Mario Kart Kinetic
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Developer(s) | Beanstalk Inc. | ||
Publisher(s) | Ninverse | ||
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Genre(s) | Racing | ||
Release Date(s) | |||
Q3/Q4 2012 | |||
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RP |
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Grand Prix[edit | edit source]
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:
Mushroom Cup |
Flower Cup |
Star Cup |
Special Cup |
Feather Cup |
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(Super Mario Circuit) |
(Boom Boom Street) |
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(Croco Staduim) |
(Shy Guy's Ice Cave) |
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(Hotfoot Raceway) |
(Paper Peach's Yard) |
(Kong Casino) | ||
Shell Cup |
Banana Cup |
Leaf Cup |
Lightning Cup |
Tanookup |
Time Trail[edit | edit source]
1P VS[edit | edit source]
Battle[edit | edit source]
Multiplayer[edit | edit source]
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection[edit | edit source]
Leaderboards[edit | edit source]
Practice[edit | edit source]
Characters[edit | edit source]
33 characters are playable in the game. 15 are default, and 18 are unlockable. The characters new to Mario Kart are marked with *.
Default[edit | edit source]
Mario Middleweight
Toad Lightweight
- Bowser HUGE.png
Bowser Heavyweight
- LuigiMarioPartyDS.png
Luigi Middleweight
- 200px-Koopa.png
Koopa Troopa Lightweight
- 508px-MP8Wario.png
Wario Heavyweight
- NSMBWiiPeach.png
Peach Middleweight
Diddy Kong Lightweight
- DK Strong.png
Donkey Kong Heavyweight
- 250px-WaluigiMP8a.png
Waluigi Middleweight
- Baby Mario NSMBDIY.png
Baby Mario Lightweight
- King K. Rool.png
King K. Rool* Heavyweight
- MKPC Yoshi Solo.png
Yoshi Middleweight
- BowserJr..png
Bowser Jr. Lightweight
- PrincessRosalina.png
Rosalina Heavyweight