Shooting Star (kart)

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Shooting Star (kart)
Data-rendered model of the Shooting Star.
Information
Type	Kart, Medium
First appearance	Mario Kart DS (2005)
Total appearances	Mario Kart DS
Strengths	Speed, Acceleration, Handling and Drift
Weaknesses	Weight and Items

The Shooting Star (シューティング・スター Shūtingu Sutā) is one of Mario's karts in Mario Kart DS in the medium class, the others being the Standard MR and B Dasher. It resembles its namesake, in this game, it is a bright yellow Star, and the character emblem is located on the front of the star.

How to unlock

Mario in his Shooting Star on the Select Kart screen.

• Complete all Nitro Grand Prix cups on the 100cc engine class. This also unlocks everybody else's tertiary kart.
• Complete all Nitro or Retro Grand Prix cups on the 150cc engine class. This opens the Shooting Star to Toad and Wario.

To let any character use it, the player needs to complete all cups in Mirror Mode.

Staff Ghost use

Course	Time	Player	Character	Kart
Mario Circuit	1:56:533	Ninten★モリオ	Mario	Shooting Star

Statistics

The Shooting Star is above-average on all stats, with a bias towards speed and acceleration, but is significantly lighter than Mario's other karts; in fact, it has the lowest base weight in the game, tied with Yoshi's Egg 1. It also has the 9th strongest Mini-Turbo in the game, just barely long enough to allow PRB racing, although it is very difficult to maintain with this kart.

Its strong, well-rounded stats aside from weight make it a solid choice for normal play. Unfortunately, Luigi's Poltergust 4000 completely outclasses this kart in almost all situations. The Poltergust has equal or stronger stats in almost every category, and has significantly stronger Mini-Turbos. Although the Poltergust has significantly lower drift, drift is a largely unimportant stat in Mario Kart DS as low-drift karts can hop tightly around sharp turns to compensate, and its higher handling fully compensates for this decrease. Thus, its higher drift over the Poltergust is only helpful for beginners who cannot utilize or are unaware of the hopping technique. Due to these factors, the Shooting Star is never seen in competitive play.

It shares its speed with Daisy's Light Dancer, it shares its acceleration with Luigi's Standard LG, and it shares its handling and drift with Waluigi's Gold Mantis.

Kart Stats
Stat				Value
Speed			67
Acceleration			74
Weight		​ ​	14 (46)
Handling			60
Drift			59
Items			33
Mini-Turbo			0.85 s.

Gallery

Waluigi racing at Waluigi Pinball in his Shooting Star.