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Mario Kart DS

With Mario Kart DS become'king' of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuit. Put the pedal to the metal, grab some coins and go blast rivals with your arsenal of Koopa shells. But first decide whether you will play as circuit veteran Mario, Luigi, master drifter Princess Peach, bruiser Bowser, or Shy Guy? Decide wisely. The Mushroom Kingdom is yours to conquer.

Mario Kart DS has something for everyone, whether you'd rather race by yourself or battle with friends. Five different game modes offer players endless ways to play the game. All five modes can be played singleplayer, while the 'VS' and 'Battle' modes are available in multiplayer for a maximum of eight players.

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Mario Kart DS

The ultimate Mario Kart race is on…and online via your Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in Mario Kart DS. Drawing on more than 30 courses and battle arenas from every game in the Mario Kart series - not to mention tons of new ones, Mario Kart DS allows you to play as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser and Shy Guy as you put the pedal to the go-kart metal, grab coins to max out your speed and blast rivals with the ever-popular arsenal of red, green and spiked Koopa shells in a race to finally put to rest the question of who is the true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuit.

• Grand Prix Mode, claim victory by accumulating the most points after a four-course cup. You'll be spoiled for choice with eight different cups offered, each featuring four different tracks;
• Time Trial Mode, your aim is to attain your fastest time on a single track. Save your best runs as ghost data, and share them with friends;
• VS Mode can be played two ways. In singleplayer, race against computer-controlled karts. In multiplayer, race against real human adversaries who use their own Nintendo DS Systems to play;
• Battle Modes can be played two ways:
    . Balloon Battle Mode will have you attacking or stealing your opponent's balloons;
    . Shine Runners Mode will see you racing to collect the most Shine Sprites;
• Mission Mode presents skill-based missions for you to clear in order to open up increasingly tough and exciting circuits.

Mario Kart DS Features

• Race and battle with up to 4 karts at once -- or enjoy 8-player multiplayer action
  through your Wi-Fi Connection
• Tour courses from classic Mario Kart games -- as well as brand-new tracks and arenas
• All the crazy items and frantic speed players have come to expect
• Five different game modes allows for endless ways to play.

Wireless Communication: Even More Ways to Play

Mario Kart DS features three different forms of wireless game play: two kinds of local wireless game play and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection online game play. Mario Kart DS offers two different options for LAN Wireless game play: DS Download Play, in which only one player has Mario Kart DS and all players have Nintendo DS systems, and Multi-Card Play, in which all players have Mario Kart DS and Nintendo DS systems.

DS Download Play

As with all DS Download multiplayer games, the DS Download Play in Mario Kart DS requires that only one player has a copy of the game. Unlike past DS games, however, DS Download Play in Mario Kart DS allows multiple players who have the game card to play with multiple players who do not have the game card. DS Download Play offers the following features:
 
• 2-8 player simultaneous wireless game play.
• A choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine Runner modes.
• Players who own Mario Kart DS can choose their own characters and use personalized icons, while players
  who do not own Mario Kart DS must play 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 Play is limited to the 100 cc engine class

Multi-Card Play

Multi-Card Play requires all players to have their own copies of Mario Kart DS, giving players more options, modes and tracks to choose from. Multi-Card Play offers the following features:
• 2-8 player simultaneous wireless game play.
• Your choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine Runner modes.
• Players can choose 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 each other's friend roster and then can race via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
• Players can trade ghost data wirelessly, allowing them to race against each others' best times.

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection:

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is a free online game-play service provided by Nintendo to Nintendo DS owners. It offers seamless access to online game play and an environment that is welcoming to gamers of all skill levels. Features include: Whether it's the updated graphics that retain the side-scrolling feel of classic games in the Sonic franchise, an expansive world to race through and explore or the multiple and new ways to play, Sonic Unleashed offers something for players of any age or level of ability.
 
• 2-4 players racing simultaneously.
• Choice of playing with:
  * Friends only (players registered as Friends)
  * Rivals (players with similar skills)
  * Recent opponents
  * Regional racers (players in their country)
  * World racers (players anywhere in the world)
• No limit on course choice, but each player votes for a course and the course with the most votes wins (in case of a tie, the course is chosen randomly)
• No limit on character choice
• Players can create and use personalized player icons

Connecting to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will be quick, easy and seamless. Players can go to an official Nintendo hotspot and immediately go online and start playing. To use their home Wi-Fi routers, players first must configure the DS to connect to their routers by entering the router's network ID and optional security key or install the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector on their PC and configure the DS to enable it to share the PC's broadband connection. After that, players can go online anytime without further configuration. Friends are registered to the friends roster either by exchanging and entering Friend Registration Keys or by playing local Multi-Card Multiplayer mode together.