Mario Kart: Switch Circuit

Mario Kart: Switch Circuit is the 10th installment in the Mario Kart series and was released for Nintendo Switch. It is the 15th game counting the Arcade games. Mario Kart: Switch Circuit now features Smart Steering, first appeared in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It features two new features. The first one is Surface Racing and the second one is Mega Drift.

Gameplay
The objective in Mario Kart: Switch Circuit is to place first in the races, as with most racing games. Each race has a total of 10 drivers. As in other Mario Kart games, players can drive through Item Boxes which contain items, which can aid the players. On the course, coins are collected to increase the vehicle's speed. If the player has no coins, the numbers in coin bar are red. The player starts the race with 5 coins, and there is a 20-coin limit. The 200cc Time Trials return, along with Mission Mode, Double Item Boxes and Ultra Mini-Turbos.

This game has five new and five retro cups, and each has four race courses. The cups with new courses are the Mushroom Cup, the Flower Cup, the Egg Cup, the Star Cup and the Special Cup. The cups with retro courses are the Shell Cup, the Banana Cup, the Leaf Cup, the Lightning Cup and the Shine Cup. If the player manages to collect a gold trophy in all 200cc cups, the background for title screen changes to a sunset. If the player manages to collect 4-star ranking for all cups including the DLC cups, the background for title screen changes to a night-time setting.

Here is the list of differences of the point spreads from previous games to Mario Kart: Switch Circuit.

Grand Prix
The game's Grand Prix mode is similar to other installments' versions. The player has to win cups against 9 computer-controlled racers. There are 3 difficulty levels at the beginning: 50cc, 75cc and 100cc. To unlock 150cc, the player has to obtain a gold trophy in any 100cc cup. To unlock Mirror, the player has to obtain gold trophies in all 150cc cups. To unlock 200cc, the player has to obtain 4-star ranking in all Mirror cups.