Tanooki

As well as new ones, like secret suits (Tanooki, anyone?) and power-ups (mmm magic whistles).

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Mario Kart 7 adds a few little twists: new power-ups, including the competitor-swiping Tanooki tail; the ability to glide for short distances, and continue driving underwater; as well as the capacity to customise each kart.

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Ahh Tanooki Mario … The only reason to go to lvl 5.

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Funny thing is that the Tanooki (sp?) suit actually made sense.

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But replacing the Cape from Super Mario World and the Tanooki Suit from SMB3 are three new power-ups.

How I Love Thee My Mario... Carlo Artieri 2006

Making it through to each level's finishing flag generally isn't too difficult, and if you do have trouble the game eventually offers up an invincible Tanooki suit, which will protect Mario from everything save falls into bottomless chasms.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011

Players will need to deftly hop over giant swaying and rotating shapes, tinkle across oversized piano keys, take brief detours up into coin-filled clouds, and don power-enabling costumes like Mario's famous Tanooki suit a racoon outfit the tail of which lets him float a little longer in the air - potentially all in the same two-minute level.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011

The Tanooki Suit, in this game, doesn't let you actually fly.

Wired Top Stories Chris Kohler 2011

Players will need to deftly hop over giant swaying and rotating shapes, tinkle across oversized piano keys, take brief detours up into coin-filled clouds, and don power-enabling costumes like Mario's famous Tanooki suit a racoon outfit the tail of which lets him float a little longer in the air - potentially all in the same two-minute level.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011

Making it through to each level's finishing flag generally isn't too difficult, and if you do have trouble the game eventually offers up an invincible Tanooki suit, which will protect Mario from everything save falls into bottomless chasms.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Chad Sapieha 2011