Mario Kart world should bring back one of the best items
Blog Andrew Joseph 06 Jun , 2025 0

Mario Kart World Sports Lots of Items Combined with new inclusions like the golden shell, classics and more Blue shelland even some items like feathers have been there for a long time. Perhaps because it's so varied, I can't help but notice that one of my favorite items I've always had is not found: the fake item box.
The fake project box debuted at Mario Kart 64 and continued into Double Dash, Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii. Like it says on tin, this is the porous gunman of a normal item box, but it will knock you down like a shell. The fake box looks quite different enough from the normal one you can find – the question marks are reversed and sometimes slightly different. But the difference is subtle. You may easily miss this difference when you rush through the track and get caught.
This gives the forged item box a high-skill ceiling, whether for deployment or avoiding it. Item boxes are a precious item in Mario Karts, so your intuition is to work hard directly when you see it. In this otherwise noisy kart racer, deploying fake project boxes is a layer of mind game that challenges you to carefully place it in a blind corner or hide in a legal item box. It offers a relatively low banana that provides sneaky defensive options for those who lead the backpack. Again, avoid it requires you to stay on your toes. You may notice that the standard project box looks a bit wrong, and only notices a fake box hidden behind it when you pass.
The Mario Kart world adds another permanent power, similar to the project box, and its temptation to the player is also tempting: Dash Food, represented by a golden glowing bag lunch. Not only do these delicious snacks increase speed, but they also unlock new outfits for many racers. If Nintendo chooses to bring back the fake project box, it can also make fake dash food that will allow you to spread explosive snacks around the competition class.
But, it's a pity, isn't it? Fake project boxes are missing in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8 and even Mobile Mario Kart Tour. It seems Nintendo has moved on from the subtle scam of Mario Kart to a project that is more widely understood. But hopefully one day the pretend box will return. After all, it has been three years since Mario Kart Games gave us feathers.