This game has 87 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 105 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
This game has 149 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 117 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
This game has 59 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 105 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
This game has 122 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 55 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
iOS: | (4.50) with 184,961 votes. |
Google Play: | (4.25) with 178,202 votes. |
Game has a "gold pass" that allows for extra rewards from the battle pass like structure.
https://www.mariowiki.com/Ruby#Pricing Rubies can be bought for real life money. Notice how the higher priced packs include a "bonus" amount included with the purchase.
Premium currency can be spent to buy characters and car parts that can give players a point advantage in ranked leaderboards. While the game doesn't limit how much of the premium currency you can buy, the in game shops have a limited number of items for sale, and a limited number of refreshes, every day.
In game challenge can be completed through adding friends. Completing the challenge gives the player premium currency.
The way the game is set up, the progression is very spread out
Bimonthly battle pass like thing. Limited time offers only available to buy with real money that offer items that can be necessary to do well on ranked leaderboards. https://www.mariowiki.com/Ruby#Special_offers
Different unlocks give different gameplay bonuses on different tracks. To get optimal scores the player needs to get as many unlocks as they can.
Like the other recent Mario Kart games on real consoles, this game has online multiplayer.
gacha "pipes" included the the battle pass rewards are random
"quick tickets" can be used to unlock cups early and refresh shops.