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Duck

a better image of new dk

Pretty sure they actually did, they won't spin the other players anymore, they'll just put them on 2 tires, cars also are like that now. Putting a player on 2 tires will disable their ability to use items until they go back to 4 tires...

Oh yeah, looks like bullets can pass a bigger quantity of people too

some videos showing footage of the game worth watching

as the switch 2 is coming close to release, Nintendo has been doing events showing the games we'll be able to play on the new console, and with those events, a lot more information was found regarding the new Mario Kart, so in this topic, I'll tell you what was found so far, just be aware that this holds lots of spoilers.

-Characters: right now there's a confirmed amount of 50 characters in the game, 30 old, 20 new, those are:
Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Pauline, Toad, Toadette, Yoshi, Birdo, all the babies from 8, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Wario, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, Nabbit, King Boo, Koopa Troopa, Lakitu, Dry Bones, Shy Guy, Monty Mole, Wiggler, Chargin' Chuck, Hammer Bro, Goomba, Piranha Plant, Spike, Pokey, Para-Biddybuddy, Sidestepper, Peepa, Fish Bone, Cataquack, Conkdor, Stingby, Swooper, Rocky Wrench, Cheep Cheep, Coin Coffer, Snow Man, Pianta, Penguin, Dolphin, and last but not least, Cow (every character starting on Goomba is new).

-Items: there's only 3 new items as of now, and one you can only get from a bag, I'll say what they do and big changes done to other items:
Coin Shell (like a green shell, but puts coins where it spins, when it breaks, makes a circle of coins), Magikoopa Orb (name not official)(a Magikoopa appears and spawns enemies and obstacles for you to dodge, it can also turn you into a enemy for a short amount of time, this may be how you unlock most characters), Food (you only get them in bags, they are, for what we know, the way to unlock costumes in the game, as it seems that not all characters get costumes, it also gives a speed boost, costumes will be talked later), Coin, Coin Box, Mushroom, Triple Mush, Green Shell, Triple Green, Red Shell (they can now jump and use railings), Triple Red, Blue Shell, Banana, Triple Nana, Gold Mush, Bug Mush, Lightning (lightning now only affects the players in front of the user, the amount of time someone stays tiny is shorter, you can't get hit if you're under something, once used, it starts to rain for a short amount of time), Bullet Bill, Feather, Fire Flower, Ice Flower, Boomerang Flower, Hammers, Super Horn, Star, Blooper, Bob-omb and Boo.

-Costumes: when eating food from a bag, you can change costumes, it is unknown what they do yet. Not all characters get costumes, here's the ones we know get costumes:
Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Pauline, Toad, Toadette, Yoshi, Birdo, all the babies from 8, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Wario, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, King Boo, Koopa Troopa, Lakitu, Shy Guy.

-New mechanics: as much as you might've not understood, this game adds a lot, so far we know:
Railings, do sick tricks and get boosts; Wall-driving; 24 players; open world map where every Track is together in one map; if you hold drift while walking in line, you can jump and trick; Gliders have been replaced and the new glide mechanic seems to allow more freedom; Water driving has been totally destroyed, now you float above it; There's now Trucks and Boats you can enter and drive them freely.

-Tracks and Grand Prix order: the most common mode of MK is back and now has a few changes, the first Track will work like a normal Track, 3 laps, but every other Track will start on the Track you were just racing and you have to make your way to the Track, to then do 1 lap. The order of the Tracks may be:
Mushroom: Mario Bros. Circuit; Crown City; Whistlestop Summit; DK Spaceport
Flower: Desert Hills; Shy Guy Bazaar; Wario Stadium; Airship Fortress
Star: DK Pass; Starview Peak; Sky-High Sundae; Wario Shipyard
Shell: Koopa Troopa Beach; Fareway Oasis; Crown City; Peach Stadium
Banana: Peach Beach; Salty Salty Speedway; Dino Dino Jungle; Great ? Block Ruins
Leaf: Cheep Cheep Falls; Dandelion Depths; Boo Cinema; Dry Bones Burnout
Thunder: Moo Moo Meadows; Choco Mountain; Toad's Factory; Bowser's Castle
Special: Acorn Heights; Mario Circuit; Peach Stadium; Rainbow Road

-Knockout Tour: this is a new elimination mode where you drive through the inbetween sections of the Tracks, which some changes put into them. There are 6 Tracks you'll pass by each rally, those being:
Golden Rally: Desert Hills; Mario Bros. Circuit; Choco Mountain; Moo Moo Meadows; Mario Circuit; Acorn Heights
Ice Rally: Sky-High Sundae; Starview Peak; Dandelion Depths; Cheep Cheep Falls; Peach Stadium; Crown City
Moon Rally: Bowser's Castle; Toad's Factory; Moo Moo Meadows; Dandelion Depths;Cheep Cheep Falls; Faraway Oasis
Spiny Rally: Boo Cinema; Starview Peak; DK Pass; Salty Salty Speedway; Peach Beach; Wario Shipyard
Cherry Rally: Peach Beach; Dino Dino Jungle; Koopa Troopa Beach; DK Spaceport; Whistlestop Summit; Desert Hills
Acorn Rally: Toad's Factory; Wario Stadium; Choco Mountain; Peach Stadium; Cheep Cheep Falls; DK Pass
Cloud Rally: Airship Fortress; Shy Guy Bazaar; Mario Bros. Circuit; Crown City; Faraway Oasis; Great ? Block Ruins
Heart Rally: Shy Guy Bazaar; Airship Fortress; Dry Bones Burnout; Mario Circuit; Moo Moo Meadows; Peach Stadium

-Battle Mode: it is not confirmed that the game will have a battle mode, but it seems that, on the map shown during the direct, you can see two old battle Arenas in the map, those being Big Donut from N64 and Thwomp Desert from Wii, but they could be only map easter eggs, like most SNES Tracks found on the map.

-Free Roam: in this mode you can explore the map and go basically everywhere, you can also use the camera mode that appeared in other games such as Mario Odyssey. Tho during one of the Treehouses, when the map was open we were able to see three signs: a P-switch, a question block panel and a coin with peach's symbol on it, and for what was said on another Treehouse, there's more to free roam than what we know now, what do you think?

that's all for now, if you want to know more, go here and check Nintendo's official channel on youtube to watch the Treehouses, bye

EDIT: and there's no car customization
EDIT 2: nevermind, I just watched the gamexplain video

Pretty sure it doesn't exist

it wasn't me, I picked a image that labeled them, but some of them might've been with the demo events

also, I was looking yesterday's treehouse and looks like it's random actually, unless you find a way to explain Chargin' Chucks on Sky-High Sundae

Makes sense, I put wiggler there because of Maple Treeway. Maybe then Lakitu on the Oriental Track, Wiggler on Peach Stadium and Para-Biddybuddy on the ? Block Track

I was looking at more footage of MK World recently and I noticed something, Kamek turns players into those stranger characters the game has now, and it looks like that's the way you unlock those characters, but there's something else, when they were racing in Desert Hills, they turned into pokeys, which can mean that the characters you get depend on the course, and it's not like they couldn't do it, since the costumes already look like they depend on the Tracks themselves, so I'll put my ideas for where you get the new characters (and maybe characters that already existed)
So, taking in account the map under, I think those are the characters you get from them (no specific order):

Desert Hills, as I said, Pokey
Airship Fortress, Rocky Wrench, since they are a hazard
Peach Beach, Cataquack, same as AF
Wario Shipyard, Fish Bones
Moo Moo Meadows, Cow
Choco Mountain, Swooper
Fareway Oasis, Conkdor
Delfino looking Track, Cheep Cheep
Koopa Troopa Beach, Sidestepper
DK Spaceport, Dolphin
Mario Circuit, Goomba
DK Pass, Snowman
Starview Peak, Penguin
Dino Dino Jungle, Stingby
Great ? Block Ruins, Lakitu
Forest Track, Piranha Plant
Crown City, Chargin' Chuck
Mario Bros. Circuit, Hammer Bro
Dry Bones Burnout, Dry Bones
Toad Factory, Monty Mole
Shy Guy Bazaar, Shy Guy
Peach Stadium, Para-Biddybuddy
Savana Track, Spike
Japanese autumn Track, Wiggler
Whistletop Summit, Spike
Wario Stadium, Coincoffer
Sky-High Sundae and Bowser's Castle, idk

Tbh, I don't think it will be called Mario Kart 9, or even X, why? Well, 7 and 8 were made on the New Super Mario Bros era, an era where creativity wasn't one of Nintendo's main things (that's why instead of original names, the titles had numbers), we are on a new era, an era were Nintendo is actually being original, so for me, having a number (or roman numeral) on the title wouldn't make sense, and each second, Mario Kart Crossroads makes more sense to me as a name than 9 or X

I think he's asking about the topics's title

N64 Wario Stadium will come back, so it's unlikely

Did you wanted more or none at all?

For now all I want to know is what the next 3D Mario will look like


Super Mario Maker 3D, per say

I can tell, this is not a fun e

This may be some route thing, there's a chance it's still all there, you just drive in other parts

Like almost everything that has happened in this era so far, it was a mistake (for example, US direct having voice delay when it was live and also it just crashing during the four kids stranded game)

A very whatever Track of mine, might be bad
Sunstreet Avenue

The name of the game hasn't even been announced, bro

Also, for what I understood looking at it for 10 seconds, imgflip doesn't have a bbcode thing on phones