Mario Kart DS

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Mario Kart DS is a stunning game in the six title Mario Kart sub-series, featuring WiFi Multiplayer and a mission system.

Mario Kart DS is the first Mario Kart game to appear on the Nintendo DS, and the first to support eight-person play, WiFi/Internet play, and a nifty map that even showed incoming projectiles, which took use of the DS' bottom screen.

Playable Characters

Courses

As per the N64 and Double Dash!! versions of the series, sixteen new courses were added into the game (in the usual Mushroom, Flower, Star, and Special Cups). But, sixteen old courses, four from each of the SNES, N64, GBA and GCN versions reappeared in four new cups, totaling thirty-two courses in eight cups. In addition, six battle courses appeared, two being reused from previous games.

(*) - Twenty of the courses are included in the Nintendo Wi-Fi feature

Mushroom Cup

Flower Cup

Star Cup

Special Cup

Shell Cup

Banana Cup

Leaf Cup

Lightning Cup

Battle Courses

Karts

Also unique about Mario Kart DS is its 36 different karts (excluding Shy Guy), 12 being standard karts similar Mario Kart 64. Originally, only 3 karts are available to each character, each related to him or her in some way (1 standard kart). As the player wins Grand Prix tournaments, it's up to 7 karts, adding four karts from other characters. Once winning every tournament possible in 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, and Mirror, each character can be paired in any of the 36 karts, making 432 combinations (excluding Shy Guy). Each Kart has six ratings:

  • Speed: How high the top speed of the kart can go.
  • Acceleration: How quickly the top speed is acheived.
  • Weight: A heavier kart can knock over a lighter kart to the side.
  • Handling: How tight the kart normally turns.
  • Drift: How tight the kart turns while drifting.
  • Items: When a ? Block is hit, how good the item will be (a high items rating signifies a higher chance of getting a Banana Bunch in first place, Triple Mushrooms in 3rd/4th, etc).

Ratings Chart

The ratings are from 0 to 10 in one-tenth intervals. The Items rating will be either 3.3, 6.7, or 10. For the three karts related to a character, each one will have those different three ratings, the standard kart always being 6.7. In addition, not only does the kart affect weight, but the character (Bowser will make one of Peach's karts much heavier), so weight is omitted.

Highs are shown in green and lows are shown in red (except for Items). To conserve space, it has been split into two rows. Look to the right of the Kart name for stats.

Kart Sp Acc Ha Dri Ite Rel. Character Kart (2) Sp Acc Ha Dri Ite Rel. Character
4-Wheel Cradle 3.3 8.5 6.1 6.5 10 Toad Royale 4.1 6.9 4.3 9.5 10 Peach
Banisher 2.5 9.7 9.2 4.5 10.0 Dry Bones Shooting Star 6.7 7.5 6.0 5.9 3.3 Mario
B Dasher 5.9 6.8 5.3 5.6 10 Mario Standard BW 9.7 2.9 2.8 6.8 6.7 Bowser
Brute 9.3 5.3 5.0 4.9 3.3 Wario Standard DB 3.0 9.9 9.7 4.7 6.7 Dry Bones
Cucumber 4.9 8.8 8.0 3.6 10 Yoshi Standard DK 8.0 4.7 3.4 7.8 6.7 Donkey Kong
Dragonfly 8.3 4.6 4.5 4.5 10.0 Wario Standard DS 6.5 6.5 3.9 8.8 6.7 Daisy
Dry Bomber 3.4 10 10 4.9 3.3 Dry Bones Standard LG 7.1 7.4 7.3 3.1 6.7 Luigi
Egg 1 5.8 9.2 8.9 4.1 3.3 Yoshi Standard MR 6.6 7.3 5.6 5.7 6.7 Mario
Gold Mantis 7.6 6.6 6.0 5.9 3.3 Waluigi Standard PC 4.7 7.3 4.8 9.8 6.7 Peach
Hurricane 10 3.4 3.1 6.9 3.3 Bowser Standard RB 9.7 5.3 6.6 2.6 6.7 ROB
Light Dancer 6.7 6.6 4.3 8.9 3.3 Daisy Standard TD 3.9 8.5 6.4 6.7 6.7 Toad
Light Tripper 5.0 7.5 5.0 10 3.3 Peach Standard WL 7.1 6.3 5.6 5.8 6.7 Waluigi
Mushmellow 4.3 8.7 7.0 7.0 3.3 Toad Standard WR 8.8 4.9 4.7 4.8 6.7 Wario
Poltergust 4000 7.5 7.6 7.7 3.2 3.3 Luigi Standard YS 5.5 9.0 8.5 3.9 6.7 Yoshi
Power Flower 5.8 6.1 3.5 8.5 10.0 Daisy Streamliner 6.5 7.1 6.9 2.9 10 Luigi
Rambi Rider 7.5 4.4 3.0 7.5 10 Donkey Kong Tyrant 9.0 2.5 2.5 6.5 10 Bowser
ROB-BLS 10 5.5 6.9 2.8 3.3 ROB Wildlife 8.3 4.9 3.7 7.9 3.3 Donkey Kong
ROB-LGS 9.0 4.8 6.0 2.5 10.0 ROB Zipper 6.7 5.9 5.1 5.5 10 Waluigi
Note: Margin of error +/- .2 points

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