What can you unlock in Mario Kart DS?

Answer 1

Bananas can be dropped behind or thrown ahead. The player to drive into one will spin around and lose some speed. Bananas can be used to block oncoming Red Shells.

Green Koopa Shells fly in a straight line when thrown forward or backward. Green Shells collapse upon impact with players, bananas or other shells. They also bounce off walls a limited number of times.

Red Koopa Shells fly in a set pattern and will seek out the player ahead. Red Shells fly in a straight line when thrown backwards. Red Shells collapse upon impact with anything except Fake Item Boxes.

Bananas, Green and Red Shells can come in triple form with their same respective purposes. If you use a triple shell item the 3 shells will circle your kart, then you can throw them by pressing the X/L button.

Fake Item Boxes can be dropped behind or thrown ahead. They appear similar to real item boxes. Fake Item Boxes have no "?" mark and they don't move. They appear red on the map screen. Koopa Shells can pass right through Fake Item Boxes.

Blue Shells [or Spiny Shells] fly in the air to seek out the player in first. They explode upon impact with the leader, but other racers can be affected if they are too close. With good timing, a player can use a Mushroom or a power slide turbo boost to Dodge a Blue Shell.

Mushrooms give you a boost of speed. They are useful for taking off-road shortcuts, or simply getting ahead. Mushrooms can also come in triple form. They can also steal balloons from anyone you hit in battle mode, or coins in Mario Kart Wii battle mode.

Golden Mushrooms have a time limit rather than a usage limit. The time limit does not start if the player holds onto the item without using it. You get about 8 seconds from the first use.

Bloopers will squirt ink on all players (screens) that are ahead of the user. Real players affected by a Blooper can use the bottom screen to navitgate until the upper screen clears up. Computer players suffer slow down when affected by a Blooper and sometimes they even "wobble". Mushrooms, Stars, Bullet Bills or boost pads can clear away Blooper ink.

Lightning shrinks all other players and makes them drop their items. Shrunk players lose speed, but players closer to last will reform quicker. If you're lucky you may find a dropped Mushroom or Star somewhere on the course.

Boo, the ghost you all know and love. Boos can make the user invincible for a few seconds and allow them to pass through items or other players without harm. Boos also steal an item from another player. It also allows you to drive offroad without losing speed.

Bob-ombs can be thrown ahead or dropped behind. They explode when players are near by, when they are hit by another item or if they sit idle for too long.

Stars give the user invincibility and increase their speed for a short moment. Players using a star are safe from all other item attacks and they can knock around other players. Star power can be lost early if the user drives off a cliff.

Bullet Bills helps the user get ahead and also makes them invincible for the time being. It also steers for you but you can move a bit to the left or right. Other players will get knocked around if they are caught in a Bullet Bill's path. If you see one coming, get the hell away from the middle of the track.

Answer 2

You can unlock lots of different things on Mario Kart, such as new Karts for the different players. New players-people for example Daisy, Waluigi. Put the main thing that you can unlock is different races. when doing the grand prix on Mario Kart if at the end of whatever cup you do like "shell cup" you are first at the end of all four races then you will unlock other races (different cup).

Answer 3

King Boo - Win 50cc Star Cup
Diddy Kong - Win all 50cc Cups
Baby Daisy - Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
Mii (Outfit A) - Win 100cc Special Cup
Mii (Outfit B) - Unlock 32 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Dry Bones - Win 100cc Leaf Cup
Bowser Jr. - Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Retro Grand Prix Cups
Daisy - Win 150cc Special Cup
Dry Bowser - Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 150cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
Funky Kong - Unlock 4 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Baby Luigi - Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Birdo - Play Time Trials on 16 different courses/Get 250 wins online
Toadette - Play Time Trials on all 32 different courses
Rosalina - With a Super Mario Galaxy save, win a series of Grand Prix cups/Without Galaxy save, Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all Mirror Grand Prix Cup

Cheep Charger - Get at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Retro Grand Prix Cups
Blue Falcon - Win Mirror Lightning Cup
Rally Romper - Unlock 1 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

Turbo Blooper - Win 50cc Leaf Cup
Royal Racer - Win 150cc Leaf Cup
B-Dasher - Unlock 24 Expert Staff Ghost data

Piranha Prowler - Win 50cc Special Cup
Dragonetti - Win 150cc Lightning Cup
Aero Glider - Win all 150cc Retro Grand Prix Cups

Quacker - Win 150cc Star Cup
Bubble Bike - Win Mirror Leaf Cup
Magikruiser - Play Time Trials on 8 different courses

Rapide - Win 100cc Lightning Cup
Nitrocycle - Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
Dolphin Dasher - Win Mirror Star Cup
Twinkle Star - Win 100cc Star Cup
Phantom - Win Mirror Special Cup
Torpedo - Unlock 12 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

Picture option to send to Wii Message Board - Complete all 8 Cups in a class
Karts & Bikes (50cc) - Earn trophies in all 50cc Grand Prix Cups
Karts & Bikes (100cc) - Earn trophies in all 100cc Grand Prix Cups
Mirror Class - Win all 150cc Cups
Alternate Title Screen - Win all Cups

Expert ghosts
Defeat a normal course ghost with a time at least seven seconds faster to unlock the expert ghost for that course.

Alternate title screen and ending sequence
Get a "One Star" rank or better in all Cups, including those in Mirror mode to unlock an alternate title screen and ending sequence.

Special credits
Win all trophies in a class to view the credits and see a congratulations screen featuring your Mii with Mario and Peach. Win all Grand Prix Cups to get another congratulations screen featuring your Mii with all the racers.

Quick start
When the countdown starts, wait until the "2″ begins to disappear, then hold 2 to get a boost at the start of the race.

Quick recovery
When you fall into an obstacle, press 2 precisely when you land to get a temporary boost.

Profile name stars
You can add a star next to your profile name on the results screen and the Wi-Fi races by completing all Grand Prix races with a certain rank:

One star profile name: Earn a "One Star" rank in all Grand Prix races.
Two star profile name: Earn a "Two Star" rank in all Grand Prix races.
Three star profile name: Earn a "Three Star" rank in all Grand Prix races.

I really hope this helps, it took me ages to do this!

Answer 4

You don't.. unless you want to be a hacker. ..you don't want to do that, now, do you?

Answer 5

Well, first for Wario, there is the metal suit. For Luigi, there is the invisibility suit. For mario, there is the wings and fat suit. But Yoshi only breethes fire.