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Walkthrough #1 - Item List
1. Banana - causes any driver that hits it to slip
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
This item can be held behind your vehicle so that another item may be picked up.
2. Blooper - squirts ink on the faces (upper screen) of all drivers that are ahead of you
This item activates automatically when launched.
3. Bob-omb - explode after another driver gets too close, or else after a few seconds
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
This item can be held behind your vehicle so that another item may be picked up.
4. Boo - temporarily turns you invisible and impenetrable; may also steal another driver's item
This item activates automatically when launched.
5. Bullet Bill - temporarily turns you into an invulnerable, super-fast, giant bullet that can knock over other racers
This item activates automatically when launched.
6. Fake Item Box - knocks over any driver that hits it
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
This item can be held behind your vehicle so that another item may be picked up.
7. Golden Mushroom - over the course of several seconds, you can use an unlimited number of mushroom speed boosts
This item activates automatically when launched.
8. Green Shell - a shell that travels in a straight line and bounces off walls, etc. until it hits a driver
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
This item can be held behind your vehicle so that another item may be picked up.
9. Lightning - all opponents will lose their items, spin out, and shrink for several seconds
This item activates automatically when launched.
10. Mushroom - a quick, temporary boost in speed
This item activates automatically when launched.
11. Red Shell - a shell that seeks out the next car in front of you
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
This item can be held behind your vehicle so that another item may be picked up.
12. Spiny Shell - flies at the leading vehicle and blows it up; the blast can also knowck over any ther drivers that are too close
This item activates automatically when launched.
13. Star - Temporary invincibility with the ability to knowck over other drivers
This item activates automatically when launched.
14. Triple Banana - activate to drag a line of bananas, activate again to leave each banana behind
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
15. Triple Green Shells - three green shells spin around your kart to provide a protective shield and can be shot like normal green shells
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
16. Triple Mushroom - three mushrooms
This item activates automatically when launched.
17. Triple Red Shells - three red shells spin around your kart to provide a protective shield and can be shot like normal red shells
This item can be thrown forward or dropped behind your vehicle.
This item can be held behind your vehicle so that another item may be picked up.
Walkthrough #2 - List Of Playable Boards ("Balloon Battle" and "Shine Runners" Battle modes)
4. Not available in Single-Card Download: Block Fort (N64)
5. Not available in Single-Card Download: Palm Shore
6. Not available in Single-Card Download: Twilight House
Walkthrough #3 - Unlocking Single-Player Races & Modes (needed for other SCD-relevant unlockables)
NOTE: The following information is true for each difficulty level ("50cc", "100cc", "150cc", and "150cc Mirror")
1. Nitro Grand Prix A - Mushroom Cup
2. Nitro Grand Prix B - Flower Cup
3. Nitro Grand Prix C - Star Cup (earn a gold trophy on the Muschroom Cup AND the Star Cup)
4. Nitro Grand Prix D - Special Cup (earn a gold trophy on the Star Cup)
5. Retro Grand Prix A - Shell Cup
6. Retro Grand Prix B - Banana Cup
7. Retro Grand Prix C - Leaf Cup (earn a gold trophy on the Shell Cup AND the Banana Cup)
8. Retro Grand Prix D - Lightning Cup (earn a gold trophy on the Leaf Cup)
9. To unlock the "150cc Mirror" mode, you must do BOTH of the following...
9a. Earn gold trophies on the "150cc" Retro Grand Prix cups (Shell, Banana, Leaf, & Lightning).
9b. Earn gold trophies on the "150cc" Nitro Grand Prix cups (Mushroom, Flower, Star, & Special).
Walkthrough #4 - Driver List (with methods of unlocking them)
To unlock, earn gold trophies on the "50cc" Retro Grand Prix cups (Shell, Banana, Leaf, & Lightning).
To unlock, earn gold trophies on the "50cc" Nitro Grand Prix cups (Mushroom, Flower, Star, & Special).
To unlock, earn gold trophies on the "100cc" Retro Grand Prix cups (Shell, Banana, Leaf, & Lightning).
Way to unlock R.O.B. #1 : Earn gold trophies on the "150cc Mirror" Retro Grand Prix cups (Shell, Banana, Leaf, & Lightning).
Way to unlock R.O.B. #2 : Earn gold trophies on the "150cc Mirror" Nitro Grand Prix cups (Mushroom, Flower, Star, & Special).
Walkthrough #5 - Ways To Unlock Vehicles
1. Each character's first two vehicles will be available when the character is.
2. To unlock each character's third vehicle, earn gold trophies on the "100cc" Nitro Grand Prix cups (Mushroom, Flower, Star, & Special).<
3. To give each character 7 vehicle choices, earn gold trophies on the "150cc" Nitro Grand Prix cups (Mushroom, Flower, Star, & Special).<
4. To give each character access to all 36 vehicles, you must do BOTH of the following...
4a. Earn gold trophies on the "150cc Mirror" Retro Grand Prix cups (Shell, Banana, Leaf, & Lightning).
4b. Earn gold trophies on the "150cc Mirror" Nitro Grand Prix cups (Mushroom, Flower, Star, & Special).
Walkthrough #6 - Vehicle List
Walkthrough #7 - Vehicle Statistics
NOTE: When looking at the screen, each character's #1 listed card will be their first natural car, starting wherever on the following list it is.
NOTE: All of these values have been rounded to the nearest "0.25".
Walkthrough #8 - A List Of All Single-Player Race Tracks (Bonus!)
1. Nitro Grand Prix - Mushroom Cup - Figure-8 Circuit
2. Nitro Grand Prix - Mushroom Cup - Yoshi Falls
3. Nitro Grand Prix - Mushroom Cup - Cheep Cheep Beach
4. Nitro Grand Prix - Mushroom Cup - Luigi's Mansion
5. Nitro Grand Prix - Flower Cup - Desert Hills
6. Nitro Grand Prix - Flower Cup - Delfino Square
7. Nitro Grand Prix - Flower Cup - Waluigi Pinball
8. Nitro Grand Prix - Flower Cup - Shroom Ridge
9. Nitro Grand Prix - Star Cup - DK Pass
10. Nitro Grand Prix - Star Cup - Tick-Tock Clock
11. Nitro Grand Prix - Star Cup - Mario Circuit
12. Nitro Grand Prix - Star Cup - Airship Fortress
13. Nitro Grand Prix - Special Cup - Wario Stadium
14. Nitro Grand Prix - Special Cup - Peach Gardens
15. Nitro Grand Prix - Special Cup - Bowser Castle
16. Nitro Grand Prix - Special Cup - Rainbow Road
17. Retro Grand Prix - Shell Cup - Mario Circuit 1 (SNES - Super Mario Kart)
18. Retro Grand Prix - Shell Cup - Moo Moo Farm (N64 - Mario Kart 64)
19. Retro Grand Prix - Shell Cup - Peach Circuit (GBA - Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
20. Retro Grand Prix - Shell Cup - Luigi Circuit (GCN - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
21. Retro Grand Prix - Banana Cup - Donut Plains 1 (SNES - Super Mario Kart)
22. Retro Grand Prix - Banana Cup - Frappe Snowland (N64 - Mario Kart 64)
23. Retro Grand Prix - Banana Cup - Bowser Castle 2 (GBA - Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
24. Retro Grand Prix - Banana Cup - Baby Park (GCN - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
25. Retro Grand Prix - Leaf Cup - Koopa Beach 2 (SNES - Super Mario Kart)
26. Retro Grand Prix - Leaf Cup - Choco Mountain (N64 - Mario Kart 64)
27. Retro Grand Prix - Leaf Cup - Luigi Circuit (GBA - Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
28. Retro Grand Prix - Leaf Cup - Mushroom Bridge (GCN - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
29. Retro Grand Prix - Lightning Cup - Choco Island 2 (SNES - Super Mario Kart)
30. Retro Grand Prix - Lightning Cup - Banshee Boardwalk (N64 - Mario Kart 64)
31. Retro Grand Prix - Lightning Cup - Sky Garden (GBA - Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
32. Retro Grand Prix - Lightning Cup - Yoshi Circuit (GCN - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
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