Mario Kart DS....

Forge · 15-11-2005, 15:58

Scores on average 8.9 on all the big gaming sites.

Looking good so far and while i've not had a chance to play it yet, people tell me it plays great

Veil · 15-11-2005, 15:59

It plays great, i played it on an Game Shop Try Out day, and spent 2 hours playing it with my friends lol, really good gameplay

i give it an High 9 for me

Desire · 15-11-2005, 19:03

It seems to be getting some great reviews, can't wait for this, and Sonic Rush too! Can't wait, it's deffo the year of the DS. So many amazing games and it's finishing the year on a high.

Scottus · 15-11-2005, 19:21

25th its out yeah? looking forward to this, have been all year. Shame animal crossing was held back till next year, was meant to be out this month also

Minus · 16-11-2005, 01:16

yep

we should all race each other

mind you id easily win teehee

DeathKitten · 16-11-2005, 21:56

i loved the original mario karts on snes, and the n64 version was a multiplayer classic

cant wait to play the DS version ^^ gonna buy it the day it comes out (25th nov) same day nintendo start up their "DS Live" service

Desire · 22-11-2005, 16:48

Quote:

According to Nintendo, in one week more than 45% of the people who have purchased Mario Kart DS have taken their game online via the free Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service.

In just one week, more than 112,000 copies of Mario Kart DS have been sold in the US. Of that number more than 52,000 unique system/game pairs have connected to the online service for Wi-Fi multiplayer gaming.

"We are ecstatic with the results, and this definitely sets the standard for future Wi-Fi online gaming," said Beth Lewellyn. "Mario Kart should easily be a million seller in its life cycle, and we'd love for everyone with the game to touch the Wi-Fi experience. We've got Animal Crossing just around the corner, and Metroid Prime Hunters next year, with more to come."

Comparatively, Microsoft reported last year that after three weeks on store shelves, just 18 percent of Halo 2 owners had played that game on Xbox Live

http://ds.ign.com/articles/668/668709p1.html

Thats a pretty damn awesome result for Mario, can't wait to hear how it does in Europe and Japan. Amazing online result too, clearly wifi is a hassle-less experience and the amount of people who've used it online really shows that, and that number will only get higher, in the US they ****ed up the wifi dongle, it's only available on Nintendo's site (not in shops unlike us) so i imagine the sooner people get ordering and dongles shipped a lot more people will be taking up. It only bodes well for the Revolutions online strategy.