Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

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Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Developer(s) Namco Bandai Games Publisher(s) Nintendo Release date 2007 2007 2007 2008 Genre Racing Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer (VS), Time Trial Cabinet Upright Arcade system Triforce Monitor Mario Card slot, money slot Input Arcade: Control pad Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 is the second game in the Arcade series and the eighth overall. It is a follow-up to Mario Kart Arcade GP, and the game before Mario Kart Arcade GP DX. The game has custom karts for characters, similar to Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart DS. It contains virtually all the content of the original, but greatly expands it with the addition of several new courses, items and racers. Like the predecessor, Pac-Man characters appear as playable in this game. The game also introduces Mametchi as a playable character. In-game, it appears to be broadcast live and has color-commentary of the player by a narrator, whose language depends on the region of the game. How To Play First, players can adjust their seat within the time limit by moving a lever near their feet and sliding to any position on the arcade machine. After that happens players can choose a character to play as. Then, players can take a picture of themselves within the time limit; if the player does not take the picture, a countdown starts to force the player to take it. On some instances, the camera cannot be used. The picture of the current character is instead used. When the race starts, the players' object is to finish in 1st place. If they get a lower place, they must retry to unlock the course by giving the game certain money or some tokens. If players get 1st place, they can continue if they pay the game another token or dollar(s). If not, the game is over. Controls Accelerate - Accelerator pedal Brake - Brake pedal Item - ITEM button on center of steering wheel. VS Cancel - VS CANCEL button right of the steering wheel Mario Card holder - Mario Card slot on the bottom right of the screen Money holder - Money slot under Mario Card slot Techniques Rocket Start The Rocket Start in action. The player can get a rocket start when the accelerator is pressed right when "1" is displayed. If successful, the kart gets a small speed boost when the race starts. The method of performing the rocket start closely resembles the one from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Jumping and Drifting Jumping is performed if the brake pedal is pressed quickly and drifting occurs if the brake pedal is tapped twice. Mario Card A Mario Card from Japan A Mario Card is the data card (or save file) that appears was copied from Mario Kart Arcade GP and appears in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2. It appears in all sorts of different colors and designs. Features The player's chosen nickname The player's amount of coins The player's rank The player's item (e.g. 70 SP Item Get!, 64) The player's amount of VS wins (if any) The card's password for the Internet Rankings The player's completed GP cups and class Modes Grand Prix In Grand Prix, the player races against five computer drivers for winning the trophies in every race. The goal of each race is to finish in first place within the time limit. There are three engine levels available: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc, and as with previous Mario Kart installments, is linear with the difficulty. 50cc being the slowest (Easy), 100cc being the standard (Normal) and 150cc being the fastest (Hard). There are 4 difficulty levels, and each one has two stages. Each cup has 2 tracks, separated into 4 rounds. The first 2 rounds are the tracks in normal conditions, and the last 2 rounds the same tracks in different conditions (time of day, weather, etc.). After having completed each round, the player receives a challenge, similar to the Mission Mode that appears in Mario Kart DS. Unlike the previous game, clearing the challenge is not necessary to complete a cup. Also, when the player is using a Mario Card, the player receives Mario Coins depending on their performance, up to a maximum of 15. Extra mode makes a return, only under the name of Special Cup. Time Trial In Time Trial mode, the user tries to get the fastest time on the tracks. VS After the players insert coins, the machine starts a search for VS races. If players are found, the game starts a VS Match. Like the previous game, up to four players can play together. In VS, the players first select an engine class, select a character, takes a picture (if necessary), then votes for a course. After, each player will be given 3 random items. Unlike the previous game, in multiplayer mode players in the minimap are given colors depending on their player number: Player Color Player 1 Red Player 2 Orange Player 3 Green Player 4 Blue CPU Dark Blue If less than four players gather for a race then CPU drivers are added depending on how many people join: No. of Players No. of CPU Total Karts 2 Players 2 CPU 4 Karts 3 Players 1 CPU 4 Karts 4 Players 0 CPU 4 Karts Mario Coins and Coins The Mario Coin in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Mario Coins are coins that the player can pick up in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2. If the player gains enough Mario Coins and regular Coins, he can unlock prizes to save on his Mario Card (e.g. new karts, special items). Item Boxes The new, multi-colored, hexagonal item boxes. Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 doesn't feature the normal cube item boxes seen in previous games; it comes with multi-colored, hexagonal item boxes. They have a white question mark while Fake Item Box have a white, upside-down question mark. When taken, they instantly regenerate, unlike other Mario Kart games, in which they take a while. Basic Items Items are shown before a race starts. Unlike in the typical Mario Kart games, items are grouped into these categories: locking-on, passing the item, dropping backward, and shooting forward. Locking-on item involves a moving cursor that stops if it goes over an opponent. If the cursor is locked-in for enough time, the cursor flashes red and the thrown item locks into the player, similar to a Red Shell. Passing items require the item to be thrown, much as a locking-on item. Afflicted players need to collide with other players to evade the hindering effects. Items that drop backward and items that shoot forward act similarly to items in the traditional Mario Kart games. Unlike in most Mario Kart games, these items can be thrown in only one direction. Also unlike most Mario Kart games, only certain items appear during a race. Three of them are shown before the race starts. Most of these items have a temporary after-effect that can hinder the affected driver. Basin Banana Peel Banana Shot Big & Small Tire Boo Black Shell Broken Wheel Green Shell Invisible Mushroom Item Seal Metal Mushroom Mouse Cracker Dash Mushroom Dizziness Virus Needle Bomb Pie Rain Cloud Reflect Shield Saggy Gummy Shield Snow Cloud Square Tire Star Sticky Oil Tack Thunder Cloud Thunder Stick Time Bomb Tornado Characters The character select screen All playable characters from Mario Kart Arcade GP return along with two new characters, Waluigi and a Tamagotchi named Mametchi. They all have two karts available: a standard go-kart and a personal kart that increases speed, but reduces acceleration. Balanced Character Special Kart Standard Kart Strong Acceleration Character Special Kart Standard Kart Easy Control Character Special Kart Standard Kart High Speed Character Special Kart Standard Kart Additionally, the Rainbow Cup challenge game features players trying to reach the finish line before a nonplayable Robo Mario. Cameo Appearances Although these characters are not playable in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, they all make small cameos somewhere in the game, either from a sponsor or seen in a course. Character Location Picture Baby Luigi Yoshi Park 1 Yoshi Park 2 Mario Highway Mario Beach Donkey Kong Jungle Bananan Ruins Baby Mario Yoshi Park 1 Yoshi Park 2 Mario Highway Mario Beach Donkey Kong Jungle Bananan Ruins Birdo Results screen Bowser Jr. Mario Highway Mario Beach Diamond City Snow Panic Bowser's Castle Castle Wall Results Screen Princess Daisy Results Screen Diddy Kong Donkey Kong Jungle Bananan Ruins Results Screen Dry Bones Bowser's Castle Castle Wall Hammer Bro Bowser's Castle Castle Wall Jr. Pac-Man Yoshi Park 1 Yoshi Park 2 Pac Mountain Pac Labyrinth Kamek Bowser's Castle Castle Wall Koopa Troopa Bowser's Castle Castle Wall Yoshi Park 1 Yoshi Park 2 Stadium Arena Waluigi Stadium King Boo Yoshi Park 2 Mechakoopa Bowser's Castle Nipper Plant Bananan Ruins Castle Wall Noki Stadium Arena Waluigi Stadium Paratroopa Bowser's Castle Castle Wall Yoshi Park 1 Yoshi Park 2 Stadium Arena Waluigi Stadium Pianta Stadium Arena Waluigi Stadium Results screen Professor Elvin Gadd Diamond City Snow Panic Toadette Yoshi Park 1 Yoshi Park 2 Toadsworth Yoshi Park 2 Donkey Kong Jungle Results screen Faces Some of the faces available Character specific faces Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 features 'faces'. These are the borders around the players face when the player gets their photo taken. Players can also get special, character specific faces if they choose to play as that character. If no picture is taken, then the default face shows the character's mugshot. Internet Rankings Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, along with Mario Kart Arcade GP, has a Internet Ranking. It is run by Bandai Namco Games Japan, and a Mario Card is required. Rankings (English) More information Courses Easy Yoshi Cup Mario Cup Yoshi Park 1 Mario Highway Yoshi Park 2 Mario Beach Normal Waluigi Cup DK Cup Wario Cup Stadium Arena Donkey Kong Jungle Diamond City Waluigi Stadium Bananan Ruins Snow Panic Master Pac-Man Cup Bowser Cup Rainbow Cup Pac Mountain Bowser's Castle Rainbow Coaster Pac Labyrinth Castle Wall Rainbow Downhill References to other games Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Yoshi Park 1's theme is heavily based on this game. Wario Land 4: The Wario Car is one of Wario's karts. WarioWare series: The central location of the series, Diamond City, appears as a racetrack. Luigi's Mansion: Yoshi Park 2 features a Luigi's Mansion-based attraction, complete with the generic ghosts from said game and King Boo. Mario Kart: Double Dash!!: Some sound and voice effects have been borrowed from this game, such as the start signal sound effect. Mario Kart Arcade GP: All the assets from the original game are re-used with slight enhancements. Mario Kart DS: The Egg Rider resembles the Egg 1, while the Mush Run resembles the Mushmellow. Staff Main article: List of Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 staff Gallery For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario Kart Arcade GP 2. Sequel A successor called Mario Kart Arcade GP DX was released by Namco Bandai in partnership with Nintendo. Trivia This is the most recent installment of the Mario Kart series to use the series' original logo in the game title. External Links Japanese Site English Site [Edit] Character's Items from Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Mario - Luigi Fireball - Hammer - Chain Chomp Donkey Kong Barrel - 10T Hammer - Giant Banana Bowser Bowser's Shell - Flaming Tender - Thwomp Toad Poison Mushroom - Mushroom Hammer - Mushroom Powder Wario Snot Bomb - Stretch Punch - Bob-omb Yoshi Rolling Egg - Wacking Pan - Tongue Princess Peach Peach's Bird - Frying Pan - Piranha Plant Pac-Man - Ms. Pac-Man Pooka - Rally X - Galaga Boss Blinky Petit Monster - Monster's Hammer - Flare Ball Waluigi Mustache Rocket - Spanner - Spike Ball Mametchi Bagubagutchi - Chipi Syrup - Mame Block/Present [Edit] Mario games Platformers Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986, FCD) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, NES) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, NES) • Super Mario World (1990, SNES) • Super Mario 64 (1996, N64) • Super Mario Sunshine (2002, GCN) • New Super Mario Bros. 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