4-Wheel Cradle

4-Wheel Cradle
Data-rendered model of the 4-Wheel Cradle.
Information
Type	Kart
First appearance	Mario Kart DS (2005)
Total appearances	Mario Kart DS
Strengths	Acceleration, Weight and Items
Weaknesses	Speed

The 4-Wheel Cradle is the second Exclusive Kart for Toad in Mario Kart DS, with his other Exclusive Kart being the Mushmellow, and his standard kart, the Standard TD.

Description

Toad in his 4-Wheel Cradle on the Select Kart screen.

The 4-Wheel Cradle has four wheels, two on each side of it. Not three, rather four. They are black with yellow and red rims, and are large compared to the Kart itself. The seat and hood of the 4-Wheel Cradle are blue, and icon of the racer can be seen on the front. The engine happens to be behind the seat, and it's very detailed and chrome plated. The stacks are yellow and are slanted inward. All around the Kart is white safety railing connected to the axels of the wheels. (The railing does not protect against Green Shells, Red Shells, Bananas, Bob-ombs or any other Item. You would think it would!) There is also a little safety bar in front of the hood. Just so the driver doesn't have to worry about head on collisions or anything.

The whole Kart looks like a baby's cradle, as the name says, with four wheels.

How to unlock

• Complete all Nitro Grand Prix cups in the 100cc engine class.
• If the player has not completed the above, the player can unlock the 4-Wheel Cradle by completing all Nitro or Retro Grand Prix cups in the 150cc engine class instead. This opens the kart to Mario and Peach.
  • To let any other character use it, the player needs to complete all cups in Mirror Mode.

Statistics

Toad's 4-Wheel Cradle has good Acceleration and above-average Weight, Handling, and Drift. It is Toad's large kart in this game; thus, it has a perfect Items stat. However, it suffers from one of the lowest top Speeds in the game.

Nevertheless, this and Peach's Royale are the heaviest karts with the lightweight class. It also shares its handling with R.O.B.'s ROB-LGS, and it shares its drift with Bowser's Tyrant.

Kart Stats
Stat				Value
Speed			32
Acceleration			83
Weight		​ ​	44 (61)
Handling			61
Drift			64
Items			100

Trivia!

Model of the Early Toad Kart.

• In the beta version of Mario Kart DS, there exists a Early Toad Kart that bears a striking resemblance to the 4-Wheel Cradle, but lacks the handlebars, the front tires are slightly smaller, and the emblem for the kart is O5, instead of a white circle with a cartoonish design of a Mushroom for Toad's emblem.