Mario Kart DS

• Race and battle together with up to 4 karts at one time -- or enjoy 8-player multiplayer action throughout your Wi-Fi Connection
• Tour courses from classic Mario Kart games -- as well as brand-new tracks and arenas
• All the crazy products and frantic speed players have come to expect
• Five different strategy modes lets for endless ways to have fun.

Race the Mushroom circuit

Mario is a veteran of the circuit. View big.

Select your favorite character. View big.

Peach is a master drifter. View big.

Pick and choose the Kart you would like. View big.

Bowser is the bruiser of the track. View big.

Watch your position in the pack. View big.

Strategy Modes: At Least Five Ways to Have fun
Whether you prefer to race by yourself or to mix it up together with friends, Mario Kart DS is a strategy together with something for everyone. Features five different strategy modes, these contain a 'VS' and 'Battle' mode this are available in multiplayer for up to eight players via local wireless connection while all modes are available singleplayer. See a complete list and description of the have fun modes below:

• Grand Prix Mode: In Grand Prix Mode, the driver who earns the much points at the end of a four-course cup is the victor. Mario Kart DS features eight different cups, together with every cup featuring four different tracks.
• Time Trial Mode: Your objective in Time Trial Mode is to get the fastest time this you can on a single track. . You can save your excellent runs as ghost data and share them together with a friend.
• VS Mode: A competitive mode this can be either singleplayer. or multiplayer. In the singleplayer. version you'll race against computer-controlled karts, while in multiplayer you'll race against human opponents who have fun utilizing their own Nintendo DS systems.
• Battle Modes: Mario Kart DS contains two battle modes.
• Balloon Battle Mode: Your goal is to pop your opponent's balloons by attacking/stealing them by colliding into an opponent via a mushroom boost, before your own balloons are popped.
• Shine Runners: In this mode the driver who collects the much Shine Sprites is the winner.
• Mission Mode: In this mode you are given sets of specific missions this you must clear in order to move on to the next set of missions. What could wait at the end?

Wireless Communication: Even Extra Ways to Have fun:
Mario Kart DS features three different shapes of wireless strategy have fun: two kinds of local wireless strategy have fun and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection online strategy have fun. Mario Kart DS proposes two different options for LAN Wireless strategy have fun: DS Download Have fun, in which only one player has Mario Kart DS and all players have Nintendo DS systems, and Multi-Card Have fun, in which all players have Mario Kart DS and Nintendo DS systems.

DS Download Have fun
As together with all DS Download multiplayer games, the DS Download Have fun in Mario Kart DS requires this only one player has a copy of the strategy. Unlike past DS games, however, DS Download Have fun in Mario Kart DS lets multiple players who have the strategy card to have fun together with multiple players who do not have the strategy card. DS Download Have fun proposes the following features:

• 2-8 player simultaneous wireless strategy have fun.
• A choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine Runner modes.
• Players who own Mario Kart DS can select their own characters and use personalized icons, while players who do not own Mario Kart DS must have fun as Shy Guy and cannot use personalized player icons.
• Track selection is limited to eight tracks for racing and three arenas for Balloon Battle and Shine Runner modes.
• DS Download Have fun is limited to the 100 cc engine class

• 2-8 player simultaneous wireless strategy have fun.
• Your choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine Runner modes.
• Players can select from different engine classes.
• No limits on character choice.
• No limits on track choice.
• Player's win/loss ratio is saved and tracked.
• Players who race locally are automatically added to every other's friend roster and then can race via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
• Players can trade ghost data wirelessly, allowing them to race against every others' excellent times.

• 2-4 players racing concurrently.
• Choice of playing together with:
• Friends only (players registered as Friends)
• Rivals (players together with similar skills)
• Recent opponents
• Regional racers (players in their country)
• World racers (players anyplace in the world)
• No limit on course choice, but every player votes for a course and the course together with the much votes wins (in case of a tie, the course is chosen by chance)
• No limit on character choice
• Players can make and use personalized player icons