Red Shell

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Red Shell is a homing projectile item in the Mario Kart series that automatically targets and hits the racer directly ahead of the user.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Red Shell canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mario Kart item
projectile
shell item
appearsInGame Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 7
Mario Kart 8
Mario Kart 8
surface form: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Mario Kart Tour
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
appearsInSeries Mario Kart
basedOn Koopa Shell
surface form: Koopa Troopa shell
canBeBlockedBy Banana Peel
Green Shell
Super Horn
well-timed drift or obstacle
canBeThrown backward
forward
category offensive item
color red
effect can change race position order
causes loss of speed for hit racer
spins out hit racer
firstAppearance Super Mario Kart
franchise Super Mario series
surface form: Mario franchise
gameMechanic automatically steers toward target
can hit walls and obstacles
travels along the track surface
has3DModel yes
hasFunction homing projectile
hasSpinOffAppearances yes
hasVariant Triple Red Shells
single Red Shell
iconicStatus one of the most recognizable Mario Kart items
isHeldIn item slot
obtainedFrom item box
rarity moderate
strongerThan Green Shell in targeting ability
targets opponent kart
racer directly ahead of the user
typicalUseCase attacking the racer in front to gain position
usableIn Grand Prix races
online multiplayer races
versus races
weakerThan Spiny Shell in overall threat

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mario Kart 64 notableItem Red Shell
Mario Kart signatureItem Red Shell
Crazy Eight containsItem Red Shell