New Mario Kart

New Mario Kart
The game's logo
Developer(s)	Billy-Luigi Productions
Platform(s)	Wii U
Genre(s)	Racing
Release Date(s)	Summer 2015
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multi-player and Online
Media Included	Optical Disc

New Mario Kart is an upcoming Mario Kart Game for the Wii U. It will be the ninth installment of the Mario Kart Series. Mario Kart Wii's bikes, Mario Kart 7's gliding and underwater driving and Mario Kart 8's anti-gravity features are reused this time as well. A new addition is slow-motion tricks, were the player can do multiple stunts in slow-motion on a ramp. The game was been announced as a short teaser-trailer on the HBD 2014. A second trailer was seen on November 12 were new courses and characters were revealed. The game will feature 72 Characters, the most out of any Mario Kart game.

Modes

Grand Prix The Grand Prix mode of New Mario Kart works very similar to past installments. Unlike past games more than 4 engine classes appear. 50cc, 100cc, 150cc and the new 200cc are available by default. While 150cc mirror is unlocked by completing 150cc and 200cc mirror is unlocked by completing 200cc. Unlike Mario Kart 8, the game will not feature a multiplayer Grand Prix. Only the Mushroom Cup and Shell Cup are available from the start, while the other cups are unlocked by completing the cup before except for the 6 DLC cups.

Time Trails

Time Trails lets the player race on a course and try to get the best time. It acts the same as previous installments. This is only for one player.

Versus

In Versus the player can set their own rules of a race. This appears in both single-player and multi-player

Battle

In Battle Mode little has changed, the usual Coin Battles and Balloon Battles return.

Double Dash!!

In Double Dash mode, the player can drive with 2 characters in one kart. This mode appears only in multiplayer and single-player versus. No fixed teams appear as CPU's unlike Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Characters will have specific team names if paired with each other.

Online

Online mode works the same as previous installments. The player can drive against other players online.

Course Builder

For the first time in the series the player will be able to create their own custom course. Not much is known about the mode.

Characters

There will be a total of 72 characters in the game as stated by Billy-Luigi. Only 12 characters are revealed.

Starting Roster

The starting roster will include only 8 characters.

Unlockable Characters

All almost all characters (except for R.O.B. and Donkey Kong Jr.) have been announced to return in the 9th installement. Only 1 newcomer has been so far announced: Lubba.

Ulocking Criteria

Character	How to unlock	Character	How to unlock
Baby Mario	Complete a Grand Prix as Mario	Baby Luigi	Create a Course in Course Builder
Baby Peach	Win 5 Time Trails	Baby Daisy	Have the game on for 5 hours
Toadette	Complete 100cc Mushroom Cup	Toadsworth	Win 150cc Mushroom Cup
Shy Guy	Become 4th or lower in Grand Prix	Lakitu	Collect 20 coins
Baby Wario	Collect 50 coins	Baby Waluigi	Collect 40 coins
Baby Rosalina	Complete 50cc Special Cup	Baby Bowser	Complete a Grand Prix as Bowser
Koopa Paratroopa	Complete 150cc Shell Cup	Dry Bones	Have the game on for 24 hours
Luma	Unlock Rosalina or Baby Rosalina	Boo	Win 7 Time Trails
Daisy	Complete 150cc Flower Cup	Birdo	Complete a Grand Prix as Yoshi
Bowser Jr.	Race on 16 Nitro courses	Nabbit	Race on 16 Retro Courses
Hammer Bro.	Collect 101 coins	Tanooki Mario	Collect 40 coins as Mario
Kitsune Luigi	Collect 40 coins as Luigi	Cat Peach	Collect 40 coins as Peach
Cat Daisy	Collect 40 coins as Daisy	Diddy Kong	Race on 2 Custom Courses
Dixie Kong	Complete 100cc Banana Cup	Pom Pom	Become 2nd in a Grand Prix
Noki	Collect 70 coins	Kamek	Win 16 Time Trails
Wario	Have the game on for 2 hours	Waluigi	Complete 150cc Star Cup
Rosalina	Complete 100cc Star Cup	Lubba	Complete 100cc Lightning Cup
Funky Kong	Unlock all Cups	Dry Bowser	Win 10 Time Trails
King Boo	Collect 100 Coins	Metal Mario	Collect 80 coins as Mario
Silver Luigi	Collect 80 coins as Luigi	Pink Gold Peach	Collect 80 coins as Peach
Orange Bronze Daisy	Collect 80 coins as Diasy	Wiggler	Complete 100cc Leaf Cup
Honey Queen	Complete 150cc Leaf Cup	Boom Boom	Complete 50cc Lightning Cup
Pianta	Collect 75 coins	Plessie	Complete 50cc Banana Cup
Lemmy	Collect 1 coin	Wendy	Collect 2 coins
Larry	Collect 3 coins	Iggy	Collect 4 coins
Ludwig	Collect 5 coins	Roy	Collect 6 coins
Morton	Collect 7 coins	Petey Piranha	Complete 150cc Special Cup
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Courses

The game contains 16 new nitro courses. Three unannounced DLC cups will be added to the game some day

Nitro Courses

Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Star Cup	Special Cup
Koopa Circuit	Mario Circuit	Sunset Desert	Dawn Swamp
Windy Plaza	Kong Beach	Rumble Shore	Waluigi Arena
Snow Street	Plessie Falls	Panorama Peak	Bowser's Castle
Tanooki Temple	Haunted House	Moon Express	Rainbow Road

• Mario Circuit: This new Mario Circuit is rather small compared to previous Mario Circuits. It is set around Peach's Castle as usual.
• Tanooki Temple: Tanooki Temple is a massive temple filled with Super Leaves. It mainly takes place inside and on top of the temple.
• Kong Beach: Kong Beach is the new beach-themed course of New Mario Kart. The player will drive near a big sea and will sometimes drive in the sea.
• Sunset Desert: Sunset Desert is a long course. Many ruin-like buildings are seen in the background and on the track as well.
• Panorama Peak: Panaorama Peak starts at the bottom of a very tall mountain. The player will drive all the way to the top, simillar to DK Mountain.
• Windy Plaza: Windy Plaza takes place in a village similar to that in Daisy Hills. The course starts in the center of the village and will mainly take place inside of it.

Retro Courses

The game contains 16 retro courses from previous installements. These contain 2 from Super Mario Kart. 1 from Mario Kart 64, 4 from Mario Kart: Super Circuit. 2 from Mario Kart: Double Dash, 1 from Mario Kart DS, 2 from Mario Kart Wii, 2 from Mario Kart 7 and 3 from Mario Kart 8. Three unannounced Retro DLC cups will be added to the game some day.

Shell Cup	Banana Cup	Leaf Cup	Lightning Cup
SNES Donut Plains 2	WII Toad's Factory	SNES Vanilla Lake 2	WII U Bone-Dry Dunes
WII U Sweet Sweet Canyon	3DS Rock Rock Mountain	N64 Wario Stadium	WII Moonview Highway
GBA Riverside Park	DS  Shroom Ridge	GBA Lakeside Park	GCN Bowser's Castle
3DS Daisy Hills	GBA Ribbon Road	GCN Mushroom City	GBA Rainbow Road

Custom Courses

The player will be able to create their own racing course. Not much is known about the mode.

Items

Items found on the track
Item Box	Gives the player a random item. Items given are based on the player's position.
Coin	Gives the player a small boost and increase top speed when more are collected, up to a max of 15.
New items
Mini Mushroom	Will shrink the player immediately.
Black Shell	Can be thrown forward in a straight line and when it collides with a wall or kart, it will explode. Can also be held behind the kart but it will explode after 5 seconds.
Triple Black Shell	3 Black Shells that orbit the player's kart. The shells will explode after 10 seconds. Can also be thrown in a straight line and will explode when it collides with a wall or a kart.
Spiny Red Shell	Targets and explodes all karts ahead. The kart in first place gets the biggest explosion.
Ice Flower	Allows the player to throw iceballs for a short time that cause other karts to freeze for 3 seconds.
Freezie	Can be thrown in a straight line or placed behind the kart. When it hits a kart, it will freeze it for 3 seconds.
Rain Drip	Causes all opponents to drive slowly and makes steering very hard.
Triple Fake-Item Box	Three Fake-Item Boxes that orbit the player.
Insane Nine	Generates 9 items (Green Shell, Red Shell, Black Shell, Fake-Item Box, Blooper, Bob-omb, Mushroom, Star and a Banana) that circle around the player for them to use.
Returning items
Green Shell	Travels in a straight line and knocks over a kart it hits.
Triple Green Shell	Three green shells that orbit the player's kart, protecting them from incoming attacks.
Red Shell	Homes in on the closest kart in front of the player and knocks it over.
Triple Red Shell	Three red shells that orbit the player's kart, protecting them from incoming attacks.
Banana	Protects the player from incoming items, and spins out other racers that hit it.
Triple Bananas	Three bananas that orbit the player's kart, protecting them from incoming attacks.
Banana Bunch	Five bananas that are carried behind the kart.
Mushroom	Provides the player's kart with a small speed boost.
Triple Mushroom	Orbits the player's kart, providing them with three separate speed boosts.
Golden Mushroom	Provides the player's kart with continuous speed boosts for a short time.
Mega Mushroom	The driver grows bigger, which allows them to squash other racers by running over them making them lose their items and slow down for a moment.
Fake-Item Box	Causes opponents to flip over once hit.
Fire Flower	Allows the player to throw fireballs for a short time that cause other karts to spin out on impact.
Boomerang Flower	Can be thrown up to three times, hitting racers forward and when it returns.
Super Leaf	Gives the player's kart a tail that can be used to deflect items, knock over opponents and collect coins.
Bob-omb	Can be thrown both backwards and forwards and it'll explode when it collides with an opponent or after 5 seconds.
Triple Bob-omb	Three Bob-ombs orbit the player's kart. Can be thrown both backwards and forwards and it'll explode when it collides with an opponent or after 5 seconds.
POW-Block	A POW block appears on screen and causes any racer on the ground ahead of the user to spin out and drop their items.
Boo	Turns the user invisible and steals an opponent's item.
Blooper	Sprays ink on all racers ahead and reduces their visibility. The racers hit also lose some of their traction while sprayed.
Cape Feather	Allows the player to perform a high jump, and the it will activate the glider.
Star	Provides the player invincibility from all terrain and items, and also giving a speed boost.
Spiny Shell	Targets the racer in first place, knocking over all other karts in its path.
Thunderbolt	Causes all opponents to drop their items, shrink, and drive slowly for a short time.
Bullet Bill	Transforms the player into a Bullet Bill, rocketing through the track with auto-pilot, and providing invincibility from all terrain and items.

Trivia

• The default characters (except for one) are the original 8 characters from the First Mario Kart game.
  • Although Donkey Kong Jr. is probably being replaced by Donkey Kong.