Fake Item Box: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:MKW Fake Item Box Artwork.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

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The '''Fake Item Box''', originally known as the '''Fake Item''',<ref>''Mario Kart 64'' English instruction booklet, page 13.</ref><ref>''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' English instruction booklet, page 17.</ref> is an [[item]] found in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. Fake Item Boxes resemble regular [[Item Box]]es in their design, but unlike their regular counterparts, they do not give items to [[kart]]s that pass through them&mdash;instead, the item acts as a hazard that flips vehicles over in a way similar to that caused by a [[Green Shell]] or a [[Red Shell]]. Fake Item Boxes are generally obtained by racers near the front of the race, being used as traps similarly to [[Banana]]s; however, as of ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', Fake Item Boxes cannot block incoming shells. This item has not appeared in recent installments, with its last appearance in a main series ''Mario Kart'' game being in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.

===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''===

The Fake Item Box makes its first appearance outside of the ''Mario Kart'' series in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', where it appears in various [[Dream Event]]s. In [[Dream Alpine (Individual)|Dream Alpine]], [[Dream Ski Cross (Individual)|Dream Ski Cross]], [[Dream Snowboard Cross (Individual)|Dream Snowboard Cross]], [[Dream Short Track]] and [[Dream Bobsleigh]], Fake Item Boxes can be placed behind the player and will cause opponents that hit it to fall over and lose speed.

===Unused appearances===

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MKDS Fake Item Box Sprite.png|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''

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