December 14, 2022: In a surprising turn of events, version 1.2 for Mario Kart 7 is released, the first update for the game in 10 Years. Nintendo (February 3, 2022) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved February 3, 2022. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Enemies that either waddle or slide on their bellies around the course. Players who collide with them spin out. Drivers are still grouped into small groups of characters sharing the same statistics, the number of groups has been increased with respect to Mario Kart 8. Players can now see the lap count or timer when spectating an online race or battle respectively. However, it is no longer possible to see the lap count when crossing the finish line nor the full results in multiplayer (including online lobbies) at the end of the race while watching Highlight Reels via Mario Kart TV.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe features six additional vehicle body parts. One is the Koopa Clown, returning from Mario Kart 7. Two new vehicles are Splatoon-based ATVs; the Splat Buggy and Inkstriker. These three change their colors for certain characters: the former for the Koopalings, and the latter two for all Inkling variations. Version 1.6.0 adds the Master Cycle Zero, Ancient Tires, and Paraglider. In total, there are 41 vehicle bodies, 22 tires, and 15 gliders, resulting in up to 13,530 different combinations. Handling: The turning ability of the vehicle on land with normal gravity. A higher stat means vehicles turn sharper, and will continue turning normally for longer before automatically initiating a drift. Prior to Wave 1's launch, the sand in 3DS Toad Circuit was a very dark yellow color, as opposed to the bright sand-like color in the final version.

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Mario, Luigi, Peach and other favourites from the Super Mario series are joined by new and returning drivers like King Boo, Dry Bones and Bowser. Jr. Even the Inklings from Splatoon are joining in the racing fun! Nintendo (August 3, 2022) Top Selling Title Sales Unites. Nintendo Japan. Retrieved August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on August 3, 2022.

Enemies that walk around the course. They are shown to be carrying Mushrooms and Bananas which they will drop if hit with another item. Super Mario Strikers (2005, GCN) • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Wii) • Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022, Switch) Mario Bros. (1983, arcade) • Mario Bros. Special (1984, computer) • Punch Ball Mario Bros. (1984, computer) • Mario Clash (1995, VB)

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Like in Mario Kart 8, characters have set rivals that consistently appear when racing in Grand Prix races. They are once again restricted to Grand Prix only, not appearing in single player versus or battle mode. Unlike the previous game, more characters have rivals: the twelve characters from the previous game who had rivals retain their rivals in this game, while other characters range from having one to two rivals each, or even none at all. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Island, a course appearing in the Booster Course Pass, is heavily based on this game. Kamek's horn noise sounds like his speaking sound effect in this game. Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite* • Paper Glider* • Paraglider † This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

Big Wiggler ‡ • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bowser Monument • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy ‡ • Deku Baba* • Dolphin • Dry Bones • Exploring Shy Guy ‡ • Fire Piranha Plant ‡ • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Freezie • Frogoon • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Goonie ‡ • Hammer Knight • Huffin Puffin ‡ • Incoming Chomp ‡ • Innertube Goomba ‡ • Jellybeam • Keese* • Little bird • Manta • Mecha Cheep • Mechakoopa • Mini Toad* • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resetti* • Nep-Enut ‡ • Noki • Penguin ‡ • Petal Guy ‡ • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Ptooie ‡ • Raving Piranha Plant • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Snowboarding Shy Guy ‡ • Stilt Guy ‡ • Super Thwomp* • Swoop • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Toad • Unagi • Whomp ‡ • YoshiMario Kart 8 Deluxe was nominated for the "Best Family Game" and "Best Multiplayer" awards at The Game Awards 2017. [25] However, it won neither, losing the former to Super Mario Odyssey and the latter to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. [25] References to other games Mario Kart: Super Circuit: Sky Garden, Snow Land, Boo Lake, Riverside Park, and Sunset Wilds are included among the courses in the Booster Course Pass.

Some battle courses resemble race courses from Mario Kart 8: Battle Stadium with Mario Kart Stadium, Sweet Sweet Kingdom with Sweet Sweet Canyon, Dragon Palace with Dragon Driftway, Lunar Colony with Rainbow Road, GCN Luigi's Mansion with Twisted Mansion, and SNES Battle Course 1 with SNES Donut Plains 3, all sharing similar textures and/or assets. Mostly online. The sole exception is the gran final of the 2022 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit Spain event, which took place at the Gamergy event in Madrid.Large, green mushrooms with white spots. Though shaped identically to Mushroom Trampolines, they are functionally different in that they act like regular surfaces rather than bouncing players into the air. A Jump Boost can be performed when driving off the edge of a Mushroom Platform. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Open Team Championship engine class for Time Trials has been added (separately recorded from the 150cc Time Trials). There are new staff ghosts for 200cc, while some of the 150cc staff ghosts have slightly different times compared to the original. NintendoAmerica (July 20, 2018). " A new update to #MarioKart 8 Deluxe is available now for #NintendoSwitch! Race like a champion with the Master Cycle Zero and Champion’s Tunic Link from The Legend of #Zelda: Breath of the Wild! This update also includes the Ancient Tires and the Paraglider parts!" X. Retrieved September 12, 2023. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003, GBA) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009, DS) • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013, 3DS) • Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015, 3DS)