Other Boosts
If you've played other Mariokart games before then you're undoubtedly familiar with the initial boost you can get at the beginning. Well there's no difference here except that you get numbers rather than coloured traffic lights. Getting the boss is really quite easy if you know when to do it. The numbers 3, 2, 1 will appear on the screen at the beginning of the race. The two will appear on the screen and than a short instant later the number two will "start to grow" before disappearing. I find that you can most reliably get the boost if you hold the A button when the number two "starts to grow." Keep holding it until the race begins and you'll launch from the start line.One other special type of boost you can get comes after you have been launched off the course. The nice cloud guy will fish you out of the water, or out of bounds or wherever you went, and drop you down on the ground again. Keep your finger off the A button while all this is happening and do your best to jam it down the instant you hit the ground after being dropped. This particular trick is more difficult to execute than the initial starting line one, but it's certainly something you need to know for the courses without walls on the sides. Remember to drive when you hear the thump, and you'll launch off.
