Anti-gravity

Anti-gravity, also written as antigravity, is a mechanic exclusive to Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe race courses. When drivers are in anti-gravity mode, they slightly hover above the ground and can drive on walls and upside-down, and their tires turn sideways and glow blue; certain vehicles have blue glows and lights in other places, including the engine in some cases. Some vehicles will also change shape in anti-gravity mode, such as the Koopa Clown activating a pair of propellers and the Streetle’s wings opening. While in anti-gravity mode, drivers can receive Spin Boosts by bumping into other drivers or Spin Boost Pillars.

Characters and vehicle parts have different top speed and handling stats in anti-gravity mode, which are not shown by the game. When in anti-gravity mode, the anti-gravity stats are used, regardless of whether or not the anti-gravity segment takes place underwater (such as in Twisted Mansion). However, even when anti-gravity is active, the vehicles' top speed and traction are still affected by off-road terrain and slippery surfaces.

Most courses featuring anti-gravity have designated sections in which it is activated that start with Antigravity Panels, though there are some courses set entirely in anti-gravity with all drivers already in anti-gravity mode at the start. Wild Woods uniquely starts in an anti-gravity section with all drivers already in anti-gravity mode but is not entirely set in anti-gravity. The first time a driver enters an anti-gravity section, they will audibly react to this, usually saying something related to the activation of anti-gravity mode.

In the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass , half-pipes take the appearance of Antigravity Panels and cause drivers who jump off of them to be in anti-gravity mode until they land (though they will still remain in anti-gravity mode afterward if they land in an anti-gravity section).

Every new course in the games except Excitebike Arena, Animal Crossing, Super Bell Subway, and Yoshi's Island features anti-gravity (though Squeaky Clean Sprint only features anti-gravity from its half-pipe), with Mute City, Big Blue, and Sky-High Sundae entirely taking place in anti-gravity. Additionally, 27 classic courses feature anti-gravity (7 from the Mario Kart 8 base game, 5 from its DLC, and 15 from the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass):

Additionally, in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the battle courses Battle Stadium and Lunar Colony feature anti-gravity, with the latter being set entirely in anti-gravity.

In Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit , the Koopa Clowns used by Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings are permanently set in anti-gravity mode during races.

Anti-gravity does not return in Mario Kart Tour . The feature is not inherently present in Mario Kart World , though:

• Wall-riding mechanics are present which are comparable to anti-gravity.
• Some courses are designed with steep angles, albeit still with the direction of gravity always pointing downwards.
• Rainbow Road uniquely features sections that go perpendicular or upside-down compared to the rest of the course. In these sections, the camera angle and direction of gravity are always normal to the road surface, though kart physics are otherwise unchanged from normal.

In Super Mario Maker , the Kart Mario costume uses antigravity mode whenever it jumps.

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie , a kart is shown having its anti-gravity feature tested before the main characters and the Kong army travel down Rainbow Road. Rainbow Road has a number of inversions, and Bowser's army jumps onto Rainbow Road in pursuit of the heroes, meaning there is an action sequence which calls for a number of characters to have their kart or bike use antigravity mode to proceed. There are no Antigravity Panels in the movie, so karts enter antigravity mode without using them. The karts and bikes that Bowser's army uses have red glows instead of blue when using anti-gravity.

Just after Mario's kart reaches the first 90 degree rotation in the first of a series of corkscrews, the kart emits a light siren before entering anti-gravity mode on its own. A Koopa Troopa's bike is seen in anti-gravity mode alongside two karts driven by Koopa Troopas that are not in anti-gravity mode on a non-inverted part of Rainbow Road. Princess Peach uses a touchscreen on her bike's dashboard to manually exit anti-gravity mode, allowing her to drop from an inverted portion of Rainbow Road in order to rescue Toad from a fall. When in antigravity mode, the touchscreen has a concentric circle pattern, which shrinks and disappears after Peach presses it. After leaving Rainbow Road, Peach uses her bike's anti-gravity mode to hover across a body of water in the Mushroom Kingdom, then up a steep cliff to quickly enter Toad Town.

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• While drifting in anti-gravity mode, the blue glow will change to match the corresponding level of Mini-Turbo sparks present, which means it will become orange for a Super Mini-Turbo and purple for an Ultra Mini-Turbo.
• According to Mario Kart 8 producer Hideki Konno, the anti-gravity mechanic was inspired by the portion of Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 7 set on the moon.^[1] Fittingly, this part of the course would become an anti-gravity section upon its addition in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass , and Lunar Colony also features anti-gravity on the moon.

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