An in-depth analysis by competitive Mario Kart player Wadsm has shed light on how items are distributed in Mario Kart World.

After analyzing hours of gameplay footage, Wadsm has come to the conclusion that items in Mario Kart World are distributed based on a position-based system, a system used in games up till Mario Kart Wii. This means that items are distributed based on the player’s position in the race. As for games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart 7, they use a distance-based system – the further the player is from first place, the better the items they get.

It also seems that players in Mario Kart World can get more powerful items in general. For instance, a player in 5th place in Mario Kart World gets items that are as powerful as what a player in 10th place gets in Mario Kart Wii.

There have been cases where players in second place can get a mushroom, something that isn’t possible in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and players getting Triple Mushrooms in 4th place and Golden Mushrooms in 10th place. Keep in mind that the number of racers in Mario Kart World is double of Mario Kart Wii.

Some items also seem to be more common than others, like the Hammer, while others like the Star, Coin Block and Ice Flower are rare pulls.

Players will have to take note of some caveats as well – some items are outside of the distribution pool in the first 20 – 30 seconds of a race. In Knockout Tour, the items you can pull are adjusted throughout the race to account for the players that get kicked out over time, and some items are also taken out of the distribution pool when there are four to eight players left.

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