Items (MarioKart64)

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Banana

This small banana peel can be placed on the track to slow down enemies and cause them to spin out for a while. You can also protect yourself from attacks from behind by holding the Z button to keep the banana at the rear of your car. It can also comes in a bundle of about 5 or 6 to form a cool train behind your kart.

Fake Item Box

This is an identical box to the ones you get your weapons from but it's a fake. Place it near the weapon boxes to trick an opponent into driving into it and they will hit it and get thrown into the air to slow them down and send them a few places back. This can also be a protection if held at the rear of your kart.

Ghost

This is where Boo appears and steals another players weapon for you. It also makes you invulnerable to any item played against you for a very short time.

Green Koopa Shells

These shells can be fired backwards or forwards and will bounce around and reflect of walls to hopefully hit another vehicle. They also can come in triples where 3 of them will surround and rotate around your car to protect you from attacks and hit people who come near you.

Lightning Bolt

Another rare weapon. This lightning bolt will strike everyone on the track (except for people protected by a star or ghost) and shrink them so you can easily run them over and flatten them. While this is in effect the opponents cannot drive very fast and will slow down rapidly.

Orange Mushroom

The same as the red mushroom but except you can use it up to around 12 times repeatedly until it wastes out. Good for making shortcuts by cutting through the sand and not losing speed.

Red Koopa Shell

These are slightly better than the green shells because they will follow and hit the closest car. You must also be careful where you fire this because if it hits the walls then it will waste so do it on a straight area. They can also come in groups of 3.

Red Mushroom

A small boost of speed to send you slightly forward to catch up. This can also come in a group of 3.

Spiked Shell

This is a blue shell with spikes on it to take out an opponent kart and throw them into the air. A very rare weapon which only comes if you are lucky and coming into a bad position. (The balloon in Luigi Curciut and the Item on the Mountain in Koopa Troopa Beach contain ONLY a Spiked Shell). When fired it will go through the entire track and hit anyone in its way however its target is the player who is in first place. If this is held at the rear of your car you can be hit by shells and other, non-First racers, and will not go away.

Star

This great weapon will make you invincible and you are able to ram people and punish them for a short amount of time. This also allows you to drive extremely fast as well. While this is working on you, you will be safe from all attacks.

Major portions of this page were written by: Chad