Seeing as how it is a Myamoto game you can expect a lot of hidden surprises in the game. He never seems to put codes in his games however there are still some sneeky secrets.



SPEED BURST : To get a burst of speed off the starting line you must simply press and hold the exelerator as soon as the second red light disappears and before the blue lightr appears. This trick seems to vary slightly depending on which character you are using and which track you are on.


MIRRORED TRACKS : To race the tracks mirrored you must win a gold cup in all the circuits in the 150cc class. After doing this, whenever you select championship or vs. racing you will have the option to race the EXTRA tracks which are the mirrored tracks. Note: the tracks are not reversed like in Wave Race, they are mirrored, meaning that you still pass things on the track in the same sequence as before (tree then cow then barn) only these things will be on the oposite sides of the track. The corners are similarly mirrored. What once was left is now a right and vice versa.
If done correctly the tittle screen should change from this tittle to thistittle


COURSE GHOSTS : This is a cool feature of the game that lets you race against the developers best times (represented as ghost racers) on the three courses below. In order to get these ghosts you must beat a certain time on each course during time trials. If you get these ghosts they are great to race against in order to practice for time trials or to just race agianst a challenging oponent when you are all alone.

Luigi Raceway - under 1'52"00
Mario Raceway - under 1'30"00
Royal Raceway - under 2'40"00


SAVE YOURSELF FROM BANANAS : You may have noticed that there are to things that can happen when you run over a banana peel. If you are turning in the slightest when you hit it then you will imediatley spin out. however if you hit it while you are driving straight then you have a second or so were your kart wobbles back and forth before you spin out. If you find yourself doing the latter you simply have to slam on the brakes while your kart is in the wobbling animations.


MICRO SPEED BURSTS: To do this trick you must be able to use the slide around corners using the right shoulder button on the controller. To start a micro speed burst you must initiate a jumping slide turn and hold it (you will notice a string of "e"'s forming in your exhaust), then move the control stick from left to right repeatedly. You should see the "e"'s in your exhaust change colour from white to yellow to red. Once they reach the red stage you can get out of the slide and if you have your speedometer on the screen you will notice it jump about 10 km/h for a short time period.


DRAFTING : This trick requires you to be very close behind someone. Line yourself up directly behind and you will cause them to break the wind (not that kind of wind:) and you will get a boost when you pull away to pass. Remember to wait until you see the air currents flowing around your kart.



GLITCHS :The following were sent in by:David Wonn
1. Freeze the game
        Play a game of Battle Mode and make sure that the game ends with the
winner resting on top of an item box.  Keep pressing the Z button to fire
off whatever items you collect.  After a while the game may freeze up.


2. Freeze the characters' faces Go to the character selection screen with 2 or more players. Have one player select a character, and then press the B button and some direction on the control pad (or stick) at the same time. That character's face will freeze, and you can repeat this until 7 of the 8 characters have a frozen face.
3. Watch the demo with no sound and no changing camera angles Just before the demo is about to start, press the Start button. If you time it right, it will sound like you are about to go to the selection screen, but the demo will start without sound. The camera will also remain fixed on the character(s), since the camera changes usually happen at certain points in the demo music.
4. Destroy the rotating Mario sign In Mario Raceway, you can destroy the rotating Mario sign if you run through it with Star Power. It looks pretty awesome if you watch it happen from another player's screen.




GAME SHARK CODES :
No Laps To Race81164390 0000
81164392 0002
GS Button For 1 Lap To Race89164390 0000
89164392 0001
Weapon Modifier P180165F5D 00??
80165F8A 00??
Quantity Digits to Accompany Weapon Modifier Code 00 - Nothing
01 - Single Banana
02 - Multi Bananas
03 - Single Green Shell
04 - 3 Green Shells
05 - Single Red Shell
06 - 3 Red Shells
07 - Blue Shell
08 - Lightning Bolt
09 - Upside Down '?'
0A - Star
0B - Ghost
0C - Single Mushroom
0D - 2 Mushrooms
0E - 3 Mushrooms
0F - Gold Mushroom
NOTE. Must Press GS Button After Passing The Staring Line
NOTE. For Weapon Modifier, occasionally glitches in battle mode, when using an item that you cant normally get!
(3 codes total)