expand in the future to Florida and Hollywood.