Mario Stadium

Items & Weapons

Items can be obtained by driving over the 'question mark blocks'. A item slot-machine will appear and randomly choose an item.

Standard Items

Coins are needed to ensure that the player does not spin out of control when hit by an item or when bumped by an opponent. Collecting coins gradually increases the driver's kart speed. Getting hit by an item will make the driver lose coins, thus losing speed.

The banana can be placed on the course. Driving over the banana will cause the player to slip. The player can throw the banana forward by pressing 'Up + A'.

The mushroom gives a small speed boost to the player.

The green shell is a basic item which players can throw at opponents. Pressing 'Down + A' will shoot the green shell backwards.

The red shell homes in on the opponent in front, so use it wisely. Only obtainable if you are in the latter positions.

The red feather allows the player to hop. This can be used to jump over holes or dodge items and obstacles.

Using lightning creates a dark cloud and shrinks all opponents. All opponents can then be driven over. Obviously, this gives you an advantage as the smaller drivers will now have more ground to cover.

The star gives limited invincibility to the driver. Driving into opponents with a star activated will spin them out of control. It also increases your speed.

Special Items

You, the player can not use these special items assigned to each player as frequently as the computer players can. Some of these items are not standard.