| Mario Kart 9 | |
| Developer(s) | Jumpman Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
| Release Date(s) | March 30, 2017 |
| Media Included | Nintendo Switch Cardridge |
Mario Kart 9 is the ninth installment of the main Mario Kart series, and the eleventh title overall. It will be released for the Nintendo Switch on March 30th, 2017.
Game Modes[]
- Single Player
- Grand Prix: Race for the cups or medals to unlock new characters, karts, motors and more.
- VS: Play one race vs computers, just for fun!
- Battle: Battle vs computers in Balloon Battle or Shine Runners.
- Time Trials: Try to set a new best time or race vs. Staff Ghosts to unlock new characters!
- Missions: Complete missions and unlock brand new karts & motors!
- Multiplayer
- Double Dash: Play with two players in one kart on your TV (From Mario Kart: Double Dash!!).
- Local multiplayer: Play VS races or Battles with your friends in the same room.
- Online multiplayer: Play VS races and Battles with random people all over the world, with friends far away, or in special (event) communities!
Courses[]
Standard race courses
Nitro
- Mushroom Cup:
- Mario Kart Arena
- Skate City
- Mushroom Hills
- Toad Town
- Flower Cup:
- Yoshi's Island
- Mario Circuit
- Crimson Palace
- Daisy Beach
- Coin Cup:
- Koopa's Waterpark
- DK Boardwalk
- Boo Village
- Waluigi Casino
- Star Cup:
- Dry Dry Valley
- Neo Carnival
- Supermassive Raceway
- Wario BMX
- Special Cup:
- Peach's Castle
- Kamek's Library
- Bowser's Castle
- Rainbow Road
Retro
Total:
SNES: 3/20
N64: 1/16
GBA: 3/20
GCN: 1/16
DS: 2/16
WII: 3/16
3DS: 3/16
WII U: 4/16
- Shell Cup
- DS: Figure-8-Circuit
- SNES: Vanilla Lake 1
- 3DS: Daisy Hills
- Wii: Toad's Factory
- Banana Cup
- Wii U: Sweet Sweet Canyon
- SNES: Mario Circuit 4
- GBA: Riverside Park
- Wii: DK Summit
- Egg Cup
- N64: Wario Stadium
- GBA: Sunset Wilds
- 3DS: Rock Rock Mountain
- Wii U: Sunshine Airport
- Leaf Cup
- 3DS: Shy Guy Bazaar
- GCN: Mushroom City
- DS: Shroom Ridge
- Wii U: Thwomp Ruins
- Lightning Cup
- Wii: Moonview Highway
- Wii U: Electrodrome
- SNES: Bowser's Castle 3
- GBA: Rainbow Road
Extra race courses
- Challenge Cup (unlocked by winning all 200cc cups)
- Haunted Valley
- Gas or Mess
- Tricky Track
- Vulbo Vulcano
- Newer Cup (DLC pack 3)
- GCN: Daisy Cruiser
- DS: Delfino Square
- N64: DK's Jungle Parkway
- Wii: Maple Treeway
- Bell Cup (DLC pack 2)
- Wii U: Super Bell Subway
- 3DS: Toad Circuit
- Mole Mound Mines
- Honeybee Hive
- Bob-Omb Cup (DLC Pack 1)
- Wii: Luigi Circuit
- Wii U: Hyrule Circuit
- Cheep Cheep Bay
- Donkey Disco
Characters[]
Standard
- Mario
- Luigi
- Peach
- Daisy
- Baby Mario
- Baby Peach
- Toad
- Yoshi
- Wario
- Waluigi
- Donkey Kong
- Bowser
Unlockable
- Baby Luigi (Unlock 10 Expert Staff Ghosts)
- Baby Daisy (Unlock 20 Expert Staff Ghosts)
- Baby Rosalina (Unlock all 40 Expert Staff Ghosts)
- Koopa Troopa (Win the 50cc Star Cup)
- Diddy Kong (Win the 50cc Special Cup)
- Shy Guy (Win the 50cc Leaf Cup)
- Dixie Kong (Win the 50cc Lightning Cup)
- Larry Koopa (Win the 100cc Flower Cup)
- Morton Koopa Jr. (Win the 100cc Banana Cup)
- Iggy Koopa (Win the 100cc Coin Cup)
- Wendy O. Koopa (Win the 100cc Egg Cup)
- Roy Koopa (Win the 100cc Star Cup)
- Lemmy Koopa (Win the 100cc Leaf Cup)
- Ludwig von Koopa (Win the 100cc Lightning Cup)
- Mii (Win all 100cc Cups)
- Nabbit (Catch Nabbit in mission 3.6)
- Prof. E-Gadd (Meet E-Gadd in mission 6.4)
- Toaddette (Play Time Trials on 10 courses)
- Birdo (Play Time Trials on 20 courses)
- Bowser Jr. (Win the 150cc Star Cup)
- Kamek (Win the 150cc Special Cup)
- Petey Piranha (Win the 150cc Leaf Cup)
- Rosalina (Win the 150cc Lightning Cup)
- King Boo (Win 10 online races)
- King Bob-Omb (Win 25 online races)
- Metal Mario (Win 50 online races)
- Boom Boom (Win 100 online races)
Items[]
Standard The places between brackets are most likely, but also other places can get it, there is just a smaller chance
- Mushroom (2-8)
- Triple Mushroom (4-10)
- Banana (1-4)
- Triple Banana (1-8)
- Green Shell (1-4)
- Triple Green Shell (2-8)
- Red Shell (2-10)
- Triple Red Shell (4-12)
- Fake Item Box (1-4)
- Golden Mushroom (10-12)
- Bullet Bill (10-12)
- Super Star (6-12)
- Mega Mushroom (6-10)
- Thunder Bolt (8-12)
- Super Horn (1-6)
- Coin Magnet (3-8)
- Blooper (6-10)
- Bob-Omb (4-8)
- Blue Shell (6-10)
- Fire Flower (4-8)
- Ice Flower (4-8)
- Boomerang Flower (4-8)
- Boo (6-10)
- Super Nine (6-12)
Special Items Like in Mario Kart:Double Dash!!, you're able to get special items, based on your character. In normal mode, there's a small chance of getting a special item out of an item box. The chance also gets smaller if you're climbing in the leaderboard. In Double Dash mode, there's a double chance, considering there are two characters in the kart.
- Mario/Luigi: Plunger (Throws a plunger to a racer close to you, causing him/her to get sent back in the race as far as the plunger reaches.)
- The princesses: Heart (Protects them from one item, and gives them the same item.)
- Babies: Chain Chomp (Works like a Bullet Bill, but bigger. Plus, the chain can break every moment, making it bounce over the whole course.)
- Yoshi/Birdo: Egg (Works like a green shell, but it will not disappear before another lap starts, and there is a bigger chance to hit someone.)
- Toad/Toadette: Ultra Mushroom (Makes them boost as much as they want for 10 seconds.)
- The Kongs: Super Banana (A banana, but much bigger. Plus, it won't disappear before a new lap starts.)
- The Bowser family: Bowser shell (A green shell, but much bigger. Won't disappear for a whole lap.)
- Wario/Waluigi: Ultra Magnet (A coin magnet, but it will also steal coins from people close, and will spin them out.)
- Petey Piranha: Piranha Plant (Bites racers in fronts, and gains speed boosts while uiting.
- Nabbit: Sack (Will steal 3 items from other players, if available.)
- E-Gadd: Hypnotize (Will cause every racer close at the back of him to spin out.)
- Shy Guy: Flying carpet (Makes him fly to skip bits of the course.)
- Dry Bones: Bone Flower (Makes him throw bones.)
- Koopa Troopa: Super Shell (A bigger green shell.)
- Metal Mario: Metal Mushroom (Transforms his whole kart into metal, which makes everything what hits it bounce back.)
- King Boo/King Bob-Omb: Crown (Will move them places up. How many places, depends on their rank.)
Mii's and DLC characters are not playable in this mode)
DLC[]
- DLC Pack 1:
- Bob-Omb Cup
- Characters: Dry Bowser & Funky Kong
- Different colors for Yoshi
- 2 new karts & 2 new motors
- DLC Pack 2:
- Egg Cup
- Characters: Honey Queen & Hammer Bro.
- Different colors for Shy Guy
- 2 new karts & 2 new motors
- DLC Pack 3:
- Newer Cup
- Characters: Wiggler & Pianta
- Different colors for Toad
- 2 new karts & 2 new motors