Items
Banana
The Banana is a Mario Kart staple and a great item to hold when you're in first place. The banana can be dropped on the track behind you, or thrown in front of you.
If you hit a character, they will spin out. If the banana lands on the ground, any driver that goes over it will spin out. You can also carry it behind your cart to protect you from a single attack.
Giant Banana
The Giant Banana works much in the same as the regular banana. If you hit it, you'll spin out. Where this banana differs is its size — it's much larger and harder to dodge because of it — and when its hit, it splits into three regular bananas.
Green Shell
Another staple of Mario Kart, the Green Shell takes out any driver it hits. Fortunately, they usually just go straight after being thrown forward or backwards but occasionally, they'll bounce off of walls and change trajectory.
Triple Green Shells
Triple Green Shells work in the same way as Green Shells except instead of just one, you get three of them. Like Bananas, Green Shells can be held behind you to block an incoming attack.
Red Shell
The Red Shell works in the same way as a Green Shell except that it homes in on other racers. If you launch a Red Shell toward an enemy, it will do its best to follow it over hills, around curves and into the air to take home out. It's possible to dodge a red shell with a tight enough turn, though, so don't consider a Red Shell a guaranteed hit.
Spiny Shell
The Spiny Shell is one of the most useful items in the game, just in its ability to anger whoever is in first place alone. When you throw a Spiny Shell, often known as a blue shell, it will go straight after whoever is in first place, knocking out anybody in its way.When it gets to the front, it hits first place in an explosion-like fashion leaving them subdued for quite a few seconds.
Bowser's Shell
Bowser's Shell is the largest of the shells in Mario Kart Tour and easily the most useful. When used, this giant shell that resembles Bowser's back, will position itself on the front of your kart. Now, all you have to do is drive near other racers and the shell will automatically take them out.
Bob-omb
The Bob-omb can either hit racers head-on, causing them to crash in a fiery explosion, or it can be thrown onto the track. The latter option will see the item use its legs to walk back and forth along the track. If it isn't hit in enough time, it will explode on its own taking out any nearby drivers.
Double Bob-ombs
This item works in the same way as regular Bob-ombs except instead of one, there's two. This makes for a bigger explosion.
Mushrooms
The Mushroom can be used at any moment during a race to give you a temporary speed boost.
Triple Mushroom
When used, this item will work just like a single Mushroom except the speed boost will last significantly longer.
Mega Mushroom
The Mega Mushroom increases the size of your kart when used making it easier to crash opponents by driving into them.
Bullet Bill
When you use this item, you'll turn into an actual Bullet Bill and bullet ahead, crashing through any enemies in your way.
Blooper
The Blooper squirts ink onto any driver ahead of you in the race making it harder to see what's on screen. If you get hit with this, wipe it off on your screen using your finger.
Lightning
This item causes lightning to strike your enemies. Upon impact, the drivers will spin out and lose their held items. They'll also be left in a shrunken size with decreased speed as a result.
Fire Flower
The Fire Flower causes protective fireballs to spin around your kart. These stop items from hitting you and cause enemies that crash into you to spin out. You can tap the screen to fire one of your fireballs.
Boomerang Flower
This item allows the user to throw a boomerang and cause any kart it hits to crash. It will collect any coins in its path for you as well.
Super Horn
This horn blows away all incoming items and drivers. It's especially useful for taking out a Red Shell coming your way.
Coin
This item gives you two coins. When you get this item, it is used automatically.
Heart
This Heart will put a protective layer around your kart that prevents all attacks and drivers from damaging you. Once hit, it vanishes. Up to five can be stacked on one driver.
Yoshi's Egg
Yoshi's Egg targets the drive in front of you and crashed into it. When that happens, three additional items will break out of the egg for the taking.
Bubble
This item surrounds your kart and protects you for a set amount of time. After using the bubble, you'll receive a speed boost and float in the air. This Bubble disappears after taking damage.
Banana Barrels
A staple of Diddy Kong, this item straps two Banana Barrels to your kart and shoots out loads of bananas. Be careful because if you run over one of these bananas, you'll spin out of control.
Mushroom Cannon
This item continually shoots speed boost mushrooms in front of you.
Lucky Seven
This item is extremely rare and fives you a Red Shell, Banana, Green Shell, Bob-omb, Super Horn, Mushroom and a Blooper all at once. Tap the screen to use all of these items at once.