Mario Kart DS ( Nintendo DS, 2005)

Product Specs

eBay Product ID44006310

UPCs0045496735906, 0755559810371

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PublisherNintendo

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PlatformNintendo DS

RatingE-Everyone

Sub-GenreCar Racing

Game NameMario Kart DS

GenreRacing

Release Year2005

Number of Players1

Description

The series that first taught gamers to "kart" race speeds online in its DS debut. As in the popular SNES, N64, and GBA versions of Mario Kart, players choose a favorite character from the Nintendo canon and compete in chaotic, anything-goes races around variety of Mushroom Kingdom-themed tracks. Each character comes with his or her own custom go-kart, and offers a different mix of speed, pick-up, and strength. Adding to the excitement are an assortment of power-ups, such as high-speed boosts, slippery banana peels, and ricocheting shells, which when used properly (and with a little luck), can knock a front-runner off the track or launch a last-place racer into first. New in the DS version of Mario Kart is an online multiplayer mode, designed to be accessible through a proprietary DS-to-DS wi-fi connection (for as many as eight) or a wireless connection to the Internet (for up to four).