The ultimate shortcut hints and tips for Mario Kart DS

The ultimate shortcut

This short can be mini turboed on 150cc but is hard to master and I've only ever managed it 2 laps in a row, or can be done with a mushroom on 150cc or 100cc but on 100cc is a lot harder.

When you get to the ramp that has an item box above it on sky garden go to the left of it. Now instead of turning right around the hairpin bend go straight on jumping from one sandy area to the next.

On 100cc you cannot make this jump with a miniturbo but with a mushrrom you can if you line yourself up with the vine on the far side of the other bit of track. Make sure you jump straight or you will fall short and tap the are button just at the edge.

Once you can do this every time you will win sky garden on wi-fi every time so long as you get three mushrooms from an item box at the start. If you sat behind for 2nd or 3rd place you should get the mushrroms.

On 150cc you can also use a mushrrom and this time you can take jump across other parts of the gap and don't have to stick exactly to the point where the vine is. Now the hardest but most rewarding part; to be able to powerslide turbo the gap.

To do this the best kart is dry bomber as it has high acellaration and good handling so it can jump the gap and go faster on the sand/dirt. When you use a powerslide turbo you have to do three things:

Line your self up with the vine on the oppsosite side of the other bit of track

Realease the turbo at the start of the sand and tap R to jump at the very edge

Straighten the Kart so it faces directly towards the vine

With practice you will become unbeatable at Sky Garden unless you face someone who can PRB the Sky Garden track with a time of 1:14. I used this shortcut and got a time of 1:24 beating the staff ghost by 20 seconds.

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