Mario Kart Kinetic

Mario Kart Kinetic is an upcoming Mario Kart game developed by Beanstalk Inc. along with Nintendo. It will come out Q3/Q4 2013 and will be for the Storybook. It is the 8th installement of the popular series. It is compatable with the Storybook Fire.

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.

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

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:

Characters
33 characters are playable in the game. 15 are default, and 18 are unlockable. The characters new to Mario Kart are marked with *.