Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 is the sequel to Mario Kart Arcade GP. It is the second game in the Arcade series and the seventh overall. The game has custom karts for characters, similar to Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart DS. In addition to this, several new items not seen in its predecessor appear in it.

How To Play
To play the game, the player has to insert $2 per turn (in coins of $ 1). First, the player 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, the player can choose a character to play with. Then the player has to take a picture of him or her within the time limit; if the player doesn't take the picture, a countdown starts to force the player to take it. Then the racing starts as the player has to be in 1st place. If the player gets a lower place, the player has to do it again to unlock the course by giving the game certain money or some tokens. If the player gets 1st place, the player will move on if the player pays the game another token or dollar(s).

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

Mario Card
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

Grand Prix
In Grand Prix, the player races against computer drivers for winning the trophies in every race. 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 (easiest) and 150cc being the fastest (hardest). There are 8 cups, Yoshi Cup, Mario Cup, Waluigi Cup, DK Cup, Wario Cup, Pac-Man Cup, Bowser Cup, and Rainbow Cup. 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.

Time Trial
In Time Trial mode, the user tries to get the fastest time on the tracks. Rainbow Coaster and Rainbow Downhill can be raced on regardless of the player's GP Progress.

VS
After inserting coins, the machine starts a search for VS races. If found, the player selects the track and speed. The players play against each other and four computers.

Mario Coins and Coins
Mario Coins, are coins that the player can pick up in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2. If the player gains an amount of Mario Coins and regular Coins, the player can unlock prizes to save on the player's Mario Card (e.g. new karts, special items).

Item Boxes
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 doesn't feature the normal cube item boxes seen in previous games; it comes with multi-coloured, hexagonal item boxes. They have a white question mark while fake item boxes have a white, upside-down question mark.

Playable Characters
All characters from Mario Kart Arcade GP returned along with two new characters, Waluigi and a Tamagotchi named Mametchi.

Cameo Appearances
Although these characters are not playable in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, they all make small cameos somewhere in the game.


 * Daisy
 * Birdo
 * Toadette
 * Baby Mario
 * Baby Luigi
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Paratroopa
 * Shy Guy
 * Diddy Kong
 * Pianta
 * Jr. Pac-Man

Rocket Start
At the start of the countdown, when the "1" is displayed, press down on the accelerator and when the race starts, the kart will get a brief speed boost.

Jumping
In-depth on the accelerator and brake in a moment to step in a kart to be able to jump! Jump over the obstacles and challenges important techniques used in the game!

Drifting
In a firm handle on and off the jumps and had to drift cart can be quickly around the corner! From the kart and get a shield from attack by rivals can protect kart! All for the Cup championship is the most important techniques to learn from good practice!

Basic Items



 * Basin
 * Boo
 * Spike Bomb
 * Square Tires
 * Big and Small Tires
 * Driver Wheel
 * Time Bomb
 * Green Shell
 * Black Shell
 * Tornado
 * Banana Peel
 * Tacks
 * Sticky Oil
 * Cream Pie
 * Thunder Stick
 * Mouse Catcher
 * Invisible Mushroom
 * Metal Mushroom
 * Star

Faces
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 features 'faces'. These are the borders around the players face when the player gets their photo taken.

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
These are the courses the player can race on in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2.

Returning tracks

 * Mario Stage
 * Mario Highway
 * Mario Beach


 * DK Stage
 * Donkey Kong Jungle
 * Banana Ruins


 * Wario Stage
 * Diamond City
 * Snow Panic


 * Pac-Man Stage
 * Pac-Mountain
 * Pac-Labyrinth


 * Bowser Stage
 * Bowser's Castle
 * Castle Wall

Rainbow Stage (unlocked if the player completes the first seven stages)
 * Rainbow Coaster
 * Rainbow Downhill

New tracks

 * Yoshi Stage
 * Yoshi Park 1
 * Yoshi Park 2


 * Waluigi Stage
 * Stadium Arena
 * Waluigi Stadium

Trivia

 * Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 are the only Mario Kart games that don't have battle mode.
 * Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 is the only Mario game featuring Mametchi, a Tamagotchi.
 * Most of the original Karts are based off of the Karts from Mario Kart DS