Mini-Turbo

A Mini-Turbo is a power-up received in the Mario Kart series. It is received when a player simultaneously presses the left and right buttons of the directional pad while drifting. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!! the L and R buttons are used for activating Mini-Turbos instead of the directional pad. In Mario Kart Wii a Super Mini-Turbo is introduced and is represented as a red flame in the wake of the kart, while bikes can only receive a Mini-Turbo, which is represented by a blue flame. Mini-Turbos are counted in the vehicles statistics.