An Opinionated Video About Mario Kart DS

[@GeorgeWilkins]

"I like how you have to blow into the mic to blow up balloons" Me: Casually holds down Select...

[@Star-Powder]

Woah! You can do that?

[@marcpfa5417]

Blowing was faster though

[@akluv2403]

I didn't know I could do that for 10 years... then someone told me about it. I just looked at them dying inside because I could never blow up the balloons with the mic on any DS.

[@ThePikaPlayer]

Only way I ever did it.

[@jirachiswish690]

You could WHAT

[@JustSayRance]

Mario Kart DS was so amazing. To just be able to host a race when no one else has the game is something we'll look back to as the "golden days".

[@brianjude6789]

Yeah, I tell you that. And you know Mario Kart: DS is the fifth installment of the Mario Kart series, after Mario Kart for SNES called Super Mario Kart-the first game of the Mario Kart series, and Mario Kart 64-the second installment of the Mario Kart series, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit-the third installment of Mario Kart series, before Mario Kart DS-the fifth installment for the Nintendo DS, Mario Kart Wii-the sixth installment for the Nintendo Wii, Mario Kart 7-the seventh installment for the Nintendo 3DS, Mario Kart 8 & Mario Kart 8 Deluxe-the eighth installments for the Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo Switch, and you know Mario Kart: Double Dash is the unlockable in Mario Kart 7’s 3DS sequel installment for the Nintendo 3DS called "Mario Kart: The Top 100 World Tour!!" In order to unlock all the games, like "Super Mario Kart", "Mario Kart 64", "Mario Kart: Super Circuit", "Mario Kart: Double Dash!!", "Mario Kart DS", "Mario Kart Wii", "Mario Kart 7", "Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe)", and "Mario Kart Tour", you got to play as Daisy, and get 3 stars in 100cc.

[@supremekai0713]

@@brianjude6789 oof to many letters

[@Orng69]

Don’t do that don’t give me nostalgia

[@savageduck2613]

Mk7 has download play

[@marx3447]

@@brianjude6789 Wow really ? In order to play Super Mario Kart, I have to play as Daisy and get 3 stars in 100cc ? That doesn't make any fucking sense, but thanks I'll remember that if I ever want to play this game on my switch

[@thatdarnguy3050]

"I bet many people didn't even know it was an 2d animation" Me: ...oh, what?

[@likeanuuk6612]

they animated them in 3d and then recorded them into 2d pictures so it doesnt strain the n64

[@thatdarnguy3050]

@@likeanuuk6612 yeah, i understood that after i found out that its 2d , But bevore that i never would have guessed that its Not 3d

[@JCEmotep]

I mean the entire character is just a pre-rendered 2D sprite.

[@skitszofrenick]

Same

[@forstaken2254]

Bruh when I was little having Dry Bones felt like I was privileged

[@miguelfigueroacendoya]

YEEEEEEEESS

[@maxhalpin5186]

Facts.

[@ssyxji659]

Fr

[@rarebit3818]

When I was 5 I 100% the game I’m still confused on how I did that

[@miguelfigueroacendoya]

@@rarebit3818 just playing bruh

[@adrianl.6520]

When I was a kid, I didn't know that the retro tracks were remakes. I just called them "the bad tracks".

[@keeprollin9911]

I was just confused ''why are there weird letters?'' oof

[@adrianl.6520]

Like "what's a SNES?" pronounced "s-ness"

[@catd8929]

TheShadow118 yes!! I used to call is sness too. I knew it was from a previous version but I didn't know whih

[@JadeC]

Same lol

[@theivoryguy2476]

Glad I'm not the only one

[@gekkemesto]

This game used to look so much better when I was little.

[@spencerlegresley8258]

truest thing ever been said!

[@ibrahimjawad9329]

Gekkemesto true

[@JustSayRance]

Nostalgia graphics at work. For the longest time I used to think that SM64 had much better graphics than SM64 DS, as that was how I remembered it. It was quite the shock, honestly.

[@Jellysmake]

It still does look great the video just makes it look more pixelated than it really is

[@lazula]

It looks much better on the DS screen size, and you don't notice it as much when you're focused on playing. Lots of DS games did suffer from pixelation, though. The assets are often surprisingly high-quality when you use emulator upscaling.

[@BugsyFoga]

Who else grew up with this Mario Kart ?

[@spawncampingnoob]

junge of the georgle man is here

[@Piboom4]

Wii for me. DS is great though, as well

[@solarsnail1]

Oh my god I see you everywhere

[@PownicMania5000]

Me, in fact this game came the same year I was born!

[@Wiz1975]

Nathaniel Foga This one and Double Dash

[@3spoons366]

Dry bones is literally the remnant of the Koopa being a playable character

[@TortillaPizzeria]

“Imagine they didn’t choose you, they chose a dead you.” - Scott The Woz.

[@AD-eb5bo]

@@TortillaPizzeria I thought of this quote lol

[@spudwilkins9440]

Did you use a spoon person as your icon? Where can I get that photo?

[@3spoons366]

@@spudwilkins9440 I think I just looked up "spoon with fork hands"

[@meowmasterL346]

And brought a mf tank with him for some just desserts.

[@mubzytv]

Interesting fact: all the bosses in the mission mode are the same bosses from Super Mario 64 DS

[@theplatformerreviewer6905]

It would have saved development time that's for sure. Should keep doing that.

[@mubzytv]

mushroom0 thepro not all bosses from 64 DS were in Mario Kart but all Mario Kart mission bosses were from 64 DS

[@steverboot]

I mean, they did it before with the first New Super Mario Bros. as well, especially with the minigames.

[@Nosretep]

@@mubzytv Whomp King and Bowser...right?

[@gwroliver3540]

Thanks Sherlock

[@nicorosbergf1fan783]

When I was 16 (10th grade) my class went on a trip, and on the 8 hour long bus tour we had nearly two full lobbies of Mario Kart DS players and this was probably my best school time memory Long live MarioKart DS!

[@willkershisnik5893]

That sounds like so much fun

[@nicorosbergf1fan783]

@@willkershisnik5893 Haha it is, not many things are as good as playing MarioKart with a big group of friends :D

[@jwil4286]

I know how that is. When I was 12 (6th grade), we went on a school field trip that took 3 hours on the bus. We had a full lobby of MarioKart DS. I do wish they made it so you could use any track with download play (as opposed to just mushroom and shell cups), and that everyone selects a track and you randomly pick from those (as opposed to P1 just picking).

[@UKEDNHAT7]

@@nicorosbergf1fan783 damn, wish I was there with you

[@asdfkeyboard9807]

New gen gamers: Y'all wanna play on the switch during this busride?

[@Anarchovamp]

Can we just talk about that menu theme though 🔥🔥🔥

[@RacingSnails64]

Aube it's a chill slap 👏

[@theivoryguy2476]

It slaps hard But not too hard And I like that

[@mabbott946]

@@theivoryguy2476 just like my dad

[@maskiiofficial3345]

Huh uh. *R E C O R D S*

[@Blueflag04]

Yes please

[@littleferrhis]

I remember going on a field trip once in the 5th grade. We all had DSes and were playing Mario Kart. I remember everyone groaning in unison on the bus when the DS battle map came up.

[@jwil4286]

I totally agree with this. From 3rd to 6th grade, this was the norm for my friends and me on field trips. More often than not, we would remember the journey playing MKDS more than we would remember the field trip itself. Heck, after one field trip in 5th grade, we got into a heated discussion about some of the stuff that had happened in an MKDS race the day before (I was part of this, having been accidentally put on a team by myself). It got so heated that our teacher had to say "E-Enough, with the DS." And that was just the day AFTER. Not even the actual game playing.

[@zacharymohammadi]

God: * creates people* People: create Mario Kart DS God: perfection

[@trickygamer555]

when your creation creates something better than themselves, it's perfection. right? left?

[@felixroux]

69 Likes

[@thedeccc3252]

Zachary Mohammadi Mario kart DS is bad and unfair

[@Jagpagaco]

mario kart ds is the only mario kart game I own tbh ...

[@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101]

Kaven1998 lol

[@alseenei8072]

Scott The Woz was working his way through the Mario Kart games, SilokHawk did it for a poll. If people are wondering the coincidence.

[@jojoharder6906]

Ngl, I was skeptical as hell 😂

[@hydra4370]

Yeah I was like "Hmmm, this video looks familiar."

[@wagsternatormemez5968]

Scott forgot Arcade GP though so he must pay for his actions.

[@danielpruitt8550]

the coincidence: They we were playing online together lol

[@mlight8443]

I hate coincidences.

[@Goldfire345]

Something really satisfying i remember doing when I was a kid with ds was keeping close to the second player when someone gets a blue shell and letting them overtake me when it's launched or before it's launched so it switches targets to them instead Oh so good

[@lucasbeck1391]

oooh nooo i *accidently* hit the brakes How am i gonna recover from this? *boom* Thx

[@Mcnibbus]

Goldfire345 same I lost so many friends that way

[@leonpaelinck]

I remember watching a friend play. He suddenly got first place while having a blue shell. I couldn't resist pressing x on his DS...

[@norrin_falk]

bruuuuh that was my technique too!!

[@leonpaelinck]

@@theAstarrr I would never forgive myself if I wasted that opportunity

[@ToughSun14]

6:31 Funny how you mention spraying the tires with ink, because not many people notice this, but that actually happens in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! Believe me, I've had a few experiences where the blooper tripped me up because it made my tires slicker and thus harder to steer.

[@kendallmonge649]

Same here. I haaaate the Blooper in Mario Kart 8, especially on 200cc, because of how important drifting is to maintaining speed and control. The amount of times I've gone flying off the track because of the blooper's effect on my tires is wild. Blooper sharply reduces your traction in Mario Kart 8. I think having Blooper affect your tires/traction/handling is cool in theory, but really not fun in practice.

[@mekbj9382]

Same

[@uppeltje1532]

Yup also on mk 7

[@michaelkowal3230]

Yeah, blooper actually decreases your handling in the more modern games

[@VonTachyon]

16:03 I was actually scared to fight the boss cuz I was so young so I asked my cousin to fight him for me

[@borisnetwork]

I had my uncle beat mission 7s boss for me

[@DSX1]

xInsamity SAMMEEE

[@crimblr]

I was like 7 and I was bloody terrified

[@tylerdenaro639]

Those missions were hard too do.

[@teenageapple3788]

7:13 Actually. The red she'll hit the banana nearest to your Kart so all of the bananas fell off. It usually would protect you three times but that time it hit you juuuuust right to knock all of your bananas off. It happened to me in DS before

[@katomiccomics202]

If you think about it, Mario Kart DS is actually the first battle royale.

[@bryanserrano9568]

Katomic Comics woah 🤯

[@TheChefBoo]

How

[@majesticmo5048]

The Chef Boo balloon battle was basically battle royal

[@LimeAtions]

Katomic Comics nah Bomberman

[@LimeAtions]

MajesticBoy YT well it’s not close to being the first XD

[@jwil4286]

Man, that closing cutscene really hits hard…

[@quinn6014]

WHAT THERES A LEVEL 7? Eight years later this comes out now

[@Star-Powder]

Dude, I just found that out last week.

[@diegobrando1928]

I found that out in 2018 but I had the game since 2009

[@jamesurbanic1431]

you need to get 1 star on every mission to unlock it

[@kex78]

Yea I’m getting back on

[@Helicopter7]

60

[@r5LgxTbQ]

hearing that "vrm vrm here we go!" in the intro is always so grating to me. On the original DS he would say "yihoo!" and I am just so used to hearing it that way

[@silokhawk]

On my red/silver DS it wouldn't even go "vroom vroom" It made that distant engine sound from MK64 then went "Here we go!" I think its different per DS model but it isn't documented online.

[@marioisawesome8218]

i think the "yahoo" is random chance and comes from unlocking everything.

[@damarihanson3876]

SilokHawk It really isn't documented? I used to make that happen all the time by closing my DS just before the opening sequence then re-opening the DS and it usually happened. I discovered it myself when I was young so I'm pretty proud

[@r5LgxTbQ]

@@silokhawk hm I have the red DS bundle that you mentioned in the video and it does the vroom vroom

[@justyumi4410]

What other ds game even does this?

[@hewghh]

I watched this and now I want to play Mario Kart DS again, I couldn’t find it... Turns out my mom donated it to GoodWill, my childhood has been donated to flippin goodwill.

[@foxthebox5113]

I seriously hate moms that donate things from their children without asking... I don't want to insult your mom, but what the hell are parents like these thinking?!

[@dualmarionomore9499]

Ouch, hope you find it again soon

[@maulaf6175]

Bet you drifting button on your Nintendo is broken anyways (literally everybodys is :()

[@dualmarionomore9499]

Guess what, my DS which has played Mario kart DS for years is still working 100% Tho that is probably because I got it 2 years ago for the 2006 model, but it was used, and it works perfectly.

[@seeslug]

I am so sorry to hear this! I had all of my DS games stolen when I was younger, so I've been slowly building my collection back up of games I used to have by buying them from Ebay. Again, I'm so sorry to hear that! I hate when stuff like that happens. :(

[@Kewltastrophe]

"There isn't a stupid amount of Rubber banding as there is in Wii" *Laughs in Mario Kart 64*

[@ninjacatfilms2046]

Yeah I played that game and I love Wii's but damn 64 has some bad issues with rubber banding

[@camsgaming6638]

In 64 every cc felt like 150cc 😂

[@RheaStorm]

Definitely SNES mario kart is the worst. The NPCS literally get items you can't use. They can just do that;.

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

@Rhea Most items you can't use have the same affect as the shells, so it's not a big deal at the end of the day. Even then, the rubber band AI in Super isn't nearly as bad as in 64.

[@miwestraveler3986]

True, the rubber band isn't as bad in Super : it's worse. The AI is programmed to do a specific time. No matter how much you hit them, they will rubberband like crazy to get back in line. The only way an AI wont make it's time is if it gets hit right before the end. It's so ridiculous, you're basically not competing in a race, you're doing a time trial with invincible moving obstacles that try to screw you over.

[@mirakitea]

"Who the hell was beggin for Luigi's Circuit to come back" Me: Allow me to introduce myself

[@theguyman256]

You. You did this.

[@zacharygendreau6470]

*screams*

[@dieguitodieguito2145]

Why did u do this

[@urmomgay]

The ONLY part of Luigi's Circuit that I liked was it's DS version of the theme.

[@minerva27]

The way you can always interact with the other racers regardless of your placement makes it a favourite of mine

[@sheamac7823]

20:13 that hit me hard with memories I miss the days when everything was so simple

[@arananime3156]

Sheamac78 I render that animation 😢

[@lwoui]

once I cried during the credits when I was younger

[@Willinat-Archive]

The ending is so beautiful

[@oldcheez4780]

I was crying a bit from the Mario 64 DS ending.

[@thegreatestguyEVA]

Am I the only one that played looking at the bottom screen most of the time? Especially when bloopers got used

[@gabe_377]

Or to see what objects the other one's had. It was really useful.

[@wingbeltcreations5455]

I remember trying to beat a race looking only at the bottom screen. I failed... ._.

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

Nope. That skill really helps me now in MK8DX

[@wyattschuette1737]

That was me. If I was splatted by a blooper I just looked at the bottom screen. Bloopers didn't have much purpose in Mario Kart DS because you could just look at the bottom screen.

[@genericperson360]

@@wyattschuette1737 Yeah, if you ask me, they should have made the Blooper cover the screen so much you would have to use the touch screen to see. Since Nintendo loved using the touchscreen in DS games so much and all.

[@ghoxtlyrose4724]

i just noticed: the red shell that took all his bananas away? It actually hit the fist banana behind him, making the other ones go away either way, thats still pretty skill/luck based

[@Mcnibbus]

Rasana Rose no it’s a mechanic the naners can be used offensively 3 times but defensively once

[@cesarcastillo7129]

@@Mcnibbus actually no, what happened there was that the red shell took out the first banana, and as a ladder effect the 2 others got dropped. But to something like that to happen is very rare.

[@Mcnibbus]

Cesar Castillo happens to me when I play ds all the time and I’m pretty sure he said it was a mechanic of the game

[@cesarcastillo7129]

@@Mcnibbus it happens but rarely, not always.

[@proking2354]

@@Mcnibbus It isn't a mechanic. In MKDS red shells are coded to target the player's back HALF rather than the direct CENTER of the player's back. This causes them to do "sick drifts" around held items more often then you'd think. what happened there was the red shell swerved around the first 2 bananas in the stack but hit the 3rd (the one closest to the car). As he shows later in the video, red shells will often completely ignore held items and hit you. This mostly happens when turning corners or when drifting, as the held items go far off-center when doing these actions, giving the shell a massive radius to hit the player.

[@lennyface5314]

WAIT THERE'S A WORLD 7

[@o1aa3hjuqe]

Get a star on every level

[@warren5037]

@@o1aa3hjuqe I actually got a star on every level but I dont think i ever got the world 7. dont know why

[@Stoopidvr]

Ya your a dumb guy

[@simohayha6031]

@@warren5037 i believe you need to max out all missions so 3 stars iirc. Then the new mission world is unlocked and that caterpillar boss is hard af.

[@aleph_2ne]

Louie Curley *you're

[@gamesandluigifan7152]

6:34 Actually, thats a side effect of the Blooper in MK8, granted it's only really noticable when you drift, but it's there.

[@greediegamer99]

Yeah, it is. Seems like Hawk hasn't played enough Mario kart 8 deluxe.

[@FrostGlader]

I heard about this recently. Apparently you go slightly faster if you’ve been hit by Bloopers.

[@Sebby_Nineteen]

No, just affects your drifting. Doesn't up your speed. If you remember the stormcloud item from MK Wii, that one did raise your speed, to aid in the hot-potato aspect. You also didn't slowdown while offroading.

[@uber5043]

I remember the Blooper increasing your speed in DS as well

[@silokhawk]

I somehow never noticed that in 8! 7:50 and I've even played enough to 3 star everything!

[@vizivXC]

“Tricky to pull off” Me: speedrun the game while drifting couple million times My thumb; kill me

[@somebody1714]

Snaking is a lot easier on the 3ds

[@joelbueno5644]

Mines on the ds these years, it may be difficult to pull and you had to master it so well and it takes mad skill to pull it off. Once you master it you will become this good in this game

[@fiyum333]

69th like aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@TheMursk]

My DS's R button fell out

[@Gaminggod1997BAGR]

My "r" button: why god?

[@well__then_9424]

Ah MarioKart DS was the game that I played with both of my cousins and my sister when we were younger and it was one of the things that brought us close together. I miss those times :’).

[@thajuice6695]

Scott the Woz and Silohawk uploading a mario kart ds vid in the same week? Coincidence? I think...so

[@theaveragemushroom6474]

I was gonna mention the same thing

[@Stonyonkeys]

_Scott: AM I A JOKE TO U?_

[@Blueflag04]

Hey all, Jordan here

[@masahirosakurai64]

Great minds think alike I guess.

[@thugnasty9376]

Scott’s been doing Mario Kart videos. It’s a whole series, as far as I know

[@xXxMashMallowxXx]

I remember stealing my sisters balloons in battle mode, with the mushroom, and her crying and telling my mom :')

[@SuperMarioAutist]

Did you get in trouble or not?

[@whatdown5291]

@@SuperMarioAutist We might never know.

[@AngelaGoober]

Same with me bud same with me

[@identity_undetermined]

@@AngelaGoober you also stole his sister's balloons?

[@based980]

Tf she gonna tell her mom

[@gddanielk8491]

The fact that I never played this game and still know how iconic waluigi pinball is should tell u how mad I am rn But I get ur point sadly.

[@MR-os1kf]

Did you play it?

[@gddanielk8491]

@@MR-os1kf I said I never played it, and no I haven't played it since.

[@Rountree1985]

@@gddanielk8491 I hope you play it eventually. It’s a really good game.

[@thelukundo]

I've only played this Mario Kart and my heart dropped upon multiple reveals like the only game with missions and the only game with emblem maker.

[@MrNintendork12]

That Mariokart DS credits theme still hits me deep every time I listen to it. Every song in MK DS is so nostalgic.

[@Willinat-Archive]

Somewhat that agrees thank you

[@whispycake64]

silokhawk: “mario kart ds was the first game with retro tracks” mario kart super circuit: “am i a joke to you?”

[@TheSmestn]

thought the same haha

[@inkorporeal204]

Actually, yes :p

[@LadyofDread]

I guess "first game to establish the modern retro track system" is a bit of a mouthful.

[@whispycake64]

[VenomousSnake37] i say that to keep a lighthearted tone, especially because you can’t hear how i’m saying it. if I were to be straightforward and say “you’re wrong, because it actually started in super circuit”, it would come across as negative, and i want to be as positive as possible.

[@whispycake64]

[Nicky Neutrite] then don’t say something that is a mouthful! how about “the first game to use retro tracks as the official name”.

[@storm78]

When I was in middle school everyone at my school had a ds and only one guy had mariokart ds he game shared and wanted everyone to play it. we only played when the bus drove us to school and home. I wish I can go back in time to play it again with my friends again and those people in the bus

[@jwil4286]

did you ever play it on field trips?

[@jwil4286]

@Gook I know. “8-player schoolbus Mariokart Download Play” is sadly going to become a term that the latter half of Gen Z will never truly understand. 😢

[@storm78]

true that

[@arduxz]

I am SO glad you talked about the battle mode and how it's last man standing. I've always loved that about Mario Kart DS battle mode and it's why I often find myself coming back to the game.

[@RustoKomuska]

cpu's going left and right when blooper'd reduces their speed because straight line is faster

[@michaelfinlay1412]

Snaking:

[@michaelfinlay1412]

@NK - 07WR - Springbrook PS (1445) it was a joke man

[@imperial_gunner_0898]

Why have I only thought if this when you said it...

[@nin10doboy45]

@UCPorNXdmgF6YMCUMkTPbckw hey dumbass, that’s the joke! better luck next time!

[@RareBreed4246]

I'll never forget being in elementary school going on DS download during lunch time with 8 people, just had to have 1 person bring the game in!

[@kei4517]

17:29 "Next thing you knew, there were 5 of us playing Mario Kart battle play of demo mode" that lowkey made me tear up realizing all the fun memories of elementary school and how I met some friends that way

[@cadetkohr5508]

After watching this I looked at my DSI and found the last game I played on that was MKDS, and that was 5 years ago. So OF COURSE I went and played for 2 hours straight. It's a good as hell game.

[@Lappy_]

“DS has a battle mode I would actually want to play” Someone had to say it!

[@michaelrosa9593]

So you eat shit?

[@papadane6807]

@@michaelrosa9593 Breh, you litteraly have fortnite in your username.

[@michaelrosa9593]

@@papadane6807 foodi

[@michaelrosa9593]

And

[@captainnintendo]

I was a game reviewer back in the day and I got my hands on this game like a full month before it officially hit store and I remember what hell it was trying to get online. I basically had to walk the streets for an hour before I found a Wi-Fi connection I could leech onto xD and it was right next to a crossroad so I would just stand right there for like another solid hour and the only people I could play against was of course mostly Japanese people who already had the game before us xD Good times Seriously though, bring back Mission Mode already, Nintendo

[@meowmasterL346]

Good lord that unlocked memories that were sealed away 💀💀 I remember convincing my mom to take me to Wendy's/Mcdonald's not for the food, but the free wifi! This was way before everybody and their grandma had hotspots around every corner

[@corwinschuerch6691]

"As long as you get first in all four races, you get three stars." 3DS: Am I a joke to you?

[@Nightcaat]

More like Wii.

[@TheGamersState]

+Corwin Schuerch That's not true, I've hit first place in Mario Kart 7 4 times in a row and still not gotten 3 stars.

[@corwinschuerch6691]

@@TheGamersState Exactly

[@whirlesic]

More like Mario Kart Tour

[@Farheeeennn]

Corwin Schuerch I’m not sure why, but I get first place in all four races in the Grand Prix and YET I DONT GET THE GOLD CUP.

[@11equalsfish]

Shroom Ridge was pretty great, the forest below the cliff looked great and weaving through traffic near a cliff edge was a highlight.

[@Shaggychann]

The ending just brought back soooo many memories

[@desolattiedevestati1180]

God I remember playing the DS when I was a little kid, trying to 100% the entire game with 3 stars on everything, beating the in-game japanese highest records, and then at midnight watching that lil' scene at the end of the cups, god so many old memories of finally being able to beat mario kart on the DS, I really wish they had brought something like that back, maybe like "Mario Kart Grand Prix" with everything back... Only one man can wish such old and new features to return in a new installment...

[@samgill7292]

I really wish I still had my Mario kart for DS, if only who ever stole it never did I probably would be still playing it right now all these years later.

[@speeeee]

The reason you couldnt get wifi to work might be because the DS dosnt support WPA or WPA2. You need to set up a router using WEP. Make sure you turn it off right after because its super insucure.

[@MarioTube101]

Setting up online with MKDS is such a pain. I got it to work once, but setting up a router with wep is difficult, since most routers don't really use it. I had to get a virtual machine with windows xp, and get the ds wifi connector. It works, but it's such a pain regardless.

[@lightning1116]

Also make sure that the wireless mode on your router is 802.11b.

[@Sor3e]

If does with dsi

[@SuperRainbow-nz8zn]

Nintendo: Here play this new gamemode called mission mode! Community: * loves it * Nintendo: We got rid of mission mode for future games... Community: That wasn't very cash money of you.

[@dissguynotreallyaguy3549]

NAh, I dont Miss mission mode Because I didnt know how to unlock wiggler as a boss I tried every thing, thats why i don't miss it (WOFF)🐶

[@bluedevil4259]

Bruh mission mode was in mk wii but only on the nintendo WFC

[@NightCat28]

BlueDevil42 it was originally going to be in the offline mode too, but it was scrapped

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

@@dissguynotreallyaguy3549 To unlock level 7, you have to get at least on star on every mission from level 1-6

[@dissguynotreallyaguy3549]

@@mariajimenafigueroa8311 i have a QUESTION Why is there a mission where you pick and throw things?

[@Rediti]

18:40 Everytime there’s a bowser in rainbow road

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

*Dry Bones noises*

[@FuzzyWuzzyBumbleBear]

1:21 This was the 1st game I've played in my LIFE. I loved this game. I definitely didn't break my DS 4 times... Snapped it in half. Put Pringles in the cartridge slot hoping for a Pringles game... I was 3, Ok.

[@zacariasvelazquez8400]

That pringles story deserves an oscar

[@fabi3790]

It also was my first game. It was in my summer holiday with my whole family (almost) I don't know how old I was. But me and my twin played the game on my aunts DS I love this game. Best Mario Kart for me

[@wingedfish1175]

Tf why did you have a ds at 3?

[@Isdeka02]

@@wingedfish1175 I had a GBA SP when I couldn`t even read

[@urmomgay]

Ahaaaaaaahaahaha. I did that with my old PS3 when i was around 2.

[@ADAMXL]

6:56 actually the red hit the banana holding the others back so the others broke off

Yeah, this is a common thing, since red shells are following you strictly and since Silok was turning around a corner, the shell went to hit whatever was strictly behind him, making all the other bananas go away.

[@CarterNinja104]

6:50 I would like to object here. I’ve played this game so damn much as a kid, and still do, but the one thing I remember about these three bananas is that it depends on the angle they are hit on. If they are hit on an angle they will all be gone. If they are hit straight on, only one will be used, this angle problem is also confirmed by yourself right after, as you explain that a red shell can still hit you even if you have a banana behind you. Even with this mistake this is a great video on this amazing game. MkDS needed more attention. And this video give it what it deserves

[@1TW1-m5i]

And, strategic use, like dropping one before it gets to you can help a lot.

[@FlithitFlithit]

I’m so glad someone else picked up on this as-well, it was annoying me he misunderstood what happened during that interaction. As for the red shell behaviour, the red shells always follow the centre of the track, so if your on the outside of the track the red shell may attack you at to shallow of an angle depending on your position, and not hit you from behind. If your close to an opponent and are facing at a 45 degree angle from them, you can manipulate the red shell to loop around and attack from the front; great for dealing with opponents protecting themselves with items.

[@ejrorem4890]

Since when was there a tank and an excavation crane in this game?? R.O.B.'s here too?? A 7th Mission category?? Honestly, that's how you know you got a good game, when you blew a good 30% of your childhood mastering battle mode without ever getting to the unlockable stuff and had a blast doing so.

[@Bryan-ce6bo]

I love Mario Kart DS to death. Maybe it’s just me and my expectations at the time, but I thought it was seriously ahead of its time. Since you could race online, mission modes, etc. With that being said however, I still prefer Mario Kart Wii. The bikes took the series to a whole nother level, and they really helped feed that desire to go fast with all its tricks that couldn’t be done with karts. And that’s only scratching the surface. I wish they had never gotten rid of online for it... Can I please see my family again SilokHawk?

[@wagsternatormemez5968]

There are also Wiimmifii servers for Mario Kart Wii, just like DS. So if you still wanted to play online you technically could.

[@Bryan-ce6bo]

Wagsternator Memez I know. I just want my parents back. SilokHawk is holding them hostage, I don’t know their location, there’s nothing the police can do. It’s not fair

[@djdeadbeat4380]

Mariokart Wii is amazing and in my opinion is the pinnacle of Mariokart

[@wagsternatormemez5968]

@@djdeadbeat4380 Arcade GP 2 is better Just kidding, lol...or am I? For real though, the Arcade game are fun if you never played them, better than Mario Kart Wii? Probably not but they are still a great time!

[@MarioTube101]

As someone that has traded Mario Kart DS for Mario Kart Wii, I'm gonna have to disagree. IMO, bikes are broken to the point where there's no reason to use a kart. Also getting three stars in every cup is damn near impossible because the game is super unfair with it's requirements. There was one time where I met all the requirements for a three star, and the game STILL didn't give it to me.

[@oTiaguh]

We need a Mario Kart DS Remastered!

[@hallawit5935]

but only the graphics

[@sopas5791]

@@hallawit5935 thats right.

[@xhale671]

And maybe the blue shell shit

[@gezi5927]

Tiaguh no, there should just be a new Mario Kart with a mission mode.

[@cubedmelons876]

And a battle mode that actually lets you play elimination style.

[@dorianeu]

WIIMMFI tnx for the mention :D Btw, i dont have a cat

[@Valery0p5]

Lol, he didn't get that's the name of the unofficial server! You should point that out to him!

[@vex6428]

3:11 this is also a thing in Mario party 2 (and superstars) in hot rope jump the fire starts off blue and about 5 jumps in the fire becomes red to show its getting harder by making the fire cooler!?

[@Supermariohoops24]

Idc what anyone says, Mario Kart DS easily has the best battle mode

[@cwedvin5748]

Battle mode on dubble dash.

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

1:03 Technically missions did return. They're in Mario Kart Tour. 6:06 Mega mushroom came back in Mario Kart Tour as well. 11:07 Mario Kart: Super Circuit had retro tracks.

[@mattsephton]

ElectroBlastLuigi missions also in Wii Mario Kart via the Channel Tournaments

[@massivelegend7599]

He'd made this video prior to Mario kart tour coming out, so technically, he was right.

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

@Blazeit Barry This video was uploaded on October 4th while Mario Kart Tour released over a week before that. He could've just changed his script a tiny bit. It's fine though...

[@massivelegend7599]

@@ElectroBlastLuigi he did mention Tour at the end of the video, not in specific reference to the missions, but in general that it changed some things. I assume he'd already mostly finished.

[@aguyontheinternet1]

But lets face it, MK Tour Is FREAKING TRASH

[@Mathtron5000]

6:16 Fun Fact: The Blooper actually SPEEDS YOU UP

[@paulgilbert5278]

How?

[@jingusflorpus4274]

Paul Gilbert it makes your car go vroom faster

[@hudsontheperson5393]

And makes you loose your traction and handlerling stat

[@paulgilbert5278]

Only in MKDS?

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

8:49 Agree, it's a beautiful track (and it still looks great) with fantastic loop-de-loop parts and a wonderful song. Plus, it's a more interesting Rainbow Road then the original from Super Mario Kart.

[@jwil4286]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks DS RR song is amazing.

[@ironfox5750]

That credits music tugs on my heartstrings with a beautiful veneance

[@Jaynautic]

mario kart is single-handedly one of *the best series of all time*

[@thepuzzlemaster64]

Fun fact: Mario Kart Wii was planned to have a Mission mode, but they scrapped it to make the online challenge mode that I think had one or two missions every week, with a single boss fight that appeared three times throughout the online mode's existence. Kind-of wished I knew that sooner, as I barely used the online mode in Mario Kart Wii.

[@paulgilbert5278]

nah, MKWii online was a nightmare

[@thepuzzlemaster64]

@@paulgilbert5278 Kinda... The whole thing worked really well, but there were too many elite players, so I never really bothered. But had I known about the Mario Galaxy boss battle sooner, I would've only played online just to fight it.

[@rlrfproductions]

18:13 modern wifi uses WPA encryption, DS only supports WEP if I'm not mistaken. You can change it in your router but be aware WEP is very easy to hack

[@Willinat-Archive]

The fact that he included the nostalgic credits at the end really made this video worth watching

[@Sticksicle]

Blue shells in DS and items in general if i remember correctly depend on place and distance so if your overlapped by first or something your more likely to get lightnings and blue shells and stuff, if your in first you get shells and bananas, so it makes it hard af to get a 3 star on a race since if your too far away there will be more blue shells and lightnings

[@clueless2825]

There needs to be a Mario kart ultimate we’re you have to unlocked every character and there’s every course and every battle course and have a dlc that adds more courses and characters

[@Orng69]

No fuck dlc

[@zacariasvelazquez8400]

Super smash bros ultimate. Mario kart edition

[@asmylia9880]

It already exists, it's called "Mario Kart: Tour", aka garbage

[@tammieclifford5135]

kinda like Smash Ultimate. How Nintendo plans to make more Smashes (if they do) is far beyond me.

[@zacariasvelazquez8400]

@@asmylia9880 true

[@a-Tom-ic]

I remember I went over to my friends house, I played mario kart ds and the next my mum got me a birthday cake based on the ds battle mini game stage. I was pretty hype

[@a-Tom-ic]

I’m pretty sure this is the second time watching this video but it’s that good that watching the second time is just as entertaining as the first

[@Omelander]

@@a-Tom-ic which track was it

[@jwil4286]

@@Omelander Nintendo DS. It’s an actual battle stage

[@Omelander]

@@jwil4286 I know that now because I won the game

[@perpetualcollapse]

6:05-6:10 *Mario Kart Tour:* "Am I a joke to you?"

[@Blueflag04]

Yes

[@perpetualcollapse]

@@Blueflag04 👏

[@jahn5600]

Mario kart 7 as well

[@MMPablo]

@@jahn5600 mk7 haven't got mega mushrooms

[@zack4195]

Yeah but MKT mega mushroom is basically just star without the good speed and handling, heck, it doesn't even flatten you

[@lucasn0tch]

1:59 I have a potential theory why ROB (HVC-012) was included in MKDS. ROB was released in Japan (as HVC-012) in July 1985. It was also sold at the NYC test launch of the NES in October 1985. Mario Kart DS was released in 2005, which not many people notice was 20 years since the release of ROB. I guess Nintendo wanted to celebrate, just like they did with the 20th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros?

[@LaelGames7913]

Yeah, this makes sense

[@endstoneninja3845]

Very likely theory right there.

[@JakePetrolhead]

One of my fondest gaming memories was a thing called "Toy Day" at Primary School. This must've been around Year 5, or 10 years old, and pretty much everyone brought their Nintendo DS's in - it was the height of the original handheld boom. So, we did a massive 20 person Mario Kart DS Tournament using Download play, having like a tournament tree and everything. I remember winning one of them, but we ran multiple that day. It was the great equaliser - it didn't matter who you were that day - all that mattered is that you were playing Mario Kart - in a weird way it brought our class a little bit closer.

[@mattsephton]

Jakepetrolhead this is the best

[@dualmarionomore9499]

That sounds so fun! 😄

[@peacorptv6502]

I had one of those. They banned DSs because everyone brought them.

[@dualmarionomore9499]

peacorptv ouch, bet that made a lot of people unhappy considering how popular it is

[@Nic-zj5eh]

Danm i remember just playing the last cup just to go to the segment where they all go back in the sunset lmao

[@Sjono]

How has Mission Mode not made a return in the series? Nintendo clearly doesn’t care about the single player content in this series

[@user-ux2kk5vp7m]

Sjono to be fair, it’s a very small amount of people that pay single player, and most of them play time trials

[@icebrorottenmushroom1817]

I think there was a Mission mode in Mario Kart Wii Channel but it doesn't work anymore

[@Sjono]

Thomas Plenty of people do, especially when they don’t have other people over. There’s no valid excuse to not make a game better by not including more substantial single player content

[@theblitz1070]

Silok = Scott the Woz Now give me internet points

[@breen7771]

Do you accept beenz?

[@stw3art14]

I'll give you v-points instead

[@philhuntsman7588]

how bout reddit karma

[@lorissantarsiero5849]

14:59 And thus, Peace has been brought upon the World.

[@interhistoria5632]

I remember when this game was THE game to get. I still enjoy it time to time, I really like the controls and how it handles. I'm also still really good with the balloon battles.

[@mckevin229]

“The other new addition is dry bone for all you edgelords” don’t make fun of my baby😣

[@gwroliver3540]

Hahaha edge lord

[@sillysquid10]

@@gwroliver3540 edge lords are people too.

[@Ssure2]

I'm not at all an edgy person buy I just love to play as the little gray turtle. Also Dry Bones's laugh kr-r-aw-aww

[@zacariasvelazquez8400]

Im not an edge lord, but I always like dry bones design, but my favorite character is waluigi

[@Dash120z]

2:50 fun fact: the objects are actually in 3D in the beta version

[@jwil4286]

I bet they changed it to stabilize the frame rate

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

Mario Kart DS has LOTS of content that was either changed of cut for the game

[@galacticam2000]

6:31 I know this is an old video, but in Mario Kart 8 (and Deluxe) the Blooper ink does make your kart slightly more slippery to drive, but it's not incredibly significant. It's just like driving on icy surfaces.

[@endstoneninja3845]

18:53 “muppet face Mario” XD

[@dannyblanco8544]

Dude why did you just hit me with that nostalgia... it hit hard with that waluigi music 😭😂

[@adrenaliner91]

The DS only can connect to WEP (and b/g I think) WiFis and today everything is secured with WPA2.

[@TheDoof0412]

11:07 : Mariokart advanced : *i would like to say otherwise* (Yeah i know it was only snes tracks but still counts as retro)

[@endstoneninja3845]

Idk why people forget super circuit even if they’re just snes tracks

[@CoffeeHype7356]

15:30 "Since we never saw missions return" Mario kart tour:

[@Sonic5100]

The amount of nostalgia here is mind blowing.

[@Limayde]

4:26 "But this dumb-looking star car? Yeah, that's the good one." Hey, that star car was awesome. I won't have you slandering it.

[@silokhawk]

Can I repent my sins

[@Limayde]

@@silokhawk You better.

[@somerandomidiot8050]

7:49 In Mario Kart 7, the rules for getting 3 stars were even more convoluted. You had to get first overall, be first for the entirety of a lap in each race, and have a good time

[@supermariof0521]

Doesn't the same thing apply in Wii?

[@somerandomidiot8050]

@@supermariof0521 Nope. In Wii, all you had to do was get first place in a cup for that cup/cc combo to get a gold stamp on your license

[@sensitiivv_]

@@somerandomidiot8050 That’s not true at all, Wii’s is bullshit. If you go down to 9th or lower at all, you’re done for. Driving into a banana or off-road? Good luck trying to get that three star.

[@somerandomidiot8050]

@@sensitiivv_ But I wasn't talking about difficulty, I was talking about the *rules* behind getting gold stamps on your license

[@ShirleyAFighter]

6:30, They actually do that on MK8/MK8DX, with the lessening of the "traction" so you SLIIIIIIIIIP.

[@wyattschuette1737]

I remember not getting to experience much of Mission Mode because I didn't know how to drift as a small kid and didn't have the internet. I never made it past "World" 1.

[@eleanorrigby7914]

Yes, the exact same thing happened to me! And now that I can drift in other games I can’t find my old ds anymore…

[@kingkirby2691]

Shroom Ridge was one of my favorite courses back then, and it's real easy for everyone to forget that course. Heck, I even forgot it existed until the video.

[@nick-cepticon782]

20:13 FEEEEELS (amazing vid btw)

[@nesyboi9421]

Once I was trying to tell someone at school about DS games because they had never had a DS growing up, the next day when we were at lunch they started ranting about how bad the graphics were and me and my friends were just staring at them wondering if they knew the DS was released all the way back in 2003.

[@jefferyjones8399]

It's nice to see someone separate nostalgia and quality. I have nostalgic feelings towards so many things that aren't perfect or downright bad.

[@KimJongStin]

Blue shells could be avoided by releasing a drift boost while jumping with a perfect timing, right when the shell was amorcing its final dive in order to hit you. It required a lot of skill to be able to perform this technic almost each time but that’s the difference between a three stars and a one stars player ;)

[@TheGodSkinApostle]

Dear god this takes me back to when I was a kid the nostalgia makes my wants cry 😢 die

[@Aderalls]

Fun Fact: if you get eliminated in the multiplayer balloon battle you continue playing as an invisible ghost that can place down working item boxes