I love you all to death (Just so I can smash bros with you) (SSBWiiU/3DS)

[Kriven]

Ideas I've had for Super Smash Kart:

Vehicle types:

Karts (Mario Kart)
Dashers (Mario Kart)
ATVs (Mario Kart)
Bikes (Excitebike)
Jetpacks (Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast)
ARMs (Kirby's Air Ride)

Each character has at least one unique vehicle, some have more. Instead of adapting the existing Smash Bros. roster, this roster is decided from the ground up based on characters that better fit in a racing game. I've chosen one representative from every racing game I can think of. I've limited myself to fifty unique racers with no cap on palette-swap characters.

Characters:

1. Mario – Super Mario Kart
2. Luigi – Mario Kart 64
3. Bowser – Mario Kart: Super Circuit
4. Peach – Mario Kart: Double Dash
5. Yoshi – Mario Kart DS
6. Wario – Mario Kart 7
7. Toad – Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
8. Waluigi – Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
9. Rosalina – Mario Kart 8
10. Koopa Troopa – Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium
11. Donkey Kong – Mario Kart Arcade GP
12. Diddy Kong – Mario Kart Wii
13. Dixie Kong – Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast
14. Timber – Diddy Kong Racing
15. Ricky Stern – Excitebike 64
16. Mach Rider – Mach Rider
17. Kirby – Kirby's Air Ride
18. Ryota Hayami – Wave Race
19. Ayumi Stewart – Wave Race 64
20. David Mariner – Wave Race: Blue Storm
21. Kensuki Kimachi – 1080 Snowboarding
22. Akari Hayami – 1080 Avalanche
23. Captain Falcon – F-Zero
24. Samurai Goroh – F-Zero X
25. Pico – F-Zero AX
26. Jody Summer – F-Zero GX
27. Megan – F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
28. Rick Wheeler – F-Zero GP Legend
29. Clank Hughes – F-Zero Climax
30. Samus Aran - Metroid
31. Zero Suit Samus – Metroid
32. Todd Snap – Pokemon
33. Pikachu – Pokemon
34. Lucario – Pokemon
35. Olimar – Pikmin
36. Fox McCloud – StarFox
37. Falco Lombardi – StarFox
38. Link – The Legend of Zelda
39. Zelda – The Legend of Zelda
40. Ganondorf – The Legend of Zelda
41. ROB – NES Accessory (and Mario Kart DS)
42. Ike – Fire Emblem
43. Marth – Fire Emblem
44. Ness – Earthbound
45. Pit – Kid Icarus
46. Nana – Ice Climber
47. Popo – Ice Climber
48. King Dedede – Kirby's Air Ride
49. Metaknight – Kirby's Air Ride
50. Mii – Miiverse

Some characters have alternate costumes. These costumes don't have any change to their stats, and some are forced for some vehicles (Peach and Rosalina's are forced, for example. Though they can be chosen for use in other vehicles). Asterisks imply a forced outfit.

Mario – Dr. Mario (Dr. Mario)
Luigi – Kitsune Suit (Super Mario 3D Land)
Toad – Propeller Toad (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Peach - Biker Peach (Mario Kart Wii) *
Bowser – Dry Bowser (New Super Mario Bros.)
Koopa Troopa – Shades (Paper Mario)
Rosalina - Biker Rosalina (Mario Kart Wii) *
Wario – MicroManager Wario (WarioWare)
Akari Hayami – Beach Wear (Wave Race: Blue Storm)
Lucario – Mega Lucario (Pokemon X and Y)
Link – Hero of Time (Ocarina of Time)
Zelda – Sheik (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) *
Zelda – Princess of Time (Ocarina of Time)
Zelda – Sheik 64 (Ocarina of Time) *
Ganondorf – Wizard of Time (Ocarina of Time)
Ike – Hero (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn)
Marth – OA Marth (Official Art)
Ness – Pajamas (Earthbound)
Metaknight – Maskless (Kirby's Adventure)

Palette-Swap Characters

Palette-swap characters have their own slots on the character select screen and have different stats (and sometimes karts, which are usually also palette-swaps) than their base character. They are simple retextures or recolors and are much less resource intensive to make, so they are simply in addition to the existing characters. These characters have no unique animations (save for victory animations), but may have unique voices. Asterisk imply that the respective costumes of their bass character can be used here as well.

1. Red Yoshi – Yoshi
2. Blue Yoshi – Yoshi
3. Yellow Yoshi – Yoshi
4. Light Blue Yoshi – Yoshi
5. Purple Yoshi – Yoshsi
6. Pink Yoshi – Yoshi
7. Brown Yoshi – Yoshi
8. Orange Yoshi – Yoshi
9. Black Yoshi – Yoshi
10. White Yoshi – Yoshi
11. Gray Yoshi – Yoshi
12. Magenta Yoshi – Yoshi
13. Red Koopa Troopa – Koopa Troopa
14. Blue Koopa Troopa – Koopa Troopa
15. Yellow Koopa Troopa – Koopa Troopa
16. Purple Koopa Troopa – Koopa Troopa (reference to Shellcreeper)
17. Black Koopa Troopa – Koopa Troopa (reference to Bombshell Koopa)
18. Pink Koopa Troopa – Koopa Troopa (reference to numerous female Koopas)
19. Dark Koopa – Koopa Troopa Shades Costume
20. Metal Mario – Mario
21. Gold Mario - Mario
22. Pink Gold Peach – Peach *
23. Red Toad – Toad
24. Blue Toad – Toad *
25. Green Toad – Toad (derived from Wario's Woods)
26. Pink Toad – Toad
27. Yellow Toad – Toad *
28. Purple Toad – Toad
29. Shiny Pikachu - Pikachu
30. Shiny Lucario – Lucario *
31. Dark Link – Link
32. SA-X – Samus
33. Pittoo – Pit
34. Shadow Kirby – Kirby
35. Keeby – Kirby
36. Red Kirby
37. Green Kirby

Vehicles:

Each character has access to a standard vehicle for every vehicle type. These standard vehicles are the starting vehicles and always reflect the character's signature colors. Later on more unique vehicles can be unlocked, which can be driven in their default colors or the character's signature colors (with all insignias changed). Not every character has a unique vehicle, but there are fifty vehicles to go around.


1. Mario – Red Fire (Dasher)
2. Luigi – Poltergust 4000 (Kart)
3. Bowser – Koopa King (Dasher)
4. Peach – Mach Bike (Bike)
5. Yoshi – Egg 1 (Kart)
6. Wario – Wario Car (Dasher)
7. Toad – Mushmellow (Kart)
8. Koopa Troopa – Koopa Dasher (Dasher)
9. Donkey Kong – DK Jumbo (Dasher)
10. Diddy Kong – Rambi Rider (Kart)
11. Dixie Kong – Rocket Barrel (Jetpack)
12. Timber – Monster Kart (Kart)
13. Ricky Stern – Excitebike (Bike)
14. Mach Rider – Machcycle (Bike)
15. Kirby – Warp Star (ARM)
16. Ryota Hayami – Landski (Bike)
17. Kensuki Kimachi – Hoverboard (ARM)
18. Captain Falcon – Blue Falcon (Dasher)
19. Samurai Goroh – Fire Stingray (Dasher)
20. Pico – Wild Goose (Dasher)
21. Jody Summer – White Cat (Dasher)
22. Megan – Hot Violet (Kart)
23. Rick Wheeler – Dragon Bird (Kart)
24. Samus Aran – Gunship (Dasher)
25. Todd Snap – ZERO-ONE (Kart)
26. Olimar – Mini-Dolphin (Dasher)
27. Fox McCloud – Landmaster (Dasher)
28. Falco Lombardi – Arwing (Dasher)
29. Link – Spinner (ARM)
30. Zelda – TurbEpona (Bike)
31. Ganondorf – Dradongo (ATV)
32. ROB – ROB-BLS (Kart)
33. Ike – Wyvrider (ATV)
34. Marth – Pegabike (Bike)
35. Ness – Anduner (ATV)
36. Popo – Glacier (Dasher)
37. King Dedede – Wheelie Bike (Bike)
38. Metaknight – Shadow Star (ARM)
39. Dolphin Dasher (Bike)
40. Gold Kart (Dasher)
41. Hurricane (Kart)
42. Shooting Star (Bike)
43. Ultra-Barrel (Jetpack)
44. Minecart (Kart)
45. Dragoon (ARM)
46. Turbo Star (ARM)
47. FLUDD (Jetpack)
48. Exciterider (ATV)
49. Excitefrog (ATV)
50. Rocketpack (Jetpack)

Every character can use every vehicle, weightclass regardless. Vehicles which are lighter than the character they're hauling will have a speed and acceleration penalty, but usually greater handling and drift.

To differentiate this game from the Mario Kart series, there are a few changes to the general mechanics. The percentage rate is borrowed from the Smash franchise. Each time you bump an object or get hit by an item the percent goes up. Like in Smash, a higher percent means more knock-back, making it easy for opponents to blast you off the course (it also means items will spin you out for a longer period of time). This rewards good drivers and punishes reckless ones.

I haven't thought about items or tracks... I know there will be some “Legacy” cups dedicated to tracks from other racing games (namely Mario Kart and F-Zero).