Mario Kart: Double Dash!!/Pipe Plaza

****Pipe Plaza Balloon Battle**** To start out im saying sorry because i cant spell to save my life. ive been playing Mario Kart DD for about 8 years now and ive learned a few things about the battling and racing that lets me win almost every time. this review/guide will cover all the things in pipe plaza. the guide i go by is that all games have the following
 * Mario Kart Double Dash*****

•T-Tips = something short to make you think how to do something •G-Glitches = holes in the game that arnt supposed to be there •H-Hints = tells how to do something in the game •C-Codes = a button combination that enables cheats •E-Easter Eggs = little extras that arnt in the main play of the game •AR-Action Replay = a disk made after the game that gives you godly powers in the game XD •GU-Guides = tells how to play the game •CH-Cheats = anything to make you better off in the game •R-Review= tells about the game and how good it is

now for the non boring stuff. the stuff that will make the person you battling scream and try to hit you. these tips,hints,glitches,and cheats will make you have new bruises. every time i play, no matter who it is i have to let them win just so that they don't yell at me. are you ready right when the battle starts don't worry about boost, get 2 boxes (use z to get second if you only get 2 single boxes) and go to the bottom pipe(if you get a trap item) right after you land on the second floor set a trap. do this for both sides. what this does is blocks the pipes from use on the base floor. next if you can set a false box on the outside corner of the ramps. now be sure to remember where you put your traps.

after that's done. (make sure you are good with L and R turning) green shells are better than red shells. why? because red shells can be out run, they crack when they hit the wall, and they cant get someone on the top floor. when you get a green shell let them know somehow. and start circling in the main open space. they will come,because they are trying to pop your balloon. when they are going in circles with you (you have to have skill so practice) project the shell at them about half an inch in front of there path. get good and you can brag that your green shells are homing. the point of blocking off teh pipes and putting blocks by the ramps is that when going in circles they will go up and hit you from up there, the ramps is that if they try to run away they will most likely hit the boxes because it is out of there sight.

bombs do nothing in balloon battle. except when the opponent is on the top floor. through it under them and it will still hit them.

big bananas/bananas are good to block the pipes, but big bananas make a good fortress, because only a bowers shell or a bomb can get through. find a corner and let 2 players duke it out by putting 2 big bananas behind you making no getting in or stealing balloons

here's a good glitch. they hit you and you don't lose your balloon. its the pipe glitch. if they knock you into a pipe or you drive into it before your balloon pops, you wont lose it. hide there when you have 1 balloon left and wate till you have a chance to strike.beware though if they have a mushroom they can take that last balloon. keep a mushroom with you and use it when they hit you and take there balloon. don't worry about traps on top you wont get hurt.

browser shells are good if someone is going up the ramp. they cant turn and they cant destroy the shell. follow them and when they go up hit them.

use the walls. i know you never payed attention in trig but this time you need it. make a triangle of your projection and angle it to hit them. green shells are the best weapon you have. try to even calculate a double or triple bounce.

red shells are not that good close up. make sure you have a good LONG sight of them. time and length. if your a target go toward the ramps its harder for them to hit you there.

mushrooms are hard to master but if you do you cant lose. try when they come out of a pipe, turning a corner, run into a wall, or something like that when they cant turn or get out of the way. use if they are sitting at a pipe waiting to be hit.

bananas can be thrown over the wall so don't aim to high. hit the wall then they are going that way and they will run into it.

use a small car. big cars are a better target. small ones can avoid traps, so use small characters like the mushrooms or the babes.

well that's all i have for you. get good at green shells and you will be unbeatable.

--Bloodchild 15:58, 28 November 2010 (CST)