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The All-Cup Tour is a special tour that allows you to play all 16 courses at once in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! You start out at Luigi Circuit and work your way around the tour to the last course, Rainbow Road.
Extra stars that goes to the players based on their performance in the Mario Party franchise. It first appeared in Super Mario World.
Some games allow you to attack your opponents during a race.
When two or more players work together to control a vehicle.
A female version of an already established male character. Normally is a female relative, significant other, or one that's picked up the mantle of his identity.
In many Mario spinoff games, Toadette can not only be flattened by her opponents, but she can also flatten them herself. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door also features a paper flat Toadette.
A form of racing designed to test the car and driver's skill and endurance. It evolved into closed circuit racing like modern Formula 1 and MotoGP. Even the Mario Kart series has it.
Take an item and throw it at the enemy.
Kart racers are cartoon-like racing games that often feature fantastical power-ups.
A lap is one circuit around a race track. This is featured in many, but not all racing games.
Sports games that feature pre-existing videogame characters, rather than real athletes.
In many games such as Devil May Cry and God of War, Orbs, or "Souls", if you will, spawn out of the enemies you destroy and provide you with either sweet life or power. Many times these "Orbs" can also be used as a currency of sorts to upgrade.
Games that are arguably the most fun in a "party" scenario with multiple players in one room.
A rocket start is an element that appears in most fictional racing games; it is an important technique to gain boost at the start of a race by accelerating at the right time. This technique is inspired by the Mario Kart series. It is also used in other games, too!
A grid that is organized for the start of the race in rows of 2, 3 or more. Very useful for standing starts in various racing titles.
A linear course in a racing game where riders race back and forth between both ends, frequently riding into oncoming traffic. Introduced in Jet Moto.
Toads are a species of intelligent mushrooms and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Vehicular combat combines driving and combat to form a unique fast paced action game. Many games are purely vehicular combat based (e.g. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8) or can contain have sections for such combat (e.g. Halo or Mass Effect).
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