Mario Kart World

Gameplay

Mario Kart World is a kart racing game. As in previous Mario Kart games, players race as characters from the Mario series while using various items as a means of getting an advantage over other players. The game features 50 playable characters; 24 of the playable characters have alternate unlockable costumes accessed by consuming food items found throughout races, while most of the remaining characters additionally exist as obstacles on the game's tracks. It supports up to 24 players, twice as many compared to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart Wii, and includes features such as an open-world design, a day-night cycle, photo mode, amphibious vehicles, and various parkour mechanics. Unlike prior Mario Kart games, the Grand Prix mode does not consist of four standard races; only the first race is a traditional 3 lap, with the following races requiring racers must drive to each course through various routes found in the open world. In VS mode it is possible to race on tracks for three laps like in previous Mario Kart games. Mario Kart World features some past courses from the series that have been reimagined to fit the game's open-world design. In addition, a new mode called Knockout Tour is introduced in the game; the 24 racers compete in one much longer race spanning the game's world, with the last four racers eliminated at each of the six intermittent checkpoints. "Mirror Mode", which horizontally inverts the entire map, also returns from the previous games. Battle Mode returns from previous games; players compete against one another to become the last player standing in Balloon Battle and Bob-omb Blast, or collect the most coins in Coin Runners. Another new mode called "Free Roam" is introduced in World; players are permitted to drive to any location in the game's open-world (with Rainbow Road as the sole exception), including those that are off-road or outside of race tracks. Numerous missions, a feature returning from Mario Kart DS, are present in this mode in addition to other collectables.