Mario Kart 9 for Nintendo Switch

Mario Kart 9 is the fourteenth game of the Mario Kart series. The game will be released in winter of 2018. There is also a third level of drifting that was present in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Anti-Gravity and Underwater racing and Gliding returns to the game, along with returning characters and new ones. Smart Steering also comes to the game.
The game comes with 48 courses (16 nitro, 16 retro, and 16 DLC). It will also have 16 battle courses (4 nitro, 4 retro, and 8 DLC). There will be 2 DLC packs, Pokemon x Mario Kart 9 and F-Zero x Mario Kart 9. each Pack comes with 8 courses, 4 karts, 4 battle stages, and 3 characters. 
==Characters==
There are a total of 36 characters that will be present in the game (6 of them are DLC). There will be 12 characters from the start. All the other characters will be unlockable. The game comes with 8 different colors of Yoshi right from the start.
===Default Characters===
Character 	Weight Class
Mario 	Middle
Luigi 	Middle
Peach 	Middle
Toad 	Light
Yoshi 	Middle
DK 	Heavy
Wario 	Heavy
Bowser 	Heavy
Baby Mario	Light
Baby Peach	Light
Waluigi 	Heavy
Daisy 	
Middle
===Unlockable Characters===
Character 	Weight Class	How to Unlock
left|57px 	Light 	
Get a star on 
Every 50cc Cup
Baby Wario 	Light 	
Get a star on
Every 100cc Cup
Toadette 	Light 	
Get a star on
Every 150cc Cup
Dr. Mario 	Middle 	
Get a star on
Every Mirror Cup
Gold Mario 	Middle 	
Get a star on
Ever 200cc Cup
Toadsworth 	Light 	
Do time trials
on 4 courses
King Boo 	Heavy 	
Do time trials'
on 8 courses
Kamek 	Light 	
Do time trials
on 16 courses
Bowser Jr. 	Middle 	
Do time trials
on 32 courses
Rosalina 	Heavy 	Win 5000 coins
Koopa Troopa	Light 	
Win the 150cc
Mushroom Cup
Dr. Luigi 	Middle 	
Win the 200cc
Flower Cup
Diddy Kong 	Middle 	
Win the 150cc
Star Cup
Birdo 	Middle 	
Win the 200cc
Sepical Cup
Baby Yoshi 	Light 	
Win the 150cc
Shell Cup
Goomba 	Light 	
Win the 200cc
Banana Cup
Wiggler 	Heavy 	
Win the 150cc
Leaf Cup
Mii 	Any 	
Win 4000 coins
===DLC Characters===
Character	Weight Class
Pikachu 
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9	Light
Lakitu
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9	Middle
Petey Piranha
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9	Heavy
Steve
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9	Light
Cat Luigi
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9	Middle
Dr. Eggman
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9	Heavy
==Courses==
There are a total of 48 courses in all with 16 of them being DLC. There are courses based off of Pokemon, F-Zero, Excitebike, and Sonic. 
===Nitro Courses===
Mushroom Cup 	Flower Cup 	Star Cup 	Speical Cup
Luigi Circuit 	Mario Circuit 	Yoshi Circuit 	Peach Highway
Moo Moo Barnyard	Waluigi Casino	Rock Rock Bazaar	Ribbon Land
Mushroom Field 	Sherbet Land 	Shy Guy Valley 	Bowser's Castle
DK Road 	Palm Beach 	Hotel Wario 	Rainbow Road
===Retro Courses===
Shell Cup 	Banana Cup 	Leaf Cup 	Lightning Cup
DS Figure-8 Circuit	N64 Wario Stadium	Wii U Electrodome 	Wii Moonview Highway
Wii Toad's Factory	Wii DK Summit 	GCN Wario Colosseum 	Wii U Cloudtop Cruise
3DS Daisy Hills 	3DS Maka Wuhu 	
GBA Sky Garden 	SNES Mario Circuit 4
Wii U Thowmp Ruins	Wii U Toad Harbor	SNES Bowser Castle 3	GBA Rainbow Road
===DLC Courses===
Mega Mushroom Cup
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9	
Pokeball Cup
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9	
Ice Flower Cup
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9	
Blue Falcon Cup
F-Zero X Mario Kart 9
Wii Maple Treeway 	
GCN Daisy Cruiser 	Twilight City 	N64 Yoshi Valley
Wii U Excitebike Arena	SADX Grenn Hill Zone 	Ice Mountain 	Wii Mushroom Gorge
Sweet Sweet Factory 	Diddy Kong's Jungle City	Bone-Dry Ruins 	Donut Canyon
Dry Dry Pyramid 	Pokeworld 	F-Zero White Land	F-Zero Big Blue
==Battle Mode==
The battle mode for Mario Kart 9 will have 16 battle courses. (4 nitro, 4 retro, and 8 DLC).
Nitro Cup 	Retro Cup
Delfino Plaza 	SNES Battle Course 1
Tomodachi Life 	N64 Double Deck
Mushroom Hospital	GBA Battle Course 4
Waluigi Stadium 	GCN Tilt-A-Kart
Kirby Land
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9	
DS Palm Shore
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9
Battle Arena
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9	
Wii Funky Stadium
Pokemon x Mario Kart 9
Kirby Stadium
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9	
3DS Wuhu Town
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9
Bowser's Ring of Fire
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9	
Urchin Underpass
F-Zero x Mario Kart 9
===List of Battle Modes===
Balloon Battle: Balloon Battle has been present in every Mario Kart game ever. Players start out with 5 balloons, just like in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. When a player loses all of its balloons, their score will be cut in half. 
Coin Runners: Coin Runners was present in Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 7, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Players have to collect as many coins they can. If a player gets hit with an item, then they will lose 3 coins.
Shine Theif: Shine Theif was present in Mario Kart Double Dash! and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Players must get a Shine Sprite for a full 20 seconds. The round is over when a player holds on to the Shine Sprite for 20 seconds.
Shine Runners: Shine Runners was present in Mario Kart DS. Similar to Coin Runners and Shine Theif, players must collect as many Shine Sprites as they can.
Bob-omb Blast: Bob-omb Blast was present in Mario Kart Double Dash! and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Instead of collecting up to 10 Bob-omb's in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, players can now collect as many Bob-omb's as they can. Players start out with 5 balloons, just like in Balloon Battle. If a player is invovled in a bob-omb explosion, then they lose a balloon. Just like balloon battle, the players score gets cut in half when they lose all of their balloons.
Renegade Roundup: Renegade Roundup was present in Mario Kart 8 Delxue. In this mode, they're two teams, the renegades and the cops. The cops get potted pirahna plants while the renegades have to avoid the cops. The round is over when all renegades are caught.
Capture The Flag (NEW): Capture the Flag is a new battle mode debuting in Mario Kart 9. There is one flag. There are two 2 teams, and each team has half of the battle course all to themselves.The round is over when one team captures the flag from the other team.
Need For Speed (NEW): Need For Speed is a new battle mode debuting in Mario Kart 9. In this mode, players must use mushrooms to get other players out. Just like Balloon Battle and Bob-omb Blast, players have 5 balloons. If a players hits a player while using a speed boost, they lose a point, and they get their score cut in half when the player loses all of their balloons. 
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