Video Game Review

Publisher:
Developer:
Nintendo
Release Date:
2005-11-14
Mario Kart DS
ESRB Rating Image EVERYONE | Kart Racing | Multiplayer & Online
Overall Rating
3.729
Average Critic Score
3.704
122 of 39,516 All Time
2 of 1525 Nintendo DS
1 of 63 Racing
1 of 109 2005
1 of 28 Multiplayer & Online
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each game.

MobileTechReview

Grand Prix works much as you'd expect, 3 series featuring 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc, four nitro cups and four retro cups per series, and each cup uses four tracks. So that's 32 tracks repeated at four different speeds, which represent four different ...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at MobileTechReview

Thunderbolt

Super Mario Kart is still the best Mario Kart ever, but Mario Kart DS is remarkably close to edging past the original in almost every way. ...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Thunderbolt

UnderGroundOnline

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. ...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at UnderGroundOnline


Katelin Hance "Shopaholic"

As far as handheld gaming consoles go, I'm a newbie. I grew up with the original NES and SNES (which I still play on, and this January, I decided to go ahead and buy a DSi. Mariokart was the first game I bought to play, and I love it. ...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Katelin Hance "Shopaholic"

Corinna

?) My son has been waiting for a Mario game and I could not see paying 35.00 for one game. Amazon is the place to buy. My son loves the game. It was the right price. ...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Corinna

Arnita D. Brown

Mario Kart, comes fully loaded with classic characters, a bunch of new tracks, and a wireless multiplayer mode that's to die for. ...read the complete Mario Kart DS review at Arnita D. Brown