How to do a powerslide in Mario Kart DS

mozattack

The question is as the title suggests. 5 yr old son wants to know how to do that but we have lost the game instructions.

Something to do with pressing "R" button while directing around a corner but I must be missing something cos I cant do it properly for him.

Thanks!

Mr E

Its called Drifting. Look at the Mario Kart FAQs on GameFAQs for more info.

Drift
You can drift by holding down the R button when going around corners. It
allows you to take sharper corners without loss of speed, so is good for
many of the game's course. To start it, turn and press R to set the direction,
and you can also adjust the direction of the drift slightly by using the d-pad
as you go anyway.

Mini-Turbo
This gives you a boost after drifting. To do it, get into a drift and
tap left and right on the d-pad to change the colour of the sparks from
your kart. It should turn blue, then red if you keep going. Once it goes
red releasing R will give you a mini-turbo. The level of boost will differ
depending on the kart, but it does give you a worth while boost, so mastering
this will give you the advantage. To pull off faster boosts, then place the
ball of your thumb in the middle of the d-pad so all is required is slight
lateral movement left and right. This takes a while to get used to and may
start to hurt after a few races, but it enables you to pull off mini-turbo
again and again.

Snaking
This is a very advanced technique, where you perform mini-turbo over and over
again in a snake like fashion. So say you are on a straight, and you are on
the left; drift to the right, and boost ahead so you're on the right. Now
drift to the left and boost so you end up on the left. Keep repeating this to
create a snake like movement down the track, giving you a huge advantage if
done correctly. As said it is very advanced and so takes a lot of practice
to pull off, especially as you got to pull off mini-turbos very fast (use
the method I described above, with placing the ball of your thumb on the d-pad
so less movement is required). Snaking is what all the pro's use and you'll
need to be able to pull it off to some degree if you want to make it online.
Use Time Trial as a place of practice!

Retr0gamer

It might take some practice but once you get used to it it becomes second nature.

Turtwig

Question has already been answered, but you can get the another copy of the official game manual here.:)