Mario Kart DS Mission Mode walkthrough video guide (Nintendo DS)

Mario Kart DS mission mode walkthrough screenshot
Welcome to our Mario Kart DS Mission Mode walkthrough guide that will show you how to complete each of the game’s 56 missions.

The Mission Mode in Mario Kart DS is a departure from anything the series has seen previously and greatly expands the game’s single-player replay value. There are seven different levels, and each level has eight missions for players to complete. The missions have players completing specific tasks (some as a pre-chosen character) and you are graded depending on how well you do with 1, 2 or 3 stars or a letter grade (with A being best and E being worst).

Below we’ll describe each mission and the best way to go about completing it.

LEVEL 1

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-1

Objective: Drive through all 5 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: This mission has you driving through five black-colored gates on a simple Figure-8 course. Thus this mission is extremely easy to accomplish. This first mission is very easy, since it’s on the Figure-8. There is a good amount of distance between each gate, so try to catch the line of Mushrooms to boost your speed.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-2

Objective: Collect all 15 coins!

How to Beat It: Simply collect all of the coins on the track to complete this mission. Not very hard to do although the faster you are going the harder it is to collect the coins. So to complete it you’ll want to drive slower (getting a higher grade is another matter). Generally the coins appear in straight lines in groups of two. Try to avoid powersliding around the turns and take it slowly.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-3

Objective: Destroy all 10 item boxes!

How to Beat It: You must hit all ten Item Boxes on the track to beat this mission. Each Item Box contains a mushroom giving you one speed boost. The first few Item Boxes are on the upper part of the track. The third Item Box is located in the center of both tracks while the fourth is back at the top. The rest of the Item Boxes are also on the upper part. Try to follow the path along the boost pads if you are going for a higher rating. And use the Mushrooms when you need a boost.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-4

Objective: Get the Star and use it to hit 5 Cheep Cheeps!

How to Beat It: For this mission, you need to use the Item Boxes around the course, which contains Stars, and use the Star to knock out the Cheep Cheeps while you are Invincible. Getting the Star makes you go faster, so that can make this mission difficult to beat with a high rank. The key to beating this mission is to not speed too much. A good player can knock out all five fish with one Star!

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-5

Objective: Drive through all 6 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: This mission is similar to the first, but on a course that is shaped like a Nintendo DS! Here you will have to pass through six gates. You’ll find gate #1 directly in front of you in the middle while the rest are around the perimeter of the DS. Be careful on the turns so you don’t fall off. You can power slide to shave off time, but that can also be dangerous (you may fall off). Although if you are good you can essentially powerslide through the whole thing and never have to slow down.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-6

Objective: Drive out of the mansion… backward!

How to Beat It: This mission is pretty simple. There aren’t any obstacles or tight turns on this track. Use the map on the DS’ bottom screen to help you out and then just keep the B Button held down as you drive in reverse through the mansion.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-7

Objective: Collect all 20 coins!

How to Beat It: You’re goal is to collect all twenty coins on the dirty track. The coins are laid out in groups and are all in straight lines, which makes it easier. The Item Box at the beginning holds a Triple Mushroom. This allows you to boost up to three times whenever you need it. You should use one boost at the first straightaway, the second during your first wide turn, and the third during the last empty area of space between coins.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 1-8

Objective: Perform 4 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!

How to Beat It: This mission has you playing on Mario’s Circuit as the token plumber, where your goal is to do four powerslides over the course of a single lap around the track. To powerslide you need to hold left and right on the DS D-Pad while you hop with the R Button. By alternating between presses of left and right you’ll see blue sparks turn to red sparks. Release the R Button when the sparks are red to get a speed boost. You’ll need to do these powerslides four times while driving on the track to beat this mission. Try to do a powerslide around each turn and you’ll beat this one without too much trouble.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Level 1 Boss

Objective: Use Mushrooms to crash into the Big Bully and knock him off the stage!

How to Beat It: This boss fight is against Big Bully. The goal is to use the Mushrooms to give you enough power to shove this meanie off the ledge before he does the same to you. As soon as the match starts, ride around to collect a Mushroom from the Item Box. Then make a U-turn so that you are facing the Big Bully. Now race straight towards him and just before you are about to hit him use a Mushroom. This extra boost of speed should be enough to knock him off the track if you do it once or twice. Just be careful not to fall into to the water yourself.

LEVEL 2

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-1

Objective: Crash into all 10 wooden crates and destroy every one!

How to Beat It: To beat this level you must successfully run into all of the crates dotted around the track. Here is a suggested path. First head through the first three crates in front of you. Then head towards the crate at the dock. Follow that down the hill onto the dock and break the create you see at the far end. As soon as you hit this one, quickly turn around (be careful not to fall off the edge and into the water), and hit the other crate as you are turning to go up the hill to your right. Following this, powerslide around the fence to hit the three crates (just plow into all three as you are powersliding). Now turn right and powerslide through the fence with an opening to your right. Finally, race across the grass and to the last create.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-2

Objective: Collect all 10 coins!

How to Beat It: This simple course makes this mission pretty easy to beat. Simply start off by reversing into the coin behind you, then accelerate forward to pick up the two sets of coins ahead of you. Now powerslide and stay in the center of the track as you collect the final coins.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-3

Objective: Drive through all 5 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: You need to successfully drive through five gates in the correct order to beat this mission. You’ll find Gate #1 before the first bridge. Gate #2 is found after the curve directly after you get the Mushroom, you’ll see it across the grass. You’ll find Gate #3 up ahead of you, and you may want to powerslide into this one so you don’t go into the grass. After this gate, stay to the right for the next stretch of track until you reach the mushroom. Now use it as you go towards Gate #4 (quickly slide left around a tight curve). After getting two more mushrooms you’ll head to Gate #5. As you get the first Mushroom though, stay a bit to the left. This lets you grab the second mushroom and be right in the line of sight for hitting the final gate.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-4

Objective: Destroy all 5 item boxes!

How to Beat it: As before, you’ll need to break through all five Item Boxes, which move in a line around the Luigi’s Mansion course. Break them all to complete the mission. Make sure to hold the A Button before the 2 fades out in order to start off with a speed boost. Then it’s just a matter of hitting each Item Box, they are laid out in a pretty straight line so it shouldn’t be difficult. Just make sure you use the Mushroom boosts as soon as you get them to keep up with the Item Box layer.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-5

Objective: Collect all 20 coins!

How to Beat It: You’ll have to collect all twenty of the coins to beat this mission. Luckily, you’ll find the coins laid out in a straight line through this beach course. There aren’t even any tight turns to hamper you. You will however find a Boost Jump that you’ll need to take to reach some coins. Just make sure that you are lined up straight when you hit it and do so towards the center of the boost.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-6

Objective: Use Bob-ombs to destroy all 5 Pokeys!

How to Beat: You’ll need to be careful on this mission in order to succeed at it. As the goal clearly states, your mission is to go around the track collecting Bob-Ombs from the Item Boxes, and using them to blow up all of the cactus enemies called Pokeys. The key is to toss another Bomb as soon as you can from throwing the previous one. It’s all about timing and placement (obviously).

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-7

Objective: Drive through all 10 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: You’ll have to get through all ten of the numbered gates in order to conquer this mission. Gate #1 is directly ahead of you when you start off. After hitting the boost, be sure to stay to the left so you will hit Gate #2 (Gate #7 will be on the right). You’ll get a Mushroom, use it right after you come out of the gate. Now stay to the right and you’ll hit Gate #3 (Gate #6 will be on your left). You’ll then want to go around using the hairpin at the end and the boost pads. Now you’ll need to alternate right and left to hit the next gates in the right order. You’ll reach the other end after Gate #9, use the boosts to reach the top at which point you’ll hit the final gate (note that this gate is usually the one people miss. So keep your eye out for it).

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2-8

Objective: Perform 6 power-slide turbo boosts in 3 laps!

How to Beat It: This mission tasks you with pulling off six powerslides during the course of three laps around Baby Park. To pull this off successfully, you’ll want to perform a powerslide around each of the two turns that you hit in each lap. You can pick up Stars from the Power Up boxes which will give you a speedboost to help with the straight away and help with powersliding. This mission shouldn’t be too hard to pass, even if you don’t get a Star.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 2 Boss

Objective: Hit the Eyerok’s eyeball 3 times with shells!

How to Beat It: A foe from Mario’s Super Mario 64 pyramid level essentially returns in this boss battle with Eyerok. The boss has eyes in the center of it’s two palms which you must hit with a shell three times to win. The hands will move around the arena and pound the ground as fists. Avoid them and grab the Item Boxes to arm yourself with Green Shells, then head towards the hand that is open (or about to open). Look on your map to tell which one is vulnerable. When you think you got a straight shot, time it correctly and unleash it towards the eye. Hit Eyerok twice more to defeat him.

LEVEL 3

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-1

Objective: Destroy all 5 item boxes!

How to Beat It: To complete this mission you will need to destroy all five boxes . . . but making this one more difficult than previous is the fact that you are on the Waluigi Pinball stage. And thus the bumpers that will knock you around can make it hard to complete this one. Also bouncing will be the Item Boxes you need to break through (each will give you a Star). The key to beating this one easier is to be patient and go after the Item Boxes when you know that you will hit them. Taking it slowly should help prevent you from hitting the bumpers too much.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-2

Objective: Drive through all 5 numbered gates in order… backward!

How to Beat It: To beat this mission you will need to drive backwards through all five gates! Although this may sound difficult, it’s actually easier than you think. The key is to use your map. Gate #1 and 2 are easily hit. When you reach the fork in the road, simply keep going straight to hit gate #3, then turn left and go around. You’ll pass through Gate #4 and $5.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-3

Objective: Collect all 15 coins while avoiding the Chain Chomp!

How to Beat It: This mission can be easily conquered. You’ll notice that the circle of coins goes around the post holding the Chain Chomp, and the coins lead into the circle from where you start. All you need to do is follow the line of coins into the circle. When the turn starts, hold down Left as you accelerate and you should easily grab all the coins without being hit by the Chain Chomp.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-4

Objective: Reach the finish before Yoshi!

How to Beat It: For this mission, you will play as Peach on the Yoshi Falls stage (which has been modified some), and will be racing against the green dino himself. Yoshi will start off with a speed boost, and you’ll need to pick up the Mushrooms and Stars from the Item Boxes to try and match him. They will be of most use in the waterfall sections. Be sure to pay attention to where you are going so you don’t end up on the closed half of the track. You’ll have to beat Yoshi in one lap, but it shouldn’t be too difficult.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-5

Objective: Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat it: This pipe-y track can be difficult, but it’s easier to beat if you know where the gates are. You’ll have to pass through all eight of them to beat this mission. There are two pipes in the back on the level and going through one will pop you out the other. Make your way straight through the first gate and directly into the bottom pipe. You’ll pop out on top, and want to make your way through these three gates, riding the upper catwalk around. Then go through the top left pipe at the end of the catwalk. You’ll emerge at the bottom right, which takes you on a direct collision course with Pipe #5. Now you’ll want to head in the opposite direction and then turn or slide enter the next gate from the left. Following this, go onto the ramp that leads to the catwalk above and through Gate #7. You’ll see the final gate on the ground to the right.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-6

Objective: Hit Monty Moles with shells 5 times!

How to Beat It: This mission has you trying to hit Monty Moles that pops out of the ground with a shell five times. From the beginning, there will be three Item Boxes directly in front of you that contain the shells. You’ll see holes in the ground from where the Moles jump out. The key is to notice how the Moles pop their head up first, THEN jump. You basically need to arm yourself with a shell, then park yourself in front of a hole and watch for the Mole to poke it’s head up. Then release the shell just as the Mole jumps out. Timing is everything as you’d imagine. An easier way is to actually park the kart in front of a hole and then hold the button to steady the shell right where the Mole jumps out. When he does, he should hit the shell. After you’ve successfully knocked a Mole, reverse back to the Item Boxes, grab another shell and repeat the same pattern. Although it sounds easy, it can actually be very difficult to hit the damn moles and you may need to retry several times before you succeed.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-7

Objective: Perform 10 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!

How to Beat It: To beat this mission, you will need to perform ten powerslides within one lap on the Shroom Ridge track. There are a ton of spots to do powerslides on this course, so the mission actually isn’t that difficult. There are several long, tight turns where you should be able to pull of two or three powerslides during that one turn. You don’t need to rush because the course is long and there should be plenty of time to get all ten powerslides done before the end of the lap.

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3-8

Objective: Collect all 20 coins!

How to Beat It: This mission can be a bit difficult than the ones before because you must move around a series of rooms in order to collect all the coins. Here is how you should make your way through the mission. 1. From the beginning, head straight to the first coin. 2. Turn left to the second room for the second coin. Now follow the outer path to the next room. 3. Grab the coin at the entrance to this room. 4. Turn right and grab the fourth coin in the room that’s blocked off. 5. Quickly back out and head in the opposite direction toward the opposite doorway and to the outer path. 6. Now get the fifth coin in the outer path. 7. Be sure to avoid hitting the banana and turn into the room for the sixth coin. 7. Head toward the left as you go into the next room and grab the seventh coin. 8. Go into the outer path again and take a corner without falling off (go slowly) to get this eighth coin. Now go straight. 9. Take the ninth coin behind the banana and go into the room nearby. Now move clockwise around the block and take the two coins. 10. Exit the same way you came in and grab another two coins along the outer path. Avoid the bananas. 11. Go around the corner and into the next room for another coin. 12. At last, head towards the final room and quickly go around the circle to carefully grab the final coins. You should have collected all 20 coins to complete the mission. Phew!

How to beat Mario Kart DS Mission 3 BOSS

Objective: Reach the finish before Goomboss!

How to Beat It: In this race against a Goomba you will be playing as a Lightweight driver (Toad) against a giant super heavy weight (Suma Weight? :P) on the Baby Park course. Although this is hard it’s not impossible. The goal is to finish three laps before the Goomba. Be careful not to get hit by the Goomba or you’ll lose a balloon, lose all three and you die. If you are too far behind you’ll throw either a banana (bad) or a Mushroom (good) at you. If you’re too far ahead, Goomboss will charge around the track trying to catch up. After each lap the boss will grow in size and throw more Goombas. He will also leap the track on the final lap to give himself a shortcut. In order to win against this cheater, you’ll need to take tight powerslide turns around each curve in the track. Then stay to the right and do perfect powerslides. If you keep this up (don’t go all over the track) you should be able to beat the Goomboss.

LEVEL 4

How to Beat Level 4-1

Objective: Reach the finish before Donkey Kong!

How to Beat It: It’s heavyweight vs heavyweight as your mission is to beat Donkey Kong on an icy mirror course while playing as Wario. The field of Snowmen at the beginning is a tough section. Try to drift and turn to avoid hitting them. Also try drifting shortly after the start of the race to get a boost. You don’t need to slide on the turns after the Snowman Field, you’ll end up in a gray cliffy area. Donkey Kong will take a “shortcut”, but don’t follow him. Instead, powerslide around each turn on the regular track, collecting the Mushrooms and Stars from the Item Boxes. Then as you are going downhill, you’ll hit a tight turn to the right. Follow this and avoid the Snowmen (may wanna use a Star) and go through the tunnel. Finally powerslide to the left and into the Finish Line.

How to Beat Level 4-2

Objective: Blast 20 crabs!

How to Beat It: This missions tasks you with blasting some crabs on a crab-filled isle. There are Item Boxes in the center that contain the Bob-Ombs and Green Shells that you’ll need in order to get the blasting done. Every now and again the tide will flood the center, but it’s not much of a problem. You’ll be on an island with a whole load of crabs scattered about. Try and get Green Shells (especially Triple) as they are the best method for taking out crabs. If you grab the single Green Shell, simply try to line up to the closest crab to you and try to take him out. Don’t even bother with the Bob-Ombs as they don’t help you speed-wise in finishing this mission. Once you’ve gotten the Triple Green Shells Item, have them rotate around you as you pass close to three crabs to easily knock them out (don’t try to shoot the Green Shells at them). Keep doing this and you should finish this mission in no time.

How to Beat Level 4-3

Objective: Reach the finish before the red car!

How to Beat It: This extremely easy mission has you simply beating a Red Car through traffic to the end of the first lap. At the start of the race, the Red Car will be far ahead of you, simply powerslide around the tight turns and you’ll easily catch up to it. Be sure to avoid hitting the other cars on the road though as you do so. You’ll occasionally find Item Boxes that will give you useful items like Mushrooms. Use them on the straightaway and the uphill sections. If you do this mission correctly you should be away ahead of the Red Car by the halfway point of the track and can finish and beat this mission easily.

How to Beat Level 4-4

Objective: Drive through all 7 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: Your goal is to pass through the numbered gates spread out across this hilly desert in the correct order. 1. At the start, go straight into the first gate. 2. Powerslide around the curve, hit the Item Box for a Triple Mushroom and boost to gate #2 over the hill. Use your boosts one at a time. 3. Keep boosting and you should pass through gate #3 as well. 4. Head up the hill towards gate #4 across a hilly straight path. Be sure to collect the Triple Mushrooms from the Item Box. 5. Stay left of the Pokey enemies on the track (the cactus guys) and start to turn right with the curve. This is because you’ll find gate #5 on the inner section of the curve. 6. As soon as you go through gate #5, use your boosts one at a time to get over the hills and reach the final two gates.

How to Beat Level 4-5

Objective: Collect all 15 coins. If you get squished by a Thwomp, you fail!

How to Beat It: To beat this mission easily, use a boost at the very beginning (hold A when the countdown hits 2 as it is fading out). Now head straight down the first line of Thwomps as they rise (as long as you got the start boost you shouldn’t hit them) and collect the first 8 coins. Now quickly turn around and line up before the other side. As soon as the Thwomps fall, start to accelerate. Time it correctly and you’ll be able to pick up the remaining 7 coins without hitting the Thwomps.

How to Beat Level 4-6

Objective: Break all 10 item boxes while avoiding the Fake Items!

How to Beat It: This mission tasks you with going through Choco Mountain and trying to only hit the real Item Box mixed in with a set of 9 other fake Item Boxes. This mission is simple because you can tell which Item Boxes are real and which are fake by using your map. The fake Item Boxes will be red squares. Now simply head through the course to hit the real Item Boxes as you avoid the falling boulders and you should be home free.

How to Beat Level 4-7

Objective: Drive through all 10 gates!

How to Beat It: In this mission you need to pass through all ten gates while avoiding the bumpers and hazards of Waluigi Pinball. To do this, take the center path first, where you’ll pass through the first two gates easily. As you go through the second gate in the middle, head left or right and down that path which leads to the perimeter of the back area. You’ll hit four more gates here. As you head back around to the first half of the course, follow the perimeter to reach the final four gates. To get through this mission even speedier, try drifting between sides when you’re at the far ends of the level.

How to Beat Level 4-8

Objective: Perform 9 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!

How to Beat It: This mission is set during the rain on Luigi’s Circuit. Due to the weather there will be puddles on the track to slip you up. In order to beat this mission, avoid the puddles and powerslide around each turn. Try not to rush unless you are going for a quicker time.

How to Beat Level 4 BOSS

Objective: Collect 50 coins while avoiding King Boo!

How to Beat It: This tough mission has you trying to collect 50 Coins without getting hit by King Boo who will float around for a bit before attacking you. If he does he’ll take up to 10 coins away. While also causing the levels coins to temporarily vanish. Yes he’s a greedy mean little bastard. Here is how to conquer him.

1. Begin with a turbo boost towards the two coins in front of you.
2. Powerslide clockwise to collect the rest of the coins.
3. King Boo will be ready to charge.
4. Jump into the center lava before he does so (this will take one balloon away from you. You have three balloons for three hits before you die).
5. Try to get a boost as you land on the ground.
6. Turn right and collect all the coins on the next ring.
7. Move clockwise again and powerslide to keep going around the ring even after you’ve collected all the coins.
8. You should see a line of three coins on a path going away from the ring.
9. Collect the coins and then hop into the lava again in the center of the ring.
10. After hitting the ground, boost and accelerate as you turn right.
11. Powerslide around the ring clockwise to collect the three coins in a line.
12. Instead of jumping into the lava again, collect the coins on the ring by powersliding in a counter-clockwise fashion.
13. Do this fast enough and you should be able to collect the final coin and get a three star ranking. If Boo does steal your coins, chase and bump into him, then drive through King Boo from the front to get the coins back.

LEVEL 5

How to Beat Level 5-1

Objective: Reach the finish before the stray Chain Chomp!

How to Beat It: Begin by using a speed boost (hold A as the second light fades). Get the Item Box with the Triple Mushrooms and powerslide around the first turn (if you can). Use the boost at the top of the hill to cut through the grass and reach the second hill. Boost again to cut through more grass and head down the hill to the maze of bushes. Try to go as straight as possible and avoid the Chain Chomps. Once you reach the top of the next hill, you’ll want to use your final boost to cut through more grass. When you reach the circle of bushes, use the path that goes through the center of the circle. Avoid getting hit by the Monty Moles that jump out of the dirt and powerslide through the final two turns to reach the goal.

How to Beat Level 5-2

Objective: Drive backward and collect 15 coins! If you hit a snowman, you fail!

How to Beat It: This mission shouldn’t be very difficult to beat. You must drive backward to collect the coins around the circle track while avoiding the Snowmen on the sides. After you collect the second line of coins, don’t even slow down for the wide turn. Just remember to hold the B Button to reverse instead of pressing A like usual.

How to Beat Level 5-3

Objective: Destroy all 5 item boxes!

How to Beat It: Your goal for this mission is to hit all five item boxes on the Koopa Beach 2 level. The Item Boxes will travel over deep water that you can’t pass through. The best way therefore to beat this level is to collect the first Item Box and then try to catch up with the train and get over to the deep section before all the Item Boxes become unreachable in the deep waters. To do this, get the Mushroom from the first Item Box and then follow the shallow water to where the Item Boxes pass onto the shallow water again. Grab the front Item Box in the Item Box Train from behind. Hold still and collect the rest as they come to you. And don’t bother trying to boost over the deep water to skim on the surface, since you can’t do so.

How to Beat Level 5-4

Objective: Drive through all 10 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: This mission has you passing through the gates in order spread around Bowser’s Castle. Here is how to do it.

1. Drift through the first gate as well as around the turn.
2. Powerslide so that you hit the boost pad on the left and pass through gate #2.
3. Powerslide around the next corner and pass through gate #3.
4. Avoid the Thwomp and in the first jumping part, try to hit the boost pad on the far left.
5. Move to the right and pass through gate #4.
6. Turn tight enough to hit the right boost pad if possible.
7. At the second jumping part, stay towards the middle of the track.
8. Then move towards the right to pass through gate #5 and gate #6.
9. On the next grated section, avoid jumping over the pit. Instead, go through gate #7 and use the boosts to the left, then steer around the jumps and maneuver through gate #8 ahead.
10. Powerslide around the corner and use the mini-turbo to reach gate #9.
11. Continue straight towards gate #10 and avoid the Thwomps.

How to Beat Level 5-5

Objective: Complete 1 lap in the opposite direction within the time limit!

How to Beat It: This mission tasks you to make your way through the Mushroom Bridge level backwards (not in reverse, but the course itself has been flipped backwards). This mission is made hard simply because of the traffic. There are also a few sections that have you going through a narrow path while avoiding oncoming cars. Use the Item Boxes containing Mushrooms wisely. Try using them along with a powerslide around the curves. Just be careful to not crash into the cars when doing so.

How to Beat Level 5-6

Objective: Collect all 18 coins!

How to Beat It: This course is set atop a giant cake! You must collect all 18 coins by making three passes through the center of the cake. Although it’s not as difficult as it looks, it will probably take a few tries. Here are some tips.

1. At the start, head towards the first coin ahead of you.
2. Make a wide turn around the cream puff to grab coin #2.
3. Turn right tightly to line up with the center.
4. Grab three coins on the way to the center.
5. Once at the center, hop over the cherry and try to align properly to grab one of the coins above.
6. As you land after hopping the cherry, head straight and turn around the next cream puff.
7. Rinse and repeat to collect all the coins (should take three times).

How to Beat Level 5-7

Objective: Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: This mission tasks you with driving through an icy hilly level to pass through the gates while avoiding Snowballs. You can easily reach them all without having to powerslide.

1. Head through the first two gates.
2. Move left to avoid the Snowball and pass through gate #3.
3. Head straight and over the hill.
4. Stay left and pass through gate #4
5. Move right and pass through gate #5.
6. Reach gate #6 after taking the curves.
7. Move towards the middle to pass through gate #7.
8. Avoid the bouncing snowball after taking the final turn and go up to the hill to gate #8.

How to Beat Level 5-8

Objective: Reach the finish before Mario!

How to Beat It: For this mission you must beat Luigi in a race as his wiser bro, Mario! To do so, simply collect the item boxes and use the Stars and Mushrooms within.

1. Start with a turbo boost. Draft off Mario (hang behind him for a bit) for a further boost.
2. Avoid the Goombas on the hill and collect the first Item Box.
3. If they’re Mushrooms, use the first two and use the third as you hit the Piranha Plant to cut across the dirt.
4. Hit the second Item Box and powerslide around the curve.
5. If you got a Star, use it when you reach the Piranha Plants and cut through them. If you got the Mushroom boost but DON’T get close to the Piranha Plants.
6. Powerslide around the final two curves.

How to Beat Level 5 BOSS

Objective: Hit the Big Bob-omb with 3 Bob-ombs!

How to Beat It: This one is easy. Grab the Item Box that is initially on the level to get a Bob-Omb. Line yourself up with the boss and toss the bomb to attack him. After he gets back up and tosses another bomb towards you, he will then throw another Item Box. Mix and repeat until he’s beaten.

LEVEL 6

How to Beat Level 6-1

Objective: Drive backward across the spinning bridge! If you fall, you’re out!

How to Beat It: This easy mission tasks you with driving in reverse across the rotating bridge in the Bowser Castle level. The tricky part is balancing on top of the bridge. When the bridge rolls to the left, move your kart to keep going forward but point towards the center to keep your balance. Do the opposite for the right side. Beat it if you reach the other side successfully.

How to Beat Level 6-2

Objective: Get Stars and run over 15 Rocky Wrenches!

How to Beat It: This one isn’t hard but can be annoying to do successfully for a high rank. You simply need to use the Item Boxes to beat the Rocky Wrenches that pop in and out of the airship deck. You have to do this very fast (kill all 15 with more than 20 seconds remaining for a high rank) which can be hard. Use all your abilities from powersliding to reversing in order to beat this one. Try to use the next Star before your current one runs out to keep it continuous.

How to Beat Level 6-3

Objective: Collect all 30 coins!

How to Beat It: Collect all 30 coins on the Choco Mountain stage from the Super Nintendo version of Super Mario Kart. This can be quite difficult, here is how to do it.

1. From the start head straight to get the three coins.
2. use a Mushroom and continue straight across the rocks for three more coins.
3. Drift around the corner and line yourself up so you can collect the next three coins.
4. Collect the next set of coins easily after that.
5. Tightly drift around the following corner. As you come out, straighten quickly so you can be lined up to collect the next set of coins.
6. Cross the mud puddle.
7. Line up to collect the next set of coins.
8. Try to avoid the bumps as best as you can and carefully grab the next six coins. This part can be difficult.
9. Make a tight drift around the final curve for the last three coins and the finish line.

How to Beat Level 6-4

Objective: Destroy all 10 item boxes!

How to Beat It: This mission tasks you with getting all 10 Item Boxes floating around randomly on a multi-level stage. Here is the best path to take in order to do this.

1. Earn the Turbo from the start and get the first Item Box in front of you as it rounds the corner.
2. As you approach said corner, head up the hill onto the red tier.
3. Go around counter-clockwise so you collect Item Box #2 as it heads towards you.
4. Now make your way straight across the bridge as the third Item Box moves onto it. You should be able to easily catch it.
5. Go up the hill to the top yellow tier and collect Item Box #4.
6. Take the upper bridge towards the green tier.
7. Grab Item Box #5 as it goes from the middle to the upper levels.
8. Drop down to the middle level and collect Item Boxes #6 and #7 as they rotate around.
9. Head towards the top section and take the bridge to the blue tier.
10. Head down the ramp to the second level and snag Item Box #8 as it falls from the upper level.
11. As you do so head towards Item Box #9 as it makes its way around.
12. At last, drive towards the yellow tier along the bridges. You should find the last Item Box #10 around the middle there.

How to Beat Level 6-5

Objective: Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: In order to beat this mission, you’ll need to grab BOTH Item Boxes that you come across in order to utilize their Triple Mushrooms. Now do the following:

1. Snag the first Item Box and quickly powerslide around the corner to go through gate #1.
2. Line up with the ramp behind it and boost to make a jump through gate #2.
3. As soon as you land, use your second Mushroom to boost yourself across the small gaps.
4. Powerslide around the next turn and head up the straightaway to gate #3.
5. As soon as you pass the gate, use your final boost up the ramp for gate #4 on the bridge.
6. Slide around the next couple of turns to pick up the lone Item Box in the middle.
7. Pass through gate #5 as you boost then powerslide around the turn ahead.
8. As you round the turn, you’ll see another gate fairly closeby. Line up with it and as you approach the gap boost yourself to shoot through gate #6.
9. As soon as you land on the other side powerslide to the left and use a boost through gate #7 that’s off to the side.
10. Continue towards the final gate!

How to Beat Level 6-6

Objective: Perform 14 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!

How to Beat It: This mission tasks you with successfully accomplishing fourteen powerslides as Yoshi on the Yoshi Circuit track within a single lap. In order for you to pull this off successfully, you’ll need to powerslide around nearly every turn. Thankfully all of the hazards that are normally on this course are gone. So you won’t have to worry about that. This also helps you to be able to tell when a significant turn is coming as opposed to just a slight curve. Try to do as much powerslides as you can early on.

How to Beat Level 6-7

Objective: Collect all 40 coins!

How to Beat It: This mission has you collection 40 coins that are in the shape of a Star, atop the face of a clock! This clock comes complete with moving arms. The only obstacle that impedes your progress on this level is the minute/hour hands themselves. If you get hit by them you’ll drop some coins. Start with a turbo and go straight up either the left or right lines of coins and keep going all the way to the back wall. Then turn around and go down the other side when the hands aren’t blocking the way (try to use your map as well as your own line of sight).

How to Beat Level 6-8

Objective: Reach the finish before Peach!

How to Beat It: This mission tasks you with beating Peach (a lightweight) in a race as Bowser (a heavyweight) set in a mirrored version of the Peach Garden track (the one with all those bush mazes). Here is the best way to do so.

1. Start with a boost and turn tightly to the left.
2. After the straightaway, powerslide around the curve.
3. Follow the dirt path while avoiding the Monty Moles.
4. At the last curve of the dirt path, perform a powerslide.
5. In the next section, stay to the left and make your way around the perimeter of the circle. Make sure to grab the Item Box.
6. Drift around the corner ahead and go up the hill.
7. If you have Triple Mushrooms use your first boost to cut across the grass.
8. Go down the hill into the Chain Chomp maze. Be careful though as some paths will be blocked off.
9. Stay towards the center for the first couple of rows, then go left.
10. Be sure to grab the Item Box (unless you have two Mushrooms, if so save them).
11. Avoid the Chain Chomp in the back left corner of the maze and stay to the right.
12. Slide around the sharp corners and up the hill. If you have a Mushroom use the boost to cut across the grass.
13. Ahead, use another Mushroom to boost across the grass that you’re required to pass through.
14. Cross the bridge and snag the Item Box.
15. Powerslide around the curve and then use your final Mushroom or Star on this final stretch to cross the goal line.

How to Beat Level 6 BOSS

Objective: Use Mushroom boosts to hit Chief Chilly and knock him off the stage 3 times!

How to Beat It: This boss fight against Chief Chilly takes place on a raised platform surrounded by water with a few Item Boxes about. The giant ice ball that is Chief Chilly will charge at you and try to knock you off the platform. Obviously you want to do so to him first and not be a pushover. All of the Item Boxes contain Triple Mushrooms. The key is to grab them and then line yourself up with Chief Chilly. Then let loose with all 3 boosts to try and push him into the water. Be careful though to make sure you are still aligned with him after using a boost cause you don’t want to fall into the water yourself. When Chilly returns from being knocked off, simply grab another Item Box, mix and repeat. After knocking Chilly off for the second time, he will add jumps to his set of moves and try to leap over you as you boost towards him. Counter by quickly using your boosts.

LEVEL 7

How to Beat Level 7-1

Objective: Perform 6 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!

How to Beat It: You know you’re in the major leagues with your first level 7 mission, which tasks you with performing six powerslides on the Rainbow Road course. This means you have very little space with which to powerslide. A lot of the track is made up of boost pads, long straightaways and loops. So powerslide anytime you come across any kind of turn. Here is a path for you to follow.

1. Powerslide shortly after the curve around the starting point.
2. Powerslide after the boost pads while avoiding the upper wall.
3. After the straight path, powerslide to the right.
4. After the loop you’ll come to a curve, powerslide around the second one and head left.
5. Before you reach the second loop try to do another powerslide.
6. When you’re coming around the final wide turn, try to do another powerslide.

How to Beat Level 7-2

Objective: Reach the finish before Bowser!

How to Beat It: The Koopa King himself will be on hand to race you across his own Bowser Castle stage. Here is how to beat him.

1. Start with a boost.
2. Stay to the right and avoid the blockades in the middle.
3. Avoid the Thwomps and snag the Item Box (for Mushrooms or Stars).
4. Powerslide around the next couple of turns.
5. In the rotating room powerslide around to the far side while being careful not to hit the flames or the Thwomps further down the hall.
6. Grab the Item Box and drift around the spiral tower.
7. Powerslide at the top opening where you’ll see the rolling bridge.
8. DON’T GO ON THE ROLLING BRIDGE! Instead use your boost or star to shoot off the right platform to the ground below (this allows you to keep moving as you fall, if you fall from the bridge you’ll fall straight downward).
9. Boost across the grass and make your way up the path.
10. Powerslide around the corner. Don’t forget to snag the Item Box.
11. After the jump, boost across the middle of the moving platforms (careful not to fall).
12. Powerslide around the corner and head towards the top of the hill and towards the goal.

Keep in mind that this course can be pretty difficult and it may take you a few tries to pull off the above instructions successfully. It also can be difficult to get the right items in order to do so.

How to Beat Level 7-3

Objective: Complete 2 laps within the time limit!

How to Beat It: For this mission you must complete two full laps around the Tick Tock Clock level within a time limit of 1 minutes and 30 seconds. This is possible to achieve as long as you don’t run into any obstacles or fall off the stage. Here’s how.

1. Start with a boost.
2. Powerslide around the first corner.
3. Get the Item Box (which have Triple Mushrooms) and boost up the hill.
4. Go left around the perimeter of the clock face platform.
5. Use the boost pads to quickly get across without hitting the clockhands.
6. Head down the hill.
7. You’ll come across three pendulums that alternate back and forth.
8. If you have Mushrooms, use them to boost quickly by without hitting the pendulums.
9. This next part has four alternately rotating platforms. Make the choice, if you travel in the same direction as the rotation along the outer edge you’ll go faster but it’s risky.
10. Boost quickly across and powerslide through the next couple of corners.
11. The next clock face platform will be coming up, so travel along the outer edge in order to avoid hitting it.
12. Atop the final hill you’ll see two rotating tires on each side of the track. Drive onto the one moving in the same direction as you to get a boost towards the goal! Repeat this for both laps.

How to Beat Level 7-4

Objective: Use shells to defeat all 30 Goombas within the time limit!

How to Beat It: This missions tasks you with killing all 30 Goombas within the time limit. As with the previous ones, you’ll want to use the Triple Green Shells to hit them as they spin about you. This one is harder though as you’ll need to follow the track to several checkpoints to find more Item Boxes and Goombas to knock out. Grab shells right from the start and shoot the Goombas you can, then quickly grab more and repeat until you’ve cleared that segment. Mix and repeat.

How to Beat Level 7-5

Objective: Collect all 20 coins!

How to Beat It: Collect all 20 coins on the Wario Stadium stage. These one is pretty easy to accomplish.

1. Start with a turbo boost and do a powerslide around the wide turn to collect the first two coins.
2. Powerslide again and straighten out to hit the next 3 coins and another two as you land.
3. This next part has boost pad islands in the mud. There are four coins above them that you must collect.
4. As you round the corner, straighten out as you go up the boost hill and collect the three coins as you go through the fire ring.
5. Align yourself for the next jump and collect those two coins.
6. You’ll find two more coins up ahead within the inner curves of the track below the fire wheels.
7. For the final coins, stay to your right and shoot up the two boost pads on the right to collect the last coins.

How to Beat Level 7-6

Objective: Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order!

How to Beat It: This may be the hardest mission. The gates are placed in a circle formation with each gate alternating around the circle (1,5,2,6,etc.). The key to beating this mission is NOT TO POWERSLIDE! It may go against logic but it’s true. Instead, get a turbo at the start and you’ll see how the touchscreen of the replica DS has light and dark streaks. Go straight but as soon as you hit the light streak, hop and hold R as you accelerate and hold Right. Do this correctly and you’ll be able to drift around the circle without hitting the gate walls!

How to Beat Level 7-7

Objective: Drive backward and collect all 12 coins! If you hit a burner, you fail!

How to Beat It: Be patient and easy on the gas with this one if you want to get a high ranking. This mission tasks you with driving in reverse through a maze of crates and then across and open area with two burners moving back and forth (you fail if you get hit by them). Here is how to do this.

1. From the start go off the ledge and slowly turn to the first coin (when going around turns, do not hold B since you’ll hit crates if you do so. Simply use the D-Pad to change direction).
2. Slowly go around the bend and snag the second coin at the end.
3. Turn again and collect three more coins as you swerve around the path.
4. Now slowly take the corner ahead of you and swerve around again to collect three more coins.
5. Once you reach the end of the path, make a wide turn left and go straight in reverse to the coin located in the opening that leads to the larger area.
6. Move quickly in order to grab the two coins directly in the path of the burners (just be careful not to hit them).
7. Collect the final coin ahead of you to successfully complete the mission.

How to Beat Level 7-8

Objective: Break all 10 item boxes while avoiding the Fake Items!

How to Beat It: This is a pretty challenging mission in which you must collect the real Item Boxes (10 of them) amongst the fake ones. Follow this in order to complete it.

1. Get a boost from the start.
2. Powerslide around the first corner.
3. Powerslide around the second corner but be sure to avoid hitting the bananas.
4. Stay to the right for the first real Item Box (check your map, fake ones will be red squares).
5. Powerslide around the wide turn ahead and use a Mushroom to boost.
6. Find the second Item Box to the left.
7. Use a Mushroom boost and avoid hitting the bananas at the curve ahead.
8. Grab the next two Item Boxes to the right and left, using the boosts one after another while avoiding more bananas further ahead.
9. After the first fall, grab the left Item Box and powerslide around the turn, then boost.
10. Grab the fifth Item Box and take the left side around the wall (be sure to not boost or you may hit the bananas).
11. Hop over the gap to the left where the hole is smallest and turn to get the 6th Item Box.
12. Now boost across the room and drift around the wall into the second room.
13. You’ll come across a whole row of fake Item Boxes, drift around the curves and slow down if you need to. Now get the next item box located behind the column.
14. Once on the boardwalk again, stay to your right and get the next Item Box.
15. Use the boost and powerslide around the curve.
16. Head straight to the final Item Box.

How to Beat Level 7 BOSS

Objective: Reach the finish before Wiggler!

How to Beat It: This is the final boss and the final level of the Mission Mode. And as such it can be quite tough. You must race a giant Wiggler through traffic. Because of his size he can easily plow through it and he moves a lot faster than you. To top it all off, you must complete THREE full laps. So be prepared! You’ll find Item Boxes that contain Stars along the track. Make good use of them and don’t bother trying to hit Wiggler with the Stars, as it’s pointless. You’ll notice small trucks on the track, if you hit one with a Star you’ll gain a Mushroom (if you use your map you’ll notice that it shows a Mushroom in the truck). Here is how you can beat this mission.

1. Start with a turbo boost.
2. Use the first Star and blast through the truck to get a Mushroom.
3. Grab the next Item Box.
4. Mix and repeat.

You shouldn’t have any problems beating Wiggler if you use this strategy. As long as you can stay with a clear lead. Beware that after the third lap, Wiggler will turn red and angry and will become even faster in this hot and bothered state. He’ll even cheat by taking shortcuts, as you’d expect from an evil-doer. Although there is a hill shortcut, you shouldn’t need to use it by using this strategy. Beat Wiggler and CONGRATULATIONS, you’ve beaten the Mission Mode!

Thanks to gamefaqs user Devin Morgan for the faq used as a basis for this guide. And thanks to EckzDeee for the boss walkthrough videos.