Mario Kart DS
Hint: Last Place Item Trick
This is a strange maneuver but worthwhile to try. When you start any given race, allow yourself to fall into last place. Then, grab an item. Because of your last place status, the game will give you an exponentially higher probability of grabbing a great item (like a Star, Bullet Bill, et cetera). Then, work your way past the last place players until you’re in third or fourth place and use your good item to make your way towards first place.
Hint – DK Pass and Yoshi Circuit
DK Pass … When you see the ice to the right of you when you’re racing, get ready. Near the end of the ice, to the left, there’s a hill with some trees. Climb up the hill with a play that goes moderatley fast over snow and grass and all that (I usually use Dry Bones with his Standard DB), and on the very tip of the hill is an item box. Even if you’re in first place, this item box will give you either 3 mushroom boosts or a star!
Yoshi Circuit … Where the hand of Yoshi is you can see that there is grass leading to a pit of water. Because of that you’ll have to drive around the ‘hand’. Well, if you have Dry Bones Stanard Kart again, you can jump across the gaps. Drive in to the grass, and press the drifting button right when you’re on the edge, and if you’ve done it right you should land on the other side of the track. Unlike the DK Pass cheat, this doesn’t work with most karts. Try to find one that works! You casn also use mushroom boosts with any kart to go through.
Hint – Snaking/Drifting
Snaking will help you win races by a long shot. To snake is basically powerslide. Mastering snaking can be tricky. To powerslide, press R button while turning either way and shifting the D-Pad left and right at a medium speed until your sparks on your Kart turn red. It usually takes only four left/right/left/right/ motions to get a powerslide, depending on your speed. Once you master the speed of how you powerslide, you can start to snake. This will mostly help you get three star ranking on your Grand Prix races. You can also use this method online, which many users do. (Including myself) To snake, powerslide a certain direction. After that, either hop or turn sharply the other way and do another powerslide. Do this for most of the race, and depending on the track, you can win it easily rather than those that do not snake. Hope this helps anyone! I’ve taught this to many friends and now they are really good at Mario Kart DS, and it’s fun to snake!
Source:ign.com
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