Most deployable items in a Mario Kart videogame

The cut and thrust of a round of Mario Kart involves picking up items that either hamper those you are racing against or enhance your progress. Mushrooms, for example, give players a temporary speed-boost, while Red Shells home in on the kart directly in front of you, causing them to crash. But there are two items in the Mario Kart series that have no effect while you race: Coins and, in Mario Kart 8’s Zelda-themed Hyrule Circuit, Rupees, which are the Legend of Zelda franchise’s equivalent of coins. So as far as deployable items are concerned, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Wii jointly hold the record, with 20.

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