There is one new costume this time, the Inkling Mii Costume, unlocked by scanning a Splatoon series amiibo. The game supports all the amiibo the previous game supported. Similar to regular races, a course introduction scene is now added at the start. They are as follows:Įight battle courses are present in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe five new and three retro, replacing the repurposed racetracks used for Battle Mode in the Wii U version. The game features 5 modes with 4 returning from the earlier Mario Kart games. parts included within the Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8, The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8, and the Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8 add-on packs) are now randomly unlocked in-game by collecting Coins during gameplay. Some of the vehicle parts that are exclusive to downloadable content in the original (i.e. Link (Champion's Tunic) - Version 1.6.0 UpdateĪll the 48 tracks (including DLC courses) from Mario Kart 8 return as courses, maintaining their cups and orders.Gold Mario - unlocked by completing all courses at 200cc.The game includes all thirty-six racers from Mario Kart 8 including the DLC and the following new ones, which are detonated in italic: Inkling is the brand-new character added to the game. This new level of Mini-Turbo can only be obtained if Smart Steering is off. There is an additional level of Mini-Turbo, called Ultra Mini-Turbo, denoted by purple (pink in the British English version) sparks that appear after the orange sparks. Smart Steering also disables Purple Sparks, which means the player cannot do an Ultra Mini-Turbo.

The former helps prevent the player from falling off the edge and the latter keeps the acceleration always on, though not very fast.

In the menu, there are now options for Smart Steering and Auto-Acceleration. In addition, two returning items have been added to the game, with one exclusively for the new 'Battle Mode' (see below), which includes the Feather from Super Mario Kart and Boo. The Feather item makes its return since Super Mario Kart exclusively for the new Battle Mode.Ĭharacters can now carry up to two items at once, even if they do not drag the first item, and the game features the return of the Double Item Box from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 3 Changes and differences from the original game.

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