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.
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.