Mario Kart All Stars

Mario Kart All Stars is a racing game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. It is the ninth main installment in the Mario Kart franchise, the eleventh if including the Nintendo Switch Port of Mario Kart 8 and the 2019 mobile game Mario Kart Tour. 
The main focus of this game is the introduction of the Litro cups, which allow players to race through Retro tracks that have already appeared as Retro in previous games, the only tracks to have ever done this before being SNES Rainbow Road, GCN Baby Park and GCN Yoshi Circuit. 
A secondary focus is the game is the massive increase in items, character selection, vehicles, cups, and courses, with a particular emphasis on returnnig features from other games. Mario Kart All Stars brings back lots from previous games whilst introducing even more.
==Gameplay==
The game maintains the standard elements from most other Mario Kart titles. Players pick from a seleciton of characters, most of whom have to be unlocked via challenges of varying difficulty, and race through a cup of four unique tracks, using randomly-generated items to ensure they finish in first place. There are twelve racers on the track, although in online play this can be increased to fifteen.
Karts are no longer customisable like they were in the two previous main series titles, and have reverted back to a selection similar to that of Mario Kart Wii, except all karts are driveable with each character. Bikes return from Mario Kart Wii, but the ATVs from Mario Kart 8 do not.
Returning from Mario Kart 7 are the underwater sections of the track, and from Mario Kart 8 is antigravity. Gliders do make a return too, but not to the extent that they once were - now, they are only utilised when players launch from a cannon, and as they are only there for aesthetics can not be customised.
Point Spread Comparison
 	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Single Player 	15 	12 	10 	9 	8 	7 	6 	5 	4 	3 	2 	1 	- 	- 	-
Online Multiplayer	15 	14 	13 	12 	11 	10 	9 	8 	7 	6 	5 	4 	3 	2 	1
==Game Modes==
===Grand Prix===
Grand Prix works similarly to past installments. 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc engine classes are available by default, with the Mirror Mode being unlockable. Grand Prix rankings do not carry over to lower engine classes, so by unlocking cups on 150cc does not automatically unlock them for 50cc and 100cc.
Players choose a cup and race through all four of the races against eleven CPU drivers. Players cannot play either online or local multiplayer on Grand Prix. 
===Time Trials===
Time Trial mode lets the player race through a single course without items or other players in order for them to get their best time possible. Like usual, players begin with a set of Triple Dash Mushrooms, and have the opportunity to race against a Ghost of their previous best attempt (provided they have already run a Time Trial on that course), a specially-selected Nintendo Staff Ghost, or from an uplaode of another player's best time.
===Versus Mode===
Versus Modes work similiary to Grand Prix, except they are entirely customisable. Players can choose which engine class they would like to play in, how many other races there are, the difficulty of the CPU, whether karts or bikes are available, how many races, what items are allowed on the course, whether coins are present, whether racers are split into teams, and can even choose with racers appear as CPUs. Versus Mode can be played on both local and online multiplayer.
===Battle Mode===
Like most other istallments, Battle Mode takes place on specially-designed Battle Courses, and are customisable to the extent of Versus Mode. These are also playable in both online and local multiplayer.
There are a variety of different Battle games. Balloon Battle, Shine Thief, Coin Runners and Bob-Omb Blast all make a comeback, with Battle Royale being introduced.​​​​​​ In the Battle Royale mode, players use items to knock out other players and ensure they are the last driver standing. Battle Royale games are often very quick.
==Characters==
There are 42 playable characters, 26 of which are unlockable.
Newcomers to the series are Baby Wario, Cappy, Dixie Kong, Nabbit, Pauline, Kamek, and Hammer Bro.
===All Unlocked Racers===
Baby Mario 	Baby Luigi	Baby Peach	Baby Daisy 	Baby Rosalina 	Baby Wario	Mii
Mario 	Luigi 	Peach 	Daisy 	Rosalina and Luma	Wario 	Waluigi
Toad 	Toadette 	Yoshi 	Birdo 	Shy Guy 	Lakitu 	Cappy
Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong	Dixie Kong	Metal Mario 	King Boo 	Nabbit 	Pauline
Bowser 	Bowser Jr 	Kamek 	Koopa Troopa	Koopa Paratroopa 	Dry Bones 	Hammer Bro
Larry 	Roy 	Lemmy 	Wendy 	Iggy 	Morton 	Ludwig
===Starting Racers===
Baby Mario 	Baby Luigi	Baby Peach	Baby Daisy
Mario 	Luigi 	Peach 	Daisy
Wario 	Waluigi 	Toad 	Yoshi
Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong	Bowser 	Koopa Troopa
==Palette Swaps and Alternate Costumes==
Several racers have the option to select different coloured variations of that character, and the new selection of colours can be purcahsed as one item from the Shop. Other racers have the option to wear different Outfits, each of which is purcahsed individually from the shop.
Rosalina and Luma's Palette Swaps
Yellow Luma 	Red Luma 	Orange Luma
Green Luma 	Blue Luma 	Pink Luma
Apricot Luma	Black Luma	No Luma
Toad's Palette Swaps
Red Toad 	Orange Toad	Yellow Toad
Green Toad	Blue Toad 	Purple Toad
Yoshi's Palette Swaps
Green Yoshi 	Red Yoshi 	Orange Yoshi
Yellow Yoshi	Blue Yoshi 	Light Blue Yoshi
Pink Yoshi 	White Yoshi	Black Yoshi
Shy Guy's Palette Swaps
Red Shy Guy 	Orange Shy Guy	Yellow Shy Guy
Green Shy Guy	Blue Shy Guy 	Light Blue Shy Guy
Pink Shy Guy 	White Shy Guy 	Black Shy Guy
Lakitu's Palette Swaps
Red Lakitu
Green Lakitu
Koopa Troopa's Palette Swaps
Green Koopa Troopa
Red Koopa Troopa
Blue Koopa Troopa
Koopa Paratroopa's Palette Swaps
Red Paratroopa
Green Paratroopa
Hammer Bro's Palette Swaps
Hammer Bro
Boomerang Bro
Fire Bro
Mario's Alternate Costumes
Mario 	Fire Mairo 	Propellor Mario
Tanooki Mario	Wedding Mario	Builder Mario
Doctor Mario 	Penguin Mario	Bee Mario
Luigi's Alternate Costumes
Luigi 	Fire Luigi
Propellor Luigi	Kitusne Luigi
Peach's Alternate Costumes
Peach 	Fire Peach
Wedding Peach	Cat Peach
Wario's Alternate Costumes
Wario
Biker Wario
Bowser's Alternate Costumes
Bowser
Wedding Bowser
==Vehicles==
There are a total of 40 vehicles in the game, split into 20 Karts and 20 Bikes. 6 of each are unlockable from the start, these being the first three in each column.
Karts and Bikes
NITRO KARTS 	RETRO KARTS 	NITRO BIKES 	RETRO BIKES
New Standard 	SNES Pipe Frame 	New Standard 	Wii Magikruiser
Monster Truck	GCN Wario Car 	Honeysuckle 	Wii Mach Bike
Megawatt 	DS B-Dasher 	Log FLume 	Wii Dolphin Dasher
Koopa Kart 	DS Egg 1 	Plessie Plunger	Wii Flame Runner
Spin Drill 	Wii Classic Dragster	Star Bit 	Wii Shooting Star
Piranha Pot 	Wii Offroader 	Penny Cycle 	Wii U Duke
Crawler 	3DS Koopa Clown 	Mechabike 	Wii U Varmint
Rally Truck 	3DS Cloud 9 	Tanooki Rider 	Wii U Mr Scooty
Scuttlebuggy 	Wii U Landship 	Boo Bike 	Wii U Jet Bike
F-Zero 	Wii U Trispeeder 	Excitebike 	Wii U Yoshi Bike
==Courses==
There are a total of 60 tracks in the game, creating a record for the series. These are split into five Nitro Cups (featuring brand new courses), five Retro Cup (featuring returning courses from previous installments), and five new Litro Cups (featuring courses that have already appeared as Retro courses in previous games). The fact that the Nitro and Retro selection now includes five Sups instead of four marks a change to the usual Mario Kart formula. These new Cups - the Nitro Bell Cup and Retro Egg Cup - slot between what had been the third and fourth Cups.
====NITRO COURSES====
====Mushroom Cup====	
====Flower Cup====	
====Star Cup====	
====Bell Cup====	
====Special Cup====
New Donk Drift 	Mario Circuit 	Cappy Circuit 	The Fruitbowl 	Wild Wild Jungle
Vanilla Pass 	Donut Marina 	Toytime Playhouse	Cascade Falls 	Shock Shock Rock
Bulldozer Boulevard	Dessert Desert 	Boo's Haunt 	Koopa Kingdom 	Bowser's Castle
Dry Dry Digouts 	Static Substation	Casino Waluigi 	Peach's Castle	Rainbow Road
====RETRO COURSES====
====Shell Cup==== 	
====Banana Cup====	
====Star Cup==== 	
====Bell Cup==== 	
====Special Cup====
DS Figure-8 Circuit 	DS Mario Circuit 	N64 Wario Stadium 	DS Shroom Ridge 	SNES Ghost Valley 3
SNES Donut Plains 2 	Wii U Thwomp Ruins	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	Wii U Dolphin Shoals	3DS Alpine Pass
GBA Cheep Cheep Island	GBA Broken Pier 	GBA Lakeside Park 	Wii Dry Dry Ruins 	Wii Bowser's Castle
Wii Toad's Factory 	Wii DK Summit 	GCN Mushroom City 	GCN Wario Colosseum 	GCN Rainbow Road
====LITRO COURSES====
====Cherry Cup====	
====Turnip Cup==== 	
====Feather Cup==== 	
====Heart Cup==== 	
====Pepper Cup====
GBA Peach Circuit 	N64 Mario Raceway 	GCN Daisy Cruiser 	GBA Luigi Circuit 	DS Peach Gardens
SNES Donut Plains 1	Wii Coconut Mall 	Wii Koopa Cape 	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	GCN DK Mountain
N64 Choco Mountain 	GBA Sky Garden 	N64 DK's Jungle Parkway	Wii Maple Treeway 	N64 Bowser's Castle
DS Luigi's Mansion 	3DS Piranha Plant Slide	DS Waluigi Pinball 	DS Airship Fortress 	SNES Rainbow Road
====DOWNLOADABLE COURSES====
====       Hammer Cup====	
====       Spiny Cup====	
====            Cap Cup====
Giant's Raceway 	Koopa Coaster 	Freezeflame Star
Shell Petrol 	GBA Yoshi's Desert 	GCN Peach Beach
Wii U Toad Harbour 	SNES Vanilla Lake 2	3DS Wario's Galleon
N64 Frappe Snowland	DS Delfino Square 	N64 Banshee Boardwalk
BATTLE STAGES
     Moon Games 	           Shine Games	        Kuribo Games
City Spiral 	GBA Battle Course 4 	SNES Battle Course 4
Sunken Sands 	3DS Honeyhive House 	GCN Pipe Plaza
Biddybug Woods 	N64 Double Deck 	DS Palm Shore
Dry Dry Templetop	Wii Funky Stadium 	N64 Big Donut
Solar Arena 	NX Sweet Sweet Kingdom	3DS Wuhu Town
==Items==
As in all Mario Kart games, Mario Kart All Stars utilsies the Item Box, which grants the player an item based on their position in the race.
===Returning Items===
Mushrooms
*Dash Mushroom
*Triple Dash Mushroom
*Golden Mushroom
*Mega Mushroom
Bananaas
*Banana
*Triple Banana
Shells
*Green Shell
*Triple Green Shell
*Red Shell
*Triple Red Shell
*Spiny Shell
Enemies
*Boo
*Blooper
*Bullet Bill
*Bob-Omb
*Potted Piranha Plant
Power-Ups
*Fire Flower
*Boomerang
*Super Star
*Lightning
*Fake Item Box
===New Items===
*Magnet
Attract nearby coins for a short time.
*Banzai Bill
Fire a raging Banzai Bill that moves forwards through the track like a Bullet Bill and knocks away anyone it hits.
*Poison Mushroom
Leave a fake ‘Dash Mushroom’ on the track that shrinks whichever player runs into it.
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