The arcade operator can set whether the camera should be used or not. On some cases, the camera cannot be used, in which the player's photography is their selected character's portrait.

Before starting a race, the player can take their photography and decorate it with twelve included features, such as a samurai helmet and a pirate suit. Then the player can choose between seven karts, five of them being unlockable. Unlike the other two Arcade GP releases, Time Trial is not present in the game. Grand Prix, National Battle, and multi-player modes are featured in the game. In earlier games, 'Time Up!' was used instead. Players who do not finish receive this message and the race results screen as usual, but the process here is one second faster than the normal process. * - Officially considered new in both Mario Kart Tour and the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass.The time limit for a race is 250 seconds, if the player takes too long or 15 seconds pass after the leader finishes, this screen is displayed.

Japanese website bio: ナムコゲームの歴史をつづる、ミュージアムのようなサーキット！直線と緩やかなカーブが多く、超ハイスピードなバトルが楽しめるぞ。 ( A museum-like circuit that tells the history of NAMCO games! There are many straight lines and gentle curves, so you can enjoy ultra-high-speed battles.).

The racers will then make a wide left around a projection of the Special Flag, then through another portal leading back to the main stadium, followed by a sharp right U-turn to the finish line. Sprites from Mappy and Galaga can be seen all around. After a soft right turn is a Dash Panel and a Glide Ramp, which launches the racers through a portal modeled after a Pac-Man arcade cabinet into a synthwave-themed area. This is followed by a sharp right leading to some Acceleration Areas that head out of the area and back into the main stadium, where several gigantic NAMCO arcade cabinets can be seen.

As the racers make a soft left turn, a Ghost appears before the player and casts a spell, causing the road to glow in a blue shade, of no consequence to the racers. After another slight left turn within the area, the racers encounter a large right U-turn with a long Acceleration Area, leading them into an entrance based off of Quox's head, entering an area based off of The Tower of Druaga, featuring various enemies from the game. A slight left follows, entering the track's Dig Dug-themed area (marked by the game's logo), where large, glowing pop-up sprites of Taizo Hori, Pooka, and Fygar can be seen, along with sprites of said characters moving across the walls on screens. After a 90 degree turn to the right, the racers will move through the first couple of Acceleration Areas, across a group of billboards depicting art and the logos for Dig-Dug, Galaxian, New Rally-X, and Mappy. Multiples of Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde can be seen cheering the racers. The track begins in an area with animated 8-bit Pac-Man murals.

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