Koopa Kart Advance

Koopa Kart Advance is the third installment in the Koopa Kart series and the last installment to be made by Darkmoon Interactive before HammerBro101 Incorporated took over as the developer starting from Koopa Kart: Double Trouble!!. This is also the former company's last game, as it ceased operations on July 26, 2002. It was released for the Game Boy Advance on July 19, 2002.

Items

Koopa Kart Advance introduces one new item: the Triple Banana. The Banana Bunch from Koopa Kart 64 is absent from the game.

Item	Description	Placements
Banana	The Banana will spin you out if you even dare to hit one! You can defend yourself with this item.	1st-5th
Triple Banana (New Item)	New to Koopa Kart Advance, the Triple Banana creates a line of three Bananas that protects you from up to three items.	1st-3rd
Green Shell	The Green Shell travels in a straight line and bounces off walls. It flips over any kart it hits. You can use this as a means of defense by holding it behind you.	1st-5th
Triple Green Shell	The Triple Green Shell deploys a line of three Green Shells behind your kart that can be used defensively or offensively.	2nd-5th
Red Shell	The Red Shell automatically targets the kart in front of you, flipping it over unless it has a means of defense.	1st-8th
Triple Red Shell	The Triple Red Shell deploys a line of three Green Shells behind your kart that can be used defensively or offensively.	4th-8th
Fake Item Box	The Fake Item Box looks like a real Item Box, except it has an upside down question mark. It will launch players into the air if they hit one. As in Koopa Kart 64, the Fake Item Box can block items and float in mid-air, though it can only be dropped behind you.	1st-5th
Blue Spiny Shell	The dreaded Blue Spiny Shell targets the racer in 1st place and runs into it, tossing it upwards. Much like the Red Shell, this item will be destroyed if it hits a wall, and it can fall into bottomless pits. Like in 64, this item will travel on the ground, hitting other players on its way to the 1st place racer.	4th-8th
Mushroom	The classic Mushroom gives you a speed boost that allows you to ignore off-road terrain that would normally slow you down. use this to make shortcuts.	2nd-8th
Triple Mushroom	The Triple Mushroom gives you three speed boosts, though you can only use one speed boost at a time. This is your default item in Time Trial mode.	3rd-12th
Golden Mushroom	The Golden Mushroom gives you infinite speed boosts for 7-8 seconds, allowing you to ignore off-road terrain and make huge shortcuts.	6th-12th
Star	The Star gives you invincibility, allowing you to bowl over players and protect yourself from every single item. The effect lasts for 7.5 seconds.	7th-12th
Lightning	The Lightning item will zap everyone except you, slowing them down and making them drop their items. If you're in last place, you will grow back almost instantly. However, if you're in first place, you will be small for a long time.	9th-12th
Boo	The mischievous Boo item allows you to turn invisible and steal an item from another player. It allows you to avoid other items and even gain an off-road advantage.	4th-9th

Cups

Cup	First Race	Second Race	Third Race	Final Race
Green Shell Cup	Lakitu Circuit Also in Koopa Kart DS	Birdo Beach Also in Koopa Kart Wii	Riverside Jungle	Mario Airship 1 Also in Koopa Kart 7
Red Shell Cup	Koopa Circuit Also in Koopa Kart 8	Phantom Lake	Cheese Desert Also in Koopa Kart 8	Mario Airship 2 Also in Koopa Kart DS
Blue Spiny Shell Cup	Paratroopa Circuit Also in Koopa Kart DS	Sky Driveway Also in Koopa Kart DS	Toad Island	Sundown Sands
Blue Shell Cup	Snowy Tundra	Ribbon Highway Also in Koopa Kart 8	Monty Mole Desert	Mario Airship 3 Also in Koopa Kart Wii
Yellow Shell Cup	Lakeside Jungle	Ghoulish Pier	Mario Airship 4	Rainbow Road

Drivers

Light Drivers

Koopa Troopa

Paratroopa

Goomba

Cheep Cheep

Galoomba

Medium Drivers

Spiny

Buzzy Beetle

Monty Mole

Shy Guy

Koopa Kid

Heavy Drivers

Bowser

Hammer Bro

Dry Bones

Chargin' Chuck

Lakitu

Point Distribution

Note: Finishing a race in 7th place or lower forces the player to restart the race. Like in Super Koopa Kart, if the player fares this badly three more times, they must restart the cup.

1st: 15 Points

2nd: 12 Points

3rd: 9 Points

4th: 6 Points

5th: 3 Points

6th: 1 Point

7th: 0 Points

8th: 0 Points

9th: 0 Points

10th: 0 Points

11th: 0 Points

12th: 0 Points

Trivia

• This is the only Koopa Kart game to have the Blue Spiny Shell Cup as a nitro cup. Starting from Koopa Kart DS, the Blue Spiny Shell Cup will be a retro cup.
• This is the last Koopa Kart game where Lakitu is a heavyweight, as he will become a middleweight.
• This is the only Koopa Kart game to not feature any new characters. It also introduces the least amount of items out of any Koopa Kart game, as there is only one new item in this game.