HISTORY
MECHANICS & TECHNIQUES
TRACK FACTS
OBSCURITIES
GLITCHES
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This major Nintendo home console is the sole console to not receive a Mario Kart entry.
What is the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)?
100
This mechanic in most modern Mario Kart entries occurs when your drive behind another play for a period of time and gaining a slight speed boost.
What is a Slipstream?
100
This game features two tracks that take place on the Wii Sports Resort Island.
What is Mario Kart 7?
100
Not counting backwards compatibility and Wii/3DSWare, this game is the only game in the Mario Kart series to be rereleased on a newer Nintendo system.
What is Mario Kart 7?
100
This is the community-made term for large shortcuts across the series.
What is an Ultra Shortcut?
200
This was the internal development name for Mario Kart Wii before they ended up choosing the final name.
What is Mario Kart Revolution?
200
This technique in Mario Kart DS is used to chain mini turbos together in quick succession by repeatedly switching directions while drifting.
What is snaking?
200
This Mario Kart Double Dash track's main gimmick is that you drive forwards AND backwards through the track to complete a lap.
What is Luigi Circuit?
200
This is the only game in the Mario Kart series that includes 5 Nitro cups.
What is Mario Kart Super Circuit?
200
Discovered by Dan Weatherton, this glitch in Mario Kart 64 lets you skip all 3 laps on Choco Mountain by doing a precise wall bounce and roll.
What is the Weathertenko?
300
Mario Kart DS was released in this month of 2005.
When is November?
300
Introduced in Mario Kart 64, this mechanic allows you to turn on the spot while standstill and was mainly used for evasion in Battle Mode.
What is Spin Turning?
(This was later reworked into standstill mini-turbos in Mario Kart Wii)
300
In this Mario Kart DS Nitro Track, there is an item box located in the offroad that includes either Triple Shrooms, a Red Shell or a Star.
What is DK Pass?
300
Mario Kart 64's character roster remained the same as all the way through development except for one major inclusion that was eventually replaced by Donkey Kong.
Who is Kamek/Magikoopa?
300
This glitch in Mario Kart DS allows you to hold your start up boost for extended periods of time past the start line if top speed is held.
What is Prolonged Rocket Boosting? (PRB)
400
There are this many games released in the Mario Kart series including the Arcade titles and spin-offs. (Mario Kart World is not included)
How many is Fifteen?
Super, 64, Super Circuit, Double Dash, DS, Wii, 7, 8, 8DX, AGP, AGP2, AGPDX, AGPVR, Tour & Live: Home Circuit
400
This advanced drifting tech used in Mario Kart Double Dash allows you chain mini turbos in an almost straight line and keep top speeds.
What is A-Tech?
400
In this Mario Kart Wii Nitro Track, there is a set of unreachable Item Boxes deep underneath the map out of bounds.
What is DK Summit?
400
There are this many collideable trees in Mario Kart Wii that are located within track boundaries.
How many is 226?
Shoutouts to Beanzard64.
400
These two games share a very similar lap skipping exploit where if you bounce off a wall at a certain angle, it will skip a lap.
What are Super Mario Kart & Mario Kart Super Circuit?
500
At E3 2001, a small tech demo video was shown off for Mario Kart Double Dash that featured Mario and Luigi drifting around on a blank road. The models for Mario and Luigi were sourced from this other Nintendo game.
What is Super Smash Bros. Melee?
500
This tech in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is performed by using Motion Glider into a ramp to get a major boost in sideways movement, which launches you to either the left or right at immense speed.
What is Jenzua Glider?
500
In the Kiosk Demo of Mario Kart DS, there is a blatant typo located on a graphic in this track that displays the word "FLESH" instead of "FRESH".
What is Shroom Ridge?
500
These characters (introduced PRE-MK8) have only appeared in one entry in the main series in the entirety of its lifespan.
Who are Donkey Kong Jr, Paratroopa, R.O.B, and Honey Queen?
500
This track in Mario Kart 8 DX was recently discovered to have a glitch where hitting a certain spot out of bounds would skip a checkpoint and result in a lap not counting.
What is N64 Royal Raceway?