Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is an installment in 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, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings appear on the player's screen, as well as the second player's kart. Each race can be up to five laps long.

Grand Prix
The player can compete against CPU opponents in cups, in which trophies can be obtained. There are four different engine classes. 50cc and 100cc are available from the start, while 150cc and 200cc are unlocked when the player has collected a trophy on respectively 5 and 10 different cups. When the player has collected a trophy on 14 different cups, they will unlock Mirror Mode.

Time Trial
In Time Trial, the player has to complete their course in the fastest time possible.

Custom Race
The player can create courses using their own rules, such as gate features, music and environments.

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, based on Metal Mario 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
 * Quarterback
 * Nobel Rider
 * A sleigh kart with reindeer horns
 * A baseball-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
 * Dive Alarm
 * Battle Horn
 * Siren

Courses
There is also a Random Cup, which chooses 3 courses at random.

Reception
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit received mixed to positive reviews.

References to other games

 * Super Mario Bros.: The retro environment uses 8-bit sprites from this game.
 * Super Mario Bros. 3: Part of the music that plays when Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings appear on the track contains a remix of the "Fortress Boss" theme from this game.
 * Dr. Mario series: The Doctor Outfit of Dr. Mario and Dr. Luigi reappears.
 * Mario Kart: Double Dash!!: The Chain Chomp returns as an item.
 * Super Mario Galaxy: The beginning of the music that plays when Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings appear on the track contains a remix of the "Enter Bowser Jr." theme from this game.
 * Mario Kart Wii: The winged form of the Spiny Shell returns as an item for the first time since this game.
 * Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Many assets are reused from this game, including models and music. The Koopa Clown reappears. In the rainbow environment, the boost gates from N64 Rainbow Road appear.
 * Super Mario Maker: The Builder Outfit reappears.
 * Super Mario Odyssey: Many outfits from this game reappear as unlockable content.