The Feather is an Item that made its first appearance in the first Mario Kart game, Super Mario Kart. After a 25-year absence, it made a suprising reappearance in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's improved Battle Mode. The item give the user a small boost into the air allowing them to take advantage of various shortcuts.
Uses[]
Super Mario Kart[]
The Feather's Item Box sprite, as it appears in Super Mario Kart.
Feathers make their first appearance in the Mario Kart series, starting with Super Mario Kart. Here, the Feathers, like every other item, are obtained from the ? Panels on every race course except for the Mario Circuit and Donut Plains tracks.
The Feather, upon its use, propels the user into the air and allows them to Spin Jump over items and skip portions of a track.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[]
The Feather returns as an item in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, where it can only be used in the Battle Mode. Upon use, the player's character performs a Trick that allows them to jump over obstacles, cancel their glide, and gain extra height from their initial Tricks, but the player doesn't gain extra height while airborne.
When the user collides with an opponent while using the Feather or landing, they will either steal a balloon in Balloon Battle, three Coins in Coin Runners, and the Shine Sprite in Shine Thief.
A Feather also appears as the emblem of the Feather Cup for the fifth wave of the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Kart Tour[]
Feathers return in this game, with the only difference being altered animations and no longer stealing destroyed ballons.
Mario Kart World[]
The Feather returns in this game, with a new animation, high jump angle, and a return to appearing in regular races.
Trivia![]
- The Feather was going to make another entry in Mario Kart 64, but it was deemed useless and thus the idea was scrapped.
- However, the code is partially still within the game.
- The item roulette icon for it appeared several times on screenshots of the Super Mario Kart R build shown at Shoshinkai '95 (look in the gallery.)
- This same icon was found in its original quality in the July 25th, 2020 iQue leak.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Feather is the first Battle Mode-exclusive item.
Gallery[]
| Regular Items | Banana • Green Shell • Red Shell • Mushroom • Lightning • Starman • Feather • Coin • Boo |
|---|---|
| CPU-only Items | Poison Mushroom • Yoshi Egg • Fireball |
| Banana • Triple Bananas • Green Shell • Triple Green Shell • Red Shell • Triple Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Bob-omb • Mushroom • Triple Mushroom • Golden Mushroom • Bullet Bill • Blooper • Lightning • Starman • Fire Flower • Boomerang Flower • Potted Piranha Plant • Super Horn • Crazy 8 • Coin • Feather*/** • Boo* | ||||
| * - Exclusive to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. • ** - Only available in Battle Mode. | ||||
| Regular Items | Banana • Green Shell • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Bob-omb • Mushroom • Bullet Bill • Blooper • Lightning • Starman** • Mega Mushroom • Super Horn • Coin • Feather*** |
|---|---|
| Special Items | Boomerang Flower • Bubble* • Triple Green Shells • Double Bob-ombs* • Dash Ring* • Giant Banana • Heart • Fire Flower • Yoshi's Egg • Triple Mushrooms • Ice Flower* • Giga Bob-omb* • Bowser Shell • Banana Barrel* • Lucky Seven • Bob-omb Cannon* • Birdo's Egg • Hammer* • Mushroom Cannon* • Triple Bananas • Coin Box* • Super Bell* • Super Leaf • Capsule* |
| * - New to the series. • ** - Exclusive as an Item in some Challenges and in Multiplayer. • *** - Only available in Battle Mode. | |