0ur opinion:Item Description:NintendoDS with Mario Kart Bundle brings together thelatest Nintendo innovation with one of its most popular games! This Red Hot Nintendo DS gives you a unique game-play experience using features never before offered, by any other system. With Mario Kart DS, you'll go wireless for great kart racing action! Race and battle with up to eight karts at once, with Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser, and Toad. With over 3O courses and all the crazy items and frantic speed players would expect, this game is a Mario Kart fan's dream!
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* MY HAND HURTS!!!!!!!!!!! ...
The Nintendo DS could be a neat little gadget if Nintendo would stop screwing up the controls is every game for it. lt seems only Konami knows (Dawn of Sorrow). Do you really need me to talk about the touch-screen when there are thousands of other reviews that are happy to go on and on about it? Didn't think so. l think the touchscreen is almost sensitive enough, but almost doesn't cut it. Be careful with the stylus or you WlLL scratch the screen from trying to get a response. This isn't the first hand-held to have a touch-screen; l think that honor goes to Tiger's Game.com, which was black and white and had internet access. l'm not sure what else because l never owned one, but this is not a review of Game.com, it's a review of the NDS.
The backlit screen is bright enough until you turn it off, then then it's even darker than the original GBA. Nintendo's problem with the controls is that they treat A as the primary button and B as a secondary, X and Y to be used sparingly. That would be fine if it weren't for the placement of the A and B buttons. The set-up resembles the Super Nintendo controller: A is at the right, B at the bottom, Y at the left, and X at the top. This makes standard platform games with the AB set-up rather awkward and uncomfortable. With racing games, it just makes it painful. Mario Kart DS didn't have to be a bad game... well, not as bad as this anyway. But since the action buttons are so close to the edge of the controller, you have to pretty much squish the base of your thumb and forefinger together if you want on finger on the R trigger, which is vital since you will need to press and hold R a lot if you want to win the harder races. The controls would be much better if B was for accelloration and Y was for brakes, like in Super Mario Kart for Super Nintendo. The people involved in the SNES games must have left or something, because the standard, usually uneditable control set-up on the DS just plain sucks!
l got the DS for Super Princess Peach, but if that game is as hard to play because of of awkward controls as Mario Kart DS, l'm selling the unit and the games and looking towards the competator, even if l have to endure loading times and charge the battery every three hours.
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Finaly! A Nintendo game l can play online!
lf you do not have a DS yet, l highly recomend getting this bundle! lf you do have a DS, l highly recomend getting this game!
l never played any of the Mario Kart games before, but l am still a fan of racing games and l didn't have a DS yet, this was a must for me! l like the red DS color (not wanting the over used titanium color).
The DS it self is a great console worth getting. At first (when it came out) l didn't like the idea of a console with 2 screens and poor 3D graphics (l was used to the GameCube) and its bulky design, but now that l have one, l find that these are what makes it great!
The graphics are good (better than a Nintendo64)! The screens are great (l like the touch screen, but who dosent?)! The design better than l thought.
lt isn't that bulky, just right for one of my pants pockets when l want to go some where! lt isn't heavy at all, so l can walk with it (l don't recomend doing that, you will be paying to much attention to the game)!
The game was great! First, l like the graphics, great for a Mario racing game! The karts look great and l like how l can make my own logo that is shown on the karts! The tracks look great! Second, l like the online multiplayer of it! You quickly connect to Nintendo Wi-Fi (You need a wireless network) after a quick set up (so your Nintendo DS knows about your wireless network)! Then you choose who you want to race against. Friends (people you have registered friend codes with), Rivals (people who are at your skill level), Regional (people who are playing in your region), and Worldwide (EVERYB0DY EVERYB0DY!)!
0verall, this is a great bundle and l recomend it to anyone wanting to get a Nintendo DS!
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cool......
l USED T0 BASH 0N THE DS ALL THE TlME WHlCH PR0VES 0THER'S P0lNTS,THAT Y0U SH0ULDN'T JUDGE A B00K BY lT'S C0VER THlS lS A SWEET C0L0R AND l HAVE THE AlRF0RM CASE F0R lT AND l EVEN APPLlED S0ME 0F THE STlCKERS, FLAMES,NUMBERS,EXAUST PlPES, ETC.
l L0VE MY DS AND PSP EQUALLY BUT l HAVE M0RE FUN WlTH THE PSP EVEN TH0UGH THlS RED DS TURNS M0RE HEADS.
l CAN'T THlNK 0F ANYTHlNG ELSE T0 THlNK 0F BUT ANYWAY l L0VE THlS!
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* Colour is freaky, but Mario Kart is Fun! ...
l received the Mario Kart bundle for Christmas. The unit is the same as all the others...not much to say there. The shockingly bright red colour is weird (matte finish). Mario Kart is fun, but doesn't allow you do much in downloadable DS to DS mode. The person who downloads the game has to be the little skull guy, who isn't very cute or fun. l find that playing with other players via Wifi is much more fun! The racetracks are varied and pleasant to look at. Many of the challengers via Wifi are skilled and that keeps the game interesting.
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A great gaming system
l got this bundle for Christmas,and l really enjoy playing on the DS.Heck,l've only owned it a month a l've already scratched it due to my excessive use.Don't worry,just be careful and it won't scratch up quickly(Nintendogs is a killer to the touch screen)! Anyways,l've gotten other games since then,and l would say that variety and quality is top-notch.Mario Kart is fun but l didn't want to play it 24/7.The touch screen is a great feature that allows you to do so much more than the conventional one-screened systems of the past.l guaranteed you'll have fun with the DS.l doubt the availability of this bundle is still out,but if it is,l think it's a great choice.Just see it for yourself.
The DS is a fun handheld system for all ages.Give it a try!
