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| Genre(s) | Racing | |||
| Series | Mario Kart | |||
| Predecessor | Mario Kart 7 | |||
| Successor | Mario Kart 8 | |||
| Release Date(s) | 2012 | |||
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Mario Kart Kinetic is the eigth installment in the Mario Kart esgame developed by Beanstalk Inc. along with Nintendo. There are two versions of the game, the Storybook and the Nintendo Comet. The Storybook version was released on August 7, 2012, worldwide, and the Comet version will release on September 21, 2014 worldwide.
Gameplay[]
The gameplay is similar to other Mario Kart games, including the appearence of Coins. Like in Mario Kart 7, they give you coins to purchase different wheel types. But like in Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, the give speed boosts. These two functions add gameplay ideas not in the more recent installements, or their retro counterparts.
You are able to drift like in Mario Kart DS, to the same degree of how it affects gameplay. Dust, Blue Sparks, Red Sparks, or Purple Sparks come out of your kart. Purple Sparks are the highest level of sparks, and are currently exlcusive to this game
Unlike in Mario Kart Wii, motorbikes do not make any appearence, except in beta (where Zapper appeared as one of Waluigi's, Wiggler's, and Boomerang Bro.'s unlockable karts).
Controls[]
A Button- (Hold) Makes your Kart move forward
B Button- (Press) Stops your Kart, (Hold) Drives the Kart Backwards
R Button- (Hold while turning) Drifts, (Press) Makes the kart jump up
L Button- (Hold while turning) Drits, (Press with item) Uses an item
Modes[]
Grand Prix[]
Grand Prix is split into four modes, one unlocked after beating the other. The four modes are 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, and 300cc. Unlike in Mario Kart DS, 150cc Mirror does not appear. The tracks in Grand Prix are:
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Mushroom Cup |
Flower Cup |
Star Cup |
Special Cup |
Feather Cup |
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Honey Bee's Hive |
Bowser Fortress |
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River Delfino | |
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Kamek Hideaway |
Snifit's Frozen Cove |
Chain Chomp Street |
Wiggler Way | |
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Luigi's Lava Mansion |
Mushroom Village |
Paper Mario Land |
Diddy's Kong Casino | |
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Bowser Castle |
Burning Beach |
Rainbow Road |
Daimond City | |
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Shell Cup |
Banana Cup |
Leaf Cup |
Lightning Cup |
Tanookup |
Time Trial[]
1P VS[]
Battle[]
Multiplayer[]
Nintendo Network[]
Leaderboards[]
Practice[]
Characters[]
33 characters are playable in the game. 15 are default, and 18 are unlockable. The characters new to Mario Kart are marked with *.
Default[]
Unlockable[]
Unlocking Criteria[]
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Daisy |
Win 50cc Special Cup. |
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Toadette |
Win 50cc Feather Cup. |
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Metal Mario |
Win 50cc Lightning Cup. |
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Lakitu |
Win 50cc Tanookup. |
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Baby Luigi |
Get an A-Rank 100cc cups |
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Mii |
Get a 1-star rank on every 50cc Nitro cups or get an A-Rank on a 50cc Retro cup. |
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Bee |
Win 100cc Special Cup. |
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Koopa Paratroopa |
Win 100c Feather Cup. |
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Birdo |
Win 100cc Lightning Cup. |
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Wiggler |
Win 100cc Tanookup. |
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Dry Bones |
Get a A-Rank on 150cc Cups |
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Croco |
Win 150cc Special Cup. |
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Pom Pom |
Beat 150cc Feather Cup as anyone except Mario, Luigi, and Toad. |
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Boo |
Win Mirror Special Cup. |
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Boom Boom |
Win 150cc Lightning Cup |
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Kamek |
Win 150cc Tanookup |
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Shy Guy |
Win Mirror Feather Cup |
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Boomerang Bros |
Win Mirror Lightning Cup |
Karts[]
Every character has 6 karts, 2 are default and 4 are unlockable. * indicates that that kart is unlockable.
Default Characters[]
Unlockable Characters[]
Items[]
Items are found in Item Boxes in the course. You pick them up by driving into them. There is a variety of items in the new Mario Kart! * indicates new item in the MK series.
DLC[]
Downloadable Content is avalible for purchase at the Virtual Complex.
See Mario Kart Kinetic/ Downloadable Content for DLC.
Trivia[]
- In beta, the name was Mario Kart Hyper. It was changed for unknown reasons.
- This is the first game in a while to not have triple green or red shells.
- The red shell in this game has the same effect as before, it just looks different.
- Mini Mushroom works the same as the Lightning Bolt from past installments.