Mario Kart: Wild Ride

Mario Kart: Wild Ride is the tenth game in the mario kart series, and the eighth in the main series. This game will have 16 new courses, and the ability to customize karts, bikes and courses. This game will bring back many features from Mario Kart 7, such as Gliders, Propellers, and the ability to customize karts. Mario Kart: Wild Ride will be playable for the 3DS. It was released 3/30/12 in North and Latin America, 4/6/12 in Japan, and 4/14/12 in Europe and Australia. This game has 48 courses instead of the usual 32.
Characters:
Default Characters
Light 	Medium	Heavy
Toad 	Mario 	
Bowser
Koopa 	Luigi 	Donkey Kong
Baby Luigi	Peach 	Wario
Baby Mario	Yoshi 	Waluigi
Unlockable Characters
Character 	Weight	How to Unlock
Petey Piranha	Heavy 	Get a 1 star ranking on 150cc Lightning Cup
King Boo 	Heavy 	Unlock all Battle Stages
Dry Bowser 	Heavy 	Get a 1 star ranking in all Mirror Nitro Cups
Funky Kong 	Heavy 	Unlock 15 Expert Staff Ghosts
King K. Rool 	Heavy 	Get an A or higher as an overall ranking
R.O.B. 	Heavy 	Unlock all 32 Expert Staff Ghosts
Kritter 	Heavy 	Get a 1 star ranking on 150cc Special Cup
Hammer Bro 	Medium	Get one 2 star or up ranking (100cc)
Kamek 	Medium	
Beat Story Mode
Dr. Mario 	Medium	Win 20 Grand Prix's with Mario
Daisy 	Medium	Get a 1 star ranking on 100cc Star Cup
Toadsworth 	Medium	Unlock 25 Expert Staff Ghosts
Bowser Jr. 	Medium	Get a 1 star ranking in all 100cc Retro Cups
Diddy Kong 	Medium	Beat all 50cc Cups
Birdo 	Medium	Play Time Trials on all 32 courses
Rosalina 	Medium	Get a 1 star ranking in all Mirror Retro Cups
Toadette 	Light 	Play Time Trials on 15 different courses
Paratroopa 	Light 	Unlock 3 Expert Staff Ghosts
Dry Bones 	Light 	Get a 1 star ranking on 100cc Banana Cup
Baby Peach 	Light 	Get a 1 star ranking on all 50cc Nitro Cups
Baby DK 	Light 	Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghosts
Baby Daisy 	Light 	Get a 1 star ranking on all 50cc Retro Cups
Shy Guy	Light	Unlock 20 expert staff ghosts
Courses:
This game features 16 brand new courses, and 16 courses from past games.
Mushroom Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Mario Circuit 	This course takes you past Mario and Luigi's house, around a few chain chomps, and into grassy hills filled with goombas. 	Mario
Toad's Tower	Blast onto the road to Toad's Tower!! Zoom through the spiral staircase, and glide through to the finish!! 	Toad
Baby Highway 	Ride into Baby Highway!! Avoid cars and other players as you head towards the finish line in this exciting four lap course.	Baby Luigi
Luigi's Workshop 	In this exciting course, you must dash past blades, zip through machines, and drive your way to victory. 	Luigi
Flower Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Wiggler's Garden	This course is based off of the Mario Party DS board of the same name. But instead of you being small, the garden is huge! Drive past giant wigglers and piranha plants and to the finish line.	Petey Piranha
Twilight Desert 	As the sun sets, you must drive through the desert, and zoom through the perilous pyramid. But watch out for pokeys and mummy bones on your way to the finish. 	Shy Guy
Yoshi's Crater 	Zoom around a crater riddled with geysers and magma as you reach your goal. 	Yoshi
Ricco Cruise 	Race around Ricco Harbor and onto one of the cruisers. From there, you must zip through the ship and past the Gooper Blooper. 	Bowser Jr.
Star Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Koopa Rapids 	Koopa Rapids takes you through speeding rapids, pathways made of giant shells, and a roaring waterfall.	Koopa Troopa
Wario's Treasure Chest	
Zip through Wario's Storage Room...a gigantic treasure chest!! Avoid falling jewels and metals as you head towards your goal.	Wario
DK Canyon 	This long, two lap course takes you in and around a jungle canyon 	Donkey Kong
Boo Battlefield 	In Boo Battlefield, you must race through fortress ruins, potholes, and a boo infested battlefield. 	King Boo
Special Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Dry Bones Asylum	Speed your way through the deserted Dry Bones Asylum, where you must make your way through cages, mud, and empty cells. 	Dry Bones
Bowser Castle 	Drive into the castle of the Koopa King, Bowser!! Thwomps, podoboos, fireballs, geysers, and a giant Mecha-Bowser will plague you on this perilous course. 	Peach
Rainbow Road 	Race through this multicolor racetrack by mastering the stunts and tricks needed to survive this perilous course. 	Rosalina
Wild Ride World	Race into the world of Wild Ride!! This course takes a small part of every nitro course in the game and mixes them together. This track does not have three laps. Instead, it has one long lap.	
Retro Cups
Shell Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Vanilla Lake SNES 	A remake of the SNES course Vanilla Lake 1	Toadsworth
Luigi's Mansion DS	A remake of the DS course Luigi's Mansion 	Luigi
Toad's Factory Wii	A remake of the Wii course Toad's Factory 	Toad
Piranha Slider 3DS	A remake of the 3DS course Piranha Slider 	Petey
Banana Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Koopa Troopa Beach 	A remake of the Wii course Toad's Factory 	Toad
Music Park 3DS 	A remake of the 3DS course Music Park 	Peach
Wario's Gold Mine Wii	A remake of the Wii course Wario's Gold Mine	Wario
Dino Dino Jungle GCN 	A remake of the GCN course Dino Dino Jungle 	Funky Kong
Leaf Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
D.K's Jungle Parkway 	A remake of the N64 course D.K'S Jungle Parkway	D.K
Bowser's Castle 1 GBA	A remake of the SNES course Bowser Castle 1 	Dry Bowser
Wario Ship 3DS 	A remake of the 3DS course Wario Ship 	Wario
Koopa Cape Wii 	A remake of the Wii course Koopa Cape 	Koopa Paratroopa
Lightning Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
DK Jungle 3DS 	A remake of the 3DS course DK Jungle 	DK
Maple Treeway Wii 	A remake of the Wii course Maple Treeway 	Diddy Kong
Wario Colosseum GCN	A remake of the GCN course Wario Colosseum	Wario
Airship Fortress DS	A remake of the DS course Airship Fortress	Bowser
Minigames
In Mario Kart: Wild Ride, there are five minigames, four of which are default
Bonus Packet
Characters 	Weight
Metal Mario 	Heavy
Lubba 	Heavy
Boom Boom 	Heavy
Whomp 	Heavy
Tiki Tong (Shrunken and w/hands)	Heavy
Fawful 	Medium
DK Jr. 	Medium
Candy Kong 	Medium
Pauline 	Medium
Shadow Mario 	Medium
E.Gadd 	Light
Baby Wario 	Light
Dixie Kong 	Light
Toadbert 	Light
Lakitu 	Light
A few months after Mario Kart: Wild Ride was released, a bonus packet was created. The bonus packet had extra features that you could upload into your game via the games update system. The bonus packet gives you 15 new characters, an upgraded course editor, new vehicle parts, 2 new battle stages, and 4 secret cups, the nitro cups are the Shine Cup, and the Barrel Cup, and the retro cups are the Bob-omb Cup, and the POW Cup
Bonus Battle Stages
The battle stages from the bonus packet are...
1. Starship Mario
2. Midnight Mansion
Bonus Cups
Nitro
Barrel Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
DK Jr's Arcade 	Zoom your way into another world in DK Jr's Arcade! You must blast through the arcade and into another world!! 	DK. Jr
Grand Glacier 	Venture through Grand Glacier, where you must zip underwater, onto the ice, and inside the glacier. Things such as boosts, penguins, cracking ice, and ice cannons will appear to you on this amazing course.	Pauline
Corona Mountain 	On this hazardous course, you must dash past spikes, lava balls, and goop blasters in order to reach the finish line. 	Shadow Mario
Boom Boom's Pillar	Race your way through Boom Boom's Pillar!! Bowser's henchman has left a dangerous little course for you to drive on. But beware of bullet bills, deadly burners, and floating fire balls. 	Boom Boom
Shine Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Bowser's Inside 	
Journey through Bowser's inside, where you will encounter hazards such as viruses as you venture through the Koopa King's organs. 	Fawful
Baby Coastline 	Blast along Baby Coastline on an amazing adventure. Be sure to nab some boost pads and dolphins, but beware of harmful cannons and crabs.	Baby Wario
Golden Temple 	Zoom into the Golden Temple from DK Country Returns!! Zip through the temple, towards your goal...the finish line. 	Tiki Tong
E. Gadd's Garage	
Make your way through an advanced, more difficult version of Luigi Industries. 	E. Gadd
Retro
Bob-omb Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Riverside Park GBA 	A remake of the GBA course Riverside Park 	Pauline
Daisy Cruiser GCN 	A remake of the GCN course Daisy Cruiser 	Daisy
Rock Rock Mountain 3DS	
A remake of the 3DS course Rock Rock Mountain	DK Jr
Grumble Volcano Wii 	A remake of the Wii course Grumble Volcano	Dry Bowser
POW Cup
Course 	Summary 	Ghost
Donut Plains 3 SNES	A remake of the SNES course Donut Plains 3	Koopa
Delfino Square DS 	A remake of the DS course Delfino Square 	Toadsworth
Shy Guy Bazaar 3DS 	A remake of the 3DS course Shy Guy Bazaar 	Shy Guy
DK Mountain GCN 	A remake of the GCN course DK Mountain 	Donkey Kong
Items
Returning Items:
Banana
3 Banana's
Red shell
Green shell
3 Red shells
3 Green shells
Bob-omb
Blue shell(No wings)
Fire Flower
Super Leaf
Star
Mushroom
Golden Mushroom
3 Mushrooms
POW Block
Lightning
Blooper
Mega Mushroom
New Items:
Luma: Transforms into a launch star and does what a bullet bill does (The launch star stays their for a second after it launches you ahead, so someone behind you might be able to get it)
Magnet: Pulls you towards the player ahead of you
Barrel: Incases the user in a barrel and allows you to move a bit faster. If you hit an item or another racer, the barrel explodes into 5 bananas (if you go into a barrel cannon, or a boost that launches you into the air, the barrel breaks open)
Shine: Acts like a star, except it lasts longer
Ice Flower: Allows you to freeze your enemies
Poison Mushroom: Drastically slows you down for 2–5 seconds, depending on what place you're in
Battle Mode
In Mario Kart Wild Ride, there are two types of battles:
Bob-omb Blast (from Mario Kart Double Dash)
Balloon Battle
There are 8 Nitro Battle Stages, three of which must be unlocked. They are...
Stage 	How to Unlock
Mario Mania 	Default
Kong Kanopy 	Default
Bianco Hills 	Default
Block Village 	Default
Nintendo 3DS 	Default
Royal Stadium 	Unlock 100cc
Bowser's Yacht 	Unlock 150cc
Sunset Mountain	Unlock Mirror Mode
There are 6 retro courses, all of which are default. They are...
Stage
Tart Top DS
Luigi's Mansion GCN
Double Deck N64
Battle Course 4 GBA
Chain Chomp Wheel Wii
Galaxy Colosseum Wii
Story Mode
In Story Mode, you can use any characters that you have already unlocked.
Plot:
Mario and his friends have come to Racing Kingdom, where they are planning to have a day of fun. However, as soon as they arrive, Bowser and his minions take over the 8 areas of the racing kingdom. Each area is one of the 8 cups that you must beat. After you beat the cup, you must battle the boss of that area in a Bob-omb Blast.
The boss depends on the area that you are racing in. This chart will tell you all the bosses.
Area 	Boss
Mushroom Area 	Koopa Troopa
Flower Area 	Dry Bones
Star Area 	Hammer Bro
Special Area 	Bowser Jr.
Shell Area 	Koopa Paratroopa
Banana Area 	King Boo
Leaf Area 	Kamek
Lightning Area	Bowser
No matter what order you do the areas in, you must always do the Special Cup second to last, and the Lightning Cup last.
All of the areas will be played in 100cc
After you beat Bowser, he takes out a machine called the MegaMirror2000, and uses it to make the areas Mirror Mode. You must then beat all the areas again, except in Mirror Mode. Once again, you must do Lightning Cup last and Special second to last, but the bosses are a bit different.
Area 	Boss
Mushroom Area 	Dry Bones
Flower Area 	Hammer Bro
Star Area 	Kamek
Special Area 	Dry Bowser
Shell Area 	Petey Pranha
Banana Area 	King Boo
Leaf Area 	Bowser Jr.
Lightning Area	Bowser
Once you beat Bowser for the second time, you have beaten story mode, and you have unlocked Kamek and you unlock a minigame and the only way to beat story mode, Fiery Fortress.
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