- Two modes to choose from: "Balloon Battle" and "Shine Runners." Balloon.
- Race and battle with up to 4 karts at once -- or enjoy 8-player multiplayer action through your Wi-Fi Connection.
- Tour courses from classic Mario Kart games -- as well as brand-new tracks and arenas.
- All the crazy items and frantic speed players have come to expect.
- Five different game modes allows for endless ways to play..
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The ultimate Mario Kart race is on…and online via your Nintendo
Wi-Fi Connection in Mario Kart DS. Drawing on more than 30
courses and battle arenas from every game in the Mario Kart
series - not to mention tons of new ones, Mario Kart DS allows
you to play as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Yoshi, Donkey
Kong, Toad, Bowser and Shy Guy as you put the pedal to the
go-kart metal, grab coins to max out your speed and blast rivals
with the ever-popular arsenal of red, green and spiked Koopa
shells in a race to finally put to rest the question of who is
the true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuit.
Race the Mushroom circuit
Mario is a veteran of the circuit.
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Choose your favorite character.
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Peach is a master drifter.
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Select the Kart you want.
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Bowser is the r of the track.
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Watch your position in the pack.
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. Progressing Through the Game
Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions
to open up increasingly difficult and thrilling circuits. Of
course, players can have multiplayer races on any open courses or
battle in arenas.
Game Modes: At Least Five Ways to Play
Whether you prefer to race by yourself or to mix it up with
friends, Mario Kart DS is a game with something for everyone.
Features five different game modes, these include a 'VS' and
'Battle' mode that are available in multiplayer for up to eight
players via local wireless connection while all modes are
available singleplayer. See a complete list and description of
the play modes below:
* Grand Prix Mode: In Grand Prix Mode, the driver who earns the
most points at the end of a four-course cup is the victor. Mario
Kart DS features eight different cups, with each cup featuring
four different tracks.
* Time Trial Mode: Your objective in Time Trial Mode is to get
the fastest time that you can on a single track. . You can save
your best runs as ghost data and share them with a friend.
* VS Mode: A competitive mode that can be either singleplayer. or
multiplayer. In the singleplayer. version you'll race against
computer-controlled karts, while in multiplayer you'll race
against human nents who play using their own Nintendo DS
systems.
* Battle Modes: Mario Kart DS contains two battle modes.
* * Balloon Battle Mode: Your goal is to pop your nent's
balloons by attacking/stealing them by colliding into an nent
via a mushroom boost, before your own balloons are popped.
* Shine Runners: In this mode the driver who collects the most
Shine Sprites is the winner.
* Mission Mode: In this mode you are given sets of specific
missions that you must clear in order to move on to the next set
of missions. What could wait at the end?
Special Powers, Weapons, Moves & Features
Turbo power-drifting and item tossing is the order of the day,
whether players are racing around an obstacle-filled track or
battling in an arena. Use familiar items taken from every game in
the series like Green Shells, homing Red Shells, Bananas, Bombs,
Lightning and the destructive Spiny Shell, not to mention new
ones like the Blooper. The touch screen features a that shows
items being fired at players, who can even tap it with their
fingers mid-race to zoom in or out.Wireless Communication: Even
More Ways to Play:
Mario Kart DS features three different forms of wireless game
play: two kinds of local wireless game play and Nintendo Wi-Fi
Connection online game play. Mario Kart DS offers two different
options for LAN Wireless game play: DS Download Play, in which
only one player has Mario Kart DS and all players have Nintendo
DS systems, and Multi-Card Play, in which all players have Mario
Kart DS and Nintendo DS systems.
DS Download Play
As with all DS Download multiplayer games, the DS Download Play
in Mario Kart DS requires that only one player has a copy of the
game. Unlike past DS games, however, DS Download Play in Mario
Kart DS allows multiple players who have the game card to play
with multiple players who do not have the game card. DS Download
Play offers the following features:
* 2-8 player simultaneous wireless game play.
* A choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine Runner
modes.
* Players who own Mario Kart DS can choose their own characters
and use personalized icons, while players who do not own Mario
Kart DS must play as Shy Guy and cannot use personalized player
icons.
* Track selection is limited to eight tracks for racing and three
arenas for Balloon Battle and Shine Runner modes.
* DS Download Play is limited to the 100 cc engine class
Multi-Card Play
Multi-Card Play requires all players to have their own copies of
Mario Kart DS, giving players more options, modes and tracks to
choose from. Multi-Card Play offers the following features: * 2-8
player simultaneous wireless game play.
* Your choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine
Runner modes.
* Players can choose from different engine classes.
* No limits on character choice.
* No limits on track choice.
* Player's win/loss ratio is saved and tracked.
* Players who race locally are automatically added to each
other's friend roster and then can race via Nintendo Wi-Fi
Connection.
* Players can trade ghost data wirelessly, allowing them to race
against each others' best times.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection:
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is a free online game-play service
provided by Nintendo to Nintendo DS owners. It offers seamless
access to online game play and an environment that is welcoming
to gamers of all skill levels. Features include: Whether it's the
updated graphics that retain the side-scrolling feel of classic
games in the Sonic franchise, an expansive world to race through
and explore or the multiple and new ways to play, Sonic Unleashed
offers something for players of any age or level of ability. *
2-4 players racing simultaneously.
* Choice of playing with:
* * Friends only (players registered as Friends)
* Rivals (players with similar skills)
* Recent nents
* Regional racers (players in their country)
* World racers (players anywhere in the world)
* No limit on course choice, but each player votes for a course
and the course with the most votes wins (in case of a tie, the
course is chosen randomly)
* No limit on character choice
* Players can create and use personalized player icons
Connecting to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will be quick, easy
and seamless. Players can go to an official Nintendo hotspot and
immediately go online and start playing. To use their home Wi-Fi
routers, players first must configure the DS to connect to their
routers by entering the router's network ID and optional security
key or install the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector on their PC and
configure the DS to enable it to share the PC's broadband
connection. After that, players can go online anytime without
further configuration. Friends are registered to the friends
roster either by exchanging and entering Friend Registration Keys
or by playing local Multi-Card Multiplayer mode together.