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Mario Kart: Battle Royale!
AmericanBoxart MKBR
Developer(s) GreenStar Studios
Nintendo
Bandai Namco
Publisher(s) Fantendo
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Genre(s) Racing
Series Mario Kart (spin-off)
Release Date(s) WW: January 4, 2020
Mode(s) Single Player
Multiplayer
Online Play
Wireless Play
Age Rating(s) ESRB2013E3RatingCERO A
Media Included Nintendo Switch cardridge
Digital purchase
Available Input Joy-cons
Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Nintendo Labo's Toy-Con Car Vehicle Kit
GameCube Controller

Mario Kart: Battle Royale! is a racing/battle game developed by GreenStar Studios and Nintendo with collaboration of Bandai Namco and Microsoft. This game is made for Nintendo Switch released worldwide on January 4, 2020.

While this game being a second installement of the Mario Kart seriesit approves to be a spin-off of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, focusing only on Battle Mode with their returning modes, such as Balloon Battle, Coin Runners, Bob-omb Blast, Shine Thief and Renegade Roundup. Additionally, a new battle mode is exclusively made for this game called Turf Plunders where players divided in two teams must cover the track with their respective team colors.

It has additional features such as new characters, new vehicles and their parts, new and returning items, new and returning battle courses and exclusive returning guests from all the Mario Kart games, featuring VillagerIsabelleLink and Inkling from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe; Pac-ManMs. Pac-ManBlinkyMametchi (from Tamagotchi series) and Don-Chan (from Taiko No Tatsujin series) from the Mario Kart Arcade GP series; and Banjo & Kazooie (from their titular series) appearing has new racers as special guests with their own new course, Ancient Lake, from Diddy Kong Racing, transformed in a battle course.

This game is also big in online play due to having a gigantic map never done before in the past Mario Kart installments called Battle Island where up to 50 players battle against each other for the most scores and survivability.

Modes[]

Overview[]

  • Single Player
    • Battle GP!
    • Quickplay
    • Battle Island!
    • Missions
    • Shop
  • Multiplayer (up to 4 players)
    • Quickplay
    • Battle Island!
      • Local or Wireless
  • Online Play (up to 2 players, local play only)
    • Worldwide
    • Regional
    • Tournaments
    • Friends
      • Quickplay
      • Battle Island!

Returning Battle Modes[]

There are six different types of battles:

Balloon Battle Super Mario Kart Logo The classic mode where players use items to pop opponents' balloons or steal them in order to score points. You can rather play in teams like in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 8 DX or play solo on survival like in Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64.
Shine Thief Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB A returning mode from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, one player must retrieve a Shine Sprite and keep hold of it for about 20 seconds, while the opponents use items against whoever has the Shine to force that player to drop it. The driver holding the shine sprite has a slightly reduced top speed. In Team play, one team must collectively manage to hold on to the Shine for about 30 seconds.
Bob-omb Blast Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB A returning mode from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, in which players attack one another using Bob-ombs to score points and can carry up to 10 Bob-ombs. This version follows all of the same rules as Balloon Battle, the difference being that the only items are Bob-ombs. It also has exclusive variations of Bob-ombs with unique abilities found in Golden Item Boxes.
Coin Runners Mario Kart Wii logo Originating in Mario Kart Wiiplayers must collect Coins scattered across the course in order to have the most by the end of the match. Plays more akin to the Mario Kart Wii version of the mode, with players having no limit to the amount of coins they can collect, as opposed to the 10-coin limit in the Mario Kart 7 version. There are also new items that helps players to gain coins quickly found in Golden Item Boxes.
Renegade Roundup 800px-Mario Kart 8 Deluxe logo A returning mode from Mario Kart 8 DX in the vein of "cops and robbers", with the racers being divided into two teams. One team, known as "The Authorities", has to use Potted Piranha Plants in order to capture players from the other team, known as "The Renegades". Captured Renegades are placed into one of several jail cells floating above various points on the stage. Remaining Renegades can free their teammates by driving over a key switch placed below the jail cells. The Renegades win if at least one member is still running free when time runs out, and the Authorities win if all of the Renegades get captured. All Authority team members also temporarily lose their ability to capture after being hit by an item and Renegades receive a speed boost when they are freed from the cells.
Turf Plunders Logo MKBR This is a new mode exclusively for this game called Turf Plunders. Like in Renegade Roundup, players are divided into two teams: the red team and the blue team. Each team must cover the entire track by driving around the whole track, like in Splatoon. While driving, players leave traces from their team color behind. Some throwable items are also useful because they also leave traces behind with the team color displayed by the thrower like the radia of Bob-ombs. The team that covered that plundered most ground wins. It will be displayed in percentages before the results. 

Battle Grand Prix![]

TBA

Missions[]

TBA

Battle Island![]

Battle Island is a new big addition to Mario Kart and it's one of the biggest and larges courses ever created to Battle Mode. Playable up to four players (two players online), this game allows you to battle against 50 players in one map with different locations and unique environements. There are iconic and recognizable locations on each different place such as the Hotel from Luigi's Mansion 3; Delfino Island, remade for this game, from Super Mario Sunshine; and Rosalina's Observatory from Super Mario Galaxy, located in the sky. You can play in teams or in solo survival.

Similar to Kirby Air Ride's City Trial and Smash Bros. Smash Run, players with five balloons need to collect power-ups to boost up their vehicles found scattered across the island before the time runs out. The timer varies depending the player's settings (default is six minutes) They can also snatch other players' power-ups by hitting with items against it. When the timer finishes, a small battle course minigame will start with their boosted vehicles. The courses and battle types are chosen in random choice.

Online Play[]

TBA

Characters[]

Playable Characters[]

There are in total 62 characters. All of them returns (for the exception of Mario Kart Tour for certain characters) from their respective series. Only characters that originated from Super Mario Kart (only with an exception for Donkey KongWarioWaluigi and Daisy) are starters. Like in each installement of Mario Kart, each racer has their own vehicle weightclass, which these are:

  • Feather (10): This is one of the lightest classes. They have an excellent acceleration and handling. However, they get knock-off pretty easily by other vehicles superior than this class by their light weight. Also, their top speed isn't the greatest. This is the perfect class for those who want to escape obstacles with ease.
  • Light (10): Unlike the Feather class, the Light class is more rewardable on their weight, which prevent them to be stunned against other vehicles for a long time. They have an great acceleration and handling. Their top speed has increased slightly.
  • Medium (20): This class is one of the balanced types and excellent for beginners for any type of players that want to play the game without a problem. Their stats are all average.
  • Cruiser (11): This heavy class allows racers to knock others with ease. They can recover pretty fast after being hit and have a good stat at top speed. Thanks to their weight, they can't get knock-off easily but their handling and acceleration is not great, which make them bad on turning on tight curves.
  • Heavy (8): This class is one of the heaviest classes in the game. While being similar to Cruiser classes, the Heavy class is an exceptional type for players that can handle the road pretty well. Their weight is impossible to be knocked-off by other vehicles and they have the best top speed. However, their acceleration and handling stats are abysmal which amek them really difficult to drive those vehicles. But if you want to survive well, this class is just for you. 
  • The Mii is the only character that you can choose which class is suite for each Mii.
  • Metal Mario & Pink Gold Peach are the only exceptional characters that are in Heavy/Cruiser class but they use a Medium type vehicles.
  • Names written in bold are exclusive newcomers in the Mario Kart franchise.
Starters

MarioIcon MKBR

MarioEmblemMK8

Mario

LuigiIcon MKBR

LuigiEmblemMK8

Luigi

PeachIcon2 MKBR

PeachEmblemMK8

Princess Peach

YoshiIcon MKBR

YoshiEmblemMK8

Yoshi

DaisyIcon2 MKBR

DaisyEmblemMK8

Princess Daisy

Medium

Super Mario Kart Logo

Medium

Super Mario Kart Logo

Medium

Super Mario Kart Logo

Medium

Super Mario Kart Logo

Medium

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

BowserIcon MKBR

Bowser Emblem MK8

Bowser

DonkeyKong MKBR

DKEmblemMK8

Donkey Kong

WarioIcon MKBR

WarioEmblemMK8

Wario

WaluigiIcon MKBR

WaluigiEmblemMK8

Waluigi

KoopaIcon MKBR

KoopaEmblemMK8

Koopa Troopa

Heavy

Super Mario Kart Logo

Cruiser

Mario Kart 64 logo DSSB

Heavy

Mario Kart 64 logo DSSB

Cruiser

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Light

Super Mario Kart Logo

ToadIcon MKBR

ToadEmblemMK8

Toad

Light

Super Mario Kart Logo

Unlockables
DKJRIcon MKBR

Donkey Kong Jr.

BirdoIcon MKBR

BirdoEmblemMKS

Birdo

BabyMarioEmblemMK8

Baby Mario

BabyLuigiEmblemMK8

Baby Luigi

ToadetteIcon MKBR

ToadetteEmblemMK8

Toadette

Heavy

Super Mario Kart Logo

Medium

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Feather

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Feather

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Light

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

ParatroopaIcon MKBR

Paratroopa

DiddyIcon MKBR

DiddyEmblemMKS

Diddy Kong

BowserJr.Icon MKBR

BowserJrEmblemMK8DX

Bowser Jr.

PeteyIcon MKBR

PeteyEmblemMKS

Petey Piranha

KingBoo MKBR

KingBooEmblemMK8DX

King Boo

Light

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Medium

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Medium

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Heavy

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

Heavy

Mario Kart Double Dash logo DSSB

DryBonesIcon MKBR

DryBonesEmblemMKS

Dry Bones

ROBIcon MKBR

R.O.B.

ShyGuyIcon MKBR

ShyGuyEmblemMK8

Shy Guy

BabyPeachEmblemMK8

Baby Peach

BabyDaisyEmblemMK8

Baby Daisy

Feather

1200px-Mario Kart DS Logo

Heavy

1200px-Mario Kart DS Logo

Light

1200px-Mario Kart DS Logo

Feather

Mario Kart Wii logo

Feather

Mario Kart Wii logo

RosalinaIcon MKBR

RosalinaEmblemMK8

Rosalina

FunkyKongIcon MKBR

Funky Kong

DryBowserIcon MKBR

DryBowserEmblemMK8

Dry Bowser

MetalMarioIcon MKBR

MetalMarioEmblemMK8

Metal Mario

HoneyQueenIcon MKBR

Honey Queen

Cruiser

Mario Kart Wii logo

Cruiser

Mario Kart Wii logo

Cruiser

Mario Kart Wii logo

Heavy

Mario Kart 7 logo

Heavy

Mario Kart 7 logo

WigglerEmblemMKS

Wiggler

LakituIcon MKBR

LakituEmblemMK8

Lakitu

TanookiMarioIcon MKBR

MK8 Tanooki Mario Emblem

Tanooki Mario

CatPeachIcon MKBR

MK8 Cat Peach Emblem

Cat Peach

BabyRosalinaIcon MKBR

128px-MK8 Baby Rosalina Emblem

Baby Rosalina

Cruiser

Mario Kart 7 logo

Feather

Mario Kart 7 logo

Medium

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Medium

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Feather

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

PinkGoldPeachIcon MKBR

128px-MK8 Pink Gold Peach Emblem

Pink Gold Peach

LemmyIcon MKBR

120px-MK8 Lemmy Emblem

Lemmy

LarryIcon MKBR

100px-MK8 Larry Emblem

Larry

WendyIcon MKBR

120px-MKT Icon Wendy Emblem

Wendy

LudwigIcon MKBR

100px-MK8 Ludwig Emblem

Ludwig

Cruiser

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Feather

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Light

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Light

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Medium

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

IggyIcon MKBR

100px-MK8 Iggy Emblem

Iggy

RoyIcon MKBR

100px-MK8 Roy Emblem

Roy

MortonIcon MKBR

Emblem mtn mk8

Morton

InklingGIcon MKBRInklingBIcon MKBR

MK8D Inkling Girl EmblemMK8D Inkling Boy Emblem

Inkling

LinkIcon MKBR

MK8 Link Emblem

Link

Medium

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Cruiser

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Heavy

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Medium

800px-Mario Kart 8 Deluxe logo

Cruiser

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

VillagerIcon MKBR

MK8 Villager Emblem

Villager

IsabelleIcon MKBR

MK8 Isabelle Emblem

Isabelle

PacManIcon MKBR

Pac-Man

MsPacManIcon MKBR

Ms. Pac-Man

Blinky

Medium

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Light

Mario Kart 8 logo DSSB

Medium

Mario-Kart-Arcade-GP

Medium

Mario-Kart-Arcade-GP

Medium

Mario-Kart-Arcade-GP

MametchiIcon MKBR

Mametchi

DonChanIcon MKBR

Don-Chan

PeachetteIcon MKBR

Peachette

PaulineIcon MKBR

120px-MKT Icon Pauline Emblem

Pauline

HammerBroIcon MKBR-Recuperado

HammerBroEmblemMKS

Hammer Bro.

Feather

MKAGP2Logo

Light

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX - logo

Light

Mario Kart Tour Logo

Medium

Mario Kart Tour Logo

Medium

Mario Kart Tour Logo

NabbitIcon MKBR-Recuperado

NabbitEmblemMKS

Nabbit

MontyMoleIcon MKBR

MontyMoleEmblemMKS

Monty Mole

DixieKongIcon MKBR

Emblem dxg

Dixie Kong

SpikeIcon MKBR

SpikeEmblemMKS

Spike

BoomBoomIcon MKBR

BoomBoomEmblemMKS

Boom Boom

Medium

Mario Kart Tour Logo

Medium

Mario Kart Tour Logo

Medium

Mario Kart Tour Logo

Medium

Logo MKBR

Heavy

Logo MKBR

PomPomIcon MKBR

PomPomEmblemMKS

Pom Pom

KamekIcon MKBR

Kamek Emblem MK8

Kamek

CappyIcon MKBR

Pauline Emblem

Cappy

HellenIcon MKBR

Hellen Graveley

BanjoKazooieIcon MKBR

Banjo & Kazooie

Cruiser

Logo MKBR

Medium

Logo MKBR

Feather

Logo MKBR

Cruiser

Logo MKBR

Cruiser

Logo MKBR

MiiIcon MKBR

MiiEmblemMK8

Mii

Varies

MiiLogo2

Alternate colors & outfits[]

Unlockable criteria[]

By clear each cup, the player needs to clear all cups within each mode. While this takes a whole long process, this game also encourages players to play more online to unlock characters faster by having the Nintendo Online membership active.

The local conditions are only to be done with no online and local multiplayer, while the online conditions are only required to complete online.

Character Local conditions Online conditions Difficulty (local only)
Donkey Kong Jr. Clear Mission ??? with S rank. Win 60 online matches with DiddyKongIconMKH Diddy Kong. ★★★
BirdoIconMKS Clear the Egg Cup with YoshiIconMK8 Yoshi. Win 30 online matches with YoshiIconMK8 Yoshi.
BabyMarioIconMK8 Clear all Nitro Cups with MarioIconMK8 Mario. Win 10 online matches with MarioIconMK8 Mario.
BabyLuigiIconMK8 Clear all Nitro Cups with LuigiIconMK8 Luigi. Win 10 online matches with LuigiIconMK8 Luigi.
ToadetteIconMK8 Clear the Mushroom Cup with ToadIconMK8 Toad. Win 30 online matches with ToadIconMK8 Toad.
Paratroopa Icon MKO Clear the Shell Cup with KoopaIconMK8 Koopa Troopa. Win 30 online matches with KoopaIconMK8 Koopa Troopa.
DiddyKongIconMKH Clear the Banana Cup with DKIconMK8 Donkey Kong. Win 30 online matches with DKIconMK8 Donkey Kong.
BowserJr.IconMKH Clear the Fire Cup with BowserIconMK8 Bowser. Win 30 online matches with BowserIconMK8 Bowser.
PeteyIconMKS Clear Pipe Cup with an S rank. Win 30 online matches with WaluigiIconMK8 Waluigi. ★★
King Boo Clear Moon Cup with an S rank. Win 30 online matches with PeteyIconMKS Petey Piranha. ★★
DryBonesIcon Clear the Shell Cup with Paratroopa Icon MKO Paratroopa with an S rank. Win 30 online matches with Paratroopa Icon MKO Paratroopa. ★★
ROB Icon MKO Clear all Missions with an S rank. Spend a total of 70 hours in online matches. ★★★
ShyGuyIconMK8 Clear all Retro Cups. Win 60 online matches with BirdoIconMKS Birdo.
BabyPeachIconMK8 Clear all Nitro Cups with PeachIconMK8 Princess Peach. Win 10 online matches with PeachIconMK8 Princess Peach.
BabyDaisyIconMK8 Clear all Nitro Cups with DaisyIconMK8 Princess Daisy. Win 10 online matches with DaisyIconMK8 Princess Daisy.
RosalinaIconMK8 Clear all the Nitro Cups with an S rank. Win a total of 100 online matches. ★★★
FunkyKongIconMKH Clear all the Cups with an S rank. Win a total of 200 online matches. ★★★
DryBowserIconMK8 Clear the Ice Cup with Dry Bones DryBonesIcon with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with DryBonesIcon Dry Bones. ★★
MetalMarioIcon Win 20 battles in Battle Island with MarioIconMK8 Mario. Win 60 online matches with TanookiMarioIconMK8 Tanooki Mario. ★★
HoneyQueenIconMKHPlaceholder Clear the Leaf Cup with WigglerIconMKS Wiggler with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with WigglerIconMKS Wiggler. ★★
WigglerIconMKS Clear the Leaf Cup with an S rank. Win 30 online matches with ShyGuyIconMK8 Shy Guy. ★★
LakituIconMK8 Clear the Lightning Cup with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with Paratroopa Icon MKO Paratroopa. ★★
TanookiMarioIconMK8 Clear the Leaf Cup with MarioIconMK8 Mario. Win 60 online matches with MarioIconMK8 Mario. ★★
CatPeachIconMK8 Clear the Bell Cup with PeachIconMK8 Princess Peach. Win 60 online matches with PeachIconMK8 Princess Peach. ★★
BabyRosalinaIconMK8 Clear all Nitro Cups with RosalinaIconMK8 Rosalina. Win 10 online matches with RosalinaIconMK8 Rosalina.
PinkGoldPeachIcon Win 20 battles with MetalMarioIcon Metal Mario. Win 60 online matches with CatPeachIconMK8 Cat Peach. ★★
120px-MK8 Lemmy Icon Clear Mission ??? Win 10 online matches.
MK8 Larry Icon Clear Mission ??? Win 20 online matches.
MK8 Wendy Icon Clear Mission ??? Win 30 online matches.
MK8 Ludwig Icon Clear Mission ??? Win 70 online matches.
MK8 Iggy Icon Clear Mission ??? Win 40 online matches.
MK8 Roy Icon Clear Mission ??? Win 60 online matches.
MK8 Morton Icon Clear Mission ??? Win 50 online matches.
Inkling GirlInklingBoyIconMK8DX Buy Inkling Girl/Boy in the Shop worth 1000 coins. Spend a total of 5 hours in online matches. ★★
MK8 Link Icon Buy Link in the Shop worth 2000 coins. Spend a total of 10 hours in online matches. ★★★
MK8 Villager Icon Buy Villager Girl/Boy in the Shop worth 1000 coins. Spend a total of 1 hour in online matches.
Isabelle-1 Buy Isabelle in the Shop worth 1500 coins. Spend a total of 2 hours in online matches.
Pac-Man SSB stock icon Buy Pac-Man in the Shop worth 1500 coins. Spend a total of 15 hours in online matches.
Ms. Pac-Man Buy Ms. Pac-Man in the Shop worth 2000 coins. Spend a total of 20 hours in online matches.
Blinky Buy Blinky in the Shop worth 2000 coins. Spend a total of 25 hours in online matches.
Mametchi Buy Mametchi in the Shop worth 1500 coins. Spend a total of 30 hours in online matches.
Don-Chan Buy Don-Chan in the Shop with 1500 coins. Spend a total of 40 hours in online matches.
Peachette Clear the Crown Cup with ToadetteIconMK8 Toadette with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with ToadetteIconMK8 Toadette.
MKGT Icon Pauline Clear the Heart Cup with PeachIconMK8 Princess Peach with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with DaisyIconMK8 Princess Daisy. ★★
HammerBroIconMKS Win 20 battles in Battle Island. Win 60 online matches with KoopaIconMK8 Koopa Troopa. ★★
Nabbit Icon MKO Clear the Star Cup with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with BowserJr.IconMKH Bowser Jr. ★★
MontyMoleIconMKS Win a battle in Battle Island with WarioIconMK8 Wario or WaluigiIconMK8 Waluigi. Win 60 online matches with WarioIconMK8 Wario.
DixieKongIconMKST Clear the Banana Cup with DiddyKongIconMKH Diddy Kong with an S rank. Win 30 online matches with DiddyKongIconMKH Diddy Kong. ★★
SpikeIconMKS Clear the Star Cup with an S rank. Win 30 online matches with DryBonesIcon Dry Bones. ★★
BoomBoomIconMKH Clear the Fire Cup with BowserJr.IconMKH Bowser Jr. Win 30 online matches with BowserJr.IconMKH Bowser Jr.
Pom Pom Icon MKO Clear the Fire Cup with BoomBoomIconMKH Boom Boom with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with BoomBoomIconMKH Boom Boom. ★★
KamekIconMKH Clear the Lightning Cup with LakituIconMK8 Lakitu with an S rank. Win 10 online matches with every Koopaling.

120px-MK8 Lemmy Icon MK8 Larry Icon MK8 Wendy Icon MK8 Ludwig Icon MK8 Iggy Icon MK8 Roy Icon MK8 Morton Icon

★★
Cappy Clear the Moon Cup with MKGT Icon Pauline Pauline with an S rank. Win 60 online matches with MKGT Icon Pauline Pauline. ★★
Hellen Gravely Clear the Moon Cup with King Boo with an S rank. Win 60 matches with King Boo. ★★
Banjo & Kazooie Buy Banjo & Kazooie in the Shop with 5000 coins. Spend a total of 50 hours in online matches.
MiiIconMK8 Clear all the Cups. Win 1 online match.

Rival and Partner Order[]

TBA

Vehicle Parts[]

Karts[]

Bikes[]

Standard Bikes[]

Sport Bikes[]

ATV's[]

Tires[]

Gliders[]

Unlockable criteria[]

Statistics[]

Driver Statistics[]

Vehicle Statistics[]

Items[]

Like in every installment of Mario Kart, you can obtain items from Item Boxes. However, the Golden Item Boxes, which those are new in the series, have rare items inside. These items are hard to find and there are only one on each course. However, when a racer breaks this rare box, the game automatically will chose an another Item Box to replace, avoiding camping to only one place.

Returning Items[]

633px-BananaMK8

TriplebananasMK8

BananaBunchDKCR MKT Icon GiantBanana MKT Icon BananaBarrel

Green Shell Artwork - Super Mario 3D World-0

TripleGreenShell MKBR

Red Shell Artwork - Super Mario 3D World

Banana

Common

Triple Banana

Uncommon

Banana Bunch (x5)

Semi-Rare

Giant Banana

Rare

Banana Barrel

Rare

Green Shell

Common

Triple Green Shell

Uncommon

Red Shell

Unommon

TripleRedShell MKBR Blue shell by toasted912-db9zz8y GoldShell MKBR BombShell MKBR Bowser Shell - Mario Kart X FEATHER 512px-Super Leaf Artwork - Super Mario 3D World (1) 603px-MushroomMarioKart8
Triple Red Shell

Semi-Rare

Blue Spiny Shell

Rare

Gold Shell

Semi-Rare

Bomb Shell

Semi-Rare

Bowser Shell

Rare

Feather

Common

Super Leaf

Uncommon

Mushroom

Common

T730TripleMushroom T730GoldenMushroom T730MegaMushroom Super Star Boo MKBR 150px-CoinMK8 644px-Shiny Question Block Artwork - Super Mario 3D World

434px-LightningBoltMK8

Triple Mushroom

Semi-Rare

Golden Mushroom

Rare

Mega Mushroom

Semi-Rare

Super Star

Rare

Boo

Uncommon

Coin

Common

Gold Box

Rare

Lightning

Rare

ThunderCloudMK8

MKAGPDX Thunder Stick FakeItemBoxMKH FireFlower10 Boomerang Flower MK8D Bobomb - MarioPartyStarRush DoubleBobOmb MKBR MKAGPDX Time Bomb
Thunder Cloud

Semi-Rare

Thunder Stick

Semi-Rare

Fake Item Box

Common

Fire Flower

Uncommon

Boomerang Flower

Uncommon

Bob-omb

Uncommon

Double Bob-omb

Semi-Rare

Time Bob-omb

Semi-Rare

MKT Icon Giga Bob-omb Yoshi eGG MKT Icon Heart BlooperMK8-0 POWBlock MKBR PiranhaPlantPotMK8 SuperHorn Crazy8Deluxe
Giga Bob-omb

Rare

Yoshi Egg / Birdo Egg

Semi-Rare

Heart (x3)

Uncommon

Blooper

Semi-Rare

POW Block

Semi-Rare

Piranha Plant

Semi-Rare

Super Horn

Uncommon

Crazy 8

Rare

Freezie SSB4 MKAGPDX Tornado Boss galaga
Freezie

Uncommon

Tornado

Rare

Boss Galaga

Semi-Rare

Changes and item descriptions[]

Balloon Battle Shine Thief Coin Runners Renegade Roundup Turf Plunders
633px-BananaMK8 No change
TriplebananasMK8
BananaBunchDKCR
MKT Icon GiantBanana
MKT Icon BananaBarrel It only launches a maximum amount of Banana for a short period of time.
Green Shell Artwork - Super Mario 3D World-0 No change It leaves a trail of the team color of the thrower behind on the ground until touched on contact.
TripleGreenShell MKBR
Red Shell Artwork - Super Mario 3D World
TripleRedShell MKBR
Blue shell by toasted912-db9zz8y It leaves a trail of the team color of the thrower behind on the ground until touched. On contact, it leaves a giant radius of the team color behind.
GoldShell MKBR Only available in Coin Runners. It acts like a Bomb Shell, but upon contact on a enemy, it explodes creating a mediocre radius of an explosion, leaving more coins behind than normal. Only available in Coin Runners.
BombShell MKBR It acts like a Green Shell, but upon conctact on an enemy, it explodes creating a mediocre radius of an explosion, hinding those who are within the explosion too. It's not available in Coin Runners. It acts like a Green Shell, but upon conctact on an enemy, it explodes creating a mediocre radius of an explosion, hinding those who are within the explosion too.
Bowser Shell - Mario Kart X No change It leaves a trail of the team color of the thrower behind on the ground until fallen off the field or just disapearing.
FEATHER The startup on the jump has now intangibility, meaning that the initial jump doesn't take attacks anymore. The startup on the jump has now intangibility, meaning that the initial jump doesn't take attacks anymore. You can now steal someone's Shine with a jump by overlapping it. The startup on the jump has now intangibility, meaning that the initial jump doesn't take attacks anymore.
512px-Super Leaf Artwork - Super Mario 3D World (1) No change You can now fetch the Shine with the tail at long range when not captiured. You can now fetch the Coins with the tail at long range. No change
603px-MushroomMarioKart8 No change
T730TripleMushroom
T730GoldenMushroom
T730MegaMushroom No change When big-sized, it leaves a bigger trail of the team color behind.
Super Star No change
Boo MKBR
150px-CoinMK8 N/A Coins only appear in Coin Runners. N/A
644px-Shiny Question Block Artwork - Super Mario 3D World Only available in Coin Runners. Coin Boxes only appear in Coin Runners. It carries the player to get a maximum of coins when driving at top speed for a short period of time. Only available in Coin Runners.
434px-LightningBoltMK8 No change Note that shrunk players get to leave small trails of their team color behind.
ThunderCloudMK8 Online performances of this item has significantly improved, being more balanced.
MKAGPDX Thunder Stick Allows players that obtained the Thunder Stick to slam opponent and make them shrink.
FakeItemBoxMKH No change
FireFlower10 No change Thanks to the fireballs, it leaves team marks on the ground.
Boomerang Flower MK8D No change You can now snatch uncaptured Shines in long distances. You can now snatch Coins in long distances. No change
Bobomb - MarioPartyStarRush No change The radius of the explosion leaves a big mark color of the team.
DoubleBobOmb MKBR
MKAGPDX Time Bomb Like the Thunder Cloud, it hovers on the captured players head and until the time reaches at zero. Until the time is finished, the Time Bob-omb explodes, creating a ginat radius. You can pass to other players if you colide against them.


This item in particular receives the same beneficial performances as the Thunder Cloud.

MKT Icon Giga Bob-omb The radius is bigger than the average Bob-omb. It also leaves a warning mark on the ground, which it's very big.
Yoshi eGG No change It leaves a trail of the team color behind.
MKT Icon Heart

No change

BlooperMK8-0 It leaves the team's color ink on screen. It leaves the team's color ink on screen but it is only asthetic and doesn't affect the gameplay.
POWBlock MKBR The frames that you can escape upon the earthquake is smaller, which means that is more difficult to time your escapes.
PiranhaPlantPotMK8 No change The Piranha Plant does not appear in this mode because the Authorities already have one with their own team color. No change
SuperHorn No change
Crazy8Deluxe The Crazy Eight has an item that is being replaced: The Coin is replaced by the Super Horn like in Mario Kart Tour. The Crazy Eight keeps the coin intact. The Crazy Eight has an item that is being replaced: The Coin is replaced by the Super Horn like in Mario Kart Tour.
Freezie SSB4 It stuns the opponent in a icicle, being vunerable to attacks. You can break out the icicle by tapping the drift button rapidly.
MKAGPDX Tornado It stays in one place when thrown and moves slowly in a random direction, flipping the vehicles into the sky.
Boss galaga It stays at the top of an opponent when thrown and carries to an another place.

New Items[]

Item Name & Rarity Description
PurplePoisonMushroomMK8 Poison Mushroom

Common

A throwable item that slows the players' vehicle for an average period of time.
10Coin MKBR 10 Coin

Semi-Rare

Player recieves 10 coins in return. It is only available in Coin Runners.
DarkBoo MKBR Dark Boo

Rare

Unlike the regular Boo, it steals the most essencial collectible instead of items such as Coins and Shines. Like the description states, the Dark Boo only appears in Shine Thief and Coin Runners.
IceFlowerMK8 Ice Flower

Semi-Rare

It functions exactly like the Fire Flower, but it freezes the opponents instead. They stay stunned for a little short of time, like the regular Freezie.
Heart SMO unused shop icon Super Heart

Semi-Rare

It functions like the regular Heart, but it can reflect upcoming projectiles and cannot be broken until its time is up.
PottedInkyPiranhaPlant Inky Piranha Plant

Uncommon

Unlike the Piranha Plant, when pressed, it spits ink on ground making it a splat, or even at the opponents covering their visions like Blooper. In Tutf Plunders, it will be the ink of the team color that will be thrown. It doesn't appear in Renegade Roundup since the Authorities have already a Piranha Plant.
Hammer Smash Bros Wii U Arcade Hammer

Semi-Rare

Allows you to wack this big hammer back and forth for a short period of time. On impact, it squashes the opponent flat. Originates of Mario vs Donkey Kong arcade.
Missile Bill - Dry Bones Kart 8 Bull's-Eye Bill

Rare

Follows a targeted player slowly without stopping, popping two balloons at the time, loses half of the coins, sends the Shine Sprite even further and stuns a renegade player for a long time. It also covers a big mark on the filed in Turf Plunders.
Superpickaxe ssbuitem Super Pickaxe

Rare

This is a dangerous item. It pops all the balloons in one swing, loses all the coins, sends the Shine Sprite even further and stuns a renegade player for a long time.
JiggyHearth Jiggy

Rare

Hundreds of Jiggy's appear on screen with some pieces missing. It acts like Blooper but it's harder to see. Each Jiggy vanishes one by one and never comes on screen again until it disapears.

Item Bonuses[]

Collectables[]

The collectible items does not appear in Item Roulettes.

Item Name Description
BlueCoin SM64S Blue Coin Once you collect those coins hidden in Battle Island, you get to unlock new content such as new character outfits, new vehicle parts and more. If everything is unlocked, those Blue Coins doesn't appear anymore.
150px-Stamp Artwork - Super Mario 3D World Stamp Those stamps are great to collect for the stamp collection. These are well hidden so try to get them all.

Courses[]

There are in total 16 cups to compete (7 nitro, 9 retro), while having four courses each cup. The number of courses in total are at least 66 tracks (64 being playable in the Grand Prix and two more extra courses for Quickplay and other modes). All course soundtracks are from their respective composers.

Nitro Cups[]

Mushroom Cup Flower Cup Egg Cup
Battle Colosseum Mario Battleground Coconut Market
Toad Farm Sunshine Resort Crystal Waters
Waluigi Casino Lakitu's Playground Ancient Lake
Blooper Bay DK Temple Yoshi's Island
Star Cup Bell Cup Fire Cup
Peach's Castle Toadette's Maid Café Molten Crater
Rocky Pass Piranha Pipeworks Shy Guy Express
Nabbit's Hideout Hotel Delfno Bowser's Castle
Nintendo Switch Airship Assault Rainbow Dream
Special Cup
MARIO BROS.
New Donk City
Morabito Village
Hyrule Castle

Retro[]

Shell Cup Banana Cup Leaf Cup
DX Battle Stadium N64 Double Deck SNES Battle Course 1
GCN Block City GBA Battle Course 4 3DS Honeybee Hive
DS Palm Shore Wii Chain Chomp Roulette DS Nintendo DS
Wii Delfino Pier GCN Cookie Land 3DS Wuhu Town
Pipe Cup Moon Cup Ice Cup
SNES Battle Course 2 DS Twilight House Wii Thwomp Desert
DS Tart Pop N64 Big Donut SNES Battle Course 3
GCN Pipe Plaza GCN Luigi's Mansion 3DS Sherbet Rink
N64 Block Fort Wii Galaxy Arena GBA Battle Course 1
Heart Cup Lightning Cup Crown Cup
Wii Block Plaza GBA Battle Course 1 SNES Battle Course 4
N64 Skyscraper DX Dragon Palace Wii Funky Stadium
DX Sweet Sweet Kingdom GCN Nintendo GameCube GBA Battle Course 3
DX Lunar Colony GCN Tilt-A-Kart DX Urchin Underpass

Extra[]

Pac-Man Maze Bonodori Festival Tamagotchi Town Battle Island

Battle Island Areas[]

Main Location Points Environment Location Description
Diamond Summit Forest / Ice Area North This location is located near a giant icey mountain resembling a Freezie looking-face. It offers different types of ice themed gimmicks such as falling stalactites, snowball throwing Mr. Blizzards, ... There's also a large tundra area where players can hide behind giant trees.
Arid Pyramid Desert / Factory Area East This place is located near a giant pyramid resembling at the upside-down pyramid from Super Mario Odyssey. Sanddunes have some places with sinking sands slowing the players from driving.
Marine Springs Beach / Water Area South This place is located in a tropical beach area near a huge lighthouse.
Spotlight Metropolis City / Town Area West This place is located in a more metropolis-like environment where players encounter busy streets for their adavntage. It really resembles at New Donk City from Super Mario Odyssey.
Island Colosseum Colosseum / Grassland Area Middle This place is where players battle eachother without any gimmicks like Battle Stadium.
Rainbow Cloudway Cloud / Airship Area Sky This place is located skywards if players take the vine path or the cannon path to the skies. It has rainbow colored roads that connects each track. Airships also appear.
Subterranean Ruins Cave / Sewer Area Underground This place is located under the whole map while taking the sewers from Spotlight Metropolis or the caves in Arid Pyramid. The places in this area are reall narrow and dark difficulting the handling for certain vehicles.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first Mario Kart game that features all the characters from the previous installements.

Gallery[]

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Boxart[]

Items[]

Media[]

Track Music
Main Theme / Main Menu youtube
Character / Vehicle / Course Select youtube
Online Theme / Option Theme soundcloud
Final Minute Fanfare youtube
Win 1st Results / Mission Cleared youtube
Win Results soundcloud
Lose Results / Mission Failed soundcloud
Mission Mode youtube
Misson Mode - Final Minute youtube
Boss Battle soundcloud
Super Star Theme youtube
Mega Mushroom youtube
Stamp Collection soundcloud

Credits[]

  • All the stage names are inspired by the music composers Panman14  and JoshhMarshh  on Youtube.
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