Mario Kart DS

[ZeptOr]

I got this on tuesday, and it is pretty cool. The single player is a lot better than the previous MarioKart games, you can play against CPUs in battle and vs mode for example. The WiFi is also cool, it took 3 minutes to set up. But compared to the other MK games, im not sure if it is better. The style is different and I prefer Mariokart 64, but this game has a lot more to do. One thing that i dont like is Donkey Kong's voice, he sounds gay, and a lot of the new level's music also sucks.

 

[Jake]

i herd about this, my friend got it on wend. and he was all excited about it saying it was better than the others... i havnt played it yet but i have herd from others that it has been pretty good (compared to the older ones)

but then again i dont have a DS so i will probobly only get to play it once in a while, when my friend lets me

 

[ƒorte]

yeah I have MK DS too. It rox! Haven't played online yet but I can definitely say it's better than double dash for GCN.

 

[ZeptOr]

yes it is better than double dash, not that i dont like double dash

double dash was fun, it added the power slide and the double-character-kart, but it lacked the seriousness and intensity of MK64 and Super MK. It just seemed juvenile to me.

But the online is fun, although it lacks a couple of things like you can only play a 4 person game and not a 1v1 unless the system on finds 1 person. Battle mode and teams would also make it better, but hey, i expected less because it was nintendo's first official use of online gaming.

 

[ƒorte]

yes it is better than double dash, not that i dont like double dash

double dash was fun, it added the power slide and the double-character-kart, but it lacked the seriousness and intensity of MK64 and Super MK. It just seemed juvenile to me.

But the online is fun, although it lacks a couple of things like you can only play a 4 person game and not a 1v1 unless the system on finds 1 person. Battle mode and teams would also make it better, but hey, i expected less because it was nintendo's first official use of online gaming.

Yeah, hopefully, Animal Crossing DS will make much better use of the online function

 

[Dovir]

hey, i expected less because it was nintendo's first official use of online gaming.

They have actually tried to use online play in all of their systems, read about it here: http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=general_wifi&message.id=8724 (long post)..

 

[ƒorte]

hey, i expected less because it was nintendo's first official use of online gaming.

They have actually tried to use online play in all of their systems, read about it here: http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=general_wifi&message.id=8724 (long post)..

Holy crap, I had no idea!!! :O

 

[ZeptOr]

i didnt read that post, but i meant first time using Wifi on the Ds

 

[redtailblackshark]

my brother wants the nintendo ds maro kart bundle for christmas, did you really like it?

 

[Josh]

My friend has mario cart for ds, it looks really nice. Game play is awesome, so are the graphics. Although psp has better graphics, ds has better games

 

[Livewire]

Well then, on that note, I'll end up either buying MKDS to play on the DS I get for xmas, or I'll end up buying the MKDS bundle from bestbuy. I'm rather surprised though, I thought DS games were like $50, but most seem to be more like $30, which is actually within a price bracket I'm willing to buy from!

I have my own question related to the same thing though; BestBuy shows two different mariokart bundles, but I can't figure out why one costs less than the other.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=999945200050017&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat45400050008&id=pcmprd45400050017
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7583741&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat45400050008&id=1130342842551

^sorry if the links are off, but one is some special Limited Edition fire red ds with mario kart and removable decals for $150, while the other is a stock ds with mk for $164.98...why is the one costing less than the other when it's the more "special" one? I'm not against it obviously (I'll get the LE one if possible), I just don't get why its priced lower...

 

[Livewire]

NM on the difference, the only difference is that bestbuy had the one bundle but not the other.

That aside, MKDS isn't holding my attention as much as I thought it would, but I'm probably getting distracted by Animal Crossing: Wild World. The graphics kick ass though, no complaining here I particularly like the double screen thing, it's used really well (top is racing, bottom is the map, which is good since there isn't enough space on either screen for a mini-map).

Graphics: 8/10 (Ignore my rating here though, because I only have two games and I don't have anything else to base the rating off of)
Sound: 8/10 (See above comment, but the sounds fit great)
Gameplay: 9/10 (Balloon Battle mode, you have to blow into the microphone to inflate your balloons on your gokart. My mom thinks it looks stupid but I thought it was a nice touch)

Overall: 9/10. You kinda gotta like racing games to get seriously hooked on it, but it's definetly one to pick up if you like to compete against friends