Mario Kart Ultimate (2022)

Mario Kart Ultimate is a racing game released for the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. It is the follow-up to Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart Tour, making it the tenth main installment of the Mario Kart series. Ultimate released on November 11, 2022, and commemorated the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Kart. The game has no new tracks, and instead features 100 tracks from the previous nine games. Tracks from the SNES original, 64, and Super Circuit have been completely remade to fit in with Mario Kart’s modern gameplay and aesthetics. Tracks from Double Dash, DS, and Wii receive visual upgrades and modified sections that allow for gliding, diving, and anti-gravity. Ultimate represents the nine games as fairly as possible. The newly added Coin Shop lets players unlock what they want whenever they want. Overall, Ultimate aims to create a unified, homogenous, and definitive Mario Kart experience.
==Gameplay==
Mario Kart Ultimate is an amalgamation of previous Mario Kart games. It maintains the traditional Mario Kart gameplay. It mainly adheres to Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Mario Kart Tour’s elements—however, weight and physics resemble those of Mario Kart Wii. Gliding, diving, and anti-gravity all return and work just as in previous games. Coins also make another appearance, functioning as they did in Tour. They appear only in the Grand Prix, VS, and Coin Rush modes. Post-race point allocation operates just as it did in Mario Kart 8. Karts have less customization and follow Wii’s formula, with some major exceptions: every weight class has access to all karts, and the player can still choose a glider. The colors of every kart will match the driver.
Ultimate’s big change is a modification to speed boosts. Trick boosts increase in speed depending on the player’s air time, with the highest possible boost being equivalent to a purple mini-turbo. The requirement for this boost is three seconds. Unlike in Mario Kart 7 and 8 where tricking into a diving section would trigger the boost upon hitting the water’s surface, the boost triggers when the racer lands on the ground in Ultimate. When the player gets two or more speed boosts in quick succession, those boosts will be stacked—so if the player does a super mini-turbo, then quickly uses a Mushroom, then finally drives over a dash panel thereafter, those three boosts will combine.
==Modes==
==Drivers==
Ultimate contains 50 playable characters—30 are available from the start, while 20 must be unlocked. Each character falls into a weight class: feather, light, middle, cruiser, and heavy. Unlockable characters become available when the player meets a certain criteria or purchases them in the Coin Shop.
===Default===
===Unlockable===
===Rival sets===
Rivals are CPU characters that will always appear in Grand Prix cups and perform better than the rest of the drivers. If one or more rivals are unlockable, those characters will be replaced by a random default character until they are unlocked. Instead of a single character having unique rivals, Ultimate groups them into sets of four or five. For example, if the player chooses Mario, their rivals will be Peach, Wario, and Bowser—and if the player chooses Bowser, their rivals will be Mario, Peach, and Wario.
Classic Conflict 	Second Fiddles 	Double Date 	DK Crew
Baddies Forever 	3D All-Stars 	Baby Party 	Fieldland Foes
Bowser’s Favorites	Bowser’s “Favorites”	Plumber Dimensions	Boss Rush
===Skins===
==Vehicle parts==
===Karts===
===Gliders===
==Courses==
Mario Kart Ultimate's 100 racetracks all originate from the series' previous nine entries. This game features the following:
*12 courses each from Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and Mario Kart 8
*ten each from Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 7
*13 from Mario Kart: Super Circuit
*11 from Mario Kart Tour
Courses from Mario Kart 7, 8, and Tour are relatively unchanged, but all courses before them (that did not appear in Mario Kart 8) have been altered to incorporate gliding, diving, and/or anti-gravity. Their appearances have also been changed to match Mario Kart 8 and Tour's visual aesthetic.
Classic Cup 	Mushroom Cup 	1-Up Cup 	Mega Cup
SNES Mario Circuit 1SNES Donut Plains 1SNES Ghost Valley 1SNES Bowser Castle 1	DS Figure-8 CircuitGCN Luigi CircuitGBA Peach CircuitMobile New York Minute 	Wii U Water Park3DS Daisy HillsSNES Choco Island 1Wii Moo Moo Meadows 	N64 Luigi RacewayDS Cheep Cheep BeachMobile Tokyo BlurGBA Riverside Park
Gold Cup 	Flower Cup 	Ice Cup 	Boomerang Cup
GCN Baby ParkWii Mushroom Gorge3DS Shy Guy BazaarWii U Thwomp Ruins 	GBA Mario CircuitSNES Ghost Valley 2 Wii U Toad HarborMobile Paris Promenade 	Mobile London LoopN64 Koopa BeachGBA Boo LakeDS Luigi’s Mansion 	SNES Donut Plains 3N64 Kalimari DesertGCN Dry Dry DesertWii U Shy Guy Falls
Leaf Cup 	Statue Cup 	Invincible Cup 	Shell Cup
Wii Toad’s FactoryGCN Daisy CruiserDS Delfino SquareMobile Vancouver Velocity 	SNES Vanilla Lake 1Wii Coconut MallWii U Sunshine AirportGBA Cheese Land 	3DS Music ParkN64 Toad’s TurnpikeGBA Luigi CircuitGCN Waluigi Stadium 	SNES Mario Circuit 43DS Rock Rock MountainGBA Sky GardenGCN Sherbet Land
Spiny Cup 	Feather Cup 	Egg Cup 	Block Cup
Wii U ElectrodomeMobile Los Angeles LapsN64 Frappe SnowlandDS Waluigi Pinball 	GBA Cheep Cheep IslandGCN Mushroom CitySNES Koopa Beach 23DS Piranha Plant Slide	N64 Choco MountainDS Shroom RidgeWii U Mount MarioMobile Merry Mountain 	N64 Royal RacewayMobile Berlin BywaysWii U Cloudtop CruiseWii Wario's Gold Mine
POW Cup 	Berry Cup 	Banana Cup 	Cloud Cup
GBA Sunset WildsWii Maple TreewayN64 Yoshi ValleyWii U Dragon Driftway 	GCN Yoshi CircuitWii Daisy CircuitDS Tick-Tock ClockWii U Wild Woods 	DS DK Pass3DS DK JungleWii DK SummitGCN DK Mountain 	N64 Banshee BoardwalkWii Koopa CapeGBA Ribbon RoadMobile Ninja Hideaway
Lightning Cup 	Star Cup 	Moon Cup 	Bowser Cup
Mobile Sydney SprintGCN Wario ColosseumWii U Animal Crossing3DS Maka Wuhu 	Mobile Singapore SpeedwayGBA Yoshi DesertDS Wario StadiumGCN Dino Dino Jungle 	DS Airship Fortress3DS Rosalina’s Ice WorldWii Grumble VolcanoWii U Big Blue	GBA Bowser Castle 1SNES Bowser Castle 3GCN Bowser's Castle3DS Neo Bowser City
Special Cup 	 	 	
SNES Rainbow RoadGBA Rainbow Road3DS Rainbow RoadN64 Rainbow Road 	 	 	
==Battle arenas==
SNES Battle Course 3	N64 Big Donut 	GBA Battle Course 1	GCN Block City
DS Tart Top 	Wii Funky Stadium	3DS Wuhu Town 	NS Dragon Palace
==Items==
==Missions==
==Trivia==
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