Mario Kart Super Star

Mario Kart Super Star is a racing game for the Nintendo Switch, and the second Mario Kart game overall for the console. It is the eleventh installment in the main Mario Kart series. This installment is a follow-up of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, released on the Switch in 2017. The game was released of the last three days of May 2022 worldwide.
A new addition is the drill, allowing players to drive underground when touching a Drill Pad. Elements from Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also return, like 12-player races, Bikes and as well as all the previous vehicle additions, those being underwater driving, anti-gravity and gliding from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe; and unlockable characters, wheelies and half-pipe ramps from Mario Kart Wii. The game also features updated retro tracks, which appear even more redesigned than in the other Mario Kart games.
==Gameplay==
The gameplay retains almost element of previous Mario Kart games. Players pick a character of four (these being Light, Medium, Heavy and Super-Heavy) weight classes and drive vehicles of varying statistics (Speed, Weight, Accerlation, Handling, Drift, Mini-Turbo and Off-Road) around a racetrack, in an attempt to finish first of the twelve racers. There are two types of vehicles return in Mario Kart Super Star, these being Karts (which have a greater Handling, at the expense of not being able to do Wheelies and having a bigger hitbox) and Bikes (which have the ability to do Wheelies and less of a hitbox, however at the expense of less Handling).
During a race, racers can pick up different items from Item Boxes, with different items going to different players, depending on what position you are in; for example, first place typically receives items such as Bananas and Green Shells, while racers at intermediate distance from the lead receive items like Red Shells and Boomerang Flowers, finally, racers far from the lead receive items with the most powerful benefits, such as the Golden Mushroom or the game's namesake, Super Stars, to help compensate their distance. Players receive an amount of points depending on the position they end up with, and whichever player has the most amount of points wins the entire cup, which consists of 4 races. Point management works the exact same way it does in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
The hang-glider, anti-gravity and underwater mechanics also return from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as well as Coins, with the player being able to collect up to twenty in one race, with you getting progressively faster the more coins you collect, and automatic drifting which can be activated simply by steering in a direction for a certain amount of time, with a turning capability that matches the one while drifting and the ability to slowly charge Mini-Turbo and Super Mini-Turbo boosts, which give you a boost in speed the moment you stop drifting. Tricks and the ability to look behind also return in this game, with Tricks giving you a speed boost whenever you execute one.
The newest feature for the series is drill segments that allow racers to go underground as they wish. When underground, players create tunnels that even allow regular racers that aren't even in the drill form go inside them, with underground segments also having access to items like Coins and even Item Boxes. When a player is hit with the drill on the front of another player's kart, they will spin out of a second.
==Controls==
===Navigating menus===
====Dual Joy-Con/Pro Controller====
*, /, or by tilting: Steer
*, up or : Accelerate
*, down: Braking, before driving in reverse
*: Use horn/item
*: Swap items
*/: Hop/Trick
*: Look behind/Rear-view
====Joy-Con (sideways)====
* or by tilting: Steer
*, , or : Accerlate
* or : Braking, before driving in reverse
*: Use horn/item, double tap to swap items.
*: Hop/Trick
* or : Look behind/Rear-view
====Toy-Con Motorbike====
===Racing===
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==Game modes==
There are various modes for Mario Kart Super Star. All modes avaliable for single-player (as well as some on local and multiplayer) are listed here.
===Grand Prix===
Mario Kart Super Star 's Grand Prix works similar to other installments in the Mario Kart franchise. Similarly to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the 50cc, 100cc, 150cc and 200cc engine class are avaliable from the beginning of the game, with completing 150cc unlocking the Mirror Mode in the game, and completing 200cc unlocking both a 200cc Mirror Mode and a Trick Mode, adding ramps and more challenging elements to each track in the game. Players will choose a cup, which will take them through four races of a set order in that cup. Players have the option to allow all 12 racers be normal human players, unlike other Mario Kart games, which only allowed players to have up to four players to do a Grand Prix at a time. Only the Mushroom, Fire Flower, Banana and Green Shell cups are playable at the beginning of the game, with other cups being unlockable when beating all cups before it. You will have unlock these cups when playing on different CCs.
===Time Trials===
Mario Kart Super Star 's Time Trial mode works the same as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, in which you complete a selected course in the fastest time you possibly can. You can view other peoples ghost data via Nintendo Switch Online, and see Leaderboards of certain courses. Time Trial courses can be unlocked by beating the cup the course is in, in any engine class. Mirror and Trick variations of the Time Trial course can be unlocked simply by getting 1st place in both versions of the course respectively as well.
===VS. Mode===
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===Battle===
Battle Mode is similar to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 's Battle Mode, being arena-based and having 12 players in a battle at once. You can adjust how long battles go for, if players respawn when defeated, etc. There are multiple ways to battle in this game, those being:
*Balloon Battle: In this mode, players use items to pop each other's balloons or steal them in order to gain points. The team with the most points at the end wins a match. You can choose to allow players to respawn when all their balloons are popped by other players, or how many balloons you get when starting a race.
*Coin Runners: Players must try to collect as many Coins as possible before the timer runs up. Coins are scattered throughout the map, with all coins having to be collected before a new batch of Coins appear. You can adjust the settings to allow a limit on the amount of Coins players can have, or how many coins are dropped when a player gets hit with an item.
*Shine Thief: Returning from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart: Double Dash!! One player must retrieve a Shine Sprite and keep hold of it for atleast 20 seconds, while opponents from other teams try to use items on that player to drop that Sprite. The player holding the Sprite has a speed boost when playing. You can choose to have teams during the match (in which the Shine Sprite must be held for 30 seconds), and how long players have to have hold of a Shine Sprite.
*Drill Disaster: New to Mario Kart Super Star, Drill Disaster is in the vein of "a battle-royale", in which, players travel in mode-exclusive underground arenas using the drill form. The main goal is to try and hit players, with either their drill from behind or using items, and eliminate them in the game. You can adjust how many hits it takes for a player to be eliminated, or how fast the Drill speed is.
*Bob-omb Blast: Working the exact same as it does in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Players try to attack each other using Bob-ombs to score points and pop balloons. All item boxes are set to only have Bob-ombs in them, and players can have up to 10 Bob-ombs at a time. You can choose if item boxes only allow Bob-ombs, or allow other items such as Mushrooms and Super Stars, which the only attacking option being Bob-ombs, or how many Bob-ombs players can carry at a time.
There is also an option to randomly select one of these modes by choosing "Random Battle Mode".
===Online===
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===Minigame Shamble===
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==Characters==
===Drivers===
There are 60 total playable characters in Mario Kart Super Star, consiting of 20 default characters, 30 unlockable characters and 10 DLC characters. Including the DLC characters, there is ... new playable characters in Mario Kart Super Star.
====Starting drivers====
*Baby Mario - Light
*Baby Luigi - Light
*Toad - Light
*Toadette - Light
*Koopa Troopa - Light
*Goomba - Light*
*Shy Guy -  Light
*Mario - Medium
*Luigi -  Medium 
*Peach -  Medium 
*Daisy - ​​​​​​ Medium 
*Hammer Bro - Medium
*Bowser Jr -  Medium
*Yoshi -  Medium
*Birdo -  Medium
*Bowser -  Heavy
*Wario -  Heavy
*Waluigi -  Heavy
*Donkey Kong -  Heavy
*Rosalina -  Heavy
*Link -  Heavy
====Unlockable drivers====
*Baby Peach - Light
*Baby Daisy - Light
*Toadsworth - Light*
*Dry Bones - Light
*Diddy Kong -  Medium 
*Dixie Kong -  Medium 
*Pauline - Medium
*Peachette -  Medium 
*Dry Bowser -  Heavy
*Metal Mario -  Heavy
*Boom Boom -  Heavy*
*Pom Pom -  Heavy*
*King Boo -  Heavy
*Funky Kong -  Heavy
*Mii Outfit A - N/A
*Mii Outfit B - N/A
*Mii Outfit C - N/A*
*Koopalings - N/A*
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