Ride UFO
The title of this article is official, but it comes from a Japanese source.
If an acceptable English name is found, then the article should be moved to the new title.
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| Appears in | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Variant of | UFO | ||
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Ride UFOs[1] are controllable UFOs found in Mario Kart World. They resemble flying saucer spaceships, with an engine on either side and a dome on top. Around their body is a ring of glowing rainbow lights, with more lights found on their underside. UFOs are sometimes found with glowing beams under them, which abducts objects under it.
By driving into the beam of light, players are able to take temporary control of the spaceship, which grants them a larger size, and the abilities to fly and to abduct other items or characters. If another player is abducted by a player-controlled UFO, the abducted player will simply be brought back by Lakitu. Players may pilot the ride UFO for 20 to 30 seconds, after which they get launched forward in gliding mode as it disappears.
UFOs can abduct various obstacles, characters, and objects in the way. Coins absorbed are collected, and Item Boxes still give players items. Following the release of the Ver. 1.3.0 update, abducting one of the NPCs (either as drivers, obstacles or spectators) that also appear as drivers will result in the player being turned into that character upon exiting the UFO. If the player does not have them yet, they will unlock the character as a driver. While the Kamek particle effect does appear when the transformation takes place, it is functionally a total character change and will not go away with time; additionally, if playing as one of the 24 standard drivers, they will return to driving around the world on their own as soon as the transformation takes effect. The transformation will not affect the color or design of the vehicle until the player re-selects their character and vehicle. This feature is disabled entirely if the player has the Dash Food setting to "Don't transform", allowing the player to keep playing as their original character.
While piloting a ride UFO, Photo Mode cannot be accessed. The player also cannot rewind to a time prior to exiting the vehicle.
Locations[edit]
This section needs Mario Kart improvement. Specifically:
- Remaining locations
UFOs do not appear during any races, being found only in Free Roam. They can occasionally appear flying over roads, but can be mainly found hovering still in preset locations.
| Image | Closest course | Description |
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Boo Cinema | On the cliffs towards the snowy area, overlooking the Ghost Valley tribute courses. |
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Peach Beach | On the ocean, under the pillars supporting the pink castle structure behind the course. |
Missions[edit]
Ride UFOs are featured in the following missions:
| Image | In-game text | Location | Time limit (seconds) | Description | Sticker |
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SEARCH FIELDS. ABDUCT BLUE COINS. | Moo Moo Meadows | 40.00 | The player must collect eight blue coins around a large field by hijacking a ride UFO and holding  to abduct the blue coins, each of which are surrounded by cows.
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ライドUFO Raido UFO |
Ride UFO | [1] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ando, Shinichi, Fuyuki Ogihara, Yuichi Yoshida, Koichi Watanabe (Colorfield), Reito Akashi, Yudai Ino, Tomohisa Kato, Kazuya Teramura, and Noritaka Mitsuda (2026). 『マリオカートワールドパーフェクトガイド』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-733845-6. Page 90.
