Mario Kart Nova

Mario Kart Nova is a kart racing game for the Wii U and the eighth installment in the Mario Kart series. It improves upon what Mario Kart 7 introduced and expands it, making the player able to still customize his karts, but also being able to create planes, small submarines and bikes, this last one returning from Mario Kart Wii. One of the most important parts of the game is the Kart Customization, which is expanded and is now much greater than in Mario Kart 7, with the Touch Screen now being used to fully change the user's vehicle.
==Gameplay==
===Features===
In this new installment of the Mario Kart Series, most features of Mario Kart 7 return to the series: the player can, once again, collect coins to spend buying Kart Parts on the brand-new Kart Shop, customize their Karts, Bikes, Submarines and Planes with different parts, gliders, wheels and user-created designs. Motorbikes return to the series, as do Tricks, and it is still possibly to do wheelies with the bikes.
Some of the brand-new additions to the series are the Submarines and Planes, reminiscent of Diddy Kong Racing. These have gameplay features similar to those that appear when underwater or using the glider in Mario Kart 7, but much more developed. Normal karts and bikes can still use gliders and travel underwater, too, but these new vehicles get a special speed boosts when underwater and when soaring the skies, respectively.
The Kart-Customization from Mario Kart 7 is heavily developed on this game: the player can now create designs and artwork for their Karts, customize them with different shapes, customize their wheels and their appearance, and create their own sets of wheels and gliders. There are much more Kart Parts avaliable, too, and some karts from older games reappear as Kart Parts.
Yet another addition is character skins. Each character gets a default skin, three alternate color-based skins, and some characters get a fourth alternate skin.
===Controls===
 	A Button 	Accelerate
 	B Button 	Brake / Reverse
 	X Button 	Use Item
 	Y Button 	Accelerate
File:3DS R Button.PNG	R Button 	Drift
File:3DS L Button.PNG	L Button 	Drift
 	Control Pad (Down)	Look backwards
 	Control Pad (Up) 	First Person View
 	Circle Pad 	Steer / Auto Drift
===Modes===
====Story Mode====
You can see more about the story mode there.
Mario Kart Nova introduces the brand-new Story Mode, in which the player can play as Mario in a journey to both discover who is behind the disappearance of certain Mushroom Kingdom locations and to win the Nova Cup, the ultimate challenge to all the drivers in the Mushroom Kingdom.
===Grand Prix===
Mario Kart Nova, as usual, maintains the Grand Prix, in which the player has to race against seven computer-controlled opponents to win the cups of three engine classes: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. In this mode, you can unlock new playable characters, Kart Parts and others cups. After beating the three engine classes, you can play Mirror Mode, a special class similar to 150cc in which all courses are mirrored.
===Time Trial===
As usual in the Mario Kart series, in the Time Trial mode, the player has to complete all the laps of a certain circuit in the fastest time possible. The player can challenge and exchange Ghosts in the Time Trials and try to beat them. As in Mario Kart 7, the player can challenge from one to seven ghosts at once.
===Battle Mode===
In Battle Mode, the player can choose between one of the four playable Combat Modes: Balloon Blast, Bob-omb Madness, Coin Runners and Versus Combat.
===Modes===
Mode 	Description
Balloon Blast 	Each player has a number of balloons. Each balloon pops when hit by an object. The one who has popped the most balloons wins.
Bob-omb Madness	In this mode, all items are Bob-ombs. When a player is hit by a Bob-omb explosion, that player loses a point and the player who threw the Bob-omb wins one. The player who reaches three points first wins the match.
Coin Runners 	The teams must collect as many coins as possible within a time limit. The team with the most coins at the end of the match wins.
Versus Combat 	A straightforward race where multiple players can play. Up to four players can compete in a three-lap race. If on single-player, you can adjust the CPU's level.
==Courses==
===New Courses===
Mushroom Cup 	Flower Cup 	Star Cup 	Special Cup
Grassland Hills 	Mario Circuit 	Dimension Mirror 	Goomba Woods
Blooper Coast 	Koopa Airlines 	Beanbean Highway 	Paper Theater
Toad Town Raceway	Freezeflame Road 	Rosalina's Observatory	Bowser's Castle
Gusty Garden Loop	Spinning Mountain	Kamek's Library 	Rainbow Road
===Retro Courses===
Shell Cup 	Banana Cup 	Leaf Cup 	Lighting Cup
GBA Ribbon Road 	WII Toad Factory 	SNES Koopa Beach 1	3DS Wuhu  Loop
DS Yoshi Falls 	GCN Sherbet Land 	DS Tick Tock Clock	WII Moonview Highway
3DS Cheep Cheep Beach	3DS Music Park 	3DS Shy Guy Bazaar	N64 Yoshi Valley
GCN Mushroom City 	WII Wario's Gold Mine	GBA Sunset Wilds 	WII Rainbow Road
===Battle Courses===
New Courses 	Retro Courses
Dimension D 	3DS Honeybee Hive
Planetary Ring 	WII Chain Chomp Wheel
Frozen Lake 	DS Twilight House
Subcon Dream Plaza	N64 Skyscraper
Tanooki Valley 	GCN Tilt-a-Kart
==Characters==
===Starting Drivers===
File:Kartmario.png|MarioMedium
File:LuigiGlider3DS.PNG‎|LuigiMedium
File:PeachNova.png|PeachLight
File:YoshiNova.png‎|YoshiLight
File:DKJETFLIER.png‎|Donkey KongCruiser
File:BowserNova.png|BowserHeavy
File:ToadNova.png|ToadFeather
File:KoopaNova.png|Koopa TroopaLight
ShyGuyNova.png|Shy GuyFeather
WigglerNova.png|WigglerCruiser
WarioNova.png|WarioHeavy
RosalinaNova.png|RosalinaCruiser
LakituNova.png|LakituFeather
DaisyNova.png|DaisyLight
QueenBeeNova.png|Honey QueenHeavy
===Unlockable Drivers===
File:DimentioNova.png‎|DimentioMedium
File:FawfulNova.png|FawfulFeather
File:EGaddNova.png|E. GaddMedium
File:BirdoNova.png|BirdoMedium
File:ToadetteNova.png|ToadetteFeather
File:BoomBoomAndPunPunNova.png|Boom Boom & Pom PomHeavy
File:PiantaNova.png|PiantaMedium
File:DryBonesNova.png|Dry BonesFeather
File:WaluigiNova.png|WaluigiCruiser
KamekNova.png|KamekMedium
DiddyKongNova.png|Diddy KongLight
BabyMarioAndBabyLuigiNova.png|Baby Mario & Baby LuigiFeather
BowserJrNova.png|Bowser Jr.Light
KingBooNova.png|King BooHeavy
MiiNova.png|MiiVarious
===Criterion===
====Unlockable Drivers====
Criterion 	Criterion
Toadette 	Win 50cc Mushroom Cup
Birdo 	Win 50cc Flower Cup
Waluigi 	Win 50cc Star Cup
Baby Mario & Baby Luigi	Win 50cc Special Cup
Dry Bones 	Win 100cc Mushroom Cup
Kamek 	Win 100cc Flower Cup
Bowser Jr. 	Win 100cc Star Cup
E. Gadd 	Win 100cc Special Cup
Boom Boom & Pun Pun 	Win 150cc Mushroom Cup
Pianta 	Win 150cc Flower Cup
Diddy Kong 	Win 150cc Star Cup
Fawful 	Win 150cc Special Cup
King Boo 	Complete all Time Trials.
Dimentio 	Complete Story Mode / Mirror Mode.
Mii 	Win all cups on any cc.
===Driver Skins===
Driver	Skins	Skins
 	 	
 	 	
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