Over the years, the Mario Kart series has had its fair share of spooky-themed tracks, from haunted bridges to scary forests. But many of them involve driving through haunted houses. The latest is called Twisted Mansion. The track’s environment, music, and background characters all fit the spooky aesthetic perfectly.
Stantler’s most distinctive features are its strange antlers. The shape of the antlers, and the black orbs within them, make them look like eyes. Stantler can distort reality and create illusions with these antlers by subtly changing the flow of air around them.
Toad Harbour takes place in and around a picturesque seaside town, complete with a shopping centre, a tram station, and a marina filled with sailboats. There are multiple routes to take, and racers will tear through the docks, markets, and side streets as they jockey for first place.
The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973 contained five watercolour paintings that Tolkien produced for The Hobbit, along with some hitherto unpublished pictures that he made while writing The Lord of the Rings.
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Arcanine is bigger, fluffier, and more wild-looking than Growlithe, conveying the idea that, whereas its pre-evolved form is commonly kept as a pet in the Pokémon world, Arcanine is truly a creature of the wilderness.
Mario Circuit is a twisting road suspended above a grassy canyon, carved into the shape of a Möbius strip. This is not only a unique and clever way to show off the new anti-gravity mechanic, but, as a bonus, since it looks like the number ‘8’, it also ties into the game’s numeric title very nicely.
Growlithe is a cute, hard-working little pup and it is commonly seen as a pet and police dog. But its mane-like tufts of fur and tiger-like stripes hint at more interesting inspirations.
Toad’s Turnpike is less of a racetrack and more of a busy highway. Karts probably shouldn’t drive on a public road at night, but that hasn’t stopped Mario and his pals.
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The door-opening animation ends and you find yourself in a corridor you haven’t been to before. Like most parts of the Spencer Mansion, it’s dimly lit. The fixed camera prevents you from seeing further down the shadowy hallway, so you can’t tell if something is waiting for you, just slightly out of view. You pause, your finger hovering above the control stick, and listen carefully.
Upon evolving into Gengar, this Pokémon finally stops levitating all the time. Has it finally finished forming out of gas? Or maybe it has fully transitioned from the spiritual plane to the physical one? Even if that’s the case, Gengar can still revert to a non-physical form if it wishes.