Mario Kart Arcade GP 2



Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 is the recently released sequel to Mario Kart Arcade GP. The game seemingly has custom karts for characters, similar to Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Kart DS. Also what seem to be several new items have been revealed.

How To Play
To play the game, the player has to insert a certain amount of money or tokens into the game. 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 didn’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 got 1st place, the player will move on if the player pays the game another token or dollar(s).

Grand Prix
In Grand Prix, you have to complete the cups in each class. The classes are 50cc, 100cc and 150cc, with 50cc being the slowest and 150cc being the fastest. There are four rounds in each cup in this order: Track A, Track B, Track A, Track B. Once you have completed each round, there is a challange, simmilar to Mission Mode on Mario Kart DS.

Time Trial
In Time Trial mode, you can try to get the fastest time on any track. Rainbow Coaster and Rainbow Downhill can be raced on regardless of the player's GP Progress.


 * Note: Time trial is not avaliable on all machines.

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 Coins, the player can unlock prizes to save on the player's Mario Card (eg. 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 will be returning along with two new additions, 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

Basic Items



 * Basin
 * Boo
 * Spike Bomb
 * Square Tires
 * Big and Small Tires
 * Driver Wheel
 * Time Bomb
 * Green Shell
 * Tornado
 * Banana Peel
 * Tacks
 * Sticky Oil
 * Cream Pie
 * Thunder Stick

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
Here are the courses that the player can race on in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

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
The Rainbow Stage is only unlocked if the player completes the first 5 stages.
 * Rainbow Coaster
 * Rainbow Downhill

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 without a battle mode.
 * Mametchi makes his debut on Mario Kart Arcade GP 2.