Tacks are an item which first appear in Mario Kart Arcade GP and return in both Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
Description[]
Tacks are golden nails, and if a driver uses them, they scatter the Tacks behind their kart. If opponents drive over the Tacks, it can pop their tires, making it harder for them to control their Kart.
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| Characters | Playable | Blinky • Bowser • Luigi • Mario • Pac-Man • Ms. Pac-Man • Peach • Toad • Wario • Yoshi |
| Non-playable | Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Bill Blaster • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Princess Daisy • Diddy Kong • Dry Bones • Expresso • Hammer Bro • Kamek • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Mecha-Bowser • Mechakoopa • Ghost • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Professor E. Gadd • Rambi • Robo Mario • Squawks • Toad • Thwomp • Ukiki • Waluigi | |
| Courses | Mario Cup | Mario Highway • Mario Beach |
| DK Cup | DK Jungle • Banana Ruins | |
| Wario Cup | Diamond City • Snow Panic | |
| Pac-Man Cup | Pac Mountain • Pac Labyrinth | |
| Bowser Cup | Bowser's Castle • Castle Wall | |
| Rainbow Cup | Rainbow Coaster • Rainbow Downhill | |
| Items | Basic items | Absorbing Mushroom • Banana • Banana Shot • Basin • Big & Small Tire • Black Shell • Boo • Dash Bazooka • Dash Mushroom • Dizziness Virus • Fire Cracker • Green Shell • High Beam • Horn • Item Seal • Jump Seal • Laughter Bag • Magic Hand • Mustache Pen • Needle Bomb • Off-Key Speaker • Pie • Rain Cloud • Shield • Smokescreen • Snow Cloud • Square Tire • Sticky Oil • Tack • Thunderstick • Thundercloud • Time Bomb (L) • Time Bomb (S) • Tornado • Triple Bananas • Tox-Banana Shot • Trash Can • Triple Basin • Triple Black Shells • Triple Boo • Triple Green Shells • Triple Needle • Triple Pen • Triple Pie • Triple Smokescreen • Triple Square • Triple Tack • Triple Tornado • Wheel Virus |
| Special items | 10T Hammer • Barrel • Block • Bob-omb • Bowser Shell • Bullet Bill • Cake • Chain Chomp • Conga • Delicious Banana • Egg Body • Fairy • Fart Gas • Fine Mushroom • Fireball • Flaming Tender • Flare Ball • Frying Pan • Galaga Boss • Garlic • Ghost Morph • Giant Banana • Hammer • Heart • Meat • Melon • Miracle Mushroom • Monster Pill • Monster Shield • Monster's Hammer • Mushroom Hammer • Mushroom Powder • Mystery Egg • Peach's Bird • Petit Monster • Piranha Plant • Poison Mushroom • Pooka • Power Pill • Princess's Drink • Quack Hammer • Rally-X • Rolling Egg • Shell Body • Sick Mushroom • Snot Bomb • Special Coin • Star • Star Mark Banana • Stretch Punch • Thwomp • Tongue • Wario Car • Whacking Fan | |
| Miscellaneous | Techniques | Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start |
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| Characters | Playable | Baby Mario • Baby Peach • Bowser (Dry Bowser) • Bowser Jr. • Daisy • Don-chan (Hero Don-chan • Strawberry Don-chan) • Donkey Kong • King Boo* • Lakitu • Luigi (Ice Luigi) • Mario (Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario) • Metal Mario (Gold Mario) • Pac-Man • Peach • Rosalina • Toad (Blue Toad) • Waluigi • Wario • Yoshi (Black Yoshi • Red Yoshi) |
| Non-playable | Blooper • Bullet Bills • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheeps • Dolphins • Dry Bones • Fire Piranha Plants • Goomba • Jumbo Ray • King Bob-omb • Koopa Troopas • Lakitu • Lantern Eel • Magikoopas • Mole Miners • Monsters • Piantas • Screaming Pillars • Shy Guys • Sushi • Toads • Unagi | |
| Karts | Karts | Blooper Diver • Bull Truck • Country Winner • Don Doko Drive • Drill Master • Dyno Buggy • Egg Rider • Galaxy Comet • Hamburcar • Hunter Bee • Lightning Champ • Mach Pegasus • Marine Diver • Mash Run • Metal Spark • Purple Strike • Rainy Dream • Road Galleon • Road Jetter • Soul Varoon • Standard Kart • Sweets Party • Turbo Dolphin • Ultra Chaser • Ultra Leon • Ultra Speeder • Ultra Voyager • Vacuum Star • X Racer |
| Items | Throw forward | 10T Hammer • Barrel • Black Shell • Bowser Shell • Car Horn • Chain Chomp • Extendable Glove • Fireball • Flower Glasses • Frying Pan • Gold Shell • Gold Tub • Green Shell • Hammer • High Beam • Mustache Rocket • POW Block • Pen • Power Yo-yo • Rain Cloud • Red Shell • Slapstick Fan • Snow Cloud • Soft Gummy • Spiny Shell • Sumo Slap Stick • Thunder Cloud • Tornado • Triple Green Shells • Tub |
| Place behind | Banana • Banana Train • Big-Small Tires • Bob-omb • Broken Wheel • Fake Item Box • Fire Cracker • Flare Ball • Giant Banana • Gold Banana • Mini Mushroom • Mouse Cracker • Paper Mushroom • Pie • Pie Bazooka • Porcupuffer • Rabbit Ear • Rally X • Smokescreen • Square Tire • Sticky Oil • Tacks • Triple Bananas • Thwomp • Whirling Wheel | |
| Special | Boo • Boss Galaga • Dash Propeller • Dizziness Virus • Egg of Mystery • Energy Drink • Flaming Tender • Gag Mic • Giant Mushroom • Heavy Mushroom • Interrupting Frame • Interrupting Seal • Invincible Urchin • Invisi-Mushroom • Jumbo Gummy • Laughing Bag • Magic Ball • Magnet • Magnet Mushroom • Mushroom Powder • Off-Key Speaker • Pesky Billboard • Pie Kart • Piranha Plant • Pump • Reflect Shield • Scuttlebug • Shield • Stun Stick • Super Mic • Superstar • Time Bomb • Wheel Virus • Wild Top | |
| Other | Mario Coin | |
| Courses | Toad Cup | Peach Castle • Kingdom Way |
| Mario Cup | Splash Circuit • Tropical Coast | |
| Don-chan Cup | Bon Dance Street • Omatsuri Circuit | |
| Bowser Jr. Cup | Aerial Road • Sky Arena | |
| Bowser Cup | Bowser's Factory • Bowser's Castle | |
| PAC-MAN Cup | PAC-MAN Stadium • NAMCO Circuit | |
| Donkey Kong Cup | Bananan Labyrinth • DK Jungle | |
| Techniques | Techniques | Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start |
| Other | Other | Finish line • Glide Ramp • Underwater driving |
| Items marked with an asterisk (*) were only available during a Limited Event. | ||