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S U P E R M A R I O K A R T
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
FAQ/Walkthrough, Version 1.0
Last Updated - 15/04/2006
By Crazyreyn (
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Copyright (c)2006 Matthew Reynolds. All rights reserved.
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INTRODUCTION
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Hello and welcome to the Super Mario Kart FAQ/Walkthrough. This guide will tell
you the game basics, how to use the items efficiently and the shortcuts to all
the courses. The game is the start of one of the most popular racing and Mario
franchises ever, and is still very playable today.
Hope you enjoy using the guide,
- Matt
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Version History
2. Game Overview
2.01. Basics and Game Modes
2.02. Controls, Karts, Driving Techniques and Tips
2.03. Items
3. Courses
3.01. Mushroom Cup
3.02. Flower Cup
3.03. Star Cup
3.04. Special Cup
4. Secrets
5. FAQ's
6. Conclusion and Special Thanks
Searching -
Simply copy and paste the section you want to go to into the Find box (to open
it, press CTRL+F). Now press enter twice and you will be taken to your selected
section.
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1. VERSION HISTORY
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2. GAME OVERVIEW
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This section provides you with an overview to playing the game, with tips,
kart and character data and how to use the items more efficiently.
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2.01. Basics and Game Modes
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This is just a quick lowdown of the game basics and general main menu that
you are presented with. If you are looking for a more in-depth explanation of
the Game Menus, then refer to the relevant section not too far down from here.
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Game Screen
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This is the standard game screen in Grand Prix mode. This may vary according
the Mode being played.
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1 - Racing Screen
2 - Map Screen
3 - Item Held
4 - Lap Time
5 - Character Position
6 - Coins and Continues
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Grand Prix
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Located in the Single Player menu, this is the main mode of the game. Here
you race in cups in differing CC classes, where you can unlock more characters
and carts, and generally have a good go at the courses. There are two CC
classes - 50CC and 100CC, plus 150CC (you have to unlock this) and
within these are 3 Cups, each with five courses to race in (you can unlock
a forth cup - the Special Cup - see the Secrets section). With these five
courses you are awarded points according to the position you come in. After the
four races your points are totted up and if you get the most points
you win.
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Time Trials
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Here you can just race on the course of your choice, practice up and set a
best time. You can save ghosts so you can race yourself again later. When you
have finished a race hold L, R, Y and press X and the course you've saved
the ghost on will turn yellow. If you want to race it again, hold L and R
and press B over the course. Thanks to the GameFAQs codes and secrets page
for this.
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2.02. Controls, Karts, Driving Techniques and Tips
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Controls
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Here are the controls for the game.
D-Pad - Move kart
A - Use Item
B - Accelerate
Y - Brake / Reverse
X - Look behind
L - Jump / Drift
R - Jump / Drift
SELECT - N/A
START - Pause Game
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Karts
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Each of the characters is configured into a different weight class. They are
set into the following -
Lightweight - Yoshi, Peach, Toad, Koopa Troopa
Middleweight - Mario, Luigi
Heavyweight - Bowser, DK
For new players, middleweight is recommended as it has the best all-round
stats. Then I would advise choosing one of the others according to your player
style - lightweight karts have high acceleration and easier turning but get
knocked off the road easier, while heavy weight has low acceleration yet a
high top speed, rubbish turning but can knock other characters out of the way
easier. Play around with the different characters and see who suits you best.
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Driving Techniques
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Rocket Start
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This performs a boost as the race starts, very handy for getting the
advantage straight away. To do it, at the opening count down (red, red,
green) press and hold A between the two reds. If done right, you'll
boost away. Takes a bit of practice but once you've got it it's an invaluable
technique.
Drift
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You can drift by holding down the L or R button when going around corners. It
allows you to take sharper corners without loss of speed, so is good for
many of the game's courses. To start it, turn and press R to set the direction,
and you can also adjust the direction of the drift slightly by using the analog
stick as you go anyway.
Throwing Items
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When you are using certain items, such as shells and bananas, you can throw
them in front or behind you by pressing up and down respectively. You can
launch green and red shells behind you and throw Bananas ahead of you.
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Driving and Item Tips and Tactics
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Here are some additional item and driving tips that might come in handy. Feel
free to submit any of your own!
• Make sure that you always have at least one coin on you. If you don't have
any then you'll just spin out each time another racer touches you.
• Coming off the track or hitting a wall slows you down to a literal crawl. So
don't do it.
• If you are gonna cut out some of the track, subsidize the slowdown with a
drifting mini-boost or better yet, a mushroom.
• Placing bananas by item boxes means there's a chance they could drive in to
them. Same goes with bridges.
• If you are neck and neck with an opponent and coming up to item boxes,
drop back slightly so you are a position behind them and grab an item. As
in first place you cannot pick up red shells, doing this method could bag
you one so you can take them out and take a substantial lead. Although this
is incredibly annoying and cheap its a sure fire winner especially if you are
on the final lap.
• Again like the above, if you are in a very close race then drop back a few
positions and grab an item box. As items are based on position and not
proximity, you could get something like Thunder or star.
• Unlike other Mario Kart games, red shells just go straight toward the
racer in front, and don't follow the track. Ensure that you can see your
opponent, and is in your line of sight, before you fire.
• If you are gonna use a red shell then wait for them to get a slight
lead, otherwise the red shell will just fly straight past them.
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2.03. Items
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Pick up an item box in a race and you'll get an item. But do you know how to
use it properly and to it's full advantages? If not, read on... Note that I
have put How to Use and Defending Against. The How to use part is tips on
how you can use it, while the other is what precautions you can take in order
to avoid or minimize the impacts of the said item if others have it.
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Banana
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How to use - Press A to drop this banana skin on to the track. When a
kart slips on to it they will slide out of control for a second
or two. It will remain on the track until someone slips on it or
until it is destroyed (by a shell for example). Try and place
bananas on parts of the track where most racers will go on to them
such as thin ledges, the insides of tracks, in front of boosters
and item boxes.
Defending Against - If you see a banana on the track, common sense tells you
to avoid it (well at least I hope it does ;D) so try and
drive around it if you can - you can also blast them away
with a shell.
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Green Shell
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How to use - Press A to fire this forward in a rather linear fashion to hit
other karts and cause them to spin out of control. Rather handy,
but it's quite hard to hit other karts with. Better still is that
you can fire them behind you by holding down on the stick, and if
they are close enough then chances are they'll have little chance
of getting out of the way in time. Green shells can bounce
off walls a few times before behind destroyed, so if you in a
narrow tunnel or area firing one off and escaping could do a spot
of damage.
Defending Against - Avoid shells hitting you as you'll spin out of control.
Rivals too can fire shells behind them so if you are
tailing them remember this also.
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Red Shell
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How to use - Press A to fire it ahead of you, where it will home in on the
nearest kart and cause them to spin out. Sadly unlike the other
counterparts these don't home down the track, they just go
straight toward the next kart, so if they are around the corner
they'll just smash in to the wall. Make sure they are in your
direct line of the sight before hitting the A button. Some extra
points to be said though; don't fire when they are too close
as it'll just whizz by them, and the shell can hit corners so
fire it in a reasonably open area. It can also hit bananas and
other shells and get destroyed, but if that occurs then you're
unlucky. Like green shells, you can fire it backwards (L+Down)
and dangle it behind you. It WILL NOT home in if you fire it
backward, but rather go in a straight line like a green shell
would. I advise that you keep a red shell handy at all times for
defense and for regaining a position if you've just been taken.
Defending Against - There is not much you can do to defend against a red shell
apart from trying to get another item to defend against,
like a Star or Ghost.
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Mushroom
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How to use - Press A to boost your karts speed for a second or two. This is
really handy for gaining a few places, and most of all for
skipping sections of the track like corners or tacking advantage
or certain shortcuts better. Just remember that you can't really
stop once you've used the boost (say if suddenly realised you
were going to go into a banana or off the track)so keep an eye out
of where you are going to boost into.
Defending Against - Not a lot you can do here. I guess you could time a ghost
to steal their mushroom, but others you'll have to let
'em be.
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Boo Hoo Ghost
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How to use - Press A to send the Boo to steal items from other characters.
Your kart will also turn invisible and impermeable to damage as
well. When using the Boo, think what you need it for. For example
if you are using it to steal an item, check your opponents screens
(in multiplayer only I'm afraid) to see what items each opponent
has so you know what possible items are up for grabs. Wait until
you get a decent item then use it, and with some luck you should
get it. Otherwise using it to stop damage is very helpful as well
- such as avoiding red shells or lightning.
Defending Against - You should hear when a ghost is being used, so if you do
you *might* not get your stuff taken, but then again you
might so decide if you want to use your item in case of
the latter.
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Thunderbolt
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How to use - Press A to make all other karts shrink in size, causing them to
slow down. Not only this you can run over the other karts to
squash them and delay them for a few seconds, so if you see any
then go out of your way to run them over. Shrinked karts won't
make big jumps, even boost ones, so if you can time it around them
that's an advantage to you.
Defending Against - If you get shrunk, then avoid jumps, even boost ones, as
you won't make it. Instead just wait around before them
until you regain your size.
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Star
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How to use - Press A to use the star, making you invincible, giving you
extra speed and removing terrain slowdown. So when you have it,
run in to other karts and through any obstacles in your way and
take advantage of shortcuts and cutting corners as you won't
slowdown. It's also handy to blast away the tiles in the Vanilla
courses. A star lasts about eight seconds.
Defending Against - If you see someone using a star then they'll be brightly
multi-coloured. Avoid touching them otherwise you'll get
spun out and lose a good few seconds. You cannot use shells
or other items against them in this state, so just wait
until it's over and let 'er rip.
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Feather
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How to use - Press A to jump into the air, higher than you normally would on
a normal jump. This is perfect for getting over barriers and wide
gaps and could shave seconds off your time.
Defending Against - I guess you could steal one if you can or place a banana
by shortcuts so it's harder to use, but apart from that
there isn't much you can do.
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Coin
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How to use - Press A to get between 1-5 coins. Pretty pointless I guess, but
remember to always have coins on you.
Defending Against - As there is nothing really offensive about this item, you
can't defend against it.
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3. COURSES
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3.01. Mushroom Cup
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Mario Circuit 1
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Walkthrough - Turn left and head down the straight towards the pipe ridden
corner. Drift towards the inside to avoid the pipes and collect
an Item Box. Drift into this tight left, along a small straight
and drift right, finishing off with a long left toward the
check point.
Shortcuts - You can cut a portion of the track out using a mushroom over the
large dirt area, just after the load of Item Boxes.
Other Tips - Placing items around the pipes will limit the room opponents can
travel though, hindering their progress.
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Donut Plains 1
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Walkthrough - Drift right on to the bridge, followed by another driftable
right turn. Go left and then drift right, nice and close to the
mud, followed by nice and long left and right corners. Again
drift these close to the inside, and that's a lap!
Shortcuts - After the right turn after the bridge, you can go straight on
and miss the corner via the gap in the barrier. Use a mushroom
through this to make full advantage of it.
Other Tips - As the bridge is thin, place a few items on there to hinder your
opponents.
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Ghost Valley 1
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Walkthrough - Drift round the first left and go straight through the bendy
section of track. Drift the left, drive over the bump and drift
the next left. Be sure to drive over the next bump at some speed
to make it over the gap in the road, right and around the next
two bends to the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - After the second bump, the one that takes you over the gap, you
can use a feather to jump the gap ahead to the thin path that skips
the final few corners.
Other Tips - If you hit a tile at the edge it'll be destroyed, so you can
be a bit clumsy on some of the tricky corners but on later laps
watch out you don't fall out of the holes you've made.
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Bowser Castle 1
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Walkthrough - Drift round the first corner and through the Thwomps further down
and drift the next left. Head down the straight, and drift right
around the U bend to the next bumpy straight over the segments of
lava, completely drift another bend to another bumpy straight,
and do the same with the last few corners to the home straight.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - Drive in-between the Thomps to avoid getting squashed. If you get
hit then you'll be flattened!
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Mario Circuit 2
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Walkthrough - Drive straight through the middle of the S-bend (through the two
pipes in the middle), drift the next two left corners, drive
slow round the tight right, drift the right corner, and drift
early around the corner before the speed boost over the road. If
you boost on the left side you can go through the pipes around
the corner to get on the inside a shave off some time.
Shortcuts - As you enter the S-bend at the start, use a star or mushroom
straight across to the far side of the dirt.
Other Tips - If you use a mushroom at the speed boost jump you can get more
height and skip the pipes out completely.
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Choco Island 1
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Walkthrough - Head left of the flower and drift the corner, over the small
bumps and straight through the S-bend. Drift the next left and
drive around the puddles in the road on these last few turns to
the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - You can use a mushroom straight after the checkpoint to the right
of the flower and round left.
- There are a few bumps around the puddles at the end, and if you
use a mushroom before them you can jump over the barriers and cut
out some of the track.
Other Tips - The puddles toward the end slow you down, so if you have a star or
mushroom you can go straight through them and retain your speed.
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Ghost Valley 2
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Walkthrough - Drift around the first wide U-Bend and drive left round the
corner. Stick to the left to go around the barrier and go right,
and then right left right quickly making sure you exit wide on
the right to avoid the gaps in the track. Finish off my drifting
the final corner to the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - After the first few corners there is a corner where the barrier
sticks out and you have to turn right; instead you can use a
feather and use the small path there as a means to go through
this corner.
Other Tips - As said in the walkthrough, toward the end after a few quick
corners exit wide on the right turn to avoid the hole in the
track.
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Donut Plains 2
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Walkthrough - Drift this first long left corner, onward and start to drift the
next left but slow down and carefully drive through this lake
side S-bend as it's tight and full of Monty Moles. As you exit
there's a sharp hairpin right, stick close left round the corner
that follows the avoid the Monty Moles, and continue onward
and drift around the wide right turn. Drift tight on the inside
of the final corner to avoid the Monty Moles at the outside
to finish at the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - The Monty Moles are a pain. There are various holes over the
course which the Moles jump from - you can drive over them fine if
no moles are present, but if one jumps out they'll stick on you
until you use an item to get them off.
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Bowser Castle 2
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Walkthrough - Drift the first right angled corner and stick on the right side
of the track and over the lava pit and drift the U-bend that
follows, avoiding the Thomps. As you exit cut right where an
arrow will be pointing on the track. The route left is a shortcut
that requires a mushroom, so read about that below. Otherwise
drift left after the arrow, down the straight and drift on the
inside of the next corner when the Thomps aren't coming down.
Drift left and quickly right, where you'll come to a plaza like
section where you are offered two routes around a square segment.
Take the outside as it allows you to drift round around it.
Drift the right turn to a bumpy lava straight with two paths;
either side is good but remember that they form into one later
down. After drift close to the inside to be on the finishing
straight.
Shortcuts - After the first U-Bend there's an arrow pointing onward on the
track. Just to the left of this is a road with the word 'STOP' on.
Use a feather to jump the lava to cut one of the straights.
Other Tips - Again, avoid the Thomps as best you can.
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Mario Circuit 3
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Walkthrough - Drift right, drive around the two left corners and drift right
on the exit to a tight right surrounded by pipes and a straight.
This ends in a really tight hairpin so stick to the right and
drift close to the corner and wide again (but make sure you don't
hit the pipes as you exit the corner). You can drift the next
wide bend around to the S-bend which has to be taken with care,
finishing with the final driftable corner.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - None.
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Koopa Beach 1
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Walkthrough - Drift round the immediate right and drift straight through the
middle of the islands that go slowly right round. Head straight
through the light section of water, drift the corner as you
return to land to meet a vegetated section. Drive around the left
side and finish by drifting right through the small island and
back to where the checkpoint is.
Shortcuts - Just before the first section of water you can turn right and
head straight across to the far corner and over a small island
along the way, which has a item box on.
Other Tips - Stay on the light segments of water at all times; the dark areas
will cause you to sink instantly.
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Choco Island 2
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Walkthrough - Drift left, then drift left then right to a thin path through
several piranha plants. Drift right to a massive mud field,
where on the left is an island with some item boxes. After is
a load of bump ramps scattered everywhere, and if you are in
a light kart you'll go flying, so try and remain on the ground
at all times (you can't jump them, either). After the item
boxes stay on the right side to miss most of them here, and
finish with a drift to the right and race to the check point.
Shortcuts - Straight ahead from the start is a gap in the barrier, which can
be made via a mushroom skipping out the first two or so turns.
Other Tips - Use a mushroom or star over the mud sections.
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Vanilla Lake 1
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Walkthrough - Drift right, straight on, drift the next right and through the
pipes that follow. After are several ice tiles that block the
path; try your best to drive through them but if you hit one
then it'll be destroyed for further laps anyway. There is
another line after, then turn right and stick on the right to
avoid the cracks and navigate your way through the field of
tiles. Stick on the inside turn that follows to avoid the
pipes and the sticking out barrier both on the outside that
follows to the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - One of the tougher tracks in the game.
- As said in the walkthrough, if you hit a tile then it'll be
destroyed for future laps.
- Try and use a star when going through the tiled section, making
your work a lot easier.
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Bowser Castle 3
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Walkthrough - Drift left and move to the centre of the track quickly as it
tightens up. Gain some speed to use the bumps over the lava
and turn left immediately after the second to get round the
corner. Next is an area of bumpy sections to the far side, so
stick to the far left side to finish on the far left exit meaning
you'll save a few seconds of time. Turn left straight away
and down the thin straight, drift the wide U-Bend that follows
and drive down any of the three paths down the following
straight. Drift round this final bend and drive through the
bendy track to finish.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - None.
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Mario Circuit 4
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Walkthrough - Drift the first left corner and turn early for the sharp right
afterward. Turn right and get ready for the sharp left, drift
round left on the red inside of the track while not hitting a
pipe and drive round the next corner to a wide straight.
Be sure not to hit one of the four pipes on the way down and
stay on the left to drift early and close to the hairpin that
follows. Drive on down the slightly bendy lane, drift the corner,
through the S-Bend and wide round the final bend to avoid the
pipes.
Shortcuts - Before the final S-Bend you can use a mushroom to cut through
the gap in the barrier to the right.
Other Tips - Plenty of tight corners and hairpins here, so make sure you
practice your drift!
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To see how to unlock the Special Cup, see the Secrets section toward the end
of this guide.
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Donut Plains 3
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Walkthrough - Drive slow through this windy path to the bridge, ensuring that
you stick to the left side to avoid the hole on the right.
Drift right around to the next bridge and jump the gap toward
the end. Brake and turn hard left after, drive slow down the
path and drift round the inside of the bend to avoid the Monty
Moles. Drive close to the insides of the S-bend like section
at the end to finish at the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - If you fall in to the water, you can drive out again before the
Lakitu rescues you.
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Koopa Beach 2
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Walkthrough - Drift left until the item boxes are close, and do it again
until you are close to the Cheep Cheep. This water section has
both light and dark shades of blue; stay on the lighter shade
as you'll instantly fall down the darker shade and have to get
dropped back on again. Head down the right side to avoid most of
the nasty parts and to sample one of the three item boxes. Drift
round the rest of the corners now, until you reach the shallow
bit of water that you can drive through, to the check point.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - You can hit Cheep Cheeps with shells and other items.
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Ghost Valley 3
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Walkthrough - Drift the first right corner and stick in the middle and
drift around the U-Bend at the end. Head straight down the
middle of this jagged section and round the next corner close
to the inside and onward sticking to the left to avoid the gap in
the track. Drift right around the U-bend ensuring you come out
on the left side to avoid the gap on the right; when you use the
bump try and go down the left of the hole ahead. Head through
the jagged section and round to the checkpoint to finish.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - You could try using a feather on the gaps toward the end of the
track.
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Vanilla Lake 2
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Walkthrough - Drive left around sticking close to the cracks and head through
the pipes, jumping the crack if you can. After the next crack
are blocks of tiles - there are small gaps between that you
can drive down, so slow down and head through here. Jump the
next crack sticking out and instead of dealing with the crazy
cracked piped section on the left just plow straight the snow
and through the barrier gap on the right. Drive around the
outside of the tiles here to the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - Although I've counted it in the walkthrough, when you come to
the major cracked and pipe section there is a gap through
the right barrier; if you use a mushroom you can go straight
through here without being bogged down in the snow.
Other Tips - Try and use a star when going through the tiled sections, making
your work a lot easier.
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Rainbow Road
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Walkthrough - Head round the first right corner and drift the second and slow
down a little for the next corner. Drift around the U-bend here
and watch out as the track gets smaller as you exit. Drive
through the Thowps at the end, slow down the next two corners
and on the next straight the path splits into two; of you stick
on the inside then you'll avoid the Thomps. Slow down for the
final corner and watch out for the Thomps just afterward to
finish at the checkpoint.
Shortcuts - None.
Other Tips - This course has no barriers, so take it slow round most corners.
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4. SECRETS
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Most of the following secrets are at the Mario Kart 64 Cheats page on
GameFAQs.com.
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Special Cup
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Get gold on the Mushroom, Flower and Star cups at 100cc class to unlock
another five tracks in the Special Cup. You can also unlock it by putting in
codes; for the Grand Prix at the cup select screen press L, R, L, R, Lx2, Rx2.
To unlock the cup in Time Trial, highlight the Mushroom Cup and enter
L, R, L, R, Lx2, Rx2, A for it to appear at the bottom of the list.
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150cc Engine Class
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Get gold on the Mushroom, Flower, Star and Special cups at 100cc to unlock
the 150cc engine class.
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Smaller Characters
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Holding Y and pressing A when selecting your racer at the character select
screen makes your racer go small when you race. Although you are vunrible to
getting ran over your speed remains.
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Extra Continues ---------------
In Grand Prix mode, finishing three times in the same position gets you an
extra continue.
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Time Trial Camera Control
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After completing a race in Time Trial, using the L and R shoulder buttons
allows you to pan the camera round when watching the replay.
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5. FAQ'S
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Q. What is the best character to play with?
A. It all depends on your style of play - check the Karts section to see the
difference in weight categories.
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Q. What kart and character do you race as?
A. I race with Yoshi, as lightweight fits my playing style and is one of the
better Mario characters anyway. :)
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Q. What are the coins for?
A. If you have no coins and an opponent hits you, you'll just simply spin out,
so be sure to have at least one coin on you. The more coins you have the
higher your top speed, although you shouldn't concentrate on getting the
coins to much as you should try and follow the racing line and shortcuts
as best you can.
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Any other questions, feel free to give me an email.
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6. CONCLUSION AND SPECIAL THANKS
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