Mario Kart DS item probability distributions

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The following tables are used in Mario Kart DS to determine the probability of receiving an item when an Item Box is opened. Even though the karts influence the probability of obtaining each item through their Items statistics, only the tables for one case are stored in the game's files; this case presumably refers to the use of the Standard karts, that have an Items statistics of 66. The probability is coded as percentage multiplied by two. The distributions are presented in the order used in the code.[1]

Races

In the races, the item probability distributions are chosen depending on the rank of the driver when the Item Box is opened.

Grand Prix races

Grand Prix races, drivers controlled by players
Item Rank
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 45 25 15 5
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 55 40 25 20 10
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 90 30 15 5
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 35 20 10
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 30 40 45 40 35 10
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 30 55 60 70 30
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20 20 10
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20 15
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii) 10 20 45
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 25 20 10
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS 30 15 5
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 15 15 5
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 25 40 25
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS) 15 35 55
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS 10 20 45
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 10 15 10 5
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 5 10 10 10 5
Unused Item
Grand Prix races, drivers controlled by software
Item Rank
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 60 25 35 30 30 25 15 10
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 70 35 30 15
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 50 35 25 20 15 15 5
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 35 20 10 5
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20 40 40 45 70 70 30
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 25 35 40 45 55
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 15 15 10
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 15 15 15
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii) 25
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 15 10 10 5
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS 30 15 5
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 10 20 25
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS) 5 15 30
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS 10 25
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 5 10 10 5
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 5 10 10 5
Unused Item

VS races

In the case of online VS races, two tables of item probability distributions are found in the game's code, both of them having the same values. Only one of them will be presented here. It must be noted that those tables have the probabilities coded for 8 players, while in the final game only up to 4 players can participate in an online VS race.

Local VS races, drivers controlled by players
Item Rank
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 40 30 15 5
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 60 45 30 20 10 5
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 90 30 15 5
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 35 15 10
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 25 35 45 40 35 10
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 30 55 65 75 25
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 20 20 15
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20 20 10
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii) 35
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20 15 5
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS 35 20 5
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 15 15 10
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 30 35 35
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS) 15 45 60
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS 15 45
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 5 10 15 10 5
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 5 10 10 10 5
Unused Item
Local VS races, drivers controlled by software
Item Rank
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 80 25 35 30 30 25 15 10
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 70 35 25 10
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 45 30 25 20 15 10 5
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 30 20 15 10 5
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 20 35 35 45 65 60 20
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 25 35 45 55 60
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 15 15 10 5
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 20 20 20
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii) 25
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 15 10 5
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS 30 15 5
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 10 25 20
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS) 5 15 30
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS 35
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 5 10 10 10 5
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 5 10 10 5
Unused Item
Online VS races
Item Rank
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 60 35 30 25 20 5
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 50 45 45 40 30 10 10
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 100 40 20 10 5
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 30 20 10
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 30 40 35 30 20 10
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 35 40 45 55 60 45
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 10 15 20 20 10
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 15 20 15 10
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii) 5 25 30
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 8 20 30 35
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS) 2 15 25 40
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS 20 30
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 5 5 8 10
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 5 7 10 5
Unused Item

Special cases

These distributions are used in special cases (such as Missions mode; for example, the 8th distribution is used in the special Item Box of DK Pass, and the second during Mission 6-4. The last five distributions do not allow to obtain any item, it is possible that they are not used in the game.

Special cases
Item Distribution
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 1 40 200
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 1 1
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 200 100
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 200 100 9 9
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 200 190 100
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 200 40
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii)
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 199 120
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 200 90
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS
Unused Item

Battles

In the battles, there are three distributions each.

Balloon Battle

For Balloon Battles, items are determined by the number of balloons above the kart.

Balloon Battles, drivers controlled by players
Item Number of balloons
3+ 2 1
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 65 35 10
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 35 55 80
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 45 15
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 25 10
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 20 20 2
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 13
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 15 10
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii)
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 10
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS 5 15
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 20
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 25
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS) 5
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 5 10
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 15
Unused Item
Balloon Battles, drivers controlled by software
Item Number of balloons
3+ 2 1
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 95 75 15
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 35 55 80
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 20
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 15
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 25 20 15
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 10
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 15 10
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii)
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 25
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 10 10
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 5 15
Unused Item

Shine Runners

It is not currently known how items get distributed in Shine Runners.

Shine Runners battles, drivers controlled by players
Item Distribution
1 2 3
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 60 35 5
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 40 60 70
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 50 15
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 25 10
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 10 1
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 4
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 15 20 15
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii) 15
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 25 10
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS 15
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 35
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 25
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 5 5
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 15
Unused Item
Shine Runners battles, drivers controlled by software
Item Distribution
1 2 3
Artwork of a Green Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 90 70 10
Artwork of a Red Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 40 65 85
Artwork of a Banana in Mario Kart Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 25 5
Artwork of a Fake Item Box in Mario Kart DS 15 5
Artwork of a Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 20 15 8
Artwork of Triple Mushrooms in Mario Kart: Double Dash (also used for Mario Kart DS) 2
Artwork of a Bob-omb in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20 10
Artwork of a Spiny Shell in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of Lightning in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii) 20
Artwork of Triple Green Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS) 10 20
Artwork of Triple Bananas, from Mario Kart DS
Artwork of Triple Red Shells in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also used for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Star in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  (also used for Mario Kart DS) 5 20
Artwork of a Golden Mushroom in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (also reused for Mario Kart DS)
Artwork of a Bullet Bill in Mario Kart DS
Artwork of a Blooper in Mario Kart DS 5 10
Artwork of a Boo in Mario Kart DS 15
Unused Item

References