Best Items hints and tips for Mario Kart Wii

Best Items

In different positions, you will receive different items. They get better the farther you are back, because then you need more help. Here are the best items to look for in each position:

First: triple banana. It defends you from attacks from behind, without you having to hold it equipped the whole time. You can also equip it and store an extra item.

Toward the front: triple red shell. Here you want to be able to slow up opponents in front of you accurately, and there's only a few. Red shells never let you down! (Except around corners or off edges!)

In the middle: pow block or triple turbo. Pow block makes almost everyone in front of you spin out (if they're computers anyway), allowing you to make up some serious places if it's a close pack. Triple turbos do the same, just be sure to use them wisely (not on windy areas, etc.).

Towards the back: golden mushroom or lightning. Golden mushroom - find a straighaway, and milk it for all it's worth! Lightning will let you catch up quite a ways, and it also affects the people in front the longest, tightening up the pack.

Last: Bullet Bill. Sit back and enjoy the ride, or use what little steering ability you have to run over the people you pass!

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