What Is Mario Kart? How To Play It?

Mario Kart is one of the most popular racing series that was developed to give Mario fans a boost. You can find Mario Kart in almost every Nintendo console. With its popularity and fun gameplay, it became an iconic game for Nintendo gaming consoles. The ideal racing chaos, the best music, and exciting new tracks/ tournaments are the biggest reasons behind its popularity. So, in this article, let’s explore

What Is Mario Kart?

Mario Kart is a very popular racing video game developed by Nintendo. Mario Kart is developed for those players who love the Mario franchise. The game is a racing game with unique and doodly vehicles, characters from the Mario franchise, and different weapons/power-ups.

The first Mario Kart game, Super Mario Kart, was released in 1992 on the SNES platform. After its release, it gained popularity in a few months. Currently, the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the most popular Mario racing game. The gameplay of this racing game is very engaging due to its unique power-up systems. There are items on the racing track which provide unique abilities, like:-

Mushrooms, which provide a speed boost for a certain time
Banana peels to set a trap for enemies.
Fake item boxes, which disturbed control by hazard rather than offering any power-ups.
Blopper, which will cover the screen with ink to interrupt the controls
Bob-omb, which you can use to attack other racers
Piranha Plant is a great offense item that can be used on nearby racers to flip their cars by chomping them.
Boo gives you the power of invisibility and ghost-like abilities for a certain time.
Green Shell can bounce off walls to create a chaotic effect for races.
Fire Flowers can fill the racing track with fireballs to damage cars.
Dash Mushroom provides your car with a short boost to overtake nearby racers.
Lighting Bolt, which will help you shrink racers in front of you.
Bullet Bell, which accelerates your speed
Super Horn is a defense type item to defend you from spinning shells

How To Play Mario Kart?

To learn how to play Mario Kart, you need to purchase the game online or local store. You can purchase the game in digital or physical form. It is recommended to purchase the latest Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC to get a better experience. Follow this guide and tips to become a pro at Mario Kart.

1. Controls

First, you need to learn how to steer the car or control the car. If you are a newbie, then turn on the smart steer option to get an assist while driving the car. This is also advice to turn on the ‘Auto-Accelerate’ feature so, that you don’t need to press and hold the Gas button to run the car. To guide the car left and right, use the joystick or arrow keys

2. Get Double Powerups Instead Of One At A Time

Powerups are the most important components of this racing game. Usually, players take one power-up at a time, but on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, sometimes you can get two power-ups.

When the power-ups pop up on the racing track, just focus on the item boxes and search for the two stacks. Make sure not to slow down your car to get two power-ups. You may lose the race by doing that.

3. Find Hidden Tracks

All maps have some hidden tracks and shortcuts to get ahead of other racers. These shortcuts can help you to save time and most of the time you get a power-up on the shortcut track. You can search YouTube streams or other gameplay videos to complete your research of finding shortcuts in the Mario Kart game.

How To Unlock All Characters In Mario Kart Wii?

Now if you want to unlock Mario Kart characters then you need to complete different missions to claim them as a reward. Check out this ‘How to unlock all characters in Mario Kart Wii?’.

1. Baby Daisy

To unlock Baby Daisy get a 1 Star Rank for all 55cc Wii Grand Prix Cups. There is another way, but that is very time-consuming. The other way is to play 1.\,950 games to unlock Baby Daisy.

2. Daisy

To unlock Daisy, you have to complete 150cc Special Cup. or you can use the long way which is to play 2,850 games to unlock Daisy.

3. Baby Luigi

There are multiple ways to unlock Baby Luigi.

Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghosts in Time Trials
Win 100 WiFi Ghost Races
Play 3,150 Games

4. Birdo

Unlocking Birdo is very simple and 3 different ways to unlock it.

Play Time Trials on 16 Different Courses
Win 250 WiFi Races
Play 1,350 Games

5. Bowser Jr And Dry Bowser

To unlock Bowser Jr and Dry Bowser follow the following

Get a 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Retro Grand Prix Cups
Get a 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
Play 4,350 games

6. Diddy Kong

Win the 50cc Lighting Cup to unlock Diddy Kon or you can play 450 games to claim it as a reward.

7. Dry Bones

Win the 100cc Leaf Cup to Unlock Dry Bones or you can play 1,050 games to claim it as a reward.

8. King Boo

Win the 50cc Star Cup to unlock King Boo or you can play 750 games to unlock it as a reward.

9. Rosalina

There are multiple ways to claim or unlock Rosalina.

Get 1 Star Rank for all Mirror Grand Prix Cups
Play 4,950 games
Get 1 Star Rank for all 150cc Wii Grand Prix cups and beat 18 Staff Ghosts
If you have a Super Mario Galaxy game on your Wii and Mario Kart on the same Wii then just play 50 games to claim Rosalina

10. Toadette

To unlock Toadette one of the following

Play Time Trials on all 32 different courses
Win 1,000 WiFi Races
Play 2,550 Games

11. Mii

To unlock Mii just complete the 100cc Special Cup or you can play 1,650 games to claim it as a reward.

12. Funky Kong

Check out the following to unlock Funky Kong in Mario Kart

Unlock 4 Expert Staff Ghosts in Time Trials
Win 25 WiFi Races
Play 2,250 games

13. Gold Mario

Now this is one of the most requested questions ‘How to get Gold Mario in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?’. To unlock Gold Mario complete achieve 1st Place in all 200cc Grand Prix Cups.

Conclusion

In the end, the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is one of the most well-developed and polished games of the Mario Kart series. The game has almost 96+ beautifully designed tracks. If you are a Mario lover then let me know in the comment section. If you have any other question s regarding this article feel free to ask me in the comment section.

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