Mario Kart DS

[quote name='FoeHammer']When is the bundle released? Has anyone seen them in stores? No luck in my area today.[/QUOTE]

November 28th, 2 weeks.
 
[quote name='gizmogc']Scorch, I wanna make sure I get a round of Kart with you later this week.[/QUOTE]

I dunno if I mentioned it in this thread, another, or if I just made a note of it in my head, but I don't have a wireless network in my house. Assuming that my McDonalds even has a wireless hub set up (which I doubt, the stupid fuckers barely know how to ring up a combo), i'll be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.. until I order the USB adapter, anyway.

Time to open it! Hooray!

//edit: oh ffs Nintendo. They can afford to give out free copies of the game, but god forbid they give out cases to it.. I opened it up and there's just a cart, instruction book, and wi-fi instruction book. Oh well. Time to play!
 
Can those who play the wifi vs. mode explain how lag effects the game? Is it bad or hardly noticeable? How about east coast vs. west coast? Noticeable? or not? If it is, do both parties get the same amount of lag or just one person?
 
[quote name='Admiral Ackbar'] I am definately going to pre-order a DS/Mario Kart Bundle for $135 from Buy.com before the week is out.[/QUOTE]

How? All I'm seeing is the $5 of $50 coupon. There is a $10 off 175 but then I'd have to buy $175 of stuff and that still is no $15 off 150 savings.
 
TRU didn't get any in today. I have a pre-sale there, so hopefully they'll be in tomorrow. The guy my friend talked to at Best Buy told us they couldn't release the game until Wednesday. Makes me think they do have it, but can't put it out yet for some reason. Oh well.

I am jealous of all of you who have the game already :)
 
I'll check and see if my Wal-Mart has it when I go into work tomrorow.
I wasn't planning on buying this since I just picked up the Wrestlemania boxset and will be getting a 360 next week. I'll probably pick it up anyways, since my birthday is only two weeks away, I'll have a little extra money to help with bills by then.
 
[quote name='Crocodile']How? All I'm seeing is the $5 of $50 coupon. There is a $10 off 175 but then I'd have to buy $175 of stuff and that still is no $15 off 150 savings.[/QUOTE]


I got a 10% off coupon good for $15 off up to $150. Expires at the end of the month. good for in stock games and pre-orders. But you have to receive the email for it to be any good to you.
 
[quote name='Noodle Pirate!']Can those who play the wifi vs. mode explain how lag effects the game? Is it bad or hardly noticeable? How about east coast vs. west coast? Noticeable? or not? If it is, do both parties get the same amount of lag or just one person?[/QUOTE]
I went through 12 wifi races last night with some folks on the Penny Arcade forums (I'm in Minnesota, they were in Canada, California, New Jersey, and who knows where else) and I raced against a few friends, one in Florida and the other in Texas.

I saw no lag at all. I mean, NO LAG AT ALL. Yeah, there's only 4 to a race, but you can tell Nintendo restricted this because they wanted lag to be virtually nonexistant.

I would imagine the only complaint would be the time it takes to connect a game. When I was racing with my friends, it took no time as we were on the phone and said, "Okay let's connect" and did so simultaneously. With the PA'ers, it took anywhere from 2-5 minutes for the friend finder to do it's thing and find me 3 warm bodies. I got spanked, but hey, I'm learning.

Anyone who bitches about lag in Mario Kart DS wifi play is simply looking for a nit to pick. My only complaint thus far is that this game is crippling my hands. I've played mostly stylus games on my DS up until now, and this game is difficult for me simply because the controls are killing my hands. After an hour of racing I have to take a break or I'll cramp up huge. I don't know how people manage.

If this game were ported over to the GameCube to the comfy GC controller, it would easily be my pick for best MK ever. Serious. As is with the cramped DS controls, it's hard to say who's the best.
 
[quote name='dothog']Anyone who bitches about lag in Mario Kart DS wifi play is simply looking for a nit to pick. My only complaint thus far is that this game is crippling my hands. I've played mostly stylus games on my DS up until now, and this game is difficult for me simply because the controls are killing my hands. After an hour of racing I have to take a break or I'll cramp up huge. I don't know how people manage.

If this game were ported over to the GameCube to the comfy GC controller, it would easily be my pick for best MK ever. Serious. As is with the cramped DS controls, it's hard to say who's the best.[/QUOTE]

Check out this thread. It may help your hands.

http://cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72339

EDIT: Just picked it up! Gonna eat and then play. I know, my priorities are screwed up.

BTW, Friend code: - lebowsky - 356541734772
 
None of the best buys or circuit citys have released it yet around here. Gonna have to wait till tomorrow to pick this up.
 
Just pikced up my copy on lunch...

Sat in McDonalds parking lot with 3 full bars...

Had 4 races worldwide and no lag at all. As reported the guy in last dropped out....

Great so far and very fun. I was in first in a few of the races till that last half of the last lap...
 
[quote name='encendido5']None of the best buys or circuit citys have released it yet around here. Gonna have to wait till tomorrow to pick this up.[/QUOTE]

Same here. I have a coupon for Best Buy, so that extra day saves me five bucks.

A coupon... Christ, I am a cheap ass! :)
 
Man, this game is amazing. I have only played through the first cup @50cc single player, but I have already played 3 Worldwide matches online. I have yet to get a 4 player race, but the races so far have been intense!

There's no feeling like trailing someone on the last lap forever, finally catching up (drafting works really well) and then chucking a banana peel ahead of them as a last ditch - and they hit it! 1st place, sucka!
 
[quote name='Dingleberry']drafting is insane...it shoots you up so fast.[/QUOTE]
I agree, maybe slipstreaming is a little TOO easy.

If you can go into a drift, charge your sparks, and keep your line behind somebody steady enough to slipstream, you will 1) get a boost from the slipstream and 2) get an additional boost once you release the red sparks. With the additional turbo boost, this technique doesn't just nudge you past (as slipstreaming did in MK64), it freaking THROWS you something like 5 or 6 kart lengths in front of the person you were drafting. The slipstream alone accounts for 4 of those kart lengths.

As a result of the ease of slipstreaming, in a dogfight with someone on your 6, weave like a mofo. Or if you have a shell, let them draft just long enough so that they want the stream and then jack them with the shell. It worked once for me--the other times the guys either lost the stream or got knocked by someone behind them.

All in all, I could take or leave either boosting or slipstreaming. I'm loving the SMK-style handling they have on these karts, and if they would have gone the whole nine yards and made the controls an update of the SMK controls, that would be fine by me. I have no problem with hop-hop-hopping around especially tight corners.

This game is tops.
 
Is there a general page for racing tips...?

I havent had time to read the book, and I never did get into MKDD or event he N64 version.

Snes all the way. Played the crap out of that back in the day.....
 
[quote name='dothog']As a result of the ease of slipstreaming, in a dogfight with someone on your 6, weave like a mofo. Or if you have a shell, let them draft just long enough so that they want the stream and then jack them with the shell. It worked once for me--the other times the guys either lost the stream or got knocked by someone behind them.[/QUOTE]

LOL. This has been my strategy - the swerve like a mofo one. Of course I have ended up smashing into stuff quite a bit. The lower screen helps with those slipstreamers. You can tell when they are getting in position to draft so you unleash a hazard on 'em.

[quote name='dothog']This game is tops.[/QUOTE]

QFT.
 
[quote name='lebowsky']Of course I have ended up smashing into stuff quite a bit.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'm all over the place, too. That's how I first realized the handling was more SMK-like than anything else.

In MK64 or DD (especially DD), if you run off the beaten path into the junk (mud, grass, water, etc), you can kind of hop or skid your way out and all is well.

In MKDS, if you veer off the path you are likely to get slowed way the hell down, as in SMK. I found this out for the first time, incidentally enough, on that damn Choco Island track from SMK early this morning. *shakes fist*

I can't emphasize enough how awesome it is that they threw in the retro tracks. Not to be greedy, but it really makes me wish they'd have done the same in the GameCube version. Once I get my hand de-cramper that allows me to grip my DS at an ergonomically efficient and comfortable angle, I will be prepared to crown this one the best of all Mario Karts.

Also, Luigi is damn fast. I always thought Mario and Luigi were supposed to be sides of the same damn coin, but they finally gave the green bro the edge. Nice one.

I want work to end NOW.
 
[quote name='Ledhed']Me and Jaket just got done playing a quick match. Dumbass blew himself up with his own Bob-omb. :lol:[/QUOTE]

LOL. Nice. Led, did you post your friend code in the master thread?
 
[quote name='lebowsky']LOL. Nice. Led, did you post your friend code in the master thread?[/QUOTE]

Didn't even realize there was one until you mentioned it. Thanks for the heads-up.

Just added mine.
 
i got mario kart now....been playing with it. its a fun game. but whats up with all the hoopla??? what is it that makes this game sooo great??? i mean its cool---its a racing game.

sorry but is it coz' of tradition thats why theres lots of hype for this? i never did get into any of the mario kart game. this is my first mario kart game. maybe i need to race a few more to get into it.....
 
[quote name='Darwin23']i got mario kart now....been playing with it. its a fun game. but whats up with all the hoopla??? what is it that makes this game sooo great??? i mean its cool---its a racing game.

sorry but is it coz' of tradition thats why theres lots of hype for this? i never did get into any of the mario kart game. this is my first mario kart game. maybe i need to race a few more to get into it.....[/QUOTE]


Go play it with some friends and you'll know why.
 
I just got it :) very fun, just like the n64 days. the only thing I hate about starting a MK game is the first grand prix is sooooo slow =P
 
Just got it at the local Best Buy. Played one single player match and one online 3 player match so far. Fantastic! Now to brush up more before playing online again...
 
[quote name='aplc0r']I just got it :) very fun, just like the n64 days. the only thing I hate about starting a MK game is the first grand prix is sooooo slow =P[/QUOTE]

Ha yeah, I was playing and I was thinking "why the fuck is this so slow, my DS better not be broken"...then I remembered it was only 50cc...
 
[quote name='iheartmetal']im so mad, my best buy is saying they wont get it in until thursday or friday, ive called 2 of them, wtf![/QUOTE]

They have it trust me. The problem is that they wont put it out. Selling "strategies". Best Buy is a bunch of BS
 
I saw it at GameCrazy and Wal-Mart today.

So my Wal-Mart doesn't have the wifi shit. So I did what a bored college kid between classes with a Nindendo DS and Mario Kart SHOULD do -- I went wardriving.

I did find five networks from various houses but I didn't stop long enough to connect. People were creative with their names.. "grand theft auto 3".. I should've tried the password, I bet it was Liberty City or something like that.
 
Here's two questions about missions:

1) How do you do mission 1-8? "Perform 4 power-slide turbo boosts in 1 lap!" What's a power-slide turbo boost?

2) I got two stars for missions 1-1 to 1-7, but then I got three stars no 1-4. Is it possible to get 3 stars for every mission?
 
broke down and bought it today at EB games :)

I had a pre-sale and some coupons for the game at TRU but they still hadn't got it in today, so I just went ahead and got it somewhere else.

Now I gotta set up this Wi-Fi dealie.
 
[quote name='bostonfrontier']IS the network slow for anyone else?[/QUOTE]

I'm trying to connect to people worldwide, and I keep getting a message that says

"Searching for opponents. Please Wait a Moment. It is possible that you may not be able to gather four people"

Question. If my wireless router was not compatible with the DS the connection test would've failed right? The official Nintendo Wi-Fi site said my router had trouble connecting, is this what is stopping me from finding other people to play against via Wi-Fi?
 
it's in the manual, drift and alternate left, right until your tires are on fire, then release R.
 
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