Item Box

Item Boxes are objects in the Mario Kart series that contain items. A random item of those available in the game is chosen once a racer drives through one of these floating shapes, though in part dependent on the racer's position in the race at the time of collecting it. Their appearance can be compared to ! Blocks, in that they are roughly cubes and contain a symbol, though in this case a question mark. They appear in all of the Mario Kart games except Super Mario Kart.