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13th of October 2005

MARIO KART DS - LOADS OF ONLINE DETAILS

Online & multiplayer details galore in the new press release from Nintendo.

DS Download Play:

2-8 player simultaneous wireless game play

Choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle, or Shine Thief modes

Players who own Mario Kart DS can choose their own characters and use personalized icons

Players who do not own Mario Kart DS must play as Shy Guy; they 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:

2-8 player simultaneous wireless game play

Choice of multiplayer racing, Balloon Battle or Shine Thief 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:

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

src: Vooks for compiling the differences.

Posted by Ben

Reader comments

Viruscool said:

That just confirms that MK:DS is going to be one hell of a game, packed full of features!

nin10d0fr34k said:

Tis true tis will be well.

LeSomeGuy said:

Nice ideas, but I still kind of wish they could have use Double Dash system for this (although that will be too exhaust for DS' 10k wi-fi connection.

MikeMania said:

well, if one person was merely deciding when to release a projectile or activate a weapon, i guess it would actually put less stress on the data stream.

but i guess thats why there is only able to be 4 people in wifi races, a pretty decent number, but 8 would've been big fun.

Nintendude said:

Mario Kart DS will be awesome!

sydrocks said:

"...limited to the 100 cc engine class"

What does cc stand for anyway?

pikachelsea said:

"cc" stands for cubic centimeters, which is a reference to the size of the engine.

Anyway, this all looks good... except for the absence of Battle Mode on wi-fi. Why on earth would they let us do racing on wi-fi but not battle? If there's no wi-fi, that would be very dumb and disappointing. However, everything else looks awesome.

Nintendude said:

"cc" in Mario Kart, in addition to engine size, is sort of like a difficulty level for CPUs. 50 cc is generlly easier, 100 cc is like normal difficulty, and 150 cc is usually the hardest, except in MK:DD where Mirror was the hardest. (I still can't beat Mirror All-Star Cup or Special Cup.)

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