Pokémon Race mini is a racing game where you play as Pikachu and race against various Pokémon in various different courses

The mechanics are rather simple. You have to run and jump over various obstacles in stages in order to get to the end before your opponent. There are obstacles throughout the stages such as grass and water.

You have to complete three laps of each course in order to finish, and with each lap you get a special charge attack in order to quickly shoot forwards, gaining momentum and possibly reaching parts you couldn't previously get to.

While you can only play as Pikachu in this game, other Pokémon are faced in the Pokémon Grand Prix mode. Each Pokémon you face has got various different mechanics, most of which are suited to the stage in which you face them.

Picture	Pokémon	Mechanics
	Pikachu	No special effect
	Chikorita	Chikorita is not slowed by grass
	Diglett	Can easily move through small paths. Cannot jump
	Ditto	Can climb up walls easily. Can turn into Pikachu
	Magnemite	Can cling to walls and move without any friction
	Natu	Has increased height in jumps
	Pichu	Can fit in small spaces
	Sandshrew	Sandshrew is not slowed down by sand.
	Wooper	Wooper is not slowed down by water.

In this game, there are 16 different courses to play through, each with 8 different styles. Each course includes a variety of jumps and obstacles that need to be overcome in order to complete. Three laps have to be completed. Originally, just four courses are unlocked in the game, but more are unlocked as you complete Grand Prixs.

The Pokémon Grand Prix has you go through four different races in order to become the best racer. There are four different cups each with different difficulties to complete them in: Easy, Normal, Hard & Expert. Coming in first in all of the races will give you a gold cup which is shown on the cup selection screen

Challenge Mode gives a variety of special courses. There are 6 different levels of 4 stages to complete. Each requires you to get Pikachu to the goal in the special time constraint using a variety of Pikachu's special moves.

As you complete each stage, the next level of the stage becomes available. These require the utmost skill using Pikachu to complete.

Time Attack mode is essentially a time trial, giving you the ability to go through the courses in order to set your best lap and course time. Your best record is then saved to the game. The stages unlock in this mode as you complete their respective cup in Pokémon Grand Prix mode.

Ditto Battle lets you race against ghosts of various Time Attacks. In the game, you can score up to 5 different ghosts which can be raced including your own as well as ones from friends. When you do, you'll race as normal but you'll see the ghost of the Pikachu. This adds incentive for you to try to beat high scores, including your own high score.

In this mode, you can also send and receive ghost data from other players using the Pokémon mini's infared port.

Accessed from the main menu of the game, you can see the top 3 times for each stage on your game, as well as rankings introduced by friends. You can transfer the rankings using the Pokémon mini's Infared port. These will add the other player's rankings to your device so you can see how your scores compare to other players.