Pokemon Kart is a game made by Nintendo, Retro Studios, Game Freak, HAL Laboratory and United Front Games. The game takes the Pokemon concept and puts karting elements in. Unlike other racing games, this also has Pokemon elements, like moves, HP, and Pokemon-style items. The game has a story mode, which is similar to the main Pokemon games, along with a few other modes, like Free Race, Tournament and Online Race.
Story Mode[]
In Story Mode, you go through the Quikoh region, a region where racing with Pokemon are the people's tradition. There are 8 karting stadiums to go through, with there stadium champions. Using your Pokemon, you race the champions along with 6 other challengers. You have to get 1st to obtain the Stadium Trophy, and you have to collect 8 of them before going to the Elite Tournament, where you can face the Elite 4 in the longest track in the game, and the Elite 4 are challenging, with powerful moves and speedy Pokemon. When you start the game, before you leave your home, your mother informs you it's a big world out there, and that you must be responsible, and gives you one Potion to prepare you on the journey. You visit Professor Sapling to get your starter pokemon, but your rival is choosing one too, he chooses the one thats effective against your starter. Before you go off into the first route, your rival wants to have a short race with you. No matter if you win or lose, you move on. Basically, gameplay on the overworld is just like the main Pokemon games. But when you encounter a Pokemon in the tall grass, you battle go into a Wild Battle Course, like the Battle mode in Mario Kart. You catch Pokemon with the Kart Ball. There are 4 types of Kart Balls, the Kart Ball, the Great Kart Ball, the Ultra Kart Ball and the Master Kart Ball. There are other Kart Balls too. There are 4 types of items, Key Items, Launch Items, Self Items and Overworld Items. Key Items are special items used to either advance the story or use for certain areas. Launch Items are used while in Race or Battle, that can be launched at opponents. Self items can be used in Race and Battle and are used on the Pokemon that's holding it. Overworld Items are used on the overworld to change your party's certain stats, like evolution state and level.
Story Tracks:
-Wild Battle Course
-Trainer Track (Grass)
-Trainer Track (Cave)
-Trainer Track (Snow)
-Trainer Track (Beach)
- Pyrite City Stadium
- Obsidian City Stadium
- Quartz City Stadium
- Sapphire City Stadium
- Amethyst City Stadium
- Hematite City Stadium
- Lapis City Stadium
- Jadeite City Stadium
- Silver Island Cavetop Track
- Elite 4 Ultimate Course
- Champion Final Battle
Free Race[]
In Free Race, you can use any of the 718 Pokemon to race in the Story Tracks and Free Tracks. You can also choose what kart the Pokemon uses, and a set of Rent Moves. You can also use your Pokemon from Story Mode. Items are picked up on the track instead of items in the bag. You can also have up to 4 players.
Free Tracks:
- Ocean Swirl
- Grassy Plains
- Thin Ice Whirlaround
- Hollow Forest
- Undergrounds of Poison
- Cloudy Sky
Tournament[]
In Tournament, you can go through a random set of 4 tracks, against either 8 or 12 other racers. At the end of each track, each racer gets points depending on what place they're in at the end of the track. The player that gets the most points wins. The same rules apply as Free Race. Choose from all 718 Pokemon, any tracks, and all else. You can also have up to 4 players in the Tournament too, plus, you can do a Team Tournament, where racers are separated into 2 teams, and depending on the place that each team racer ends in combines with the whole team of racers amount of points. The team that gets more points wins the tournament.
Online Race[]
In Online Race, you should probably know what happens. You battle with other people around the world online. It also has the Nintendo Network functions previously implemented in Mario Kart 7.
Racers[]
in pokemon kart you start off with 19 racers. as the game progresses you gain more pokemon to race with. pokemon will also evolve and this will unlock new racers also this means you can get up to 57 characters with out unlocking others.
