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Mario Kart

Cars are a recurring traffic obstacle in the Mario Kart series. They first appear in Mario Kart 64.

Description[]

Cars are the main component of traffic in courses taking place in a city, such as Toad's Turnpike, or courses with a busy road, such as Shroom Ridge. If a character drives their kart into a car, they spin out as if they had driven into a Banana. A car cannot be destroyed, but certain items can send them flying into the air, most commonly a Super Star or, as of Mario Kart DS, a Bullet Bill. The drivers are not visible in most cars, but sound of them make a honking sound upon being hit. Buses have a similar function to Cars.

In Mario Kart series[]

Mario Kart 64[]

White-colored cars are featured as the main obstacles of Toad's Turnpike, along with buses. The cars make the same engine sound as Toad's kart.

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Cars are encountered as obstacles in Mushroom Bridge and Mushroom City. Here, the three standard types of cars found are red, yellow and blue, all of which have "POW" as a license plate, and the only difference between all of them is their color. There are also the more hazardous Bomb-cars, and driving into one sends the racer flying upward in an explosion, just as if they were caught in the blast radius of an exploding Bob-omb item. Cars also have a unique variation, Mushroom Cars, which can drop a Mushroom onto the course upon being bumped into but do not spin out the racer, making them the only helpful obstacle in traffic.

Mario Kart DS[]

Cars prominently appear throughout Shroom Ridge and the returning GCN Mushroom Bridge, but with a more realistic design. The red, yellow and blue cars are based of a 1960s Prince Skyline (the predecessor of the modern Nissan Skyline), but each with minor differences.

A red car is the focus of Mission 4-3, in which Mario has to race one on Shroom Ridge. The red car moves a lot faster than the other cars.


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