Heart (item)

Hearts are items in the Mario Kart series that give the player (usually Peach or Daisy) the ability to pick up items laying in the track like Bananas or Mushrooms. Since there are only two hearts, Peach can only do this twice.
==Appearances==
===Mario Kart: Turbo Circuit===
Hearts reappear to Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in Mario Kart: Turbo Circuit. In this game, they can only be used by Peach, in which is her special item.
===Super Mario Star Journey===
Hearts appear as the common items that replenish Mario's health, unlike the more common Coins this time. The can be shot just like Star Bits and can be picked up via the Cursor.
===Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 3===
Hearts appear as Princess Peach's special item in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 3. However, Princess Daisy's special item is a flower instead of a heart, though they work the same way. Baby Peach has a special item called the baby heart, which can only pick up moving items.
===Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Remastered===
In Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Remastered, the Heart returns as Peach's Special Item, though she can no longer pick up items off of the ground. Instead, it will allow her to throw it at another racer and steal their item. Princess Daisy can no longer use the Heart item, as she now has the Flower as her new Special Item, which provides her a shield that protects her from any one item in addition to letting her steal another racer's item.
===Mario Kart Silver===
After a four game absence from the series, the Heart appears as an item in Mario Kart Silver. Like in , the Heart will, when used, pick up items that the kart touches. Like in Double Dash!!, only three items can be picked up, though items picked up while another item is held will not waste one of the three hearts. The Heart appears as a common item in eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth.
===Mario Kart: Ancient Circuit===
Hearts return in this game, essentially functioning as they did in Double Dash!!, with the following key differences:
*All racers can now receive a Heart.
*Three hearts now surround a racer instead of two.
*Partially due to using the Mario Kart 8/Deluxe triple item mechanics, whenever a heart intercepts an item, the item replaces a heart in the orbit.
Hearts appear to all racers in first through fourth place, with 4th having the least chance to get them.
=== Koopa Kart series ===
==== Koopa Kart: Double Trouble!! ====
The Heart is Lakitu and Wiggler's Special Item in Koopa Kart: Double Trouble!!. It can be obtained from 2nd to 6th place. When used, two hearts will orbit the kart, allowing the player to pick up two items and use them for themselves. It cannot pick up Blue Spiny Shells or Chain Chomps, and if Lightning strikes or the player falls off the course, the barrier will be destroyed.
==== Koopa Kart Tour ====
The Heart returns as Wiggler, Princess Sasha, Wendy O. Koopa, and Baby Sasha's Special Item in Koopa Kart Tour (due to the fact that Lakitu has the Rain Cloud as his new Special Item), where it is once again obtainable from 2nd to 6th place. It serves the same purpose as before. However, it is now red instead of pink.
===Mario Kart 9 (DandidooTheXD)===
The Heart returns as Peach, Daisy, Pink Gold Peach, and Tap Trial Girl's special item. It has the same ability that is has in Double Dash.
== Gallery==
Normal heart.jpg|Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Heart SMO.png|Super Mario Odyssey
SMO Art - Heart (Vector).svg
SMO Life-Up Heart.png
SMO Art - Life-Up Heart (Vector).png
Faveheart.png
MKT Icon Heart.png
Heart - Mario Kart Double Dash.png
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