Mario Kart DS - DidYouKnowGaming Ft. Remix

[@atre5763]

"No one is playing for fun." - Satoru Iwata

[@aaronhackett6626]

People who play League of legends

[@calebb7012]

Makes me wonder if we'd still have online fees if the guy was still alive.

[@spritvio639]

"It's just a game, calm down."

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

"Not again, who did that? Why do we even keep the Bloopers in these games?" -Satoru Iwata probably

[@Max25670]

@@calebb7012 Probably not, Iwata was a gamer who understood what the gamers wanted. Now Nintendo is run by corporate businessmen who have no attachment to video games.

[@LeviathanRX]

It's funny how the blooper was the most hated item in DS yet in that same game you could just keep driving using the minimap completely negating it's effect.

[@russellbrown6888]

You couldn't see bananas or fake boxes on the minimap, though, so it was still annoying to a degree.

[@igarshi457]

@@russellbrown6888 I dont know about the other consoles but you could see them on the DS lite. I would not even look at the top screen the entire race as I didnt need to. The bottom screen just gave so much more info

[@-YELDAH]

@@igarshi457 yep in all official versions of Nintendo DS mario kart I’ve heard of the bottom map in “close up” mode (tap the screen) shows everything in the game with only exception being 👻 ghosted characters and being inked. I don’t even use the top screen when in “competitive” 1v1’s

[@SirBlackReeds]

That's how I played it with a DS that had an effed up top screen.

[@carlito6038]

Which game did you play? You can absolutely see fake boxes on the bottom screen

[@mikeuk666]

If the game is played on the original DS, Mario says, "Yahoo!" on the Nintendo logo screen but if it is played on the DS Lite, DSi, 3DS, or Wii U, he says, "Here we go!"

[@DE23]

How and why?

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

He does say "Here we go!" upon first starting the game on the OG DS, but every other time when playing on the OG DS, he says "Yahoo!".

[@svenbtb]

@@DE23 Because the game can detect if it's on the og DS or a later model, and for fun and because why not?

[@pl3ysnontinde937]

Such a cool fact. As a ds lite owner (when I played this game most) the here we go is irreplaceable for me

[@JeskidoYT]

Hold up the wii u could play DS games? That's bizarre

[@BoundaryBreak]

2:39 - Starfox Zero didnt borrow any notes

[@timtam4596]

Which is too bad because that game is great otherwise

[@gloid4051]

love your vids man

[@Bringmejoycon]

That's what shesez

[@kaihedgie1747]

Except they did: because you can just as easily press the Minus button to switch camera views.

[@milesrowe9228]

@@kaihedgie1747 game is trash

[@leon46295]

"in Japan people are like I'm gonna get harassed In the us people are more optimistic and think like hell yeah I get to harass people"

[@TheRealKaiProton]

You beat me too it, I was thinking the Exact same thing

[@SmashFinale]

Kai, you fool! You missed a chance to harass or insult leon!

[@jamescr1998]

@@SmashFinale It's never too late

[@AidanChickTV]

Its a pattern I've seen in western vs japanese views of media. In many polls, Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion is the most popular Eva character in Japan while in the west it is usually Asuka Langley Soryu In response to this, director Hideaki Anno said Japan is a 'country of children' and dependent on the west culturally interesting stuff

[@Weird_dude265]

@@AidanChickTV But I think wanting to harass people is more childish than worrying about being harassed? And I would say that's more based on the contrast of cultures (closed off to the world/introverted as opposed to adventurous/extroverted) than anything else.

[@Level1Sword]

The more I learn about Iwata, the more I wish he had been my boss, lol.

[@genuinelymoist73]

I was his personal rent boy and I can confirm he was great to work under.

[@Max25670]

Imagine playing video games with the CEO of the company. Nintendo is not the same anymore when Iwata passed.

[@Max25670]

@@genuinelymoist73 rent boy?

[@tmacthaskydiver8310]

**dad

[@Jellyman4]

@@tmacthaskydiver8310 😂😂😂

[@guilhermezalla2032]

I miss playing this game with my friends at school.

[@amandabutcher23]

When I was in high school, we would like three days for exams at the end of each semester. Students not currently in an exam sat in a study hall in the cafeteria. A whole group of us would all get together and play because we only needed one person to own the game. It was great.

[@justinschultheisz4673]

I miss playing this game in general 😢

[@Starforcesam93]

Mood

[@SonicZuki]

@@Starforcesam93 ?

[@EnergyBurst2]

Same, me and my friends played the crap outta the game on the bus, before the school doors opened, and at lunch. We even became called the (unofficial) gaming club by other kids in the school.

[@knuxuki1013]

"Just because it takes place in the Mario World doesn't mean it has to be childish" I love that line so much, it implies to me that the Mario Kart series is meant to be what I thought it always was, competitive, awesome and action packed fun for all ages! Yes! ✊

[@jlev1028]

Ironic line considering he later thought the story in Mario Galaxy was too mature and ordered its simplification in the sequel.

[@knuxuki1013]

@@jlev1028 Sadly so

[@Antonio-is2cn]

That quote actually was about someone at Nintendo becoming concerned that giving objects eyes with smiles in various tracks would make Mario Kart look childish(like in Double Dash!!)

[@patrickshaw411]

“E. Gadd was cut early on” And he still is! Makes me mad! “Dry Bones took his place” I’ll allow it...

[@Srcsqwrn]

My exact thoughts

[@ash_aiden]

Yes

[@somethingsomething9008]

You unironically want dry bones over e gad?

[@paradeoffools]

I have fond memories snaking as tank Drybones.

[@ChronoSquare]

Never could tell which was arguably better: Tank or Egg

[@palix2417]

Am i the only one that uses the poltergust 4000?

[@CamperCarl]

nah waluigi tank

[@Kawi31]

I didn't even know this was the meta as a kid, i liked dry bones, i liked the tank, and drifting was fast, so why not do it all the time!

[@kermitrehab]

once you learned snaking and came in first place almost every time online - oh 2006!

[@CaveMiner]

3:19 Literally as soon as he said "we're gonna stop here" i got an ad.

[@DefinitiveDubs]

4:30 I like how Remix sounds pissed off about the lack of pinballs.

[@MKnox-ux9sg]

The most fully featured Mario Kart in my opinion.

[@adam145]

Yep, online mode, retro cups, choosing your own kart and mission mode, this game was crazy as the first 3D portable Mario Kart.

[@OnewingedAngel69]

I couldn’t believe how much content was on that tiny game cartridge.

[@ZekromZero]

The playing with others with only one cartridge was very good for me and my college friends.

[@ilovewallacebuthategromit]

It had the chillest atmosphere too and I love the chunky low-res graphics, my favorite Mario Kart game tbh

[@paperysmm1759]

Yeah Mario Kart DS Is the best Mario Kart. The only reason why people like Mario Kart Wii is because of Funky Kong. #mariokartdsforever

[@pacoramon9468]

It's amazing that the Bee Queen made it into Mario Kart before P. E. Gad.

[@misterzygarde6431]

I remember this game and when playing it, I thought ROB was going to be the most overpowered character in the game based on what I heard from an aid at school.

[@bruhnova8917]

He was op

[@jak3w]

What's an aid?

[@frozenpancakes]

@@jak3w maybe a teacher's aid

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

He was

[@vibes4579]

The game I played on my bus, with almost everyone

[@ratchetandclankfan2]

I remember on a field trip I over heard everyone playing So I hopped in and join I always got 1st place I was a loner and only had mario kart ds played online all the time after I figured out how to set up the router took a hour to figure out I was 7. All the kids were angry trying to figure out who RacerX was Alot of memories Mario kart ds It made me alot try out sprite art as well

[@slothrops]

I love this game especially playing with friends in download play

[@caseydopp318]

@@ratchetandclankfan2 r/thathappened

[@redfoxoffire]

I literally bought the game during a band trip so I could join everyone playing it on the bus.

[@MasonAK.1]

Same. I noticed the 6th graders on our bus were playing it one day, so I decided to bring my DS and whoop up on them. It was always a heated competition between 6th graders and high schoolers (9-12) first thing in the morning, and I almost always came out on top. I got super good at drift boosting and Waluigi Pinball was the place for that. That was the only year I actually was excited for the school bus to come lol

[@johndoe62804]

Reggie: I hate getting inked. Also Reggie: Inking each other as anthro squids? Great idea!

[@tank1319]

The game that brought Dry Bones into the Mario Kart series. Amazing

[@Jellykrop]

My favorite driver by far!

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

*Dry Bones noises*

[@TownDarling]

5:55 that isn’t block city, that’s pipe plaza!

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

One of the cooler things about getting hit by a Blooper in MKDS is that you could blow into the DS in-built microphone to clear the ink quicker

[@lalehiandeity1649]

5:04 That’s a case of Engrish.

[@Silvergun_Raven]

Some great memories of playing this in 2005. Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 64 are still some of my favs in the series.

[@GitsuneG]

This is probably my third favorite Mario Kart's Soundtrack of all time.

[@EPrimeify]

What’s your first?

[@GitsuneG]

@@EPrimeify Mario Kart 8, followed by Mario Kart 64.

[@omaralessa8598]

what's ur 4th fav?

[@Thoomas2001]

0:34 "Green instead of red like in the final game"? The final game has a lot of different colors of Shy Guy, including green.

[@StewDogR]

Some of the best years of my life. Mario Kart DS and chatting with my crush on PictoChat at church lol 😂

[@pass_]

my mario kart ds gf left me :(

[@FernandoNoki]

Sounds so relatable

[@tezkhaos]

Those were the days, way too much time was spent on those New SMB DS mini-games.

[@Asf_932]

literally same lmao

[@tezkhaos]

@JulianRock and that's not even overstating it one of the best modern minigame collections imo

[@adrianrock1287]

I got this for Christmas the year it came out, so much nostalgia.

[@flummox3d]

5:08 that Flesh/Fresh thing probably comes from the usual R/L pronounciation problem, but they caught it before the release this time.

[@m.m.2897]

All these years later and I still don’t know how to unlock R.O.B.

[@ReReCoil]

Let me explain how to unlock R.O.B. 1.) Beat the Special Cup on 150cc to unlock 150cc Mirror Mode 2.) Beat the Special Cup on 150cc Mirror Mode

[@AboMuh1245]

@@ReReCoil Not only that, but also complete all of it with gold

[@Godsoe]

"Nobody is playing for fun." Oh, so they were snaking

[@merouln700]

In the french version, the Mushmellow, one of Toad's karts, is named "Champmignon", a play on "Champignon" (mushroom) and "mignon" (cute). The Gold Mantis, a Waluigi kart, is known as "Mante pelleteuse", an obvious play on "Mante religieuse" (Praying Mantis) and "Pelleteuse" (excavator). The Banisher, a Dry Bones kart, is known as "Outre Tombe" (beyond death or afterlife).

[@madadeys7428]

This is now a certified Marty the green thwomp moment

[@atre5763]

Did you know? Mario Kart DS was an amazing game for the DS!!

[@السراقالمجهول]

its the WORST game to play on the wii

[@Kittenfox_55]

I always wished they added Wario series characters to Mario Kart & even the Mario sports series of games like how they added in Donkey Kong characters

[@bewearstar9462]

Yeah the wario ware character would be perfect for a mario spinoff

[@Frijolero18]

I can just imagine Jimmy riding in a pimp mobile

[@GabePuratekuta]

Captain Syrup in a kart modeled after her ship.

[@DaimoHope]

@@GabePuratekuta that or a lamp

[@krubbington]

I really wish E. Gadd stayed in for the final release. He would've been such a creative roster choice. Much better than the lame filler characters we get nowadays like Pink Gold Peach and Baby Rosalina...

[@Jellykrop]

Yeah but he would have replaced my buddy Dry Bones

[@krubbington]

@@Jellykrop It would have been a worthy sacrifice. Besides, Dry Bones is more likely to get a second chance down the line than E Gadd since Dry Bones is a mainline Mario character

[@bobafett4265]

True i wouldn't mind seeing E. Gadd in a future Mario Kart game, along with other characters like Kamek Magickoopa and Charge N Chuck.

[@Jellykrop]

@@krubbington True. Maybe we'll get another chance to see E. Gadd make a comeback in a future Mario Kart title on console.

[@krubbington]

@@Jellykrop I can only hope...

[@ImperialGamer5]

In all of my years and times of playing this masterpiece of an awesome game: I still have my original copy of the game and cartridge box for the 2007 DS Lite. I thank you guys for bringing back so many nostalgic memories of the game (But god damn those Blue Shell's that would hit you at the last minute right before crossing the finish line in the last lap!!). Man, I need to search up of there are any newly made DS Lite's up for sale. Anyways, gotta go!!

[@Tation16]

Some how and some way I still have Mario Kart DS with the box and everything in it. I’m not sure how it survive since I lost so many games from moving a lot and some broke. Watching these videos makes me want to play again. That was my childhood and I remember the day I picked up the game with my parents.

[@akmaldanial67]

@@Tation16 That's cool. I might have misplaced mine though.

[@pokechatter]

I still have both my bundle pack red & silver MK themed DS, and its box, though I lost the little charm that was originally on the wrist strap that came with the system. I spent so much time with this game back then...

[@DJIVision]

This was actually the last Mario Kart game I played. I should really get MK8D one of these days, I'm sure it's great.

[@WatchDoggyDog]

For sure! I finally just rebought it on switch after having the 1st 1 on wii u: fuck yea!

[@danplaysguitar6706]

It's absolutely amazing

[@williamsanborn9195]

It’s a good time for sure. The one thing that stands out for me about MK8(D) is the soundtrack.

[@pcm1011]

I stopped using Twitter some months ago but Dr. Lava's tweets are the only thing I miss from that place tbh

[@Kj-fs8dz]

Get home Circuit

[@BurtKocain]

2:44 If only the Star Fox Zero team had realised this 10 years later.

[@dooki51]

The beginning countdown for a race is one of the loudest known sounds in the universe.

[@lonelywhale3337]

I still go back to this game just to listen to the incredible soundtrack Specially the end credits theme It still makes me emotional

[@KOSAMAGAMES]

remember sharing games through DS Downloadplay? freaking amazing times :c

[@dogscratch]

Uhhh, for the record, that double dash battle course is Pipe Plaza, not Block City

[@TheLegoNation]

“Let find the Mario kart I grew up playing” From Scott the Woz

[@bossinater43]

"This is gonna take longer than I thought." -Scott the Woz

[@Miggy738]

Thank you for posting this. One of my top 10 video from you guys for sure. I remember playing the multiplayer so much along with bomber-man

[@DP3com]

LOVED this game back in the DS days. I actually convinced 3 of my co-workers at the time to buy DS's along with Mario Kart DS just so we could play against each other. I'd even go to a McDonald's after my classes to use their WiFi to play online. Ah, great memories. Thank you for posting this video.

[@joew1237]

Personal high-point of the Mario Kart series for me

[@AZero887]

Lot of good memories of this game, played this a lot at full days of SCOPE, never unlocjed rob either so I had a friend use his action replay to get his standard kart, good times

[@KonroMan]

As someone who had Mario Kart Ds as their fist video game... this does bring a smile to my face.

[@aviatorgamer3057]

“No one is playing for fun.” *me cracking a smile while playing Mario Kart online* Iwata: Wait, that’s illegal!

[@fishxy2123]

Nostalgia overload! This is where I started.

[@1BlueYoshi]

Definitely one of my favorite Mario Kart games. Even when the top screen of my DS broke, I still played it using only the bottom screen

[@vustvaleo8068]

"no one is playing for fun" - Death Race

[@41tinman41]

I love learning that Iwata and the other programmers were playing competitively without holding back their punches. I'm sure these nightly Mario Kart bouts got heated at times.

[@Dr.Frasier_Crane]

I remember racing around in 2005 when this game came out like it was yesterday 🥺

[@F0urSidedHexag0n]

I remember this game so hard... the nostalgia... Getting this WITH my Silver DS, my first console. Accidentally deleting my file with all the cups and racers (Don't ask). My mom beating my time trials with Daisy (why mom why).

[@GabePuratekuta]

Because Daisy always wins!

[@MrChristoph0r]

We all have a favorite Mario Kart, what isn’t arguable is that triple banana’s should always come in a line and not spin around you.

[@Miss_Cryspe]

I still remember accidently finding a Nintendo DS with Mario kart included in the backseat of my mum's car shortly before my ninth birthday, and getting so excited knowing what was coming. When the day came I played it pretty much non stop for the next few months, and over the next few years, even though I cycled other games into my go to line up ranging from Nintendogs, to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and everything in between, Mario Kart was the one game that was always there. One of my earliest memories of gaming and to this day I still have that old beaten up DS in the bottom of my wardrobe somewhere after 15 years, it's survived countless trips to visit family across the country, a few plane trips on family holidays, and even found it's way with me to university. I think tomorrow I might have to dig it out and have a nostalgia day.

[@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499]

DS is still my favorite version of Mario Kart. Lots of great memories playing local multiplayer with friends and even my wife.

[@tonymitsu]

The cheep cheep sign probably says "Flesh" since they had a Japanese artist drawing the graphics who wasn't proficient in English and didn't know it was supposed to be written with an R. For most people in Japan, there is no noticable difference between L and R

[@supere4nitro]

8:38 after over a decade of playing this game I never knew this and feel stupid for not making the connection earlier

[@rotundmonibuv5103]

I never understood it either, I always thought there was some sort of secret A-Dasher.

[@justzillathekingofgames6867]

Man I played this so much when I was younger. One of my favorite incarnations of Mario kart. Still have it to this day.

[@roguespartan2854]

Mario Kart DS was my first Nintendo game. I LOVED IT. Ahh, that music hits the nostalgia real deep. And I had a try of online play with neighbors, and it was so amazing.

[@ACBlackJ0ck]

"HVC-012"? Catchy memorable name right there XDD

[@corsegerspwnd]

2:38 Yet someone nintendo still released starfox zero on the wii u ? what the HELL??

[@TLBidoof]

I think recently it was found that playing the game on an original DS gives a slightly altered startup screen, with Mario saying something different than what he says when the game loads on any other type of DS.

[@sebastienr7852]

Thank you for pronouncing Shigeru the correct way. Very rare on youtube. The stress is on the "i" , not on the "e"

[@AegisRick]

I remember spending hours using a bmp convertor to recreate a detailed avatar in the game's creator. Mario Kart DS was true perfection at the time, if you liked snaking that is. But if you did, man the online was superb.

[@ForteGX]

I used to play this in the crowds of robotics competitions in high school. Still my favorite Mario Kart. The controls felt juuuust right to me.

[@tysonq7131]

1:30 This explains so much about Nintendo's approach to online over the years.

[@danielciufo7765]

I remember getting the red DS Mario Kart bundle for Christmas! This was an amazing time! :)

[@Round_Slinger]

Played this with friends during lunch break in school. It was awesome that only one person needed the game even though most of our group had it.

[@heyzbeauz]

That unused battle stage was actually an early version of the pipe stage for battle mode.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Pipe Plaza

[@heyzbeauz]

@@mariajimenafigueroa233 ye

[@danmanx2]

I used to play 8 player Mario Kart DS on breaks at work. It was mandatory to bring your DS to work. This was the most fun breaks ever. What an incredible game.

[@RJLuigi]

It makes me glad to see so many other people in the comments had a good experience with this game. I did too, I would walk about a mile to a street with six other kids so we could play seven player and occasionally eight player vs. together and it was a blast. We also had Smash Bros. Melee. Honestly, some of the best times I experienced as a kid.

[@Moss_Dude]

*YOU DARE IMPLY I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS GAMING?!*

[@Unused_Pineapple]

My first ever videogame. This one and that lime green DS Lite will always have a special place in my heart. I’m still sad I never could get online play to work on my DS.

[@Idk-uw3rd]

Even Iwata played Mario kart with friends, RIP

[@VlexisXII]

This was the first MK game I ever owned, and probably still my favorite one. I think the only one I may've liked as much, if not more, was 7.

[@dishonesttAbe]

I remember playing Mario Kart DS online a ton when it first came out. I'd often have to visit a local McDonald's to play online because I didn't have a router at home. A lot of people complained that online play was ruined by the 'snaking' technique that allowed you go unnaturally high speeds.

[@YowLife]

My brother gave me Mario Kart DS after he traded some chips for it during our middleschool's lunchtime. I have fond memories of racing online while using my Action Replay to spam infinite Bullet Bills. I would let myself get into last place just to BB myself crashing through the other racers and stealing victory away from whoever thought they could beat me. *I was so good at this game.*

[@Gandingas]

This brings memories of the good old days

[@cowboycurtis4944]

DS Download Play with this game was incredible, it really sold the feature on me. I remember playing this with some of my cousins on a camping trip and having a blast. It's just too bad you couldn't play every course with it.

[@Chiefsfan0213]

This was the first Mario Kart game I ever played when I was 11. I used to have my friends play on their ds’s. I’m 27 now and I still have it. Simple times.

[@Throggy]

Oh man..., good memories on Mario kart DS

[@midtown6974]

Wow I forgot how much of a bop the Mario kart DS OST was

[@TBustah]

Yeah, I noticed the Honda connection to the B Dasher over a decade ago. I realized it because I’m into Hot Wheels cars: the RA-series F1 cars were also the inspiration for the Honda Racer, a Hot Wheels car that was part of a collaboration that Mattel did with various real-world automobile manufacturers.

[@JustSean_]

My favorite Mario kart game that built my love for the series. Also one of the first ever games I truly completed... and can we just agree that the Karts here are awesome and felt more tied to their respective characters than the karts in the newer games.

[@thetrewsfan]

About the German version using the word „Jeep“: It is not uncommon for the German language to incorporate brand names synonymous with the neutral term. „Jeep“ is often used for any offroader-like car. Other common examples are „Tempos“ for paper handkerchiefs and „Ytong“ for porous concrete building stones.

[@AustrianReaper]

The thing with Safarijeep is probably, that in german Jeep is coloquially used as a synonym for any kind of offroad car, like velcro for hook and loops or band-aid for bandages.

[@garchompelago]

I played this when I was a kid and I dont remember the graphics of the game to be a bit, pixelated. Nostalgia really changes your perspective.

[@Mike-cd4qg]

Apart from PRB, Mario Kart DS is an incredibly well made game. No buggy/ultra short cuts, (very few) visual glitches, or stability issues. Fun learning more about the development process!

[@ReverseLBlock]

I remember sleeping in line outside target to buy the wii and everyone playing mario kart on their DSs. magic experience.

[@JTeam45]

I'm very happy you added the Honda RA reference in there.

[@keropi328]

I thought you guys would mention snaking lmao it’s so hard to do imo

[@bruhnova8917]

It's easy asf

[@GrayWoIf]

I was so good at it I beat a hacker online once

[@keropi328]

@@GrayWoIf damn I would manage but hit the damn walls so much and fucks it up but ima give it another shot lol

[@meta9492]

This game was my childhood and was the first videogame I ever played. So much nostalgia

[@JusRed48]

This game was so hyped that me and a bunch of kids on the school bus had it and were playing it together in the mornings and on the way back home.

[@HandlelessTML]

Everything I know about Mario Kart mechanics started with this game. I STILL try snaking in every Mario Kart I play, lol

[@HeinerGunnar]

to the "Safarijeep": Jeep is pretty much a synonym for "off-road truck" (Geländewagen) in Germany. I've heard trucks from all kinds of manifactures be referred to as "Jeep" here

[@vanillaownschocolate7327]

i have vivid memories of playing this game on long car trips when i was a kid.....i would always play as yoshi, never anybody else lol. good times

[@danplaysguitar6706]

Ah, a fellow childhood yoshi main

[@pcm1011]

Yoshi mains rise, been one since 64. The only MK I didn't play as Yoshi was Wii when you could race with your Mii

[@Miss_Cryspe]

Always had to be Yoshi, I vividly remember my least favourite challenges/levels always being the ones where I had to play as someone else

[@jamesw7970]

Same and either with egg 1 or dry bones’ kart

[@2-tone989]

Boy Rob is killing that drift dance 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mister_Clean]

Played the shit out of this one when I was a kid. This was my generation's best mario kart