I bought mario kart DS yesterday, and im thouroughly enjoying myself playing it.

Essentially another Mario Kart game, it has 16 new courses, and 16 throw back from the other Mario Kart games. The Nitro Cup (the new tracks) is difficult, but its very easy on 50CC mode. I have completed all 32 tracks on 50CC mode (Nitro and Retro) and already unlocked 2 characters.

I am most enjoying the Retro cups, because 2 of the four tracks ive been to before. one track fomr the SNES game, N64, Advance and Double Dash (GC) have been compiled into each cup. 16 tracks return in total. Some are good (Baby Park from GC) and some are bad (Luigi Circuit from GBA). But all are fun.

2 New items join the ranks, and some return. Bonzai Bill and the Blooper. Both are interesting items. Bonzai Bill basically turns you into an automated missile, and goes where the track says, and the Blooper puts ink on the view screens of the poeple ahead (this is very annoying when in first) and limits your vision considerably. Boo's make a return after vanishing for Double Dash, and every race is full of new surprises.

The bottom screen is used for different maps and navigation, as well as telling everyone elses currwent position and items. Eagle eyed poeple may be able to spot Leader Shells being launched and take the appropriate action. The lowe rmap has other uses aswell. It can enable you to move out mof the way of Green Shells (random bouncers) and tell you when a Red Shell (homing) is coming towards you. This helps with holding the lead, but wwith all mario Kart games, that can never be assured untill youve crossed the line....

Sounds fun, got the chain chomps? They're fun on the GameCube...

Unfortunatley not. I was hoping they would have some of the bonus items from Double Dash, but only the Super Mushroom (Toad and Toadette's special item) made it in...

Dang it! Chain Chomps rule!

They really do pwn! They have the best music ever!


Looking at it now, Wario and Waluigi's special item also got in, the Bom-Omb. Basically a big explosion.

A few characters have also been dropped (like Diddy Kong, Petey Piranha, Baby Bowser, Toadette ETC.) and this almost takes form the game.

However, if the WII has a Mario kart title (and currently there isnt a Nintendo platform without one) it should have all the characters form all the games on. Maybe even involving different types of vehicle, like on Diddy Kong Racing for the N64. Had Cars, but also had Hover crafts and Planes.

It would make the racing even more interesting......

I bet there is a Nintendo console without a Mario Kart - The SNES!

Nope. The second Mario Kart was on the SNES.

Oh bugger

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mario_games_by_genre#Mario_Kart_Wii[/url]

Grr. Y the NES didnt have one i will never know. SNES did though.

I have now unlocked the third bonus kart for all the characters! Toads is like a huge 4 Wheel drive buggy thing! So cool! And Wario has a tractor, Waluigi a JCB!

The NES was too old?

(BTW, I always forget that the SNES and NES are different).

Hmm, nice cars. I want the 4WD!

Ill show u it, its immense!

Ill tell u waht they kind of look like for the characters ive unlockled....
They all ahve similar basic Karts, but there bonuses are the ones that are different.

Mario: Old Honda F1 car (1960's style), and a Shooting Star
Luigi: Vacuum Cleaner, Le Mans prototype (think Porsche 956)
Peach: Long nosed pink racer, Golf buggy
Yoshi: Egg, Van wall F1 car (1950's style)
Toad: Toad Stool, Massive whelled thing! with tiny chassis looke really wierd...
Donkey Kong: Rhino car, Jeep
Wario: Cadillac, Tractor
Bowser: Big claw thing, Plane
Daisy: Car (like a VW Bug), Golf Kart (Like Peaches)
Dry Bones (Koopa): Skeleton car, Tank
Waluigi: Digger, Trike

There is one last Unlock i think. ROB. A robot from Japan made it onto the game. No idea what his karts look like....Havent unlocked him yet. Mirror on 150CC to do yet...

Hmm, some interesting vehicles there. I like the fact that you give the F1 style cars a real world analogy .

And? it giove you something to think about (or to look up) because there shapes have changed very differently over time!


OMFG, 150CC is hard.....

And the ShyGuy (thanks to the GamesGuru 2day) is awesomely quick....

Found out he only appears on DS Download play, and hes really fast....

Yeah, but you didn't have to look it up!

LOL, you ccan't beat a racing game? Or jusy found it hard?

And? so what i didnt have to look it up. They are awsome man!


And yes its hard, but i can beat it like i beat that dude with 3000 wins 2day on wifi!


Btw, the Wifi mode is awesome! I played about 10 different races (quitted most because they were "snaking" ask what it means, i know someone wnts 2).

Lost to some japanese bloke who snaked, and then beat a guy with over 3000 wins! was awesome!

Yeah, but it just proves how much you know, which is quite scary!

Yeah, you beat him, and I was beating you a bit aswell!
Yeah, wifi is cool.

Oh, and for those who wanted to know, snaking is where you use the drift boosts constantly to gain huge speed, but the action dives you a snake like motion, thus the name.