Mission Mode is a mode in Mario Kart DS in which the player has to do various missions. There are 6 normal levels, and there are 8 missions and one boss battle in every level. A 7th level (you can't see it until it is unlocked) is unlocked when you have a 1-star ranking minimum on every mission (including boss battles). Every track is used, but only the starting characters each in their respective standard karts. You can obtain a 3-star ranking if you do great, a 2-star ranking if you do very good, 1-star when you do well, and ranks A, B, or C if you do bad, very bad, or really bad.
There are a total of 63 missions, including a wide range of tasks, such as driving through gates, destroying Item Boxes, collecting coins, racing against other characters, and much more! In Mario Kart Tour, Challenges are featured in every cup of a Tour, in which most of them are identical to the Missions in this game.
Missions[]
| Level | Mission | Track/Character | Objective | Time Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Figure-8 Circuit/Mario | Drive through all 5 numbered gates in order! | :35 |
| 1 | 2 | GBA Peach Circuit/Peach | Collect all 15 coins! | :30 |
| 1 | 3 | Yoshi Falls/Yoshi | Destroy all 10 item boxes! | :45 |
| 1 | 4 | Cheep Cheep Beach/Wario | Get the Star and use it to hit all 5 Cheep Cheeps! | :40 |
| 1 | 5 | Nintendo DS (battle)/Toad | Drive through all 6 numbered gates in order! | :30 |
| 1 | 6 | Luigi's Mansion/Luigi | Drive out of the mansion... backward! | :45 |
| 1 | 7 | N64 Moo Moo Farm/DK | Collect all 20 coins! | :35 |
| 1 | 8 | SNES Mario Circuit 1/Mario | Perform 4 power-slide turbo boosts in one lap! | :45. If Mario completes 1 lap in 3 or less power-slide turbo boosts, he will fail the mission. |
| 1 | Boss | Water Arena/Yoshi | Use Mushrooms to crash into the Big Bully and knock him off the stage! | 3:00. If Yoshi loses all three balloons, the mission ends in failure. |
| 2 | 1 | Delfino Square/Wario | Crash into all 10 wooden crates and destroy every one! | :55 |
| 2 | 2 | Figure-8 Circuit/Yoshi | Collect all 10 coins! | :30 |
| 2 | 3 | SNES Donut Plains 1/DK | Drive through all 5 numbered gates in order! | :45 |
| 2 | 4 | Luigi's Mansion/Luigi | Destroy all 5 item boxes! | :35 |
| 2 | 5 | Cheep Cheep Beach/Peach | Collect all 20 coins! | :30 |
| 2 | 6 | Desert Hills/Wario | Use Bob-ombs to destroy all 5 Pokeys! | :55 |
| 2 | 7 | GCN Luigi Circuit/Toad | Drive through all 10 numbered gates in order! | :55 |
| 2 | 8 | GCN Baby Park/Peach | Perform 6 power-slide turbo boosts in 3 laps! | :55 and If Peach completes 3 laps in 5 or less power-slide turbo boosts, the mission is considered as a failure. |
| 2 | Boss | Sand Arena/Mario | Hit Eyerok's eyeball 3 times with shells! | 5:00 and if Mario loses all 3 balloons, the mission ends in failure. |
| 3 | 1 | Waluigi Pinball/Wario | Destroy all 5 item boxes! | :50 |
| 3 | 2 | Delfino Square/Bowser | Drive through all 5 numbered gates in order... backward! | :50 |
| 3 | 3 | GCN Luigi Circuit/Luigi | Collect all 15 coins while avoiding Chain Chomp! | :25 |
| 3 | 4 | Yoshi Falls/Peach | Reach the finish before Yoshi! | If Yoshi reaches the finish first, Peach fails the mission. |
| 3 | 5 | Pipe Plaza (battle)/Yoshi | Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order! | :45 |
| 3 | 6 | N64 Moo Moo Farm/Luigi | Hit Monty Moles with shells 5 times! | 1:05 |
| 3 | 7 | Shroom Ridge/DK | Perform 10 power-slide turbo boosts in one lap! | 1:10 and If DK completes 1 lap in 9 or less power-slide turbo boosts, the mission is considered as a failure. |
| 3 | 8 | Twilight House (battle)/Mario | Collect all 20 coins! | 1:05 |
| 3 | Boss | GCN Baby Park/Toad | Reach the finish before Goomboss! | If Toad loses all 3 balloons or if Goomboss reaches finish first, the mission ends in failure. |
| 4 | 1 | DK Pass/Wario | Reach the finish before Donkey Kong! | If DK reaches the finish first, Wario fails the mission. |
| 4 | 2 | Palm Shore (battle)/Yoshi | Blast 20 crabs! | 2:00 |
| 4 | 3 | Shroom Ridge/Mario | Reach the finish before the red car! | If the red car reaches the finish first, Mario will fail the mission. |
| 4 | 4 | Desert Hills/Wario | Drive through all 7 numbered gates in order! | :45 |
| 4 | 5 | GBA Bowser Castle 2/Bowser | Collect all 15 coins. If you get squished by a Thwomp, you fail! | :30 and if Bowser got crushed by a Thwomp, the mission ends in failure. |
| 4 | 6 | N64 Choco Mountain/DK | Break all 10 item boxes while avoiding the fake items! | 1:10 |
| 4 | 7 | Waluigi Pinball/Toad | Drive through all 10 gates! | :45 |
| 4 | 8 | GBA Luigi Circuit/Luigi | Perform 9 power-slide turbo boosts in one lap! | 1:00 |
| 4 | Boss | Lava Arena/Peach | Collect 50 coins while avoiding King Boo! | 5:00 and if Peach loses all 3 balloons, she fails the mission. |
| 5 | 1 | Peach Gardens/Peach | Reach the finish before the stray Chain Chomp! | If the stray Chain Chomp reaches the finish first, Peach fails the mission. |
| 5 | 2 | N64 Frappe Snowland/DK | Drive backward and collect 15 coins! If you hit a snowman, you fail! | :30 and if DK hits a snowman, the mission ends in a failure. |
| 5 | 3 | SNES Koopa Beach 2/Toad | Destroy all 5 item boxes! | :35 |
| 5 | 4 | GBA Bowser Castle 2/Bowser | Drive through all 10 gates in order! | 1:05 |
| 5 | 5 | GCN Mushroom Bridge/Mario | Complete 1 lap in the opposite direction within the time limit! | :55 |
| 5 | 6 | Tart Top (battle)/Yoshi | Collect all 18 coins! | :45 |
| 5 | 7 | DK Pass/Toad | Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order! | :45 (This mission is done with the player going in the reverse direction.) |
| 5 | 8 | Mario Circuit/Luigi | Reach the finish before Mario! | If Mario reaches the finish first, Luigi fails the mission. |
| 5 | Boss | Sand Arena/Wario | Hit the Big Bob-omb with 3 Bob-ombs! | 5:00 and if Wario loses all 3 balloons, he fails the mission. |
| 6 | 1 | Bowser's Castle/Bowser | Drive backward across the spinning bridge! If you fall, you're out! | :30 and if Bowser falls of the spinning bridge, the mission ends in failure. |
| 6 | 2 | Airship Fortress/Wario | Get Stars and run over 15 Rocky Wrenches! | :55 |
| 6 | 3 | SNES Choco Island 2/Yoshi | Collect all 30 coins! | :45 |
| 6 | 4 | Block Fort (battle)/Mario | Destroy all 10 item boxes! | 2:00 |
| 6 | 5 | GBA Sky Garden/Peach | Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order! | :50 |
| 6 | 6 | GCN Yoshi Circuit/Yoshi | Perform 14 power-slide turbo boostsin one lap! | 1:00 and If Yoshi completes 1 lap in 13 or less power-slide turbo boosts, the mission is considered as a failure. |
| 6 | 7 | Tick Tock Clock/Toad | Collect all 40 coins! | 1:30 |
| 6 | 8 | Peach Gardens/Bowser | Reach the finish before Peach! | If Peach reaches the finish first, Bowser fails the mission. Players drive in the reverse direction of Peach Gardens. |
| 6 | Boss | Water Arena/Luigi | Use Mushroom Boosts to hit Chief Chilly and knock him off the stage 3 times! | 5:00 and if Luigi loses all 3 balloons, he fails the mission. |
| 7 | 1 | Rainbow Road/Peach | Perform 6 power-slide turbo boosts in one lap! | 1:00 and If Peach completes 1 lap in 5 or less power-slide turbo boosts, the mission is considered as a failure. |
| 7 | 2 | Bowser Castle/Mario | Reach the finish before Bowser! | If Bowser reaches the finish first, Mario fails the mission. |
| 7 | 3 | Tick Tock Clock/DK | Complete 2 laps within the time limit! | 1:30 |
| 7 | 4 | Mario Circuit/Toad | Use shells to defeat all 30 Goombas within the time limit! | 2:00 |
| 7 | 5 | Wario Stadium/Wario | Collect all 20 coins! | :55 |
| 7 | 6 | Nintendo DS (battle)/Mario | Drive through all 8 numbered gates in order! | :11 |
| 7 | 7 | Airship Fortress/Bowser | Drive backward and collect all 12 coins! If you hit a burner, you fail! | :50 and if Bowser gets toasted by a burner, the mission ends in failure. |
| 7 | 8 | N64 Banshee Boardwalk/Luigi | Break all 10 item boxes while avoiding the fake items! | 1:05 |
| 7 | Boss | GCN Mushroom Bridge/Mario | Reach the finish before Wiggler! | If Mario loses all 3 balloons, or Wiggler reaches the finish first, he fails the mission. |
Video[]
Mario Kart DS - All 63 Missions ~ 3 Star Rankings (All 7 Levels)