Mushroom Cup

Master the Mushroom Cup in Mario Kart DS with tips for Figure-8 Circuit, Yoshi Falls, Cheep Cheep Beach, and Luigi's Mansion.

Figure-8 Circuit

The very first course you'll most likely play is the most basic of them all. It has two long straightaways with a couple of wide turns at the opposite ends. This course is a great beginners course to get accustomed to the controls and such, since there aren't any other obstacles to worry about yet. Also, the wide turns are a great place to practice executing power slides if you want to try.

Yoshi Falls

This beach-oriented course is another fairly simple one. It has a bunch of boosters you can drive across to get a quick speed boost. They're usually on the upper half of the track. Both parts of the track are navigable, but if you stay on the lower/inner half there are a couple flooded spots that will slow you down, so be careful. Overall, with the boosters and wide turns in this area, it shouldn't be too hard to win a race without problems.

Cheep Cheep Beach

Another fun beach level, this time populated with Cheep Cheeps and crabs wandering the beaches. The first turn on the pier is great for power sliding for a quick boost. After you boost jump to the beach, you'll have to steer to avoid the crabs and fish since they can really mess you up. There are also trees to maneuver around, but that shouldn't be too hard. Use the ramps to hop between sections of the beach if you can, since you'll slow down when passing through water. The beach is great for power sliding around the bends, and the tide recedes every now and then, so you can take shortcuts if the timing is right.

Luigi's Mansion

The final course of the Mushroom Cup has quite the spooky twist to it. The first part sends you through the mansion; if you're good you can make 3 power slides around the 3 sharp turns after going down the initial hill. When you get to the outside portion, it gets a bit trickier I think, since the path isn't solid for the entire lap. The middle portion of the track is a solid path you can navigate easily. After a fairly straight course up a hill, you'll enter a swampland of sorts where you'll slow down when travelling in the red swamp. The only way to counter this is to use Mushroom boosts if you have any, or perform power slides. There are giant walking trees to avoid, but that's about it in terms of actual obstacles. Your only real concern here would be to maintain your speed in the swamp.