Mario Kart Super Circuit Unlockables and Secrets (GameBoy Advance)
Mario plus karting equals total success
By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)
11th of May 2007, 07:15 GMT
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Mario Kart: Super Circuit, known in Japan as Mario Kart Advance is a video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It combines features from earlier Mario Kart games (Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64) In particular, it features the gameplay mechanics of the latter title and tracks from the former game (unlockable). Super Circuit is also the first Mario Kart game to be on a handheld. As with its predecessors, Super Circuit is a light-hearted circuit racing game. In it, the player races against seven opponents, each a character from Nintendo's Mario series, in small racing karts, upon a series of tracks by the DMT Mario world. Strewn upon the tracks are power-ups to aid the bearer or hinder their opponents, as well as Coins which increase the player's top speed.
Unlockables
Sunset background Sunset background - Complete all normal cups with gold trophies
3rd Night Background on Title Screen - Beat 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc Cups with *** ranking
SNES Tracks in Grand Prix - Beat any cup/class in 1st place, then replay cup and collect 100 Coins
SNES Tracks in Time Trial - Unlock the SNES tracks in 150cc class first
Special Cup - Beat the Mushroom, Flower, Thunder, and Star Cups in first place on the difficulty setting you want.
Special Cup in Time Trial - Beat the Mushroom, Flower, Thunder, and Star Cups in first place on 150cc
Secrets
Extra Speed Boost!
When you have a Mushroom Turbo boost Power up and you are about to go on a Spring Ramp, use your Turbo Boost power up; if you use it JUST BEFORE you go on the ramp/spring you can go much further and faster.
This works on just about every course with a spring/boost on it, but I don't think it is very effective on massive red and yellow ramps...
Fast Item Once you have an Item and it is scrolling to decide which one you get, press ''L'' a few times and the scrolling will stop so you get the Item twice as fast!
Player Select Tricks On the Player Select screen, press L to make the rotating image of the character you put the cursor on and shoot a green shell straight ahead. You can also press R to make that character jump. Do this as many times as you please, it's just a little trick to try if you want.
Power Sliding As in Mario Kart 64, you are able to power slide in this game as well! To perform a power slide, press and hold R to hop while holding Left or Right. When you land, you'll slide in the direction you were holding. After about 2 seconds, let go of the R button and stop sliding. When you drive straight, you'll be given a boost, which is the result of a power slide. It may take a little bit of practice to pull it off, but it helps when trying to get around hairpin turns, or if you want to cut a couple seconds off your time when racing in Time Trial mode.
Recover before Spinning Out When you run straight into a Banana or another hazard, you'll notice your kart goes off balance before spinning out totally. To get back on balance before spinning out, release the acceleration and press the brakes (you must do this before you actually spin out, or else it'll be worthless). If you did it correctly, you'll see a music note appear above your character's head, showing you pulled it off successfully.
Turbo Boost after Lakitu Retrieval If you fall off the track or get stuck underwater for more than a couple of moments, Lakitu comes to pull you out and place you on the track again. When he picks you up, wait until just before you touch the track again, then press the acceleration and you'll get a turbo boost if you timed it correctly.
Turbo Boost at Start of Race To get a turbo boost to give you a head start in the race, do not press/hold the acceleration button before the race. Wait until the final light appears, then hold down the accelerator. If your time it correct, you'll be shot ahead, giving you a quick start!
We've got a collection of the best glitches in Mario Kart Super Circuit in the video below and you should check them out for a little bit of fun:
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