Battle
There are two types of battle matches: Balloon Battle and Shine Runners. In single- player matches, you will battle against
Balloon Battle
Battle against your opponents, taking | Remaining Balloons |
care not to let your own balloons pop. |
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Initially, you have five balloons, only one of which is inflated.
Blow into the microphone when not pressing 
to inflate a balloon. You can have up to three balloons inflated at one time. You can also
hold 
to inflate a balloon, but blowing into the mic will make it inflate faster.
When all of your inflated balloons are burst, you lose, even if you have unused balloons you can still inflate.
Shine Runners
Collect the Shine Sprites that appear in the stage.
A mark appears above karts that have Shines.
Once someone gets a Shine, another one appears elsewhere in the stage.
After a set period of time that varies by stage, the players with the least number of Shines drop out. The last driver driving wins.
A large mark appears above the kart with the most Shines.
Remaining Shines
Remaining Time
Rival
Shine Location
Rivals
You will lose a balloon in each of the following situations. However, if you perform 
on an opponent, you can steal a balloon.
Get hit by an item and spin out or roll.
Fall off the stage.
Get hit by a kart made invincible by a Star.
Get hit by a kart using a Mushroom to boost.
You will drop a Shine under the following conditions. Once a Shine has been dropped, anyone can pick it up.
Get hit by an item and spin out or roll.
Fall off the stage.
Get hit by a kart made invincible by a Star.