Yoshi Kart 64 (1Dominica)

**Yoshi Kart 64** is a game apart of the Yoshi Kart (1Dominica) series. The game was developed by Rareware Inc. and published by Nintendo. It is the second game of the *Yoshi Kart (1Dominica)* series. The game features 15 characters, with 9 characters being in the base roster and 6 being unlockable. It also adds 2 new items (Sluggy & Power Mushroom), but technically the Yellow Shell is also new, but it is only a colour swap of the Black Shell. The new 150cc was also added, with Reverse Mode.

## Gameplay

There are many new additions to *Yoshi Kart 64* from *Yoshi Kart (1992)*. Firstly, now 4 players can play the game at once and the racer amount on the track is increased to 10 from 8. 150cc is also a new addition in the game, with Time Trials staying with 100cc (which would change in the next game). With 1 player, the whole screen will display the racer. In 2 player mode, the screen will horizontally split in half with the second player in the bottom. In 3 player mode, the screen will split into 4 parts with the bottom right corner displaying current leaderboard and gaps between racers, and in 4 player mode the bottom right corner will display the 4th racer.

### Controls

* A - Accelerate/Select
* B - Brake/Reverse
* Start - Pause
* Joystick/D-Pad - Steer & Navigate Menu
* Up D-Pad - Switch View
* Right D-Pad - Change Map Display
* Down D-Pad - Switch Between Items
* R - Drift

## Racers

### Light Weights

 Baby Luigi
 Shy Guy
 Little Mouser
 Fly Guy

### Middle Weights

 Baby Wario
 Bumpty
 Kamek
 Toady

### Heavy Weights

 Baby Bowser
 Stork
 Birdo
 Bandit

### Unlocking Criteria

 Fly Guy
 Kamek
 Toady
 Birdo
 Bandit

## Tracks

### Grand Prix Tracks

 Egg Express
 Friendly Forest
 Yoshi Farm

\*Cloud Circuit in PAL

\*\*Raining Coins in PAL

### Battle Mode Tracks

 Bouncy Mushrooms
 Boo's Mansion

## *Trivia!*

* *Yoshi Kart 64* was supposed to be released in 1996 but was delayed by 10 months. This gave Rareware Inc. time to add 1 new character for each weight class. Fly Guy for the light characters, Baby Stork for the medium characters & Bandit for the heavy category. The Bandit was not going to be in the game but was later added due to fan backlash from the announcement.
* This is the last game where Yoshi's primary colour is Blue. In *Yoshi Kart Hurricane Circuit* also has a Blue Yoshi but it is only a colour swap of Yoshi, who's primary colour is green.
	+ Bumpty also has a unique look in this game, with a detective hat and a magnifying glass.
* This is the last appearance for the Baby Stork & the Bandit.
* The Black Egg was changed to the Yellow Egg as the developers believed that the yellow egg is more familiar in the Yoshi's Island games than the Black Egg. The Black Egg would come back in *Yoshi Kart: Colour Blast!* but with a different function, making it the only item in Yoshi Kart (1Dominica) that would change it's function completely.
* Thousand Thunders is the first stage to feature 5 laps, which is more than the usual 3. This is made up by the fact that Thousand Thunders is one long track, so it is actually the fourth shortest and has the shortest lap, measured by time.
	+ The Oval 500 also features 5 laps, but similarly to Thousand Thunders it is fairly short, being the fifth shortest track in the game and has the fourth shortest lap measured by time.