Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

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Template:Infobox 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

The game screen

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.^[1]

Characters

Racers

Playable

Mario^[1]
Luigi^[1]

Outfits

Classic Outfit
Cowboy Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey^[2]^[3]
Pirate Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey^[2]^[3]
Explorer Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey^[2]^[3]
Swimwear from Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart Tour
Space Suit from Super Mario Odyssey, but with a different helmet^[2]
Santa Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart Tour^[2]^[3]
Builder Outfit from Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario Maker 2 and Mario Kart Tour^[2]^[3]
Chef Outfit from Yoshi's Cookie and Super Mario Odyssey^[2]^[3]
Painter Outfit from Super Mario Odyssey^[2]^[3]
Baseball Uniform from Super Mario Odyssey^[2]^[3]
Football Uniform from Super Mario Odyssey^[2]
Snow Suit from Super Mario Odyssey, but with earmuffs ^[2]
Doctor Outfit from Dr. Mario^[2]
Knight Armor from Super Mario Odyssey^[4]
Pumpkin Costume^[2]
Silver Suit from Super Mario 64^[2]^[3]
Gold Suit from New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Odyssey^[2]

Opponents

Other

Lakitu^[1]

Kart parts

Karts

Standard Kart
Landship^[3]
Big Scoop^[3]
Cattle Cruiser^[3]
Adventure Buggy^[3]
Scuba Driver^[3]
Snow Drifter^[5]
A kart with a white flame design and external engine akin to the Flame Flyer^[3]
A kart resembling a space shuttle^[3]
A kart resembling an ambulance^[3]
A sleigh kart with reindeer horns^[3]
A desserts-themed kart with candles^[3]
A kart resembling a soap box^[3]
A knight-themed kart^[2]
A baseball-themed kart^[2]
A football-themed kart^[2]
A coffin-themed kart with spider webs^[2]
Koopa Clown (only CPU drivers)

Horns

Standard Horn (with the icon being a steering wheel)^[3]
Cosmic Clamor^[4]
Jingle bells^[4]
Construction Horn^[4]
Sled Horn^[5]
A carved pumpkin^[3]
A cowbell^[3]
A bulb horn^[2]

Courses

Mushroom Cup	Flower Cup	Shell Cup	Star Cup	Banana Cup	Leaf Cup	Lightning Cup	Special Cup
Live Circuit	Freezie Frosts	Work Zone^[3]	Royal Highway	Mushroom Fields^[5]	Magikoopa Mirage^[3]	Jolly Workshop^[5]	World 1-1^[3]
Lightning Lagoon^[5]	Glazed Gardens^[3]	Cheep Cheep Reef^[3]	Wibble Woods^[3]	Boo Fortress^[3]	Crafty Tropics^[5]	Chain Chomp Stadium^[5]	Chain Chomp Glacier^[5]
Piped Wetlands^[5]	Piranha Paradise^[3]	Bowser's Castle	Windswept Prairie^[3]	Tornado Tundra	Gusty Galaxy^[5]	Ember Island^[3]	Rainbow Road^[3]

Items

Image	Name	Description
	Mushroom	"Gives you a brief speed boost."
	Triple Mushrooms	"Three Mushrooms held in your hand. Press L to use one of them for a brief speed boost."
	Golden Mushroom	"For a short time, allows you to use a Mushroom for a brief speed boost every time you press L."
	Star	"Makes you temporarily invincible and increases your speed."
	Coin	"Gives you five extra coins. The more coins you have, the faster your kart will go. Collecting coins unlocks new kart themes, horns, and costumes."
	Banana	"Causes anyone who hits it to lose control briefly. Can be tossed in front of or behind the kart."
	Triple Bananas	"Three Bananas held in your hand. press L to drop one of them."
	Red Shell	"Red Shells lock on to an pursue the kart in front of you, knocking over the first driver they hit. They can also be thrown backwards."
	Spiny Shell	"Targets the driver in 1st place and causes a brief loss of control when it strikes. This one won't stop until it catches up with the leader!"
	Lightning	"Strikes all opponents ahead of you with lightning, causing them to lose their items. It also temporarily reduces their speed!"
	Bullet Bill	"Temporarily transforms you into a Bullet Bill, steering you along the course. While in Bullet Bill form, you are invincible. Holding brake will cancel Bullet Bill form."
	Bob-omb	"Bob-ombs explode a short time after use or on impact with a kart. Anyone caught in the blast loses control for a short duration! They can be thrown forwards or backwards."
	Blooper	"Squirts ink on the karts ahead of you, briefly obscuring the drivers' views."
	Boomerang Flower	"Strikes the closest opposing racer, jolting their steering."
	Chain Chomp	"Attaches to the nearest kart, tugging it in different directions along the course. You won't be pulled while holding down B."

Environments

Image	Name	Description
	Sunshine	"Default environment setting, with no effect on gameplay."
	Rain	"Rain will cause Mushrooms to sprout up from the ground. Driving through a Mushroom will grant a brief speed boost."
	Snow	"Falling snow will cause Freezies to appear. Driving into a Freezie will encase the kart in ice and make it unable to move for a short duration."
	Sandstorm	"Occasional gusts of wind will push the kart left or right. Keep an eye out for coins or a rare item box blowing across the course!"
	Spooky	"Boos and coins will float around the course. Colliding with a Boo results in a temporary loss of vision and a loss of coins. Honking near boos will cause them to hide and allow you to pass through them safely."
	Underwater	"Submerges your course underwater. Cheep Cheeps will swim around the course trailing a line of coins. Hitting a Cheep Cheep will result in a brief loss of control."
	Rainbow	"Star-shaped boost gates appear along the course. Meteor showers of coins and Super Stars fly onto the course for players to collect."
	Lava	"Your course heats up, and Lava Bubbles jump up from lava pools in the ground. Driving into Lava Bubbles causes a brief loss of control."
	Jungle	"Jungle overgrowth takes over the course. Poison Piranha Plants spit globs that create slick spots on the course. Hitting a slick spot will briefly cause steering difficulty when a kart drives over it."
	Blizzard	"Intense snow and wind take over the course. Twisters appear along the way. Watch out or they'll try to pull your kart in!"
	Retro	"Your course in transformed into a classic 8-bit setting. Goombas and coins appear along the way. Hitting a Goomba will result in a brief loss of control."

Gate features

Image	Name	Description
	Item Box	"Picking up item boxes rewards the player with a random power-up."
	Boost	"Gives any kart passing through the boost zone a brief increase in speed."
	Magnet	"Attracts any nearby karts and pulls them towards the gate."
	P Switch	"Driving over the P Switch causes a cluster of coins to appear on the course for a short duration."
	Piranha Plant	"Chomps down on passing drivers, yanking them out of their karts for a short duration."
	Amp	"Zaps any kart that touches it and greatly reduces speed for a short duration."
	Item Pipe	"Item boxes appear from one pipe and travel across the gate and disappear into the pipe on the other side. Time it just right to collect the box and earn a power-up."
	Chain Chomp	"If you hit the signs underneath the gate, a Chain Chomp will bite down on your kart, dragging you in different directions along with the course for a short time. You won't be pulled while holding down B."
	Music Note	"Hitting the treble clef at the gate will cause a series of music notes to appear along the course. If you collect all the notes, you'll earn an item box!"
	Magikoopa	"When a kart passes by the magical barrier, a Magikoopa appears and casts a spell on the player. The spell causes the world to transform into or out of Mirror Mode."
	Fire Bar	"Fire Bars will rotate near the gate and cause any kart that touches them to briefly lose control."
	Thwomp	"Crashes to the ground, causing an earthquake that shakes the screens of any nearby karts. It also briefly impacts steering controls."

Gallery

Logos

English logo
Japanese logo
Traditional Chinese logo

Artwork

Mario
Luigi
Bowser Jr.
Iggy Koopa
Ludwig von Koopa
Morton Koopa Jr.
Wendy O. Koopa
Koopalings
Diorama
An arrow sign
The track gates
2D artwork of Mario riding the kart
2D artwork of Mario's kart hit by a boomerang
2D artwork of Luigi dodging a shell
2D artwork of Mario and Luigi racing

Screenshots

Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings
A Blooper
Mario holding a Red Shell
Mario colliding into a Goomba from Super Mario Bros.
Kamek
A ring in the same style as N64 Rainbow Road's in Mario Kart 8

Sets

Mario RC racer
Luigi RC racer
Mario set bundle
Luigi set bundle

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Chinese (simplified)	马力欧卡丁车实况：家庭赛车场^[?] Mǎlì'ōu Kǎdīngchē Shíkuàng: Jiātíng Sàichē Chǎng	Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Chinese (traditional)	瑪利歐賽車實況：家庭賽車場^[?] Mǎlì'ōu Sàichē Shíkuàng: Jiātíng Sàichē Chǎng	Mario Racing Live: Home Circuit
Korean	마리오 카트 라이브: 홈 서킷^[?] Mario Katue Raive: Hom Seokit	Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Trivia

This is the first in the series where Peach and Yoshi are not playable characters.

References

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External links

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