Best Mario Kart Items

The Bullet Bill is just like the Chain Chomp but better. First, it goes faster, and second, it makes you invincible (you are still vulnerable when using the Chain Chomp).

With this item, you become invincible, go super fast, and you don't have to do anything when this speeder is being used.

This item rocks! Why is this not in the top ten? You go blazing fast and knock people over.

Mario Kart Wii Maple Treeway Strategy: Immediately take the shortcut without using a Mushroom and watch as you go from 10th to 1st place with the right item. You can get a Star, Bullet Bill, or another useful item to zoom ahead. You also have a chance to get a Star from the leaf pile first.

It's nice DESTROYING everything. You can get through shortcuts, grass, bananas, shells, and yes, even blue shells!

Invincibility rocks! And it's accompanied by great music!

This item can easily boost your position by one place, or even up to three places if you're lucky. Plus, it can make other players really angry if you manage to hit them with all three shells on purpose.

These are so good. You can just spam the L button and hit everyone with your red shells of awesomeness.

I once went a whole race with Triple Red Shells and only lost one, if any.

This is probably my favorite item. It shrinks everyone, except for the people with stars.

Love this item! Everyone loses their items while you can zip right by them!

My brother was playing Mario Kart on my Switch (I let him), and when he got hit by the Lightning Bolt, he said that this game is an insult to the laws of physics because lightning is supposed to make you go faster. LOL.

While it may not be the most strategic item, it's a game about having fun. What's more fun than crashing into everyone else and sending them spiraling out of control?

I love the concept of this item, and it turned out phenomenal. You can just mash the trigger constantly and zoom past everybody.

It's like getting three Mushrooms, except it's all in one, and you get to use it more than three times. Quite useful, I must say.

The winged Spiny Shell isn't that helpful, but the wingless version is. Not only does it blow up on the first-place kart, but it can also hit the other karts in its way!

The ultimate friendship ender. This item is what has put Mario Kart alongside Mario Party as a game you play with your friends if you want more enemies.

This item will chase and explode on the person in first place. If you're in first and you get it, it will explode on you. A perfectly timed Mushroom boost can avoid it.

When it was first introduced, everyone got excited because it was made to destroy the Blue Shell. People want revenge on the item that has cost them so many victories.

Pretty good if there are a lot of opponents around you.

The one item that can defeat the Spiny Shell.

This item should come back in the next Mario Kart game.

The Chain Chomp is a cool item in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! It's great for helping you catch up when you're in last place or something.

It's just so satisfying to squash everyone.

Mega Mushroom is very underrated.

You can smash anyone, and it is easy to avoid.

"The Lucky Seven, huh? More like, 'we're out of ideas' seven." - Nathaniel Bandy

Time trials could not survive without this.

You can use tons of shortcuts with it.

You get 8 items, but I always just end up throwing them all over the place instead of strategically using them. And it has a Blooper!

I think this is a little better than Lucky 7, but to improve this item, instead of a Coin, you should get a Blue Shell in the group.

Crazy 8. It's slightly better than Lucky 7 due to the addition of one Coin.

Oh my gosh, I had this once when I was in first place, and then one came and I lost the race and the cup. It was the Class Championship, not at school.

Getting hit by it is bad, but at least it's part of the competition.

This is a good item for defense. I still wish it could protect you from three items instead of two and that a Heart wouldn't get wasted when you hit a Mushroom or Star.

Bowser shells as Peach! Time for revenge on being kidnapped so many times!

You steal items with it, so yeah.

They're good for blocking shells.

It was a nice idea for Nintendo to bring the Feather item back to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe... but it's only available in Battle Mode.

You will get a tremendous amount of size that will allow you to crush anything in your way.

I love hitting others twice with the same Boomerang.

You can just snipe and snipe and snipe.

They are quite decent, if you ask me.

Steal an item from a random player! You might get a Bob-omb, a Star, a Bullet Bill, or a Gold Mushroom. If you're unlucky, you might just get a Coin. You seem to get Boo more often when you're in first place...

Steals your opponent's item: It can be good if it gets you something like a Red Shell.

Use it in dangerous situations and for shortcuts!

Only good for blocking red and green shells.