Mario Kart: Drift Dash

Mario Kart: Drift Dash is the 12th game in the Mario Kart series, and the 9th one in the mainstream series. The game is for the Nintendo Wii U, and is rated E for Everyone. The game was first released in the USA on January 1, 2015.
There were also special discs released including both this game and Super Mario Kart. Ten of these discs were randomly put into boxes (20% out of all of the originally released included SMK) and those who got the SMK + MKDD discs were lucky and didn't even have to pay extra. The boxes containing SMK were also designed the same as the regular boxes, so it was a mystery. The SMK versions had discs that had a picture of Super Mario World Mario under the words "Drift Dash", showing that it was the SMK-included one. The SMK-included games were not released for the eShop.
==Features==
The game is mostly a mixture of past features in the Mario Kart series, but has one new notable feature: Drift Dashing. This is accomplished by drifting 5 times fast enough that the kart gains purple flames. When the player lets go of the drift button, they will get a speed boost that lasts for 7 & 1/2 seconds.
Sadly, customizable parts do not make a return, and the game goes back to the old different kart system, which is similar to the one used in Mario Kart Wii. However, gliders, underwater driving, and anti-gravity make a return, and the Double Dash!! feature appears as a separate mode so players will not always have to drive with two players in the kart.
===Controls===
Note: Only controls that have a function in this game will be shown.
Control 	What It Does
Control Stick (L)	Lets the player move the kart left/right while racing.
D-Pad 	Scroll through the Menu, Up Arrow Key lets you look backwards while racing.
A Button 	Select on the menu, Accelerate.
B Button 	Cancel on the menu, Brake/Go Backwards.
X Button 	Use Items while racing.
Y Button 	Change into first-person view.
Start Button 	Used to begin and/or activate certain options.
Select Button 	Pause the game while racing, select on the menu.
L Button 	Use Items while racing.
R Button 	Drift/Drift Dash.
ZL Button 	Look Backwards
ZR Button 	Perform Tricks
===Points Spread Comparison===
Game(s) 	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
Super Mario KartMario Kart 64Mario Kart: Super Circuit 	9 	6 	3 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!Mario Kart DSMario Kart: Drift Dash 8-player races	10 	8 	6 	4 	3 	2 	1 	0 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Mario Kart WiiMario Kart: Drift Dash 12-player races 	15 	12 	10 	8 	7 	6 	5 	4 	3 	2 	1 	0
Mario Kart 7 	10 	8 	6 	5 	4 	3 	2 	1 	N/A	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Mario Kart 8 	15 	12 	10 	9 	8 	7 	6 	5 	4 	3 	2 	1
Mario Kart: Drift Dash 	12 	10 	9 	7 	6 	5 	3 	2 	1 	0 	N/A 	N/A
==Modes==
===Grand Prix===
Grand Prix is a mode in which you try to win a trophy by overall placing 3rd or higher in a cup, which is a group of 4 courses. Winning 3rd will gain you a bronze trophy, winning 2nd will gain you a silver trophy, and winning 1st will gain you a good trophy.
Grand Prix is divided into 6 difficulties: 25cc, 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, 150cc Mirror, and 200cc.
====25cc====
In this mode, the speed is the same as 50cc, but CPUs are set to Very Easy difficulty, and the tracks are changed to be made easier. This is perfect for beginners, and is available as soon as you start the game.
====50cc====
In this mode, the speed is slow, and the CPUs are set to Easy, making it easy, and good for beginners. This difficulty is default.
====100cc====
This mode has a medium speed and CPUs are also set to Medium. It is better for intermediate players.
====150cc====
This mode has a fast speed, and CPUs are set to Hard. Many consider this to be the hardest difficulty. It is better for trained players, and must be unlocked by completing all cups in 50cc.
====150cc Mirror====
This mode is indentical to 150cc, but all of the tracks are flipped to the opposite direction. This mode can only be unlocked by completing all cups in 150cx.
====200cc====
This mode has an extremely fast speed, and CPUs remain on Hard difficulty. It is best for expert players, and can only be unlocked by getting at least 1 star on every cup for 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc.
===Time Trials===
===VS===
===Battle===
There are 4 modes: Balloon Battle, Coin Runners, Bob-omb Blast, and Shine Thief.
====Balloon Battle====
====Coin Runners====
====Bob-omb Blast====
====Shine Thief====
===Mission Mode===
===Double Dash!! Mode===
In Double Dash!! Mode, players race in pairs, just like in the game Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Double Dash!! Mode is unlocked after the player gets every character (excluding downloadable and premium). When the player first gets the mode, the players come in Default pairs (the default pairs section can be found here. However, after the player wins all of the Grand Prix cups for 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc, they can use whatever combination of 2 characters the want. The Mii Outfits, Premium characters, and downloadable characters can all pair with whoever they want.
==Characters==
For a list of characters and character-related things, see here.
==Items==
For a list of items in the game, see here.
==Courses==
===Nitro Courses===
 	 	 	
Mushroom Cup 	
Flower Cup 	
Star Cup 	
Special Cup
Daisy Circuit 	Mario Circuit 	Piano Pathway 	Toad Circuit
Peach's Castle 	Sunshine Beach	Wiggler Forest	Dino-Torch Desert
Toad Town 	Leafy Woods 	Frosty Caves 	Bowser's Castle
Goomba Grassland	Yoshi's Island	Pipe Land 	Rainbow Road
===Retro Courses===
This game contains Retro Courses, just like every Mario Kart game after Mario Kart DS. The courses consist of 4 courses from previous Mario Kart games, with no cups having 2 courses from the same game.
*Super Mario Kart courses are labeled as SNES
*Mario Kart 64 courses are labeled as N64
*Mario Kart: Super Circuit courses are labeled as GBA
*Mario Kart: Double Dash!! courses are labeled as GCN
*Mario Kart DS courses are labeled as DS
*Mario Kart Wii courses are labeled as Wii
*Mario Kart 7 courses are labeled as 3DS
*Mario Kart 8 courses are labeled as U
This game contains 3 SNES courses, 1 N64 course, 3 GBA courses, 1 GCN course, 1 DS Course, 2 Wii courses, 1 3DS course, and 4 U courses.
 	 	 	
Shell Cup 	
Banana Cup 	
Leaf Cup 	
Lightning Cup
DS Figure-8 Circuit	U Toad Harbor 	N64 Choco Mountain 	GCN Wario Colosseum
GBA Riverside Park 	SNES Vanilla Lake 1 	U Sunshine Airport 	Wii Dry Dry Ruins
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar 	GBA Cheep-Cheep Island	SNES Mario Circuit 4	SNES Ghost Valley 3
Wii Toad's Factory 	Wii DK Summit 	GBA Sunset Wilds 	DS Rainbow Road
===Battle Stages===
Nitro Battle Stages	Retro Battle Stages
Mario Stadium 	SNES Battle Course 3
Boo Mansion 	GBA Battle Course 4
Beanbean Airport 	DS Tart Top
Good Egg Galaxy 	Wii Funky Stadium
==Downloadable Packs==
For the downloadable packs, see here.
==Unlocking Criteria for Other Media==
*100cc - Complete 50cc.
*150cc - Complete 100cc.
*150cc Mirror Mode - Complete and get gold trophies on all cups for 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc.
*Double Dash!! Mode - Get all characters.
*Double Dash!! Mode (Custom Pairs) - Complete the Double Dash!! Grand Prix.
*Expert Staff Ghost Data (Time Trials) - Complete the course in Time Trials under a certain limit.
==Karts==
*NOTE: An asterisk (*) indicates a brand new kart in the series.
Image	Name 	Weight Class	Unlocking Criteria
TBA 	Standard Kart F* 	Feather 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Mini Booster 	Feather 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Mushmellow 	Feather 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Blue Falcon 	Feather 	Unlock Dry Bones.
TBA 	Cheep Charger 	Feather 	Unlock Shy Guy.
TBA 	Standard Kart L 	Light 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Royale 	Light 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Egg 1 	Light 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Bullet Blaster 	Light 	Unlock Bowser Jr.
TBA 	Daytripper 	Light 	Unlock Daisy.
TBA 	Standard Kart M 	Medium 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	B Dasher 	Medium 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Low Speedster* 	Medium 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Wild Wing 	Medium 	Unlock Mii Outfit B.
TBA 	Broom Blaster* 	Medium 	Unlock Kamek.
TBA 	Standard Kart C* 	Cruiser 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Wario Car 	Cruiser 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Gold Mantis 	Cruiser 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Boo Booster* 	Cruiser 	Unlock King Boo.
TBA 	Squiggler Train* 	Cruiser 	Unlock Wiggler.
TBA 	Standard Kart H 	Heavy 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Flame Flyer 	Heavy 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Offroader 	Heavy 	Already available at the beginning of the game.
TBA 	Funky Flasher* 	Heavy 	Unlock Funky Kong.
TBA 	Shooting Striker*	Heavy 	Unlock Rosalina.
==Time Trials Staff Ghost Data==
Time Trial Staff Ghost Data	Time Trial Staff Ghost Data	 	
Course 	Character 	Staff Ghost	Time
Daisy Circuit 	Daisy 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Peach's Castle 	Peach 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Toad Town 	Toadette 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Goomba Grassland 	Koopa Troopa 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Mario Circuit 	Mario 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Sunshine Beach 	Koopa Troopa 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Leafy Woods 	Petey Piranha 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Yoshi's Island 	Yoshi 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Piano Pathway 	Birdo 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Wiggler Forest 	Wiggler 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Frosty Caves 	Rosalina 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Pipe Land 	Petey Piranha 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Toad Circuit 	Toad 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Dino-Torch Desert 	Dry Bones 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Bowser's Castle 	Dry Bowser 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Rainbow Road 	Rosalina 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
DS Figure-8 Circuit 	Mario 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
GBA Riverside Park 	Donkey Kong Jr. 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar 	Shy Guy 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Wii Toad's Factory 	Toad 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
U Toad Harbor 	Toadette 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
SNES Choco Island 1 	Dry Bones 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
GBA Cheep-Cheep Island 	Koopa Troopa 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Wii DK Summit 	Donkey Kong 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
N64 Choco Mountain 	Dry Bowser 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
U Sunshine Airport 	Daisy 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
SNES Mario Circuit 4 	Mario 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
GBA Sunset Wilds 	Shy Guy 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
GCN Wario Colosseum 	Wario 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
Wii Dry Dry Ruins 	Dry Bones 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
SNES Ghost Valley 3 	King Boo 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
DS Rainbow Road 	Rosalina 	Nin✭Kingler	?:??:??
==Beta Elements==
*The game has many names before its final name. These included Mario Kart Universe, Mario Kart Swift, Mario Kart Rapid, and Mario Kart: Fuel Boost.
*This game originally contained 10 characters for the 5 weight classes.
*At a Blizzard Direct, a beta retro course roster was shown (without MK8 courses). It contained the following (note that courses with asterisks made it in the final game, whether in the same cup or not):
Mushroom Cup: 3DS Daisy Hills, SNES Ghost Valley 1, DS Cheep-Cheep Beach, Wii Moo Moo Meadows
Flower Cup: SNES Choco Island 1, N64 Toad's Turnpike, GBA Riverside Park*, 3DS Mario Circuit
Star Cup: SNES Mario Circuit 4*, DS Tick-Tock Clock, Wii Wario's Gold Mine, GBA Sunset Wilds*
Special Cup: GCN Wario Colosseum*, SNES Donut Plains 3, GBA Bowser Castle 4, DS Rainbow Road*
==Trivia==
*This game has the most characters of any Mario Kart game so far, even if you exclude the Downloadable and Premium characters.
*Some Items got redesigns.
**The Golden Mushroom got a redesign; it originally had a crown and was a bit darker, but is now bright without a crown.
**The Spiny Shell got a redesign; it was originally blue, but is now red like a Spiny's shell.
**The Yoshi Egg got a redesign; it now resembles a Lime Green Yoshi Egg.
**While the Banana item didn't get a redesign, the cup was redesigned to resemble a Donkey Kong Country Banana.
*According to the game's official guide, Donkey Kong Jr. in the older games was the adult DK, and this Donkey Kong Jr. is Donkey Kong's son.
==Soundtrack==
For info on this game's soundtrack, click here.
==References to other Mario Kart games==
*Super Mario Kart: Vanilla Lake 1, Mario Circuit 4, and Ghost Valley 3 return as Retro Courses. Battle Course 3 returns as a Retro Battle Stage. Donkey Kong Jr., who hasn't been in a Mario Kart game since Super Mario Kart, appears in this game.
*Mario Kart 64: Choco Mountain again returns as a Retro Course. Kamek, who was supposed to be in Mario Kart 64, makes his racing debut in this game. Banshee Boardwalk appears in a DLC Pack.
*Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Riverside Park, Cheep-Cheep Island, and Sunset Wilds return as Retro Courses. Battle Course 4 returns as a Retro Battle Stage. Mario Circuit, Boo Lake, Yoshi Desert, Ribbon Road, and Rainbow Road appear in DLC Packs.
*Mario Kart: Double Dash: Wario Colosseum returns as a Retro Course. Bob-omb Blast and Shine Thief are battle modes. A seperate Double Dash!! mode is included in the game. Characters hold items in their hands. Rainbow Road appears in a DLC Pack.
*Mario Kart DS: Figure-8 Circuit returns as a Retro Course. Tart Top returns as a Retro Battle Stage. Mission Mode and customizable kart emblems make a return.
*Mario Kart Wii: Toad's Factory and DK Summit return as Retro Courses. Funky Stadium returns as a Retro Battle Stage. 12-player races are optional in VS Matches.
*Mario Kart 7: Shy Guy Bazaar returns as a Retro Course. 8-player races are optional in VS Matches. Air gliding and underwater driving are in this game.
*Mario Kart 8: Sweet Sweet Canyon, Toad Harbor, Dolphin Shoals, and Cloudtop Cruise return as Retro Courses. Anti-gravity is in this game.
*Mario Kart Arcade GP Series: The Black Shell returns in this game, but it is called the Bombshell.
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