Mario Kart 7

Mario Kart 3DS is an upcoming Mario Kart game for the 3DS and is the seventh installment in the platform games in the Mario Kart series (and the ninth installment in the whole series including the arcade installments). Its release date is yet still unknown and is yet to be discovered. Ghost data is able to be exchanged and online gameplay is available in multiplayer mode in this game. So far, the name of the game is Mario Kart 3DS, but the name could change.

Known Characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi

Items

 * Banana
 * Green Shell/Red Shell
 * Blooper

Courses
Not much is known about the courses, but what is known is told in the pictures and what people have said that were lucky enough to see demos. One course is filled with pink blossom trees with petals that will fall out of the trees and (because it is a 3D game) fly right at you. The course is told to be similar to Mushroom Gorge, holding red, tall mushrooms that can be bounced on. Also, Princess Peach's castle exists in this course along with Goombas that you don't want to be hit by, possibly making this the next Mario Circuit or another Princess Peach-based track. There are others, such as a picture of Mario and Luigi racing on what seems to be the bridge in Wuhu Island (the island that Wii Sports Resort takes place on). None of the pictures of Mario and Luigi racing in certain courses have names, meaning the names of the courses are still unknown.

Technical Features
Very few people have seen the demos, but those who have have said the 3D part of the game is amazing. Things such as flower petals and bats will fly at you in this game, and the people that have played the demo have claimed that it is very cool. Another thing noticed that had never been done before was the competition the player's character's face had. When Mario and Luigi got close to each other, they would stare at each other competitively and keep an eye on each other. This was something new that never had been done before. So far, the game's frame rate is 60 frames per second, which is very decent.