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Mario Kart DS
Cheats for Nintendo DS
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Effect: |
getting 1,2, or 3
stars over your head
when racing online |
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When:
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during the game |
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How:
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complete the grand
prix on all modes
with at least 1 star
rating on each, and
you will get a star
over your head, get
at least 2 stars and
you get 2 stars over
your head, and so on |
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Submitted By:
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Rozza |
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Effect: |
Unlock Star Cup |
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When:
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Nitro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Win gold trophies in
Mushroom &
Flower Cup. (Note,
you must unlock Star
Cup in each cc
class, so if you
unlock in it 50cc,
you will have to
unlock it seperately
in 100cc). |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock Special Cup |
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When:
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Nitro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Win a gold trophy in
Star Cup. (Note, you
must unlock Star Cup
in each cc class, so
if you unlock in it
50cc, you will have
to unlock it
seperately in
100cc). |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock Leaf Cup |
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When:
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Retro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Win gold trophies in
Shell & Banana
Cup. (Note, you must
unlock Star Cup in
each cc class, so if
you unlock in it
50cc, you will have
to unlock it
seperately in
100cc). |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock Lightning Cup |
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When:
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Retro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Win a gold trophy in
Leaf Cup. (Note, you
must unlock Star Cup
in each cc class, so
if you unlock in it
50cc, you will have
to unlock it
seperately in
100cc). |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock Dry Bones as
a racer |
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When:
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Nitro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Nitro Grand Prix cup
on the 50cc class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock Daisy as a
racer |
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When:
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Retro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Retro Grand Prix cup
on the 50cc class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock a third kart
for every character |
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When:
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Nitro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Nitro Grand Prix cup
on the 100cc class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock Waluigi as a
racer |
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When:
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Retro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Retro Grand Prix cup
on the 100cc class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock seven karts
for every character |
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When:
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Nitro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Nitro Grand Prix cup
on the 150cc class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock the 150cc
Mirror class |
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When:
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Retro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Retro Grand Prix cup
on the 150cc class |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock R.O.B as a
racer |
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When:
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Nitro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Nitro Grand Prix cup
on the 150cc Mirror
class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock every kart
for each racer |
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When:
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Retro Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold in every
Retro Grand Prix cup
on the 150cc Mirror
class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Different title
screen |
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When:
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Nitro & Retro
Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a gold on every
Nitro & Retro
Grand Prix cup on
every single class. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Start Line Turbo
Boost |
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When:
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At the start of a
race |
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How:
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Just as the number
'2' is fading at the
start of a race, hit
the accelerator for
a turbo boost to
start you off. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Power Slide Turbo
Boost |
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When:
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While Power Sliding |
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How:
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Press and hold R to
hop into a power
slide. If you are
turning left, go
from pressing left
on the D-pad to
right (and vice
versa if turning
right). A blue
'fire' will appear
at the bottom of
your kart. Do it
again, and the fire
will turn red. When
it's red, let go of
R to get a turbo
boost. Mastering
this technique is
near essential in
Mario Kart DS. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Slipstream Turbo
Boost |
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When:
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During a race,
tailing an opponent |
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How:
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When you are tailing
an opponent, if you
are directly behing
them, small blue
'speed streaks'
appear on the
screen. Stick behind
an opponent for long
enough and you'll
get a turbo boost
accomponied by a
blue 'sheild' of
these 'speed
streaks' to help you
bash opponents out
of your way. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Lakitu Turbo Boost |
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When:
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When being fished
back onto the track
by Lakitu |
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How:
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When Lakitu drops
you, just as you hit
the ground, hit
accelerate for a
boost. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Unlock Mission 7 in
Missions mode |
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When:
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Missions mode |
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How:
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Win each level (1
through 6) with an
average rank of one
star. Your average
rank for each level
can be seen on the
level select screen,
below each level
name. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Avoid fake item
boxes |
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When:
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During a race |
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How:
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You can tell which
item boxes are fake
and which are real
quite easily. If you
look at fake item
boxes they won't be
spinning, while as
real ones do spin
slowly.
Alternatively, look
at the map (bottom
screen); fake item
boxes show up red. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Shortcut |
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When:
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Delfino Square
(Flower Cup, Nitro
Grand Prix) |
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How:
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If you have a
mushroom, just as
you leave the narrow
lanes, and before
you head over the
bridge, turn left
and use you boost
over the mud where
the two trees are. A
small ramp will
launch you over the
river and onto a
pier on the other
side, cutting a
sizeable corner. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Shortcut |
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When:
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Sky Garden
(Lightning Cup,
Retro Grand Prix) |
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How:
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Just after the
hairpin, and a
little before you
come to the second
green bridge, you
should be able to
see a 'path' made up
of a cloud infront
of you. You can use
a mushroom / star to
quickly get over
this cloud and cut a
corner. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Shortcut |
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When:
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Cheep Cheep Beach
(Mushroom Cup, Nitro
Grand Prix) |
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How:
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Just after the
second jump, you'll
see a sign ahead of
you to turn right.
If you have a
mushroom or two you
can simply veer
right of the sign
and boost through
the shallow water to
cut a substantial
corner. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Shortcut |
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When:
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Desert Hills (Flower
Cup, Nitro Grand
Prix) |
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How:
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After the initial
right turn, you can
see a pyramid
infront of you.
Instead of following
the track, with a
mushroom / star you
can go to the left
of the pyramid to
cut the corner. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Causes opponents to
take a longer route |
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When:
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Bowser Castle
(Special Cup, Nitro
Grand Prix) |
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How:
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At the rotating
pipe, use any items
you can drop such as
bananas, fake item
boxes or shells. Any
opponents falling
off here will have
to take a longer
route to the moving
blocks section.
Additionally, if you
get an item such as
the star or bullet
bill than can harm
opponents, save it
for this point. Even
lightning and
bloopers can cause
enemies to fall off,
or you try and hit
them with shells.
Just try anything
here to knock
opponents,
especially those who
generally finish in
high positions, off
the pipe. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Extra Mushrooms |
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When:
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Time Trial Mode
(Character
Selection) |
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How:
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When in Time Trial
mode, if you choose
a kart with a low
'Items' attribute,
you'll get only one
mushroom for the
race. A medium value
for 'items' will get
you two, whereas a
full bar for 'Items'
will net you three. |
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Submitted By:
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Sibs |
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Effect: |
Blue Shell Block
(block the blue
shells) |
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When:
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during the game |
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How:
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First place racers
can shoot a bomb
backwards just
before a blue shell
hits to stop it from
scoring a hit.
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Submitted By:
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schummi |
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Effect: |
Burst Start (quick
start) |
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When:
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during the start of
the race |
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How:
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Hold A just after
the two begins to
disappear for an
advantageous start. |
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Submitted By:
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schummi |
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Effect: |
Free mushrooms |
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When:
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during the game
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How:
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On Mario Circuit in
the Nitro GP, if you
hit a goomba with a
shell, a mushroom
will pop out. If you
run over the
mushroom, you get a
boost equivelant to
using a mushroom
obtained by an item
box.
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Submitted By:
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schummi |
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Effect: |
short cut for
Luigi's Mansion
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When:
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during the game |
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How:
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When you exit the
mansion make a sharp
turn to the left and
go over the grass
while using a
mushroom. Watch out
for the tree! |
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Submitted By:
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schummi |
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Effect: |
short cut for Desert
Hills 2
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When:
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during the game |
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How:
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At the end of the
level there are some
hairpin turns.
Instead of following
the road use a
mushroom to jump
over the hills. If
you have 2
mushrooms, use them
both to get a
maximum boost. A
good way to gain
time if you have 2
mushrooms.
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Submitted By:
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schummi |
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Effect: |
short cut for
Delfine Square 1
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When:
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during the game |
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How:
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When you exit the
smalls street of the
city you enter the
docks.At the end of
the last house in
the city go left and
go on the
pier. There is a
small ramp before
the mud, use a
mushroom toget
enough speed to jump
over the water and
land on the other
at the other side of
the water. This can
be done without a
mushroom, but you
have to do 150cc for
it and you have to
be either really
good or extremly
luky. Try to hit the
ramp befor
you drive over the
mud so you don't
loose any speed,
it's hard to
do it this way, so
just use a
mushroom.
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Submitted By:
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schummi |
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Effect: |
short cut for
Delfino Square 2
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When:
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during the game |
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How:
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At the end of the
docks there should
be two crates before
a long corner to the
right. After the two
crates, go directly
to the right and
there is a
passageway. Use a
mushroom to get over
the mud quickly.
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Submitted By:
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schummi |
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Effect: |
Finish all classes
with gold trophies
on all cups
(including mirror
mode) |
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When:
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Grand Prix |
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How:
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Alternate Ending
Screen |
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Ninja_Reborn |
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Effect: |
Have three stars
next to your name on
wifi. |
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When:
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Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a three star
rating on all prixs. |
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Submitted By:
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Ninja_Reborn |
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Effect: |
Have two stars next
to your name on
wifi. |
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When:
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Grand Prix |
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How:
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Get a two star
rating on all prixs. |
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Submitted By:
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Ninja_Reborn |
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Effect: |
Starred nickname |
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When:
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Grand Prix |
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How:
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Beat all cups in all
modes with 1-star
rating or better |
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Submitted By:
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Ninja_Reborn |
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Effect: |
Turbo Boost at Start
of Race |
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When:
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All racing modes |
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How:
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To get a turbo boost
at the start of a
race, do not hold
the acceleration
button down prior to
the race starting.
Wait until just
after the number 2
in the countdown
disappears, then
hold A. If done
right, you will
receive a turbo
boost as soon as the
race starts. |
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Submitted By:
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Ninja_Reborn |
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Effect: |
Cheep Cheep Beach |
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When:
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Time Trial mode |
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How:
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1:43:654 |
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Submitted By:
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Ninja_Reborn |
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Effect: |
Delfino Plaza |
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When:
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Time Trial mode |
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How:
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1:54:601 |
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Submitted By:
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Ninja_Reborn |
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