I asked my grandchildren what they thought of the Mario Bros. DS games and they responded, "LOVE IT".

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Mario Kart DS is the game that hooked me on the DS. I have played this game since it came out and I am still playing it.

It's a little hard for me to figure why I like this game so much. First, I have never really liked Nintendo that much, especially the Mario line of games. Second, I don't really like racing games because I have never been very good at them.

In spite of these two big issues, Mario Kart DS is still one of my favorite games on any platform in the last several years. The racing itself is approachable for non-racing fans, the races are creative and diverse and the item pickups add an element of strategy that just simply works.

So, even if you don't really like Nintendo and don't really like racing games, you should at least try this game and see what you think. It made a believer out of me.

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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. It came in just a few days. I purchase a lot of items off Amazon and have never been disappointed.

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My 7 yr old and 10 yr old daughters love this game. They could spend hours playing if I would let them. We have now had this for three weeks and they haven't tired of it yet.

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I have absolutely no idea about nintendos, but I bought this for my 5 year old son and he is just hooked on this and plays with it in the car all the time. His older sisters love it too and there are fights as to who gets to play. I think I may need to purchase 2 more!!

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God i never thought I would see a perfect video game ever again like The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time for the nintendo 64.This certainly is right on par with this!Every thing about this game makes me want to jump.I just did! I recently picked this up(opening day like every other mario kart) and thought it was going to be slightly disapointing.Boy was I wrong.The game begins with the normal 8: Mario,Luigi,toad,yoshi,bowser,wario,donkey kong, and peach.4 characters can be unlocked as well.Yet I was slightly disapointed by the character choice yet the new mario games have to much choice so it doesnt really disapoint.Now the characters have no class insted its in the karts.The karts have a drift meter*the higher it is,the better boost and drift you can get.,weight meter *the more this is,the more harder you are to knock of course and knock someone else off course*,handling meter*the more this is,the better turn you have*,acceleration meter*the more this is,the better boost or fastness,you get at the start of the race*,top speed meter *the more this is,the better speed you get*,and item meter *The more this is,the better items you'll get*.The karts are really cool like mario's B-dasher: a long white kart that gets amazing items or *spoiler* dry bone's dry bomber:a big tank with good weight,top speed,and drift.This can make everything harder and easier.And say,your favorite character is toad,but you really want to use *spolier* waluigi's zipper.If you beat the game,you can use any characters kart for any character!The main modes are time trials:race yourself or ghost and try to break your record.You will get a mushroom and then you race yourself in any track of your choice. Obviously a mario kart favorite and a competitive one,yet it is single player only.But you can trade your ghost and recieve ghost's via LAN or via WFC.Next is Grand Prix.The main mode is a group of races called a cup inside a giant prix either Nitro or Retro.Then you can also pick 50cc,100cc,or 150cc.Your pick as 50cc would be very easy and less fast.100cc would be medium difficulty.150cc would be very fast and hard.Nitro cup is in cups like:mushroom,flower,star,and special.Retro is in cups like this:shell,bannana,leaf,and lighting.Retro is a brand new cup that makes the game much more playable and feels fresh every time.Now it makes the total to 32 tracks insted of 16.The retro cup contains all of the classic tracks from the previous 4 mario kart titles.track listing is as follows:

Shell cup:

1.Snes:Mario kart circuit 1

2.n64: Moo Moo Farm

3.GBA:Peach circuit

4.GCN:Luigi circuit

Bannana cup:

1.Snes:Donut Plains 1

2.N64:frappe snowland

3.GBA:bowsers castle 2

4.GCN:Baby Park

Leaf cup:

1.Snes:koppa Beach 2

2.N64:Choco Mountain

3.GBA:luigi's circuit

4.GCN:mushroom bridge

Lighting cup:

1.SNES:Choco island 2

2.N64:Banshees boardwalk

3.GBA:Sky Garden

4.GCN:yoshis circuit

Now the retro cup is as follows:

Mushroom cup:

1.Figure 8 circuit(this track is in the shape of an 8 very simplistic yet awsome for drifting)

2.Yoshi falls(set on a dirt road very short but tons of cool short cuts in the water fall)

3.Cheep Cheep beach(my favorite!Contains 2 huge power jumps going across 2 islands!Watch out for cheep cheeps and crabs.Also 2 wooden ramps

4.Luigis mansion(go into the mansion and race in the courtyard.Watchout for moving trees and mud)

Flower cup

1.Desert hills(a desert with tons of sand dunes pokeys and even the angry sun from mario bros.3 who spits jumping fire balls at you)

2.Delfino Plaza(a really cool course with the best shortcuts and The biggest power ramp in the game.Watch out for stray boxes)

3.Waluigi pinball(possibly the most favored course this is a huge course on a pinball machine.Go through a giant warp tube,Speed bumps,Power ramps,Giant pinballs,bouncers,and those things that whack the pinball)

4.Shroom Ridge(this course let me down because i love the city car level except this is a boring track with no design at all)

Star cup*the best cup*

1.Dk alpine(a giant mountain with tons of ramps and giant snow balls,and snowmen.This is a really fun level)

2.Tick tock clock(ones of the most favored levels taking place in the mario 64 level.This has tons of moving gears and clocks)

3.Mario circuit(same old)

4.Airship fortress(one of my favorite courses with a giant ramp that sends you like the dk mountain*GCN*.My 2 fav has giant fire thingys and potholes)

Star cup:

1.Wario stadium

2.Peach garden

3.Bowsers castle

4.rainbow road

The new game has a bunch of new tiny fixes too.Like drafting when you are behing someone youll gain a huge speed boost.Now 2 karts have been dropped to one which means it ias easier to drift and the jump came back.This is a relief to all mario kart fans.Now vs.mode and battle mode can be played with bots.HALLUICHI!this is a refief because i cant have my friends over everyday to play this.

But most important:the multiplayer.This can be done by LAN(across 100 feet) but also this can be done online!This is the first nintendo game ever to be online and also helps set up the online service for nintendo.This is easy to set up to get online too.You need broadband working internet,a nintendo usb wifi connector which you can order,and a wireless router.This is as easy to set up as xbox live and is fun too!You can make your own decal and show it to everyone and have a friend code.If you have a friend code,You can play with them online!Up to 4 or 8 players can play online.No chat or voice is a big bummer and sadly no battle online!just vs. and trading time trials.But human compition makes the replay value soo much more and it cant get old.You can chose world wide or region play.

Now A new single player mode has been added to train your skill at mario kart and add even more replay value.The mode is mission mode and has 7 worlds of missions:8 missions in one including a boss battle.They can be easy or hard and usualyy involve collecting coins,doing 4 or more power slide boosts in one lap,kill the random enemy,steer through the gates,ect.At the end of each world is a boss.They are all from previous mario titles.They include big bully:N64,eyerok:n64,King Boo:N64,Big bomb omb:m64,wiggler:super mario sunshine,and chief chilly:mario 64 ds.They are realtively medium difficulty and are really challenging.

Overall this game is awsome and makes other games go to shame!

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The game is in good condition. I received it when promised. There was no cover page on the front of the box. I enjoy the game.

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Definitely one of the best Nintendo games, and it translates great to the DS. They did a great job of mixing in some older tracks with the new ones, sixteen in all.

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This is probably the best family game on wii out there. It is also a great entertainment for visiting friends/family. Different levels for easy and expert. Can be a competitive game or a team work game. If you are deciding on a game to buy then this one is a definite. And we own just about every game possible for the Wii as I have children aged 4-20.

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Mario games, over the years have been some of the most succesful of all of the systems, and this one is no different.

Gameplay: Excelent gameplay. New items, new characters, and four modes is non-stop fun. I have logged atleast 50 hours into this game, and still play more. Even after beating all of the courses once, you have the challenge of beating them all with one star. Don't forget battle mode aswell! 5/5 for Gameplay.

Sound/Graphics: Now, we know that nintendo isn't the greatest at graphics, but, these I think are good. They have put gameplay first, which I think is fine. There is one glitch I found with the graphics, that sometimes people dissapear. But it's kind of funny. The sound was great. nice and clear. You can't mistake a noise for something else. Well-done! 4/5 for graphics/sound

Characters/Levels: hmm, I think that nintendo should have added about 4 more characters to the game. I also think, that they should have brought back more levels from double dash. Other than that, it's amazing! Just when you think you know each level, something new happens and you discover an amaziong shortcut! 4/5 for Characters/levels

PROS

*Wi-Fi makes this game even MORE fun

*tons of levels and characters make this game last a long time

* High replay value

CONS

* Online gets boring if everyone leaves during the game.

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I am a huge huge huge PSP fan. However, that being said I do own both systems and when I picked this game up today, I couldn't put it down. This game is way more than any other console installiation of Mario Kart. The career mode of this game is still the same. You start off on 50 cc and try to beat the first cup, and you unlock one of the new 30 courses of this game and you also unlock new speed classes, 100 cc and 150 cc. The graphics for a handheld game are great, the character models, weapons and courses are very clear and colorful. There are 8 characters to choose from, just like the SNES and N64 games. You can race with Mario, Peach, DK, Bowser, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi and Wario. Along the way you unlock 4 more characters, Dry Bones, Daisy, Wario and Robot. You can unlock up to 5 cars for each person so each character has 7 cars, although you need to be certain people to play with certain vehicles. As far as the weapons go, there are three new ones, but gone are the specials from Double Dash. This game seems like a slimmer version of Double Dash, the Gamecube version of Mario Kart, and it is in characters and vehicles. But there is one thing that makes up for this, multiplayer. This game can play 8 way multiplayer with only one game card. Even better, this game has online!!! Set up is minimal as long as you are in a hotspot. The way it works is there is a tournament with four players. There are four races in the tournament with a points system. Each race, a different person selects a course to race at. Overall, this is a must buy if you own a DS.

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I never had an interest in playing video games. I bought my son a DS for xmas and bought this Mario Kart as a starter game. I will never be a fan of video games, but I played a few times and found it quite entertaining. My son is playing this day and night.

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This could the best of series the because it's like that "mario kart Double dash" for gamecube but it stays with the old "one man in kart" scenario.

The only problem is that it has older courses from series but it need more. And there is secret charactors that shouldn't have been there.

But it's well designed and it's worth the money.

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I got this for my birthday from my loving parents,and I love it!Cool levels,strange items,and awsome unlockables(such as a turtle skeleton character you can play as.)You will defently love it to,no matter what age you are,or who you are.YOU MUST BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)

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Just because a ton of folks heaped praises on Mario Kart before me is not stopping me from tossing in my two cents. This game is fun and addicting! It is a must purchase to add to your DS game collection.

The graphics are a blast, the sound effects are quite complimentary to the game atmosphere, and the game play is all consuming.

Buy it, own it, enjoy it! Have fun.

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