Mario Kart DS Cheats

Here are some of the cheats that my friend shared to me while playing with his Nintendo DS (NDS) Lite. If you happen to know a cheat, a trick or a hint while playing Mario Kart DS and that cheat was not listed here, you may post a comment below and let’s add your cheat! You can also download free Nintendo DS Games here or you can see all Nintendo DS Cheats here. If you don’t have this game yet, you can download Mario Kart DS for free!

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Mario Kart DS Unlockables
Star Cup – Achieve gold on Mushroom Cup and Flower Cup
Special Cup – Achieve gold on Star Cup
Leaf Cup – Achieve gold on Shell Cup and Banana Cup
Lightning Cup – Achieve gold on Leaf Cup
Daisy & Dry Bones – Achieve gold on all courses 50cc Nitro Grand Prix
Waluigi – Achieve gold on all courses 100cc Nitro Grand Prix
ROB64 – Achieve gold on all courses 150cc (mirror) Nitro Grand Prix. Alec Ritter maintains beating just the Nitro cups unlocks ROB.
Final Mission – Achieve one ranking on all courses for all missions one through six
More Kart Choices – Achieve gold on all courses in 100cc, 150cc, or 150cc (mirror) Nitro Grand Prix
150cc Mirror – Achieve gold on 150cc Retro Class (all courses)

Mario Kart DS Hint: Burst Start
Hold A just after the two begins to disappear for an advantageous start.

Mario Kart DS Hint: Shroom Packing Time Trials
Any kart that has a full statistics meter in the items category will have 3 mushrooms in time trials.

Mario Kart DS Unlock Starry Names
To affix stars to your name in a wi-fi battle, just race all the grand prix races (including mirror tracks) and earn at least one star in the ranking. The number of stars earned during your grand prix career will be reflected in your wi-fi standing.

Mario Kart DS Unlockable: Alternate Ending Screen
You must complete all the classes with gold trophies on all cups, which includes mirror mode.

Mario Kart DS Hint: Blue Shell Block
First place racers can shoot a bomb backwards just before a blue shell hits to stop it from scoring a hit.

Mario Kart DS Hint – Snaking/Drifting
Snaking will help you win races by a long shot. To snake is basically powerslide. Mastering snaking can be tricky. To powerslide, press R button while turning either way and shifting the D-Pad left and right at a medium speed until your sparks on your Kart turn red. It usually takes only four left/right/left/right/ motions to get a powerslide, depending on your speed. Once you master the speed of how you powerslide, you can start to snake. This will mostly help you get three star ranking on your Grand Prix races. You can also use this method online, which many users do. (Including myself) To snake, powerslide a certain direction. After that, either hop or turn sharply the other way and do another powerslide. Do this for most of the race, and depending on the track, you can win it easily rather than those that do not snake. Hope this helps anyone! I’ve taught this to many friends and now they are really good at Mario Kart DS, and it’s fun to snake!

Mario Kart DS Hint: Last Place Item Trick
This is a strange maneuver but worthwhile to try. When you start any given race, allow yourself to fall into last place. Then, grab an item. Because of your last place status, the game will give you an exponentially higher probability of grabbing a great item (like a Star, Bullet Bill, et cetera). Then, work your way past the last place players until you’re in third or fourth place and use your good item to make your way towards first place.

Mario Kart DS Hint: Block Shells
To block red and green shells from scoring a hit on your vehicle, try to hold a banana peel, a red shell, or a green shell of your own behind your go-kart. This will block any shell from hitting you, so you can continue the race unhindered.