Mario Kart: Double Switch!

Mario Kart: Double Switch! is the ninth installment in the Mario Kart series. (10TH if you include Mario Kart 8 Deluxe). Just like Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the main mechanic is two characters in one kart. Their is also the return of the underwater, gliding and trick mechanics that have also returned. Nintendo has stated that anti-gravity will NOT return in this game because they stated its "too gimmicky". This game is planned for release date sometime in July 2018.
==Characters==
In this game, their are 16 teams, with 32 overall characters. Their are 8 teams you can play from the start and their are 8 teams that you need to unlock before you play with them.
===Default Drivers===
Default 	Default 	Default 	Default 	Default	Default
Mario (Medium) & Luigi (Medium)Special Item: Fireball 	Peach (Light) & Daisy (Light)Special Item: Heart 	Yoshi (Medium) & Birdo (Medium)Special Item: Egg 	Toad (Light) & Toadette (Light)Special Item: Golden Mushroom	 	
Baby Mario (Light) & Baby Luigi (Light)Special Item: Chain Chomp	Koopa Troopa (Light) & Koopa Paratroopa (Light)Special Item: Triple Green/Red Shell	Bowser (Heavy) & Bowser Jr. (Light)Special Item: Bowser Shell	Wario (Heavy) & Waluigi (Heavy)Special Item: Bob-Omb 	 	
===Unlockable Drivers===
Unlockables 	Unlockables 	Unlockables 	Unlockables 	Unlockables	Unlockables
Donkey Kong (Heavy) & Diddy Kong (Medium)Special Item: Giant Banana 	Petey Piranha (Heavy) & King Boo (Heavy)Special Item: Lightning	Rosalina (Heavy) & Lubba (Heavy)Special Item: Power Star 	Lakitu (Light) & Shy Guy (Light)Special Item: Spiny Shell 	 	
Blooper (Medium) & Hammer Bro. (Medium)Special Item: Ink Squirt (Blooper) & Hammer Throw (Hammer Bro.)	Boom Boom (Medium) & Pom Pom (Medium)Special Item: Boomerang 	MC Ballyhoo (Medium) & Tumble (Medium)Special Item: Dice Block	Master Hand (Heavy) & Crazy Hand (Heavy)Special Item: Fake Item Box	 	
====Unlock Criteria====
Unlock Criteria 	Unlock Criteria 	Unlock Criteria
Name 	How to unlock 	
Donkey Kong & Diddy Kong	Win the Mushroom Cup in 150cc. 	
Petey Piranha & King Boo	Win the Flower Cup in 150cc. 	
Rosalina & Lubba 	Win the Star Cup in 150cc. 	
Master Hand & Crazy Hand	Win the Special Cup in 150cc. 	
Lakitu & Shy Guy 	Win the Shell Cup in 150cc. 	
Blooper & Hammer Bro. 	Win the Banana Cup in 150cc. 	
Boom Boom & Pom Pom 	Win the Leaf Cup in 150cc. 	
MC Ballyhoo & Tumble 	Win the Lightning Cup in 150cc.	
==Tracks==
Just like in the newest installments in the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart: Double Switch! has 8 Cups and 32 tracks: 16 new tracks and 16 remakes from previous games' tracks. This game also brings back the formula off adding 4 retro tracks from their two newest games, (Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8).
Mushroom Cup 	Flower Cup 	Star Cup 	Special Cup
 	 	 	
Mario Circuit 	Koopa Kavern 	Toy Time Galaxy 	Waluigi Casino
Peach's Castle 	Lethal Lava Land 	Luigi Circuit 	Cyber City
Yoshi Lagoon 	Sirena Beach 	Boost Tile Factory	Bowser's Castle
Dry Dry Dunes 	Toad Tornado 	Star Carnival 	Rainbow Road
Shell Cup 	Banana Cup 	Leaf Cup 	Lightning Cup
 	 	 	
DS Figure-8 Circuit	3DS Rock Rock Mountain	Wii Toad's Factory	3DS Rosalina's Ice World
U Sunshine Airport 	Wii DK Summit 	GCN Mushroom City 	Wii Moonview Highway
3DS Shy Guy Bazaar 	U Electrodome 	3DS Maka Wuhu 	GCN Bowser's Castle
U Twisted Mansion 	DS Shroom Ridge 	U Mount Wario 	GBA Rainbow Road
==Items==
Items are an important part of racing, as they can help or hinder you. Items can be collected by driving through an Item Box on the tracks. Once a player has driven through an Item Box, that will start the Item Roulette that appears in the top left corner of the screen. Depending on the place you are in, results in a different item, as you would tend to get Banana Peels, Green Shells and Red Shells if you were in first, while a Bullet Bill, Blue Spiny Shell and Lightning if you were in last. New items such as Rock Mushroom, P-Switch, Special Mushroom and Amp are played in different ways. Once the player get's the P-Switch, then the coins will turn into brick blocks. If the player runs into one of them, they slow down. If the player gets the Rock Mushroom, they can transform into a rock, and crush into drivers in the rock's path. You can only get this item if you are in 3RD or lower places. Once amps are activated, Seven amps will circle around the drivers & no drivers or items can touch the amps or the other driver will get electrocuted. The rarest item, the Special Mushroom, boosts your stats all the way to the absolute maximum. You can only get this item if you are in 7TH-8TH place.
 				
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==Battle Mode==
In battle mode, you have four types of battles, Balloon Battle, Shine Runners, Bob-Omb Blast!, and Boost Run. Each playing drastically different.
===Balloon Battle===
In this mode, you must hit opponent's balloon using an item. If the player hits the opponent, you will earn a point. Each player starts with three balloons. If someone takes away three of them, you're out of the game. This is timed up to three minutes.
===Shine Runners===
This type of battle allows you to go around, and collect shine sprites. if you collect a shine sprite, you earn a point. However, someone can steal a shine from you if they use an item to hit you. This is timed up to three minutes.
===Bob-Omb Blast!===
The objective in this battle is to throw Bob-Ombs at an opponent as much as you can. If you hit someone, you earn a point. This is timed up to three minutes.
===Boost Run===
This brand new battle mode, Boost Run, is about where you must chase after as much boost tiles as you can before the time runs out. To steal points, you just simply run into them using a boost tile. This is timed up to three minutes.
 Battle Tracks
 
 This game brings back the battle mode tracks from the earlier installments.
Nitro Stages 	Retro Stages
Yoshi Jungle 	SNES Battle Course 3
Daisy Island 	N64 Block Fort
Bob-omb Market 	GBA Battle Course 1
Sunny Lagoon 	GCN Pipe Plaza
Roof Platform 	DS Twilight House
Twisted Lake 	Wii Delfino Pier
Cloudtop Car Wash	3DS Sherbet Rink
==Mechanics==
The mechanic in this game is that if you use one Joy-Con, you will get a secret mode: Single Player. This mode let's you play as only one character in a kart. However, when you use two Joy-Cons, you get two characters in a kart.
==Story Mode==
In this game, their is a new story mode, a mode not featured in any other Mario Kart game. The story is about where Bowser and Bowser Jr. team up and take the racing trophies, and claim them theirs. You must go around The Mushroom Kingdom to search for members to join Mario And Luigi's team.
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