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Stay in Second

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun. It's definately the best racer for the DS. The characters are balanced, the tracks are unique, and the sound is excellent. Overall, it's a top-notch game.

My biggest complaint is with the item system. People in worse places will get better items (For instance, the player in 5th place will likely get better items than the player in 1st.) This is kinda a cheap way to keep things close, but whatever. The thing I just can't stand, though, is the blue turtle shell. It seeks out and explodes on the 1st place player EVERY time it is used. This just encourages you to not take the lead until the end. Add in the fact that drafting (driving directly behind the person in front of you) gives you a speed boost, and it's almost best to stay in second. It's just strange that the races end up feeling like a little league game. I don't know if Nintendo is mad about the New England Patriots running up the score or something, but it's just plain stupid that it wants to give everybody a chance at all times. When a kid goes to his little league game, it's fair to keep things balanced. When a kid plays his video games, he should get the reward for racing the best. He should not be robbed because of "keeping it close" rules.

Awesome.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is hands down my favorite Mario Kart game to date. Everything from the graphics to the gameplay is just perfect. The primary reason why it's my favorite game in the franchise is the sheer wealth of tracks. There are eight cups in the game with four tracks each, bringing it to the grand total of 32 courses. 16 of these tracks are retro tracks from earlier incarnations of the game (SNES, N64, Gameboy Advance, and Gamecube). This game has the most tracks featured in a single Mario Kart game ever.

I've only tried the online play a couple of times. Many of the players online use a method called "snaking" where they set off several consecutive mini-turbos while drifting back and forth across a straightaway. I pretty much got stomped most of the time. I'm not into the whole snaking idea, so I choose not to spend time learning how to do it well. However the Wireless LAN play is a blast. I'm sure this is going to keep my friends and I occupied for quite a while.

If you own a DS, this is a must-have.

Kart Racing on the DS

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The best thing about this is the ability to race vs your friends, either online or local wi-fi. If you've played the other Mario Kart games you won't find any surprises here.

Wi-Fi!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

WOW! THIS GAME ROCKS! Wi-Fi mode is fun and the single player mode is fun too. 10/10.

Mario is racing back

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well were to start, of course the online is the best! You get 8 classic characters plus unlockable characters and tracks. The graphics are the best 3-d graphics yet. You get to pick some of the racing tracks for the super nintendo,n64,GBA,Nintendo gamecube and new levels from nintendo ds!!! Online is the biggest thing of course. My only complain is the online should have 8 people racing instead of 4, and there should be a chat room. Awesome game!!!!!!!!!!

Mindless, yet addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I will admit that I'm not a big fan of racing games, but I am completely addicted to Mario Kart. With an easy interface, this game gives you three levels to compete at, along with time trial and the option to race another DS owner.

A couple of friends of mine were discussing how much fun real racing would be to watch if you got to throw things at the other drivers and if they had to go through the kind of obsticles you find in this game.

Good as it gets in a handheld

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Exceptional game; truly a must-have title for every DS owner that ever played and loved any Mario Kart game. Probably the best in the MK series overall, particularly with the welcome addition of native Internet play. Wireless local mode works without a hitch as well. Can't say enough how much fun this game is if you love arcadey racing. 5 enthusiastic stars!

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are nice, control of car is great. Characters look excellent. Plenty of different road courses, I will be spending many hours over the next couple of months trying to master each course.

you'll never have another boring car or airport trip again

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nintendo has done a great job with the mario kart series in the past, and this game blows them out of the water with more challenging tracks and classic ones, a new mission mode, and the biggest part of the game, the wifi online support, which lets you race against 7 friends around your area. pick up this game now, and have one of the best online portable racing experiences of all time!

Unbelievable Fun.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Mario Kart has been a franchise that I've always loved; it's simply the Mario world put onto a race track. I've played every Mario Kart game since the Super Nintendo version, and I must say that this is most definitely, in every single way, the best of them all. Here is my review.

Graphics: 9/10. Smooth framerate ( somewhat choppy in WiFi mode ) in single player, great animations, nice looking tracks... this is a really good looking game, but they are not as good as they could have been. The graphics could have been cleaned up, and the game is somewhat glitchy. If you "snake" around a corner and almost hit the wall, you can see through it. It's nothing bad, just something to take note about.

Sound: 9/10. Everything Mario. The karts sound good, the voices for the most part sound really nice ( except for DK and Bowser; it seems like some really bad impersonator tried to do their voices. ). The music is also really good... then again, what in this game isn't?

Control: 8.5/10. It takes time to master "snaking", but once you get the hang of it, you will be king of the track every single game. The controls are very simple if you don't include using the "snake" button; all you have to do is drive... that's really it.

Fun: 9.5/10. 8 player local, 4 player WiFi, 4 unlockable characters, 16 new tracks along with 16 classics, 36 selectable karts... this game has got it all. A downfall for this game though is definitely the blue shells. I constantly will find myself on the third lap about to cross the finish line, get hit by one, and get into second or third. It doesn't matter though; THIS IS THE BEST DS GAME OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. Hell, the only REAL problem for this game is that you will probably wish your DS's battery life was a lot longer.

9.6/10

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