Mario Kart Power Racers!

Mario Kart is an upcoming racing game for the Nintendo 3DS.

Returning features
The game features heavy influence from Mario Kart 7 such as gliding through the skies, propelling through the seas, and the first person view. Tricks from Mario Kart Wii and 7 will return. The game continues to the return of the coins from 7 and the 8 player races. Like Mario Kart 7, this game uses StreetPass and SpotPass. You can also fully customize your karts as seen in Mario Kart 7.

New features
This game is compatable with the "3DS Slide Pad Extension" peripheral, but it is completely optional. You can drive underground now using new drills to pave your way out to victory. Another new feature is to create race courses from scratch.

Music
This is the first Mario Kart game to feature music from a live band/orchestra in most of the music tracks. Their are also new musical cues such as when your item makes an effect on a racer. Another noticable music cue is when an item is homing at you, a snare drum beat plays lightly in the background, getting faster and more noticeable when the homing item gets closer.

Returning drivers

 * Bowser
 * Donkey Kong
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Lakitu (red shell)
 * Luigi
 * Mario
 * Mii
 * Princess Daisy
 * Princess Peach
 * Rosalina
 * Toad
 * Waluigi
 * Wario
 * Yoshi

New drivers

 * Hammer Bro.

Returning items

 * Banana Peel
 * Banana Bunch (5)
 * Green Shell
 * Triple Green Shells
 * Red Shell
 * Triple Red Shells
 * Spiny Shell (without wings)
 * Mushroom
 * Triple Mushrooms
 * Golden Mushroom
 * Star
 * Thunderbolt
 * Blooper
 * Bullet Bill
 * Bob-omb
 * Cream Pie
 * Triple Cream Pie
 * Tacks
 * Sticky Oil
 * Fire Flower
 * Super Leaf

New items

 * Ice Flower
 * Metal Cap
 * Sparky Sticker
 * Marbles
 * Music Box

Confirmed tracks
This game saw the return of having 20 courses in a Grand Prix which hasn't been seen since Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

New courses

 * Unnamed circuit situated in Mario Land.
 * Unnamed mountainous course set in the Chai Kingdom.
 * Unnamed raceway with Peach's Castle.
 * Unnamed highway in Mushroom City.
 * Unnamed course made up of planets similar to Galaxies.

Retro courses

 * Vanilla Lake (SNES)
 * Royal Raceway (N64)
 * Cheese Land (GBA)
 * Wario Colleseum (GCN)
 * Bowser's Castle (DS)
 * Moonview Highway (Wii)