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Getting Started

Insert your Mario Kart DS Game Card into your Nintendo DS and turn the power ON. When the system start-up screen appears, touch the Touch Screen to proceed. On the DS system screen, touch the Mario Kart DS panel to display the title screen.

Controls

All buttons on the Nintendo DS are used to control your kart in races. See pgs. for more information about driving techniques. L Button X Button

Menu Screens

Use Items
or or = Throw Items Ahead = Drop Items Behind Select Menu Options Confirm Selections Back R Button Hop
If you have set your Nintendo DS system settings to Auto Mode, the menu screen will not appear. For more information, refer to your Nintendo DS hardware instruction booklet. The first time you play Mario Kart DS, you will be asked to enter a nickname after you choose a mode. You can enter any name you like, and you can even create your own unique emblem. You can change your nickname and emblem in the Options menu. The nickname you use will be seen by others when playing multiplayer games using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Hold + Control Pad , + START Pause (Pg. 22) A Button
Any time you set a new personal record in a race, Mario Kart DS will automatically save your progress. Saved racing records can be viewed on the Records screen.

Accelerate

Touch Screen Y Button B Button

Change Map Display

Brake / Reverse

Driving Techniques

These are the techniques you need to know to take Mario Kart DS to the next level.

Mini-Turbos

Using Mini-Turbos are a technique for boosting your speed while drifting. Press and repeatedly while drifting and your tires will start burning. Once they do, release to stop drifting and take off with a short burst of speed.

Rocket Start

During the countdown to the start, hold down with the right timing to rev up your engine and give yourself a burst of speed off the starting line.
Press and hold at just the right moment!
While holding , press and hold and press or to power-slide sideways through turns. Drifting allows you to take corners without decreasing your speed.
Hold and alternate pressing to set your tires aflame! While holding , press and hold as you enter the curve and then just steer your way through. Top Screen Top & Touch Screen

Release mini- turbo.

to perfprm a

Deploying Items

Some items can be deployed to the front or to the rear by pressing or and or at the same time. Check where your rivals are on the map and then deploy items strategically.
+ + or or throws forward! throws behind!
In this manual, the Top Screen and Touch Screen are represented as shown on the left.

Touch Screen

Banana
Get Items from Item Boxes
Drive through the item boxes on the tracks to get the items contained within. The item inside is determined randomly.
Makes karts spin out when run over. Triple Bananas Press Green Shell or to deploy behind you. Tap the button again to drop one.
If you already have an item, you cant get another one until you use the first. However, as shown on the right, some items can be prepped for deployment, allowing you to get a second item without actually using up the first.
When thrown, this shell travels in a straight line and knocks over the first kart it hits. Triple Bananas

Red Shell

These automatically lock onto and chase after the next kart in front of you. When hit, the kart rolls over. Triple Green Shells Rotating Triple Shells Triple Red Shells
Press or to deploy, then press the button again to launch a shell. Each one has the same effect as a single Green or Red Shell. Spiny Shell

Using Items

Press and hold or an item without using it. to deploy If you spin out or get knocked over, you may drop your items. Running over an item that has been dropped on the track will have the same effect as using or getting hit by the item.
This shell tracks and chases after the lead kart and blows up when it reaches its target. Any kart in the blast radius will be knocked over or spun around. Fake Item Box
Deploying and holding an item toward the rear of your kart has a shielding effect that protects you from some opponents' items. Release the button to drop the item behind you.
Looks just like an item box, but when you run into it, it knocks you over. Bob-omb Explodes after a brief pause or when another kart comes near it. Any kart in the blast radius will be knocked over or spun around.
=Items that can be dragged behind you.
Mushroom Provides a short speed boost. Triple Mushrooms Each press of Golden Mushroom Allows you to use Mushroom boosts as many times as you want for a short period of time. Bullet Bill Briefly transforms the user into a Bullet Bill that soars through the air along the track, knocking over karts along the way. Blooper Sprays ink on the all of the karts in front of you, obscuring those drivers view of the track. Boo Unleashes Boo, who turns you invisible for a brief time, making you impervious to enemy attacks, and steals an opponents item for you. Lightning Makes all opponents spin out, drop their items, and shrink for a brief period of time. or uses up one Mushroom.

Mario Kart DS features five different game modes. Check the chart on the right to see which modes can be played with multiple players.
Single Player Grand Prix Time Trials VS Battle Missions Playable Playable Playable Playable Playable Playable Playable Multiplayer

Grand Prix

There are eight different cups, with each cup featuring four different tracks. The cups are a competition for points across all four tracks among eight racers.

Entering a Grand Prix

Select Engine Class Choose Your Driver Choose a Kart Choose a Cup There are three engine classes: 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc. Choose one of eight characters. As you play the game, more karts will become available for you to choose from. First choose either Nitro Grand Prix or Retro Grand Prix. Then choose a cup to enter.
Star Makes you invincible for a brief period of time. While invincible, you will knock over any kart you hit.

Begin the Race!

Viewing the Game Screen
Current Item Current Position Current Lap / Total Laps Total Race Time

Time Trials

This is a single-player mode. The objective is to get the fastest time you can on the chosen track.
Touch the Touch Screen to switch between an overall map or a close-up view.
Race Positions 1-8 Green: Player Blue: Rival

Entering a Race

Select a Character Select a Kart Select a Cup
When choosing a course, you can also set up ghost data. Ghost data allows you to race against your best time on a given track. If you have ghost data saved, you can have your ghost appear on the track so you can race against it.

Rank Player Name

Results Display
When the race ends, points are awarded based on final places in the race. Final placing for the cup will be determined by the total points earned over all the races. Gold, silver, and bronze trophies are awarded for first, second, and third place overall. Your driving technique will also be ranked.

POINTS PER PLACE

Select a Course
Ghost Setup Menu None Do not use ghost data. My Ghost Data Race against your own ghost. Downloaded Ghost Data Race against ghost data you downloaded from your ` friend.

RANKING

BEST WORST
Viewing the Game Screen and Saving Ghost Data
Any time you set a new record on a track, your performance will automatically be saved as ghost data. If you have ghost data saved, you can race against your own ghost to improve your time.
Ghost Kart Path Standard Drift * Note: If it takes you too long to complete the race, or if you fail to beat ghost data you have loaded, new ghost data will not be saved. * Once ghost data has been overwritten, it can never be loaded again. Boost Mushroom

Send Ghost

Choose Ghost Data

Receive Ghost

Choose Sender
After choosing the data, choose Yes on the confirmation screen to begin sending that data. Choose No to return to the ghost-selection screen.
After choosing who you'll receive ghost data from, choose Yes to begin downloading. Choose No to choose someone else to download from.

Sending.

Data Transfer Fails

Downloading.

Data Transfer Succeeds

Ghost Path

Begin Downloading Save Space is Available No Save Space is Available
Saving Downloaded Ghost Data
Choose Send Ghost to send your own ghost data to your friend. Choose Receive Ghost to download ghost data from your friend. See the next page for the steps involved.
Your friend begins downloading.
You can save up to 32 of your own ghosts and up to 10 of your friends. You can save only one set of ghost data per track. Your best record will be saved as your own ghost data. Your friends ghost data will overwrite your ghost data regardless of which one is better.
Once the download is complete, choose End to return to the Time Trials menu.
If you already have ghost data saved for the same track, your ghost data will be erased and the new ghost data will replace it. Choose the ghost data you want to erase and chose Yes to erase that data. Choose No to select a new person to download from.
In Single Player mode, youll race against computer-controlled karts. In Multiplayer mode, youll race against human opponents who play using their own Nintendo DS systems.
Current Item Current Lap/Total Laps
Select a Character Select a Kart
Choose Race Settings Class Choose either 50cc, 100cc, or 150cc. CPU Kart When racing against the CPU, choose either Easy, Normal, or Hard. Course Choose either In Order, Random, or Choose. Rules Choose the number of victories to win the match, total points after a set number of matches, or Free.

Rival Display (Names and Emblems)

Total Time

As in Grand Prix mode, touch the Touch Screen to switch your map from a close-up view to an overall view.

Choose Settings

Results
When the race ends, the winner of the match based on the chosen set of rules will be announced.
Team Set this to ON or OFF. When on, victory will be determined by a team's total points.
See pg. 26 about multiplayer VS mode matches.

Battle

There are two types of battle matches: Balloon Battle and Shine Runners. In singleplayer matches, you will battle against CPU-controlled karts. In multiplayer matches, you can play against other Mario Kart DS owners using the Nintendo DS wireless functionality.

Shine Runners

Collect the Shine Sprites that appear in the stage.

Remaining Shines

A mark appears above karts that have Shines. Once someone gets a Shine, another one appears elsewhere in the stage. After a set period of time that varies by stage, the players with the least number of Shines drop out. The last driver driving wins. A large mark appears above the kart with the most Shines.

Balloon Battle

Battle against your opponents, taking care not to let your own balloons pop.

Remaining Balloons

Remaining Time Rival Shine Location
Initially, you have five balloons, only one of which is inflated. Blow into the microphone when not pressing to inflate a balloon. You can have up to three balloons inflated at one time. You can also hold to inflate a balloon, but blowing into the mic will make it inflate faster. When all of your inflated balloons are burst, you lose, even if you have unused balloons you can still inflate. Rivals
You will drop a Shine under the following conditions. Once a Shine has been dropped, anyone can pick it up.
You will lose a balloon in each of the following situations. However, if you perform on an opponent, you can steal a balloon. Get hit by an item and spin out or roll. Fall off the stage. Get hit by a kart made invincible by a Star. Get hit by a kart using a Mushroom to boost. Get hit by an item and spin out or roll. Fall off the stage. Get hit by a kart made invincible by a Star.

Missions

In this mode, you are given sets of specific missions you must clear in order to move on to the next set of missions. What could await at the end?!
Select Mission Screen Game Screen

Records

Choose this mode to view all of your race records.
View all of your Grand Prix records, sorted by cup.
View your top five Time Trials times on each track.
There are many other missions besides these.

Remaining Time

While playing, you can press at any time to pause your game. The options that appear on the pause menu vary depending on which mode you are playing.
Either touch Erase Data or press to erase all Time Trials records. In your Friends roster, touch Erase Data to erase the selected data. Be careful! Once data has been erased. it can never be recovered.

Friends

Continue Quit Restart Change Course Select Mission Continue Replay Restart Replay Unpause the game and continue racing. Return to the title screen. Start the race over. Choose a new course to race. Select a different mission. Continue viewing the replay. Start the replay over.
Here you can check your list of friends that you've exchanged ghost data or Friend Keys with. Choose a friend to view your record against him or her. You can save up to 60 friends, but once you run out of empty save slots, saving a new record will erase the oldest record saved.
You can lock any record that you do not want erased by selecting it and pressing. You will be more likely to encounter opponents whose records you have locked when racing on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Options

Choose Options to change your game-play settings.
Nickname Nickname Being Entered Choose this option to change the nickname Change Keyboard you entered the first time you played the game. Choose a keyboard and select letters. Press to enter a letter or just touch the letter on the Touch Screen. Emblem Choose this option to create a new emblem to place on your kart or edit an existing emblem.

Settings

Sound Adjust in-game sound settings. Choose from Surround, Stereo, and Headphones. Locate Friend Choose this option during Nintendo WFC matches to search for registered friends who are also on Nintendo WFC and are looking for opponents to race against. An icon will appear on-screen to notify you when wireless players are nearby. The icon
Touch Screen Control Touch the tool and color you want to use. Then just touch the canvas to start drawing. Button Control
When players registered in your list of friends connect to Nintendo WFC and choose Friends as their During Nintendo WFC Matches opponents.
will appear on the Top Screen during Nintendo WFC matches.
Display Emblem Being Created Pencil/Eraser Tool
Switch Cursor Choose Tool/Color Confirm Tool/Color and Draw on Canvas

Color Grid ON/OFF Undo Stamp Tool Cursor Change Camera Angle/Kart
Choose from one of three different thicknesses and use it to draw or erase lines.

Paint Can/Dropper

* Once the icon appears, you will have to wait until you start a new match before you can race against your friend. * Even if the icon appears, do not disconnect from the Nintendo WFC mid-race.
Fill in the selected area. Pick up the selected color and use it with the pencil or paint can.

Erase Data

Choose this option to erase all saved data. Once erased, saved data cannot be recovered.
This tool allows you to stamp one of three patterns onto your canvas.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer features two ways to play: Normal mode and Simple mode.

Normal Mode

DS Wireless Play (pg. 28)
One Nintendo DS and one Mario Kart DS Game Card per player.

Simple Mode

DS Download Play (pg. 29)
One DS per player and one or more Mario Kart DS Game Cards.
Playable courses are limited.

Player 1 (Game Card)

P1 Create a Group

Players 2-8 (Game Card)

Players 2-8 (No Game Card)
All tracks available in Single-Player mode can be played.
P1 Create a Group Players 1 Touch Normal mode. P2-P8 Join a Group Players Touch Player One's name.
Player One , the player with a Mario Kart DS Game Card, touches Simple Mode.
Once all the participants nicknames appear, touch CUT OFF.
Once all participating players nicknames appear in the list, touch CUT OFF.
Your name will appear in the list, so just wait for the match to begin.
Touch Player One's name to enter his or her group. Your name will appear on the list, so just wait for the game to start.
On the Nintendo DS system menu, touch DS Download Play. Next touch Mario Kart DS.
Touch a game on the gameselection screen to begin a match.
See pages 18 and 20 for the next steps.
The remaining steps are the same for Normal mode, listed on the preceding page. When playing DS Download Play, the only selectable character is Shy Guy.
Establishing the DS Wireless Link (DS Wireless Play)
Establishing DS Wireless Link (DS Download Play)
This section explains how to establish the link for local wireless play. What You Will Need: Nintendo DS systems Mario Kart DS Game Cards Steps 1. Make sure that all DS systems are turned off, then insert a Mario Kart DS Game Card into each system. 2. Turn on the power of all the systems. The DS menu screen will appear. 3. Touch the Mario Kart DS panel. 4. Now follow the instructions on page 26.
This section explains how to establish the link for DS Download play. What You Will Need: Nintendo DS systems Mario Kart DS Game Cards

One for each player One for each player

One for each player One

You can enjoy Mario Kart DS even if you do not have enough DS Game Cards for all players.
Steps for the host 1. Make sure that all DS systems are turned off, then insert a Mario Kart DS Game Card into the system. 2. Turn on the power of all the systems. The DS menu screen will appear. 3. Touch the Mario Kart DS panel. 4. Now follow the instructions on page 27.

Game-Selection Screen

Steps for guests 1. Turn on the power of all the systems. The DS menu screen will appear. 2. Touch the DS Download Play panel. The game-selection screen will appear. 3. Touch the Mario Kart DS panel. The game-confirmation screen will appear. 4. When the correct software appears, touch Yes. P1 will start the download process. Game-Confirmation Screen 5. Please follow the instructions on page 27.
Wireless Communication Guidelines:
During wireless game play, an icon will appear on either the upper or lower displays showing the signal strength of the wireless signal. The icon has four modes depending on the signal strength, as shown below.

Characters & Karts

Size-Specific Characteristics
Characters are divided into three weight classes based on their sizelight, medium, and heavy. In the chart on the right, the more stars, the better the rating.
Acceleration Light Medium Heavy Top Speed Off-Road
No. of Bars Strength Weaker Stronger

30 ft.

Begin with the distance between systems at about 30 feet or less and move closer or farther apart as desired, keeping the signal strength at two or more bars for best results. Keep the maximum distance between systems at 65 feet or less. The systems should face each other as directly as possible. Avoid having people or other obstructions between the DS systems. Avoid interference from other devices. If communication seems to be affected by other devices (wireless LAN, microwave ovens, cordless devices, computers), move to another location or turn off the interfering device.
The characters and karts you can choose from will increase as you play through the game. Each character has three karts to choose from, except Shy Guy.

Medium

Mario is familiar to racers one and all. With a balance of abilities, he is a racer suited to all situations.
Marios younger brother Luigi is ready to race. His superb traction makes it harder for him to spin out.
Toad uses his tiny stature to his advantage as he skillfully weaves in and out of traffic on the track.
A generally genteel princess, the heart of a competitor burns deep within her. She is adept at drifting.

Donkey Kong

DK overwhelms opponents with his jungle instincts. He drifts through corners like a mad-manor a mad-ape!
While Yoshi is usually ridden by Mario, this time he's ready to race. Yoshis traction is excellent.

Banana Cup

N64 Frappe Snowland
This popular Mario Kart 64 track returns with its snow-covered road. The snowmen that block the path will knock you over if you hit them.
Some tracks feature dash panels, which will give your kart speed boosts when you drive over them.
For additional information on the Nintendo WFC, setting up your Nintendo DS, or a list of available internet hot spots, visit www.nintendowifi.com (USA, Canada and Latin America) or call 1-800-895-1672 (USA/Canada only).

Nintendo WFC Matches

Mario Kart DS Nintendo WFC Match Rules Players race in four races, earning points based on place in each race. The player with the most points at the end of the match wins. Match Conditions Select a Character Select a Kart
Choose one of 20 courses. The course with the most votes is the one that will be raced. In the case of a tie, the course will be chosen randomly from the selected courses. A new course is selected prior to the start of each race.

Wi-Fi Settings

Choose this option to access Nintendo WFC Setup and change your connection settings. Refer to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection instruction booklet for more information. Select Course
Match conditions: choose any of the following opponent options. Friends Race against only Mario Kart DS owners registered in your friends roster (or people on your friends' friends rosters) who are currently connected to the Nintendo WFC. Rivals Race against Mario Kart DS owners who have similar racing skills as you. Regional Racers Race on the Nintendo WFC against only Mario Kart DS owners who live in your country. Worldwide Racers Race on the Nintendo WFC against anyone in the world who owns Mario Kart DS.
To protect your privacy, do not give out personal information such as last name, phone number, birth date, age, e-mail or home address when communicating with others. The Terms of Use Agreement which governs Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection game play is available in the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection instruction booklet or online at www.nintendowifi.com/terms.

Start Your Engines!

When choosing to race against friends, the icon will flash on the top screen when one of your registered friends has been located. However, there may be cases where you are are still unable to be matched up with a friend after the friend call icon has appeared on screen.

Friend Codes

You can register any Mario Kart DS player as a friend by entering and saving a players unique 12-digit friend code. Use friend codes to register and then race against Mario Kart DS owners who you normally couldnt race against because they live too far away. Your own friend code is automatically created the first time you connect to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Registering Friend Codes

Exchange friend codes with another player and then enter that friend code by choosing Register Friend Code. You will not have a friend code until you enter Nintendo WFC mode. Both you and the player whose friend code you entered must then connect to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Your names will then be automatically registered in each other's friends rosters.
Connecting to Nintendo WFC at the same time is the fastest way to complete friend registration. If you connect to Nintendo WFC before the other player, you will have to reconnect again after the other player has connected to complete friend code registration. Until you do, a warning message will appear beside the name of the player you are trying to register.
If a warning message still appears onscreen even after both you and your friend have connected to Nintendo WFC, there is a possibility that the friend code you entered is incorrect. In that case, erase the code and try re-registering that friend's code.
You can lock certain data on your friend roster to prevent it from being erased by mistake. If both you and an opponent lock each other's information on your friend rosters and then choose to race against friends on the Nintendo WFC at the same time, the chances of the two of you being matched up for a race increase.
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