Mario Kart DS

[mollipen]

Just played my first online game.

Smooth as butter. This is so freakin' awesome. Matching is indeed a little too simplistic for my tastes, but I'll live.

[SpoDaddy]

Hell, Socom for the PSP, which was also just released, supports 16 player voice chat, on top of all of the other buddylists, server browsers, and other online features.

Yes, but the game itself is a watered down echo of a real Socom game, wheras Mario Kart DS is the greatest karting game ever made and one of the greatest games ever made period. Plus, as many have already pointed out, no voice chat with the average Mario Kart player is a Godsend.

[PKBMax]

Goddamn droppers.

I got my ass kicked four or five circuits in a row. I finally won the first three races of a circuit, guaranteeing my first win, when the bastard dropped. Ridiculous really, Nintendo should award a win if the other players disappear when you have an insurmountable lead.

Is there a way to check your record?

Let's start trading our buddy ID's so we can get some good comp. going.

[mollipen]

Let's start trading our buddy ID's so we can get some good comp. going.

Pssst - check the Mario Kart DS thread in the Online Gaming forum.

[sethsez]

So I've found that the guy who comes in last for the first race will usually drop by the next one. However, I just had a match where he stuck in there for all four races. Not for normal racing though, since he knew everyone else was far above his skill level. No, he decided to drive backwards through the last track and collide head-on with anyone he could. Certainly made things a bit more interesting.

[SpoDaddy]

Seth: I used to do that all the time when I was a kid, it was a fun way to get some fun out of a losing situation. I think we should all agree not to drop on each other when we're losing, but driving backwards against you guys when I'm definately out of it is something I can't promise I won't do...

[Finch]

I want to share. No online for me. Don't know when i'll get it. Hopefully before the weekend.
BUT. I got a great two-player race going with a guy at work. We went through at least 10 races, with lots and lots of swearing. So much god dang fun. BEST. MARIO KART. EVAR.

[Beefy Hits]

Does anybody play the Single player? The single player is actually pretty and has managed to hold my attention for more than an hour. Very few games these days can succeed at that. I went back and played the GBA one after playing the DS tracks, and GBA version didn't age well. Graphics of GBA remind me of the Master System. The DS version has polygony and simplicistic graphics that remind me of the N64 version.

[epmode]

Yes, but the game itself is a watered down echo of a real Socom game, wheras Mario Kart DS is the greatest karting game ever made and one of the greatest games ever made period. Plus, as many have already pointed out, no voice chat with the average Mario Kart player is a Godsend.

Voice chat with friends only. PROBLEM SOLVED LOLAMIRITE

[Kbu Chan]

LOLAMIRITE <<<< what is this word?