Mario Kart Havoc

Mario Kart Havoc
Developer(s)	Nintendo EPD, SonicWiki (t∣b∣c)
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Distributor(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Genre(s)	Kart racing
Series	Mario Kart
Predecessor	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Release Date(s)	Holiday 2022 (worldwide)
Mode(s)	Singleplayer Multiplayer Online multiplayer
Age Rating(s)
Media Included	Nintendo Switch Gamecard Digital download

Mario Kart Havoc is the ninth main installment in the Mario Kart series, releasing on the Nintendo Switch in the holiday season of 2022 worldwide.

Gameplay

TBA

Characters

Mario Kart Havoc features every Mario character previously featured in the series as well as 49 new characters, with a total of 93 characters in the game; 43 of which are available by default, while the other 50 must be unlocked first by meeting certain criteria. In addition to these, there are also alternate colors and costumes available for certain characters.

Default

Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Light	Light
Heavy	Cruiser	Cruiser	Heavy	Light	Light	Heavy	Heavy
Feather	Feather	Feather	Feather	Feather	Cruiser	Light	Heavy
Light	Medium	Heavy	Feather	Light	Cruiser	Heavy	Cruiser
Cruiser	Cruiser	Light	Feather	Feather	Feather	Light	Light

Cruiser

Heavy

Medium

*Italics denote drivers who are new to the series.

Unlockable

Light	Light	Medium	Medium	Cruiser	Cruiser	Cruiser	Cruiser
Heavy	Light	Light	Cruiser	Feather	Feather	Feather	Cruiser
Heavy	Heavy	Feather	Medium	Light	Feather	Light	Light
Heavy	Feather	Medium	Feather	Feather	Feather	Feather	Light
Feather	Cruiser	Heavy	Heavy	Cruiser	Heavy	Light	Heavy
Medium	Medium	Cruiser	Cruiser	Heavy	Medium	Medium	Heavy

Heavy

Heavy

Unlock criteria

In Mario Kart Havoc, characters are not unlocked at random like in Mario Kart 8, instead having fixed unlock conditions like previous titles in the series. However, unlock conditions have been simplified in comparison to past games, with almost all of the characters being unlocked by beating a specific cup at a specific difficulty, and the remaining two unlocked by playing as specific characters.

										Win the 50cc Mushroom Cup																				Win the 100cc Mushroom Cup																				Win The 150cc Mushroom Cup
										Win the 50cc Flower Cup																				Win the 100cc Flower Cup																				Win The 150cc Flower Cup
										Win the 50cc Star Cup																				Win the 100cc Star Cup																				Win The 150cc Star Cup
										Win the 50cc Bell Cup																				Win the 100cc Bell Cup																				Win The 150cc Bell Cup
										Win the 50cc Carrot Cup																				Win the 100cc Carrot Cup																				Win The 150cc Carrot Cup
										Win the 50cc Acorn Cup																				Win the 100cc Acorn Cup																				Win The 150cc Acorn Cup
										Win the 50cc Cherry Cup																				Win the 100cc Cherry Cup																				Win The 150cc Cherry Cup
										Win the 50cc Special Cup																				Win the 100cc Special Cup																				Win The 150cc Special Cup
										Win the 50cc Shell Cup																				Win the 100cc Shell Cup																				Win The 150cc Shell Cup
										Win the 50cc Banana Cup																				Win the 100cc Banana Cup																				Win The 150cc Banana Cup
										Win the 50cc Lead Cup																				Win the 100cc Leaf Cup																				Win The 150cc Leaf Cup
										Win the 50cc Lightning Cup																				Win the 100cc Lightning Cup																				Win The 150cc Lightning Cup
										Win the 50cc Turnip Cup																				Win the 100cc Turnip Cup																				Win The 150cc Turnip Cup
										Win the 50cc Egg Cup																				Win the 100cc Egg Cup																				Win The 150cc Egg Cup
										Win the 50cc Heart Cup																				Win the 100cc Heart Cup																				Win The 150cc Heart Cup
										Win the 50cc Moon Cup																				Win the 100cc Moon Cup																				Win The 150cc Moon Cup
															Win any cup as all of the other Super Mario Kart playable characters (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Koopa, Bowser)																														Play as every other character in the roster.

Character Stats

Mario: Speed: 5, Acceleration: 5, Weight: 5, Handling: 5, Traction: 5, Mini-Turbo: 5

Wario: Speed: 7, Acceleration: 4, Weight: 7, Handling: 4, Traction: 4, Mini-Turbo: 4

Luigi: Speed: 4, Acceleration: 6, Weight: 4, Handling: 5, Traction: 6, Mini-Turbo: 5

Waluigi: Speed: 6, Acceleration: 5, Weight: 6, Handling: 4, Traction: 5, Mini-Turbo: 4

Alternate colors

• Fire Mario
• Ice Mario
• Fire Luigi
• Ice Luigi
• Colored Yoshis
• Colored Baby Yoshis
• Colored Shy Guys
• Colored Toads
• Colored Piantas
• Colored Nokis
• Colored Luma
• Colored Kritters
• Colored Sprixie Princesses
• Red Koopa
• Green Paratroopa
• Deep Cheep
• Stone Spike
• Purple Captain Toad
• Pink Donkey Kong Jr.
• White Tanooki Mario
• Gold Mario

Character notes

• When Wiggler gets hit by an item or falls off the course, he will turn red with anger for a few seconds.
• When Motley Bossblob hits an opponent with an item, he will celebrate by briefly transforming into his metallic form.
• The Viruses function similarly to characters in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!; by default, the red Virus drives the vehicle, the yellow Virus uses items, and the blue Virus celebrates and taunts opponents. The roles each Virus performs can be swapped by pressing the Y button.
• When Madame Broode uses the Chain Chomp item, she summons Chain Chompikins.

Items

Items found on track

Item Box										Coin
Gives the driver a random item. Items will be more powerful the further behind the driver is.										Gives the driver a small boost and increased speed when collected, up to a maximum of ten.

New items

Rock Mushroom										Ice Flower										Double Cherry										Inky Piranha Plant										Foo										Peepa
Encases the driver in rock which allows them to move faster and knock away opponents. The rock will crumble if the driver hits a wall, is hit by or runs into a hostile item, or after ten seconds.										Allows the driver to throw up to ten ice balls that slow down other drivers that get hit. If they hit the ground, they create slippery ice patches for a short while.										Creates a clone of the driver that drives beside and mimics them. If either the driver or clone is hit by an item, the player takes control of the remaining one.										Replaces Blooper from previous games. Will float in front of the driver's kart and spit ink balls at nearby opponents. If an ink ball misses and hits the ground, it creates a pool of ink that will slow drivers for a few seconds if they drive through it.										Can be dropped on the ground in front of or behind the driver and will blow out fog in the direction it was dropped, obscuring the visibility of anyone driving through it.										Replaces Boo from previous games. Makes the driver invisible for ten seconds, and also steals an item randomly from a player ahead of them. If no players have items, the user is given a Mushroom instead.

Returning items

Mushroom					Triple Mushroom					Golden Mushroom					Mega Mushroom					Poison Mushroom					Green Shell					Triple Green Shell
Using it provides a brief speed boost.					Three Mushrooms that can each be used for a brief speed boost.					Provides constant speed boosts for a short period of time.					Makes the driver giant, allowing them to move faster and knock other drivers out of their way.					Can be thrown and will slide around on the course. If a driver touches it, they will be shrunk.					A shell that can be thrown and will bounce around the course for a short while before breaking or hitting a driver.					Three Green Shells that can each be thrown on to the course, or can circle the driver to shield them from hostile items.
Red Shell					Triple Red Shell					Spiny Shell					Bowser's Shell					Banana					Triple Banana					Giant Banana
A shell that can be thrown and will seek out the driver in front of the user.					???					???					???					???					???					???
Fake Item Box					Fire Flower					Boomerang Flower					Super Leaf					Cape Feather					Yoshi Egg					Heart
???					???					???					???					???					???					???
Star					Lightning					Thunder Cloud					POW Block					Super Horn					Bob-Omb					Chain Chomp
???					???					???					???					???					???					???

Bullet Bill						Piranha Plant						Crazy Eight
???						???						???

Items from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Black Shell										Triple Black Shell										Gold Shell										Triple Gold Shell										Rain Cloud										Snow Cloud										Thwomp
???										???										???										???										???										???										???

Courses

There will be a total of 16 cups in Mario Kart Havoc, with half containing new courses, and half being from previous games.

Nitro Courses

Mushroom Cup Bonneton Stadium Mario Circuit New Donk Streets Carrot Cup Mario's Rainbow Castle Mount Volbono Spooky Shore

Flower Cup Splounder Falls Yoshi's Cookie Acorn Cup Honeycomb Highway Luigi Stadium Virus Valley

Star Cup Crescent Bay Peach's Ski Resort Sprawling Savanna Cherry Cup Tropical Freeze Bowser's Castle

Bell Cup Birdo Circuit Forgotten Jungle Special Cup Pagoda Peak Bowser Land Rainbow Road

Retro Courses

Shell Cup SNES Donut Plains 2 Wii U Sweet Sweet Canyon GBA Cheep Cheep Island GCN Daisy Cruiser Turnip Cup Wii Mushroom Gorge GCN DK Mountain Wii U Super Bell Subway 3DS Wario Shipyard

Banana Cup GCN Baby Park GBA Sky Garden 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar Wii Maple Treeway Egg Cup DS Delfino Square GCN Mushroom City 3DS Maka Wuhu N64 Choco Mountain

Leaf Cup N64 Kalimari Desert 3DS Music Park DS Tick Tock Clock Wii U Sunshine Airport Heart Cup 3DS Rosalina's Ice World N64 Wario Stadium Wii U Wild Woods GBA Sunset Wilds

Lightning Cup DS Waluigi Pinball SNES Vanilla Lake 2 Wii Coconut Mall Wii U Cloudtop Cruise Moon Cup GCN Dino Dino Jungle Wii U Dragon Driftway Wii Grumble Volcano DS Airship Fortress

Battle Courses

• SNES Battle Course 3
• N64 Double Deck
• GBA Battle Course 4
• GCN Luigi's Mansion
• GCN Cookie Land
• DS Twilight House
• Wii Delfino Pier
• Wii Funky Stadium
• Wii Chain Chomp Wheel
• Wii Thwomp Desert
• 3DS Honeybee Hive
• 3DS Wuhu Town
• 3DS Sherbet Land
• Wii U Battle Stadium
• Wii U Sweet Sweet Kingdom
• Wii U Dragon Palace
• Wii U Lunar Colony

Kart Customization

Like in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8, players can customize their own karts and bikes using different kart/bike frames, tires, and gliders.

Gallery

Sprixie Princess

Rock Mushroom

Black Shell

Triple Black Shell

Gold Shell

Triple Gold Shell

Fake Item Box

Heart

Rain Cloud

Snow Cloud

Inky Piranha Plant