Mario Kart DS is a good reason to buy a DS
There are 32 courses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is the most amount of courses any Mario Kart game has. The first 16 courses, known as the Nitro cups, consist of brand new courses. The other 16, know as the Retro cups, are all courses from the SNES, N64, GBA, and GCN (all past Mario Kart games). As you win gold cups on cups, you can unlock new characters and karts. Eventually, you will be able to choose from 36 karts for each character. There are 3 karts specificaly for each character, and the other 33 you will be able to unlock are the karts from other characters. Unlockable characters include: Daisy, Waluigi, Dry Bones, and ROB the Robot
The WiFi could have been better...you cant choose from all the courses, and you can only do VS races(no battles). Also, other players look like theyre flying around the screen unless your/their connection is perfect(3 bars). And overall...it just could have been better....but its still cool being able to play anyone in the world and friends.
Gameplay: never gets old, fun and addicting
Graphics: characters and courses look GREAT...items look like they did on the GBA/SNES
Sound: cool course music, different for each course, retro course tunes sound great
Value: lasts a really long time(the grand prix's dont take long to beat, but there's also wifi, missions, time trials, and battles...you get more than what you pay for!
Tilt: superb
get this game ASAP!