Mario Kart DS

yeah, I liked the massiveness of the N64 levels.. I'm sure they coulda fixed the glitchy shortcuts.. but perhaps they didnt want to show favoritism to N64.. I like Yoshi canyon, calimari desert, n rainbow road

Actually, I prefer the smaller SNES style tracks. The likes of Donut Plains are incredibly simple, but so much fun.

I found the N64 tracks to be overblown. I always dreaded Rainbow Road on the N64 version, it was so unbelievably dull. Some of the tracks were just too long.

The only track I really miss from the N64 is Donkey Kong Jungle. For some reason, it was insanely fast comparred to all the others, and it was a really nice design. Yoshi Canyon (the one with the big egg spinning around) was also a strong map.

The DS and SNES sizes are perfect. Neat and quick and well designed for ultimate fun.

Does anyone know if the unlockable characters are actually better than the normal characters? B/c I just unlocked Dry Bones a couple days ago and he doesn't seem any better than anyone else. 🙂

Unlockable characters in Mario Kart are as good as the normal ones. They just give you more choices.

oh... thanx 🙂

Yeah, they just offer different combinations of stats. It just gives you more choice. Every character has their strengths and weaknesses and you can find what suits you best by changing their karts.

I finally unlocked a new set of tracks today. I was thinking I would never unlock anything.
At first I went through the grand prix on a circuit and I finally beat it in first place but I got a rank E, so I was like oh my god, I give up on unlocking stuff. And I had also previous gotten first place on another circuit and still hadn't unlocked nothing, but as I was saying about the other circuit where I got rank E but still got first place I was about to give up but then a message comes up and tells me i unlocked another set of tracks.

So I guess it doesn't matter the rank, just that you get first place a number of times even though I don't see how I got rank E having gotten First place.

Hopefully I'll unlock character's soon.

is it comprehensible.....

I think the only reason you get rankings is that if you get all 1 star rankings on all stages you get a star by your name on Wi-Fi. Same for 2 stars and 3 stars.

I don't get numbers, I get letters.

is it comprehensible.....

No it goes from (lowest to highest)
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, *, **, ***

You have to do the level at a center time and not get hit or stuff like that to determine your ranking.

oh, well, i doubt i'll ever see the starts.

the highest i've gotten is a B, what have you gotten?

is it comprehensible.....

*** on Moo Moo Farm N64 and Choco Mountain N64.
No **
A bunch of *

have you unlockec everything then?

is it comprehensible.....

Pretty much. Got Bones, R.O.B, Waluigi, and Daisy. Every character can get 36 karts now.

i didn't know they could each get that many, i thought maybe 3-5 karts a person.

It must be difficult to choose 1 out of 36 for one character to ride.

is it comprehensible.....

They have like 3 for each character and you can pick other people's karts.

well your statement above about 36 karts for each characters must have been a mistake then.

And what do you mean "pick other people's karts"? Don't you mean pick your own kart, and that goes without saying, b/c I own the game and I know you can pick which kart your player drives.

is it comprehensible.....

It means at first each character can chose 2 karts then you can unlock 3 karts for each then 7 and then 36. Once you get 36 (or 7) you'll notice that other racers have the same kart.

maybe i better just wait and find out for myself b/c now you're just flip fopping around what you say and keep going back and forth and i'm even more confused.

is it comprehensible.....

I just unlocked R.O.B.

So far I've got at least every trophy with One Star Rating.

50cc = All ***

100cc = All ***

150cc = Half ** a couple with *** and a couple with *

150cc Mirror = Mostly ** and * but a couple of ***'s.

I know I can get three stars on everything, but when it gets to 150cc/150cc Mirror it starts to rely on pot luck a little bit more. Sometimes I feel like there's a conspiracy. Like how, for some reason, on the fourth track of a GP, if I'm in the lead on the third lap, the computer players all start to get a dubious amount of blue shells. They also seem to get them JUST as I'm approaching the finishing line too. It does get frustrating when you get hit and instantly drop 3 places despite the fact you were miles ahead for most of the race, but it does make you try and go even faster the next time.