Mario Kart Universal

Mario Kart Universal is the newest installment in the Mario Kart series. It is being released for the Nintendo Wii U and 3DS and is set for a 2015 release. It is considered a sequel to Mario Kart 8.
==Gameplay==
Most of the gameplay is taken from Mario Kart 8, such as anti-gravity, coin collecting, hang gliding, and underwater racing. Also, more than 10 coins can be collected, but the first 10 are the only ones to give speed boosts.
Like in Mario Kart 7, customizable Kart pieces return for this game. Over 150 pieces will be in the game.
New to this game are slightly longer tracks and the biggest character roster of any Mario Kart game. Bikes are now customizable. Also, up to 16 racers can be in a race and four new items are added. A new stat is added to the series, Luck. Luck affects the items the player collects. Finally, three Comet Medals are added to each track in Singleplayer only.
==Controls==
===Wii U Gamepad===
*Left Analog Stick/Tilt- Steer
*Up D-Pad- First-Person
*Down D-Pad- Third-Person
*A- Accelerate
*B- Brake
*X- Drift
*Y- Use Item
*L- Use Item
*R- Drift
*ZL- Trick
*ZR- Front View
*+- Pause
*Home- Home/Snapshot
===Wii U Controller Pro===
*Left Analog Stick- Steer
*Up D-Pad- First-Person
*Down D-Pad- Third-Person
*A- Acceleration
*B- Brake
*X- Drift
*Y- Use Item
*L- Use Item
*R- Drift
*ZL- Trick
*ZR- Front View
*+- Pause
*Home- Home/Snapshot
===Wii Remote (Automatic)===
*Tilt- Steer
*Shake- Trick
*Up D-Pad- First-Person
*Down D-Pad- Third-Person
*A- Front View
*B- Use Item
*1- Brake
*2- Accelerate
*+- Pause
*Home- Home/Snapshot
===Wii Remote (Manual)===
*Tilt- Steer
*Shake- Trick
*Up D-Pad- First-Person
*Down D-Pad- Third-Person
*Left D-Pad- Use Item
*Right D-Pad- Use Item
*A- Front View
*B- Drift
*1- Brake
*2- Accelerate
*+- Pause
*Home- Home/Snapshot
==Modes==
===Singleplayer===
====Grand Prix====
Race in four different races in a single cup with CPU racers. Twelve cups are being featured in Mario Kart Universal, unlike the usual eight. A trophy is awarded after beating a cup and characters can be unlocked. Three different modes are in the Grand Prix. 50cc, the easy mode, has slower speeds for characters and a decreased AI. 100cc, the medium, has average speeds and normal AI. 150cc, the hard mode, has high speeds, intelligent AI, and complicated Kart combinations.
====Single Match====
In this mode, the player races CPU racers like in Grand Prix. Instead of playing on four tracks, the player can select any track as long as it is unlocked without having to race though the other tracks in the cup. This mode can be played solo or in teams.
====Battle====
In Battle Mode, the player fights AI racers in two different modes. The matches take place on Battle Tracks instead of regular tracks. The player can fight all the AI racers or join a team, with 8 players on each team.
=====Balloon Battle=====
In this mode, all racers start with three balloons. When all three balloons are gone, the racer is out of the match. In order to lose a balloon, a racer must get harmed by an obstacle or item. Another racer can also "steal" a balloon. In order to do this, the racer must boost using a kind of Mushroom into another racer.
=====Coin Collecting=====
In this mode, racers must collect coins scattered around the stage. The racer (or team) with the most coins after two minutes wins the match. When a racer is hit, they drop a few coins. Unlike in racing matches, coins do not offer speed boosts.
===Multiplayer===
====Grand Prix====
Grand Prix now can have up to five players at once racing each other and the AI.
====Single Match====
Single Match now can have up to five players at once racing each other and the AI.
====Battle====
Battle now can have up to five players at once battling each other and the AI.
====Double Trouble====
Double Trouble is playable with an even number of players. Instead of 16 karts, 8 is racing at once. However, two characters are in a kart as once, similar to Mario Kart: 'Double Dash. Bikes are extended to two seats in this mode. One player controls the car, and the other uses items and tricks. Otherwise, it follows the same formula as Single Match.
==Characters==
Mario Kart Universal has 47 characters in total,19 starting characters, 22 unlockable characters, and 6 downloadable characters.
===Starting Characters===
Image	Name 	Class 	Stats	Description﻿﻿
 	Baby Mario 	Feather	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 3.5
Handling: 3
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 1.5
Luck: 3.5	Baby Mario is a younger version of the famous plumber. Just don't underestimate him! His luck and acceleration is amazing.﻿﻿
 	Baby Peach 	Feather	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 1.5
Handling: 3.5
Off-Road: 3
Weight: 1
Luck: 2.5	Baby Peach is a young version of the princess. She makes up for what Baby Mario misses. You could say the two of them are a perfect match.
 	Goomba 	Feather	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 4
Drift: 3
Handling: 2.5
Off-Road: 3.5
Weight: 2
Luck: 1.5	Goomba is tired of being stomped on! Goomba has decent stats. How he steers is a true mystery.
 	Kiddy Kong 	Feather	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 3.5
Drift: 1.5
Handling: 2
Off-Road: 2.5
Weight: 2
Luck: 3	Kiddy Kong makes his debut in the races! Though not the best at drifting, his luck makes up for it.
 	Koopa Troopa	Light 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 3.5
Handling: 4
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 2
Luck: 2.5	The Koopa Troopa returns with a bang. He isn't a coward like people say he is!
 	Toad 	Light 	
Speed: 2
Acceleration: 3.5
Drift: 2.5
Handling: 3
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 2.5
Luck: 4	Toad is an ally of the Mario Bros. but also enjoys a race or two. His luck is very good.
 	Shy Guy 	Light 	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 2
Handling: 2.5
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 1.5
Luck: 3.5	Shy Guy is a returning racer from the handheld games. Will we finally be able to see his true face?
 	Mario 	Medium 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 2
Handling: 2.5
Off-Road: 2.5
Weight: 2.5
Luck: 2.5	Mario is the famous plumber of the Mushroom Kingdom! He is balanced stats.
 	Luigi 	Medium 	
Speed: 2
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 3
Handling: 2.5
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 2.5
Luck: 2.5	Luigi is Mario's younger brother. He has balanced stats like Mario, but has different strengths.
 	Peach 	Medium 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 3.5
Handling: 2
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 2.5
Luck: 3	Peach is the princess of the Mushrom Kingdom. She has decent speed and a good drift.
 	Yoshi 	Medium 	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 2.5
Handling: 3
Off-Road: 2.5
Weight: 2
Luck: 1.5	Yoshi is back in the game with interesting stats. It has a surprising speed but bad luck.
 	Hammer Bro. 	Cruiser	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 2.5
Handling: 2
Off-Road: 2.5
Weight: 3
Luck: 3	Hammer Bro. makes his big debut in Mario Kart with very good stats. He has pretty balanced overall.
 	Waluigi 	Cruiser	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 3
Handling: 2
Off-Road: 4
Weight: 3.5
Luck: 3.5	Waluigi is a very interesting character with weird stats to match his personality. It truly is Waluigi time.
 	Donkey Kong 	Cruiser	
Speed: 3.5
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 2
Handling: 1.5
Off-Road: 3.5
Weight: 4
Luck: 4	Coming from the jungle, DK is a fast racer! He has great luck and speed, but has bad handling and drift.
 	Bowser 	Heavy 	
Speed: 4
Acceleration: 1.5
Drift: 3
Handling: 2
Off-Road: 2.5
Weight: 4.5
Luck: 2.5	King of the Koopas, Bowser is a threat to all racers. His speed and weight is great for bumping people around. What a brute!
 	Wario 	Heavy 	
Speed: 3.5
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 2
Handling: 2.5
Off-Road: 3
Weight: 4
Luck: 2.5	Mario's strange double, Wario is ready to take on the competition head-on with his weight, speed, and handling. 
 	Boom Boom 	Heavy 	
Speed: 3.5
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 3
Handling: 1.5
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 3.5
Luck: 4	Boom Boom, making his racing start, has good weight, drift, and speed.
 	Mii Outfit A	Various	
Various	Mii's stats all depend on its size and width. Choose carefully to suit your play style!
=== Unlockable Characters===
Image	Name 	Weight 	Stats 	Description 	How to Unlock
﻿﻿ 	Baby Luigi 	Feather	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 4
Drift: 2
Off-Road: 1.5
Weight: 1.5
Luck: 4	Baby Luigi is the third of the baby trio. He also has the best luck and speed. 	Unlock 5 Expert Ghosts or play 150 races.
 	Toadette 	Feather	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 3.5
Drift: 1.5
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 2
Luck: 3.5	Toadette is the counterpart to Toad. Although their relationship is unknown, she has stats similar to him. 	Beat the Mushroom Cup 150cc or play 50 races.
 	Baby Wiggler 	Feather	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 3.5
Drift: 2.5
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 1
Luck: 2.5	Baby Wiggler is a new character to the entire Mario series. She has good speed and acceleration. 	Beat the Flower Cup 150cc or play 200 races.
 	Dry Bones 	Feather	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 4.5
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 1.5
Weight: 1.5
Luck: 2	Dry Bones returns from Mario Kart Wii for one more race. Dry Bones has surpreme acceleration and drift, but fails in luck and off-road. 	Beat the Shell Cup 150cc or play 75 races.
 	Fly Guy 	Light 	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 1.5
Off-Road: 2.5
Weight: 2
Luck: 3.5	Fly Guy goes to the ground to drive for the first time. Fly Guy has good acceleration, speed, and luck. 	Beat the Blooper Cup 150cc or play 125 races.
 	Paratroopa 	Light 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 3.5
Off-Road: 3
Weight: 2
Luck: 3	Paratroopa wears a yellow shell, uncommon for Koopas. He has great drift, off-road, and acceleration. 	
 	Dixie Kong 	Light 	
Speed: 2
Acceleration: 3.5
Drift: 1.5
Off-Road: 3
Weight: 1.5
Luck: 4	Dixie Kong is the newest Donkey Kong racer. She has balanced stats and is weak in weight and drift. 	Collect 100 Coins.
﻿﻿ 	Bowser Jr. 	Light 	
Speed: 2
Acceleration: 4
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 3.5
Weight: 2.5
Luck: 2.5	Bowser Jr. is Bowser's eighth child. He has far different stats than his father with good acceleration, handling, and off-road. 	Collect 250 Coins.
 	Birdo 	Medium 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 1
Weight: 2
Luck: 2.5	Birdo is the strange Subcon creature. She is balanced stats, similar to Mario and Luigi. 	Play 250 races.
 	Diddy Kong 	Medium 	
Speed: 2
Acceleration: 3.5
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 1.5
Weight: 2
Luck: 3	Diddy Kong is DK's nephew. Diddy is faster and lighter than his uncle. If only he had his peanut guns... 	Beat the Banana 150cc cup or play 300 races.
 	Kritter 	Medium 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 2
Off-Road: 4
Weight: 3
Luck: 2	The Kritter is King K Rool's henchman. He has good acceleration and weight, with off-road to rival those of Waluigi and Donkey Kong. 	Beat the Star Cup 150cc or play 750 races.
 	Magikoopa 	Medium 	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 2
Off-Road: 1.5
Weight: 2.5
Luck: 1.5	Magikoopa has great speed and acceleration, but has bad luck and off-road. He was orginally going to be in Mario Kart 64, but was scrapped. But that didn't keep him out of the game!	Beat a Regular Ghost.
 	Daisy 	Medium 	
Speed: 2
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 3
Weight: 2
Luck: 3.5	Daisy has similar stats to Peach, but has better drift, off-road, and luck. 	Collect 150 Coins.
 	Rosalina 	Cruiser	
Speed: 3.5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 2
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 3.5
Luck: 4	Rosalina is a good character overall. With good stats, she is ready to race for the gold trophy! 	Beat the 150cc Special Cup or play 3,000 races.
 	Wiggler 	Cruiser	
Speed: 3.5
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 1.5
Weight: 3.5
Luck: 2.5	Wiggler returns from Mario Kart 7 with good stats. She has several good sides to her and some bad sides too. 	Beat the Bob-Omb Cup 150cc or play 300 races.
 	Boomerang Bro.	Cruiser	
Speed: 4
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 2
Off-Road: 3
Weight: 3
Luck: 4.5	Boomerang Bro. is actually a surprisingly good racer! He seems to have no weak points to him except from his drift. 	Beat the Leaf Cup 150cc or play 325 races.
 	Pom Pom 	Cruiser	
Speed: 4
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 3.5
Weight: 3.5
Luck: 2.5	Pom Pom couldn't be left behind by Boom Boom! She has good speed and off-road, but a bad acceleration and drift. 	Unlock 10 Expert Ghosts.
 	Honey Queen 	Heavy 	
Speed: 3.5
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 2.5
Off-Road: 2
Weight: 4.5
Luck: 3.5	Honey Queen is surprisingly small compared to the Galaxy games. She has good weight and luck. Plus, a good acceleration compared to other Heavys. 	Collect 500 Coins.
 	Sumo Bro. 	Heavy 	
Speed: 4
Acceleration: 1
Drift: 3
Off-Road: 3.5
Weight: 4
Luck: 3	Sumo Bro. is ready to show his strength! He has good speed, off-road, and luck. 	Collect 1,000 coins.
 	King Boo 	Heavy 	
Speed: 4.5
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 4
Off-Road: 3.5
Weight: 4
Luck: 2.5	King Boo is surprisingly heavy for a ghost. This, his drift, and his speed makes him good for not being pushed off the track. 	Beat an Expert Ghost.
 	Dry Bowser 	Heavy 	
Speed: 5
Acceleration: 3
Drift: 3.5
Handling: 2
Off-Road: 3.5
Weight: 4.5
Luck: 4	The final racer, Dry Bowser has a bone to pick with the competition. He has excellent speed, off-road, and even has a good acceleration. 	Get 1st Place on all tracks or play 5,000 races.
 	Mii Outfit B 	Various	Various	Mii's stats all depend on its size and width. Choose carefully to suit your play style! 	Collect all Comet Medals.
=== DLC Characters===
Image	Name 	Class 	Stats 	Description
 	Paper Mario 	Feather	
Speed: 2
Acceleration: 3.5
Drift: 3.5
Handling: 3
Weight: 0.5
Luck: 2.5	Paper Mario, being made of paper, is the lightest character in the game. However, he has good drift and acceleration.
 	Donkey Kong Jr.	Light 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 2
Drift: 2
Handling: 3
Weight: 3.5
Luck: 3	Donkey Kong Jr. makes his long-awaited return! He comes back with very good stats overall.
 	Banjo-
Kazooie 	Medium 	
Speed: 2.5
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 2.5
Handling: 2.5
Weight: 2.5
Luck: 2.5	The fifth third-party character in the series, Banjo-Kazooie is the defintion of all-round character. Looks like the duo finally get to meet Mario!
 	Pianta and
Noki	Cruiser	
Speed: 3
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 1.5
Handling: 2
Weight: 3
Luck: 2.5	Pinata and Noki are two Sunshine characers in one! The two balance each other out in stats.
 	Metal Mario 	Heavy 	
Speed: 5
Acceleration: 2.5
Drift: 2
Handling: 1.5
Weight: 5
Luck: 3	With amazing speed and weight, Metal Mario is a very good character for those who want to push people around.﻿﻿
 	Mii Outfit C 	Various	Various	Mii's stats all depend on its size and width. Choose carefully to suit your play style!
==Tracks==
To see more, look at Mario Kart Universal/Tracks.
==DLC==
===Extra Characters===
This pack will be released along with the release of the game. All the characters have been confirmed and the pack will cost $3.99.
===Extra Tracks===
This pack will be released in late 2015. No news about the tracks have been released, but screenshots of Toad's Turnpike from Mario Kart 64 in HD has spread across the Internet, making some fans think this stage will be a DLC stage and others thinking it is a hoax. Nintendo has made no statement about the image, but revealed the pack will revolve around the DLC characters and some retro tracks.
==Items==
===Collectable===
ItemBoxMK7.png|Item Box
Coin.png|Coin
Coin - Gold Red.png|Red Coin- Worth 3 Coins
SilverCoinSM64R.png|Blue Coin- Worth 5 Coins
PurpleCoin.png|Purple Coin- Worth 7 Coins
CometMetal (1).png|Comet Medal
===Item Box Rewards===
GreenShell.png|Green Shell
TripleGreenShells.png|Triple Green Shell
RedShell.png|Red Shell
TripleRedShells.png|Triple Red Shell
Banana Peel.png|Banana
TripleBananas.png|Triple Banana
480px-Mushroom2.png|Mushroom
TripleMushrooms.png|Triple Mushroom
Bob-ombAl.png|Bob-Omb
Starjk.png|Super Star
Lightning Bolt - Mario Kart 7.png|Lightning
SuperleafNSMB2.png|Super Leaf
BlooperCarnival.png|Blooper
114px-FireflowerNSMB2.png|Fire Flower
FakeItem-MKWii-Icon.png|Fake Item Box
MegamushroomNSMB2.png|Mega Mushroom
IceFlowerSME.png|Ice Flower- Shoot 3 iceballs that freezes racers for 3 seconds
Magnet.png|Magnet- Drag in nearby Coins for 10 seconds.
Capef.png|Cape Feather- Quickens drift speed andlets racers gently float as they fall.
397px-CloudFlower.png|Cloud Flower- Allows the user to create four cloud barrier behind them, causing racers to slow down
==Trivia==
*Magikoopa was orginally going to be in Mario Kart 64 but was scrapped.
*Mario Kart Universal is the first game since Mario Kart: Super Circuit to use ten cups.
*Mario Kart Universal was orginally planned to be for the eighth-generation consoles, but was brought back to seventh-generation consoles with Mario Kart 8.
*Mario Kart Universal is the first Mario Kart game to be released on two systems on release.
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