Mario Kart DS

Are you ready to be the true king of Mushroom Kingdom racing circuit? Play Mario Kart DS. You will not only be a champion but you will become a true king!

In the Nintendo DS racing game, you can play as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser, or Shy Guy. As one of the roles, you will race in a kart against other racers. Choose one of 36 karts.

You can play on more than 30 courses and battle arenas. Each course features item boxes. The item boxes can be used to gain an advantage over other racers such as attacking other racers to slow them down. The other item can be used to speed up player's own kart.

There are five game modes: Grand Prix, Time Trial, VS, Battle, and Mission.

Grand Prix Mode: The driver who earns the most points at the end of a four-course cup is the winner. There are 8 different cups, each cup featuring 4 different tracks.

Time Trial Mode: Your objective here is to have the fastest time on a single track.

VS Mode: In this competitive mode, you can race against karts controlled by your system. Or you can race with other players on other Nintendo DS systems.

Battle Mode: There are two battle modes. On one of the modes, Balloon Battle Mode, your goal is to pop your opponent's balloon by attacking/stealing the ... by colliding into an opponent via a mushroom boost, before your own balloons are popped. On the other mode, Shine Runners, the racer who collects the most Shine Sprites is the winner.

Mission Mode: In this mode, the player must clear some sets of specific missions before moving on to the next set of missions.

Wireless Game Play

There are three forms of wireless game play: two kinds of local wireless game play (DS Download Play and Multi-Card Play) and Nintendo WiFi Connection online game play.

DS Download Play. The DS Download Play - as with all multiplayer games - requires that only one player has a copy of the game for playing it on multiple-players mode. The other players who do not have the game card can also play it together. The DS Download Play features 2-8 players simultaneous wireless game play.

The players who own Mario Kart DS can choose their own character and use personalized icons. But the players who do not own Mario Kart DS can only play as Shy Guy and cannot use personalized player icons. Only eight tracks can be selected and only three arenas for Balloon Battle and Shine Runner modes. And DS Download Play is limited to the 100 cc engine class.

Multi-Card Play. If all players have their own copies of Mario Kart DS, they can play with Multi Card Play giving the players more options, modes, and tracks to choosefrom. Two to eight players can play simultaneously.Your choices are multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine Runner modes. You can choose different engine classes. There are no limitation on character and track choices. Win/loss ratio of each player can be saved and tracked.

Nintendo WiFi Connection

With WiFi Connection, two to four players can race simultaneously. You can play with friends only (players registered as Friends), rivals (players with similar skills), recent opponents, regional racers (players in their country), and world racers (players anywhere in the world). There are no limit on course and character choices. Players can create and use personlized player icons.