Template:All Game Nav In all Mario Kart: Double Dash has a total of 21 items, nine normal and twelve special. Normal items are items anyone can receive. Special items are items unique to a set of characters that only they can recive. Items are recieved from Item Boxes. One Item Box gives the rear racer an item, while a Double Item Box doubles the fun, supplying the not only the rear driver, but the front driver with an item. One rider can carry only one item at a time, so have them switch places with the driver to get a second item if they have a free hand.
Normal Items
Banana
Drops a banana peel onto the racing field. Any pair of racers unlucky enough to hit one will spin out.
Green Shell
Shoots out a green shell onto the racetrack. It travels in a straight line, ricocheting off of any walls it hits. If anyone collides with it, they get knocked over. If not, the shell breaks after hitting the walls enough.
Red Shell
Sends out a red shell that seeks out the nearest racers in the next position and knocks them over on impact. Unlike the Green Shell, if the Red Shell comes in contact with a wall, it shatters.
Spiny Shell
Sends out an amazing blue shell covered with spikes that has wings to hunt down the leading kart. When it reaches its target, it will slam into the kart, knocking it for a loop, cause the racers to lose their items, and creating a devastating explosion in the process! Anyone involed in the blast early will be sent flipping into the air and drop their items. Anyone involed in the blast late will spin out.
Fake Item
Lays a deceiving Item Box onto the track that looks tust like a real one, only the color red with an upside-down question mark. Anyone who hits it will cause a red electric wave to appear and force the kart to a complete stop while flipping it over at the same time.
Mushroom
Gives a brief boost of speed to a kart.
Triple Mushrooms
Its Triple Mushrooms instead of just one! They allow three brief speed boost instead of one. Be careful though, because the racers will either be juggling them ore holding them in a stack. One collision with an item or obstacle will make them spill all but one of the mushrooms onto the track, and that's not good!
Star
This mighty item covers the racers and kart in a golden glow, making them invincible to any item or obstacle temporarily, increasing their speed, and knock over anyone they hit, allowing them to snitch the rear character's item from a kart. If the rear character of your kart has an item already on-hand, the rear character of the opponents kart will drops his item. In any case of a collision with a Star-wielding driver, the front character will drop their item.
Thunderbolt
The fearsome Thunderbolt is the most powerful item of them all. It strikes down all opponents at the same time except for the two racers who used it, spins everyone around the two racers out ,shrinks them, reducing their speed, and causes them to drop their items on ther racetrack. Anyone using a star or the Heart Special item will not shrink and be unaffected by it. Using the Heart also gives control of that item to those racers.
Special Items
Mario and Luigi: Red and Green Fireballs
Gives Mario control over a fearsome Fireball that splits into five when launched that burn out after time, spinning out any opponent they hit while causing the rear character to be overcome in pain from the flames for a short amount of time, keeping them from shooting their items or switching places with the front character. Luigi's fireballs work the same way, only they are green.
Peach and Daisy: Heart
Causes two flying hearts to surround Peach and Daisy and protect them against an item. If they hit an item or someone equipped with an item hits them, one heart takes that item and dissapears while giving the item to Peach and Daisy. This continues until the second heart is gone as well.
