Mario Kart DS: Difference between revisions

Time Trial is a single player-exclusive mode. In it, the player's character races to complete a course in the fastest time. The item rating of a [[#Karts|kart]] determines how many [[Mushroom]]s the racer can have once they start the race; vehicles with low item rate can only use one Mushroom; the ones with average item rate use two and the ones with high item rate use three. Players can choose to race against their best time as a [[Ghost (Mario Kart series)|Ghost]], the Staff Ghost (raced by a Japanese Nintendo staff player with a * game ranking), or no Ghost. The game can download records from other players, allowing the player's character to race their Ghosts.

The classic battle mode seen in all ''Mario Kart'' mainstream, gets a new twist in ''Mario Kart DS''. From previous games, racers begin a match with three balloons. In this game, however, all players begin with a single balloon, though they can get more by blowing up their balloons using the [[Nintendo DS#Microphone|microphone]] feature on the DS, or just holding the {{button|gba|select}} button. Each player has four balloons in stock (five in total) and racers can hold up to three balloons in battle. On the other hand, the less balloons a player has, the more powerful items will obtain from the Item Boxes. Racers may also take possession of a balloon from their opponents if the thief has used a [[Mushroom]] and made contact to the opponent's kart. If the player loses all their balloons they are eliminated.

| Goombas are situated on the track and spin players out of control. If [[Lightning]] strikes, they turn into [[Mushroom]]s.

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