Lumoshi's Mario Kart

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Lumoshi's Mario Kart
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Publisher(s)
Platform(s)	Nintendo Comet Wii U
Genre(s)	Racing
Series	Mario Kart
Release Date(s)	2016
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Lumoshi's Mario Kart is Lumoshi ^(t∣b∣c)'s take on the Mario Kart series, like Jake's Super Smash Bros. and Locky's Super Smash Bros. were for the Super Smash Bros. series.

Gameplay

The game will play similarly to Mario Kart 8 due to the well-received controls of the game, but many more elements from previous Mario Kart games will also be mixed in. Features already existing in the Mario Kart series will be expanded upon like never before. Overall, the game takes the majority of its basis from Mario Kart 8, as well as Mario Kart Wii.

New features

Mario Kart Power Index

One of the game's main new features is the Mario Kart Power Index, which is intended to serve as an enhanced replacement to the VR system used in online modes in previous games. The Power Index is a rating from 0 to 1000 that ranks a player's skill based on all of their races, not just a number that increases for each online victory.

The player will not receive a Power Index rating until they have finished two cups, simply so the game can get a good estimate of how good a player they are. It'll reflect skills like drifting, using items, etc. and also, leaderboards for it are available. They show the leaders between friends, the region, and internationally.

Scores are measured to three decimal places, and getting a perfect 1000 is relatively impossible. A star ranked player would be somewhere around 500, a two-star around 700, and a three star around 850, although these are not good bases to go off of as a player with a Power Rating of 600 could have recently purchased the game and not had time to star rank every cup yet.

VR will be removed during online battles, and instead, the player's Power Index rating will be shown next to their name. Online play will also receive a future revamp where opponents can be chosen based on their rating.

Challenge Mode

A brand new mode is available to players seeking some more thrills and a greater challenge than what's already in the game. It's not a conventional mode, rather an option that can be turned on. When challenge mode is turned on, the grand prix CPU opponents become much harder to defeat than without challenge mode on, time trial ghosts are faster, etc. Challenge Mode can be turned on later in the game after collecting a star rank on every cup in the game.

Kart combinations updates

The kart selection screen will receive quite an update from the previous two Mario Kart titles. For one, players have an option to save up to fifteen of their favorite kart combinations and post them to Miiverse. Players are able to nickname their combinations if they wish to, but if they choose not to, a preset name is given based on the kart body and occasionally the wheels and glider.

In addition, statistics are a little more precise and in-depth. Stats are now viewed as percentages and can be seen on the select screen. More stats are visible such as speed, weight, drift, acceleration, handling, off-road, mini-turbo, traction, and more. Once again, these can be manipulated based on which character is using it.