Items are used as power-ups in Mario Kart games. Some are meant to benefit the user, attack other racers, or both.
Standard Items
Standard items are those that are featured in most or all games:
- Banana
- Triple Banana (absent from Super and Super Circuit)
- Coin (absent from 64, Double Dash!! DS, and Wii; Also, only Super and 8 features the item in an Item Box)
- Fake Item Box (absent from Super, Super Circuit, 7 and 8)
- Mushroom
- Triple Mushrooms (absent from Super and Super Circuit)
- Golden Mushroom (absent from Super and Super Circuit)
- Shells:
- Spiny Shell (absent from Super Mario Kart)
- Green Shell
- Red Shell
- Triple Green Shells (absent from Super and Super Circuit)
- Triple Red Shells (absent from Super and Super Circuit)
- Starman
- Lightning
- Boo/Ghost (absent from Double Dash!!, Wii, 7, and 8)
Recent Items
Many items are only present in more recent games:
Type | Double Dash!! | DS | Wii | 7 | 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob-omb | |||||
Blooper | |||||
Bullet Bill | |||||
Mega Mushroom | |||||
POW Block | |||||
Thundercloud | |||||
Fire Flower | |||||
Lucky 7 | |||||
Super Leaf | |||||
Crazy 8 | |||||
Boomerang Flower | |||||
Piranha Plant | |||||
Super Horn |
Double Dash!! Special Items
- Red Fireballs/Green Fireballs
- Yoshi Egg/Birdo Egg
- Heart
- Bob-omb
- Giant Banana
- Bowser Shell
- Chain Chomp
- Triple Red Shells/Triple Green Shells
- Golden Mushroom