Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is a spin-off of the Mario Kart series for the Nintendo Switch announced as part of the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The game makes use of physical kart products of Mario and Luigi with a camera attached to the back of the kart, which live streams the surrounding area to the player's Nintendo Switch. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit released worldwide on October 16, 2020.

Gameplay
To set up a track, the player has to place up to four gates around the room. Lakitu will come down and paint the kart, and the player has to then drive through the gates, marking how they want the track to appear on the screen. The appearance can be from a simple loop to a curvy track through their furniture. The controller connects to the kart product and controls it, similar to an RC Car. Items affect the kart product when used, such as Mushrooms making the toy move faster or a Koopa Shell making the toy stop momentarily. Using augmented reality, items and the Koopalings appear on the player's screen, as well as the second player's kart. Five laps can be raced.

Playable

 * Mario
 * Luigi


 * Outfits
 * Classic Outfit
 * Cowboy Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey
 * Pirate Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey
 * Explorer Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey
 * Swimwear from Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart Tour
 * Space Suit from Super Mario Odyssey, but with a different helmet
 * Santa Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart Tour
 * Builder Outfit from Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Maker 2 and Mario Kart Tour
 * Chef Outfit from Yoshi's Cookie and Super Mario Odyssey
 * Painter Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey
 * Baseball Uniform from Super Mario Odyssey
 * Football Uniform from Super Mario Odyssey
 * Snow Suit from Super Mario Odyssey, but with earmuffs
 * Doctor Outfit from Dr. Mario
 * Knight Armor from Super Mario Odyssey
 * Pumpkin Costume
 * Silver Suit from Super Mario 64
 * Gold Suit from New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Odyssey

Opponents

 * Bowser Jr.
 * Ludwig von Koopa
 * Larry Koopa
 * Lemmy Koopa
 * Wendy O. Koopa
 * Morton Koopa Jr.
 * Iggy Koopa
 * Roy Koopa

Other

 * Lakitu

Karts

 * Standard Kart
 * Big Scoop
 * Box Kart
 * Cattle Cruiser
 * Haunt Rod
 * Landship
 * Rescue Wagon
 * Rocket Kart
 * Sweet Ride
 * Adventure Buggy
 * Scuba Driver
 * Snow Drifter
 * A sleigh kart with reindeer horns
 * A knight-themed kart
 * A baseball-themed kart
 * A football-themed kart
 * A coffin-themed kart with spider webs
 * Koopa Clown (only CPU drivers)

Horns

 * Standard Horn (with the icon being a steering wheel)
 * Cosmic Clamor
 * Jingle bells
 * Construction Horn
 * Cowbell
 * Sled Horn
 * Air Horn
 * Bike Bell
 * Pumpkin Organ
 * Rallying Cry
 * Safari Horn
 * A bulb horn

Reception
The game received mixed to positive reviews: IGN: 7/10 GameSpot: 7/10 Game Infomer: 7.5/10 Metacritic: 74/100

Trivia

 * This is the first game in the Mario Kart series where Peach and Yoshi are not playable characters and do not appear at all.