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Mario Kart DS is cartoon racing bliss. It fixes what Double Dash did wrong, brings back what Mario Kart 64 did right, and adds a few new notches to the gameplay. The two-character seating has gone back to one. The ability to jump has returned. The
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Nintendo Spin
The concept is simple enough. Mario and pals race around tracks, while firing weapons at each other, to determine who is the best racer. However, it’s been somewhat lacking in the past few Mario Kart games, most notably Mario Kart: Double Dash.
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Planet Gamecube
Starting with the obvious, we all know the DS isn't exactly a graphic powerhouse, but that doesn't keep Mario Kart from looking good. The characters and karts, despite being low-poly, have so much personality and unique Mario charm that they are
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During a race the DS’s top screen is dedicated to a 3rd-person view of the course and your kart. Additionally, items, number of laps, and current position are also displayed. On the bottom screen, there are two different view options. The first
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Plain Games
Like its predecessors, the mainstay of Mario Kart DS is the Grand Prix mode, a series of cups with four races each where you'll race against CPU controlled opponents for points. With a total of eight cups, Grand Prix mode isn't terribly time consuming.
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Pre-rendered backgrounds greet you as you switch on, helping to create a visual display that is certainly no letdown. By utilising this type of background it has been possible to make the DS display graphics that could be mistaken for Dreamcast quality
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Cubed3
The Grand Prix, as always, is the key feature to Mario Kart DS in terms of single player. To begin with, there are three cups to race on – 50CC (slowest, but easiest), 100CC and 150CC (fastest, but hardest). It’s probably best, even if you’re a
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Club Skill
Mario Kart DS is a harmonious blend of everything that was great about the previous installments of the wacky kart-racing series. Rather than reinventing the gameplay in unnecessary ways (for instance, two-person karts), MKDS focuses on what drives the
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Gamerz-Edge
the addictive qualities of titles past are present and accounted for, and the opportunity to take home honed strategies out into the world is surely what makes Mario Kart DS so appealing. It's not just the best karting game Nintendo have ever developed; i
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at WHAM! Gaming
It is darn near perfect in most ways, and the online mode adds more than it takes away. LAN mode racing is among the year’s greatest gaming experiences. You may well be looking at a contender for game of the year across any platform.
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Nintendojo
The Gamecube’s holiday season is looking pretty bare, but thankfully the DS library continues to prosper. And now, literally every classic gamer is without excuse to add a Nintendo DS to their collection with the release of Mario Kart DS. This title
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Lawrence
Reason alone to own the DS platform. All of the fun that has been intrinsic to the series is intact, and the much-anticipated online component simply seals the deal. This is best game in the series by far, and perhaps the best kart-style racing game ever
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at eToychest
Looking beyond the colorful, fun-filled surface and into the actual gameplay itself, we see a truly deep racing game lying in wait for serious players. Several simple yet useful techniques exist to give you an edge above the other players. The first and
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In an age of increasing style over substance and companies trying to extract cash from gamers left, right and centre for new "services", it’s truly heartening to see a game done absolutely right, and the setup around it also done absolutely right.
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Gamers Europe
Is it me or is the new generation of handheld game systems the best thing to happen to the industry since the release of the PSone? Here I am away from my controller, away from my console, and nowhere near a TV screen and yet I am able to steal
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at GameZone
Mario Kart has appeared on each one of Nintendo's consoles since the Super Nintendo introduced the series back in 1992. Every release of this genre-spawning kart racer has been met with insane amounts of anticipation and excitement. When the Nintendo DS
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Then Mario Kart DS comes along, enticing me with its promise of online play; something that I have wanted to see added to the series for quite some time. Would it be enough to make the game feel fresh again? Surprisingly, the answer is yes.
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...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Jaded Gamer
Mario Kart was the beginning of an entire wealth of games in the kart racing genre. Its roots on the SNES as a fast paced, item staged free for all competition have inspired many clones, but nothing yet has come close to what Mario Kart is. At its peak,
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at DarkZero
Retro Grand Prix combines classic tracks from all the previous Mario Kart games, across all platforms, into another full set of tracks to make up the Shell, Banana, Leaf and Lightning cups. Tracks such Frappe Snowland, Mario Circuit, Choco Mountain and
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at NZGamer
Each character comes with his or her own custom go-kart, and offers a different mix of speed, pick-up, and strength. Adding to the excitement are an assortment of power-ups, such as high-speed boosts, slippery banana peels, and ricocheting shells, which
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at AllGame
number of gameplay modes is also surprisingly healthy. 9.0Lifespan: Single-player is still a bit too easy, but the game absolutely shines in multiplayer. Online mode extends this further, even if it is a bit too basi
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at PALGN
All of the familiar single-player racing modes make their return in Mario Kart DS, in addition to a few new features. The portable title contains eight grand-prix competitions containing four races each. Half of these tracks are new, well-designed
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Gamer Within
All the usual driver characteristics such as top speed, acceleration, handling and weight are back, with the addition of a new variable: items. Put simply, the higher the item rating, the more likely you are to get better items. Whether or not there's
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at NTSC uk
I’m not giving this game the full score because of the little WiFi errors I experienced and the availability of only one online mode. But don’t get me wrong. Apart from this, Mario Kart is one hell of a game. It’s the best Mario Kart of all-time
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at N-Europe
If you’ve ever played a Mario Kart game, you’ll be at home here. The controls are, for the most part, identical – except for the change of the accelerator button to A, and brake to B, for obvious reasons. So that’s two buttons and a d-pad for
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at PALGN AU
An old joke amongst game developer teams picking which game to make next is, "Let's just make a Kart racer." By and large, other companies' pale imitations of Nintendo's long-running Mario Kart series often have been jokes, seeming more like cynical
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at GamersMark
The karts have more in common with classic Mario Kart than the more recent Double Dash!! on the GameCube: Every character races solo, the driver/gunner combination has been dropped. This simplifies the gameplay, but allows you to focus on the intricacies
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Yahoo! Games
Despite the core game being as old as the proverbial hills, Mario Kart DS still feels fresh to play and, most importantly, is still fun. In fact, fun is an understatement. It's arguably the most outright enjoyable title on the DS. The combination of
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That is, while you can play the game solo against computer-controlled opponents — such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Peach and other familiar Nintendo characters — up to eight friends can play against one another in the same room using a wireless local area
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at USA Today
Some games are timeless. Mario Kart in all its forms is among the best of these timeless games. Each entry in the series has changed the fundamentals of the gameplay just enough to make them different experiences, especially for the hardcore fans that
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at GamerDad
The interface is simple. You navigate the menu using the touch screen. You’re met with single player, multiplayer and Nintendo wi-fi mode (which will be covered shortly). Single player breaks down into Grand Prix, Time Trials, VS, Battle and Missions.
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at ThumbBandits
A downside: there is no way to communicate with your opponents in game or in the lobby, so you can’t really get a gauge for who you’re playing, which can lead to the looser disconnects that everyone loves so much.
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at VGPub
Do you have the feeling that no one can ever beat you? That you are simply the best? Then prove it in the Time Trial. Put down your best time and challenge your friends to break it. Who's tired of racing around with only one goal - reaching the finish -
...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Fragland
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