Additionally, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, more Battle Mode courses can be unlocked. In Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii, this mode unlocked karts/ bikes, Mirror Mode, some new cups, and extra racers.

Winning in this mode in Super Circuit unlocked the Extra Tracks. For Mario Kart 64, this mode unlocked the ' Extra' engine class. For Super Mario Kart, this mode unlocked a now-standard engine class and the now-standard Special Cup. In every Mario Kart game released so far, winning in this mode is the primary method of unlocking hidden content. In the first 3 games, if the player did not rank 4th or higher, they lost a life and had to redo the track. The racer who has the most points after the final track is the winner. Races take place on 4 different tracks in 1 of 4 cups (1 in 8 cups in Mario Kart DS and onward) and racers compete to get the most points. In this mode, the player(s) race against seven other computer-controlled racers (or 11, depending on the game). (Players can choose any 4-32 tracks they wish after 4-32 tracks, all points are tallied Grand Prix style and trophies are awarded.) In Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, four players can play Grand Prix. In Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Kart 7, the Grand Prix is for single player mode only. In Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 (as well as 3-4 players in Co-op mode for Mario Kart: Double Dash!!), Grand Prix was open to two screens. The Grand Prix (known in earlier games as Mario GP), also colloquially referred to as Championship, 'Story Mode', or Tournament is the main single-player mode in the Mario Kart series. Toad and others doing a Grand Prix in Toad's Factory.

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