History VideoGame / MarioKart7

** [[SlippySlideyIceWorld DK Pass]] (''DS'')

If you're looking for tropes for the GameMod [=CTGP=]-7 (which uses this game as a base), [[VideoGame/CTGP7 here is is]].

* Shifting Sand Land: Shy Guy Bazaar is the ArabianNightsDays version while N64 Kalimari Desert is TheWildWest equivalent.

* LuckBasedMission: Getting three stars on any Grand Prix Mode requires you to -- at the ''very least'' -- win every race, finish every race with ten coins, and lead for more than half of the second and third laps. Anyone who knows anything about the 150cc and Mirror modes in this series is probably going to immediately realize just how difficult this is going to be; a perfect race with the player in 1st can easily end in tears before the finish line if an NPC fires a blue shell, and/or several of them get red shells and barrage you. Especially frustrating is if this happens on the last lap of the fourth and final race.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If, when starting the race, Lakitu is wearing a snorkel mask and his cloud is wearing goggles, that's a way of telling you that you will have a significant amount of underwater driving. He does this on Piranha Plant Slide, Wario Shipyard, Rosalina's Ice World, N64 Koopa Beach, GCN Daisy Cruiser, and Wii Koopa Cape. Interestingly, he does not do this on Bowser's Castle even though that track has an underwater segment.

[[caption-width-right:350:All new ways to drive. All new ways to customize. Same old Mario Kart skills on the go.]]

* SpringySpores: Mushroom Gorge from VideoGame/MarioKartWii returns, featuring bouncy mushrooms that racers use to cross gaps. This game's incarnations of Mario Circuit and Rainbow Road also have one apiece.

'''Note for Editors:''' This is about tropes in the vanilla game - Tropes regarding the GameMod [=CTGP=]-7 go [[VideoGame/CTGP7 here]].

* Light and Cruiser characters are this for nervous annd powerful characters respectively: their goods and flaws are more moderate than feather and heavy characters, but the former are middle-sized and the latter are large-sized.

* GlassCannon:
** The Soda Jet offers the second-to-best top speed and acceleration with the best drift, but is extremely light and endures off-road more than the [[MightyGlacier Bruiser]]. Take a feather or lightweight with Slick tires[[note]]they give the best top speed, but an average weight and nothing for off-road[[/note]] and the glider you want[[note]]they only give moderate goods or flaws[[/note]] and you theorically become this.
** B Dasher is heavier than Soda Jet and has the best top speed in the game, but can be considered this because it is as vulnerable to off-road, which is the {{Mighty Glacier}}s' privilege in this game. It is also slower to start and gives an average drift couple with a lame mini-turbo. Like the previous example, take a feather or light character with Slick tires and your favorite glider to become this.

** Concerning characters, the game distinguishes feather (Toad, Koopa, Shy Guy and Lakitu) and light characters (Peach, Yoshi and Daisy): both have the best handling and top speed ''underwater'' and while the latter have a better weight and land top speed than the former, they are worse everywhere else.

** While there are standard combos for kart bodies, tires and gliders, any character can approach this trope: a heavy character with a light combo (or the perfect opposite) can become a balanced character to some degree.

** A distinction is applied between Cruiser characters (Donkey Kong, Rosalina and Wiggler) and Heavy characters (Bowser, Wario, Honey Queen and Metal Mario): the former share some flaws of the latter like a weaker turbo and drift and their advantages like weight and top speed aren't as strong, but some flaws like the weak acceleration aren't as problematic and they also benefit middleweights' off-road.

* GlacieWaif:

* Palmtree Panic:

%%* {{Arcadia}}: Daisy Hills.

* UnderTheSea: Wii Koopa Cape, Cheep Cheep Lagoon

* PinballZone: Waluigi Pinball, returning from ''Mario Kart DS''.

** New Rainbow Road uses the chorus from N64 Rainbow Road.

* ArabianNightsDays: The Shy Guy Bazaar is a nocturnal racetrack with Arabian architecture and soundtrack. Likely a MythologyGag to Sky Guys' origin game, the Arabian-themed ''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic''.

* ArabianNightsDays: The Shy Guy Bazaar is a nocturnal racetrack with Arabian architecture and soundtrack.

'''Note for Editors:''' This is about tropes in the vanilla game - Tropes regarding the GameMod [=CTGP=]-7 go [[VideoGame/CustomTrackGrandPrix7 here]].

Note For Editors: This is about tropes in the Vanilla Game - Tropes in [=CTGP=]-7 go [[VideoGame/CustomTrackGrandPrix7 here]].

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Note For Editors: This is the tropes in the Vanilla Game - Tropes in [=CTGP=]-7 go [[VideoGame/CustomTrackGrandPrix7 here]].

Note For Editors: This is the tropes in the Vanilla Game - Tropes in [=CTGP=]-7 go [[CustomTrackGrandPrix7 here]].

Note For Editors: This is the tropes in the Vanilla Game - Tropes in [=CTGP=]-7 go [[CustomTrackGrandPrix7 here]]