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==Items== All items are activated when either the X or L buttons are used. Holding the button allows certain items to be dragged behind the player's kart. * '''Mushroom:''' Performs a turbo boost. It can be used for passing, ramming, or crossing terrain such as sand or grass without being slowed down. There is a Triple Mushroom variation which includes three mushrooms instead of one. * '''Golden Mushroom:''' After the first boost, the player has twenty seconds to perform as many mushroom boosts as possible. * '''Banana:''' Driving over this item causes the player's kart to spin. It can be set behind the kart, or thrown forwards. Hitting the dragged banana has the same effect as driving over it. It can even be carried behind the kart. There is a Triple Bananas variation which sets off three bananas. * '''Green Shell:''' This item is a shell which travels in a straight line, and it bounces on walls a few times before it breaks. If it hits a kart, the kart spins over. There is a Triple Green Shells variation, which allows the player to utilize three Green Shells at once, as the name implies. * '''Red Shell:''' A homing version of the Green Shell. If racers are too close together, Red Shells don't always lock on to the racer and continues around to the next racer. There is a Triple Red Shells variation which spins three Red Shells around the kart, similar to the Triple Green Shells. * '''Bob-omb:''' This item can be held by the back of a kart. If a kart touches this item, it flips in the air, and all other karts that come in contact with the explosion instead spin out. If a Bob-omb is dropped behind and not touched, it automatically explodes within a few seconds, and it affects karts the same way. * '''Fake Item Box:''' This item looks like a regular item box, except it doesn't spin and it lacks a question mark. Driving into one causes the kart to flip over. * '''Spiny Shell:''' A large, blue, spiky shell that zooms straight to the racer in first and creates a large explosion. Like the Bob-omb, the player targets flips into the air, as does the other players within the radius of the explosion. The short aftermath of it can cause others to spin around. * '''Blooper:''' Sprays ink onto the top screen and the drivers and their karts ahead the user. CPU players hit by a Blooper usually drive in an erratic zigzag pattern. If used while in first place, no enemy karts are hit; Blooper instead sprays ink on the driver in first instead. Ink can be cleared of with the use of a Mushroom or driving over a boost pad. * '''Boo:''' Makes the user simultaneously invisible and invincible temporarily. It allows the user to drive through and over any terrain, with the exception of walls, items, and other karts. If an opponent has an item, Boo steals it and gives it to the user. Boo does not protect the user from falling off the course. * '''Star:''' When used, the user is invulnerable to item attacks and terrain effects. Driving into another kart while using this item causes the opposing vehicle to flip over. The effects of a Star fade after a short period of time. * '''Bullet Bill:''' This item temporarily transforms the user into a Bullet Bill. Players are then automatically navigated through the main road of the course and knock over any karts in the way. Bullet Bills do not take shortcuts, but finish going through a shortcut if activated in one. * '''Lightning:''' All racers ahead of the user temporarily shrink and move slowly. The music and voices are distorted too. Drivers in lower places take a shorter time to return normal than those in higher places. The farther a driver is, the longer it takes for that racer to return normal. Triple Bananas, Triple Green Shells and Triple Red Shells do not appear in Wi-Fi Races due to potential lag problems. Dragging items behind one's kart is disallowed for the same reason.
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