Nintendo kicks off thier wifi service in high style with this outstanding remake of the classic MK series.
When you start up the game you are greeted with i nice little title screen on the top (beat the game to get a different one) and a fully touchable menu on the bottom. so lets start with the firs option, SINGLE PLAYER.
When you select this option you are greeted with the following choices: Grand Prix ,Time Trials, VS, Battle, and Missions. Grand prix is your standard four-race set. but here's the cool thing, there's what called a NITRO Grand Prix and a RETRO Grand Prix. The NITRO has four cups with four totally new tracks in each whereas the RETRO has four cups that each have four of your favorite tracks from all previous MK games. Oh, and did I mention there are still 50, 100, and 150 cc levels to chose from as well as a 150cc mirror mode in which all tracks are mirror imaged (fun but tricky).
Now, on to time trials. In this mode you can run the course and save ghost data just like the other games. but this time once you try a course you can try and race against the uber fast staff ghost which is the ghost data of some little japanese dude who has mastered the ins and outs of this game. In this version of MK you can also wirelessly send your ghost data to a friend via the DS's LAN.
Next is VS. this is like the "quickrun" of other versions. You set up the AI the CC's the difficulty and how many wins untill the game is over (optional). After that you can pick whatever track you want without having to play everytrack in the cup (way cool).
THen there is the classic battle...with a twist. In the awesome Balloon batlle you use the DS's built in mic to inflate the balloons by blowing in to the mic. There is also a shine runners battle mode. your team tries to collect the most shines and thereby win the match.
MK DS has an interesting new Mission mode. This is full of little missionsthat are geared towards improving your driving skills. some are "collect all 10 coins" or grab all 15 item boxes. there are six levels of missions and each one has a cool boss at the end (pretty dang hard bosses too). Well, that about wraps up Single player lets move on. Although the multiplayer of MKDS does attribute greatly to the games value, I do not wish to spend a lot of time on it. You can either race or balloon battle with one or more gamecards however the level/kart selection is less with only one card.
That brings me to the coup de gras....WIFI CONNECTION!!!!! *crowd roars it's approval* This is an awesome new feature for the DS. This allows you to hook up with people near you, people with a similar win loss percentage as you, anybody in the world, OR people you have exchanged friend codes with. it does take a little while to set up a match but once you get going it all works without a hitch.
Oh, I almost forgot. There are four characters to unlock and when its all said and done there are a total of 36 karts to chose from. you can all pimp out your ride with decals you draw on the touch screen.
So, overall, this is the best DS game out there and I honestly could not find a single thing wrong with it so I give it a 10!