I like that the Lonely Goomba playable character has no Kart. There's just a bunch of people in karts racing around at 150CC and then you just see a Goomba absolutely bricking it through Waluigi Pinball at 200mph.
Its kind of bonkers how far we've come in this series. Today where hyper examining the layout of 48 DLC courses, in 2005 we where all "Holy shit this map has bumpy bits!". Still really miss the mission mode though.
Mario Kart 8 was a massive jump really. I think a lot of people are kinda fatigued with that game since it's been out for a nearly a decade, but can't deny it's nuts how much content it has.
Mario Kart DS was definitely one of my most nostalgic games I have played back then. I really think it’s cool and weird that R.O.B makes a appearance in the game, I mean they put a bloody Tamagotchi character in one of the Mario Kart Arcade games.
The mission mode can be pretty unfair at times King goomba especially for being a game of memorizing the mushroom location Also thanks for mentioning days of ruin
On the point you made about how _DS_ basically set the ground-work for every _Mario Kart_ game after it, I find it interesting that it holds true all the way through to the franchise's logo: starting with _DS,_ the "Mario Kart" name ditched the main series' letter design and replaced it with that sleek "pro-racing" font, and that version of the logo has stuck around all the way through to _8 Deluxe_ and even carried over to _Arcade GP DX_ and _VR_ too.
Technically Mario Kart DS wasn't actually the first entry to feature online play. You could also play online on Mario Kart Double Dash, although that did require a more elaborate setup.
It’s funny cos I originally had a section in the video where I said there’s probably some obscure SNES online game or something no one knows about. But I removed it cos it didn’t fit in the video well. It was immediately after I mention it’s the first online game
Technically Mario Kart Double uses the LAN setup, not the Wi-Fi setup. So using 2 to 8 GameCube (each with a Broadband Adapter and a copy of the game) and the required Hub/Cables, you can have up to 5-8 players / each with their own screen (which can lead to 9-16 players for co-op fun). I believer there are tools that do allow the use to make this work online, but these are unofficial, and only work using Dolphin Emulator (ruclips.net/video/dhtMSCMHXjs/видео.html), so I'm not counting that as online support.
If you wanna get technical, Mario Kart Super Circuit has the GameCube beat because of a fun little toy called the Mobile System GB, which allowed players to connect their GBA to a Mobile System, an adapter, and their phone to play online with each other. This was Japan exclusive, ended in 2002 and the only notable games were Mario Golf and Super Circuit
I remembered something neat about the multiplayer where if a friend didn't have Mario Kart on them, they could still join a multiplayer party but they would only be able to play as Shy Guy. It's cool that he's there but the fact that this was the only way to play him outside of using a game genie or an R4 card at the time kinda made the roster feel incomplete just because 1 character was locked behind a very specific set of requirements. Now he's basically gone forever now by normal means, alone in a void between the main game itself and the discontinued online service for the DS. Literally in DS limbo.
You really have been pushing yourself lately for both quality and quantity of content. Your channel is at its best right now, and it’s clear you’re more focused than you’ve ever been in the channel’s history. Keep it up Goomba.
The fact that you go all out on these videos and don’t get anywhere near the attention you deserve is an absolute crime that I won’t stand for! You’re unmatched in sheer quality
Still the snappiest Mario Kart to me. Everything feels so fluid and getting hit by items doesn't take you out for too long. It just feels right to me, minus the amount of D-pads and R buttons I've worn through...
My mom trolled me big time with this one, on the christmas I asked it for. She had hidden the game inside a significantly larger crispbread box, so at first, looking at the presents' sizes, I started frowning when none of the boxes had a DS game box's size x) It took me years to unlock World 7 in Mission mode. Not because it's hard, mind you, it's just that I already was (and still am) so used to Ranking systems being -a total waste of time- there for the hell of it.
@@TheLonelyGoomba totally understandable, but that means your fans love your content. imagine being a fan of itsadogandgame... That next video is never coming.
@@spirenguard True. He works for Rerez now btw if you've ever wondered what he's upto.
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The craziest part of MKDS was that I learned about Snaking through a physical video game magazine, in order to play the game online, and not through the internet. Mid 2000s gaming for kids was kinda wild...
I used to love this game as a kid, but you forgot to mention the DS download play. Sure, you could only play two of the cups, but the fact that you could play with eight players with one copy of the game was great at the time. It got me and my friends through alot of middle school bus rides.
Something that can be useful in 150cc is that you can dodge the Blue Shell with a mini turbo and immediately a hard turn hop. That Shell does have a audio que for the timing (when it the Shell goes silent before dropping on you).
I remember playing this all the time as a kid, to the point where I’d be playing it at bedtime and hiding the ds under my pillow when my mom was coming It has a special place in my heart, even if the drift mechanic was OP
What was interesting about playing local multiplayer was that if one of you doesn't have the game they can still play it via DS download play. You can only play as a Shy Guy though.
Fun Fact: Mission mode was planned to make a return in mario kart wii but got scrapped and was reworked Into the ones we see in the tournaments also mr bean found them in 2018
I really love these new features you been doing lately. I been watching you for months now and it's gotten even better over the years. Keep it up Goomba.
I recently found my old copy of mariokart DS after several years. and started playing it again. Watching this video I can’t believe how much I haven’t actually completed yet. Nice work, I think I am now inspired to grind the game to unlock everything!
The fact that you put yourself in a really old mario kart game picks my interest. You keep intriging me every video you make, Which is the reason i want to hire you to make a game!
I couldn't stand snaking. I don't WANT to constantly rock the dang D-pad back and forth. It just feels bad! I'm not playing Mario Kart to get RSI. More power to ya if you enjoy it, but it ruined it for me.
Mission mode was such a nice bonus feature it’s a shame that the Mario Kart Wii missions were locked behind real world timed events and are now lost forever.
I love this new chapter in your channel, plus this is the Mario kart I have played the most. The one criticism that I have is that, unlike in the super circuit video, drink driving isn’t a focal point of the narrative: 9.5/10
Mario Kart DS online is my favorite game to play thanks to the high level of snaking involved. It adds an extra layer of excitement and satisfaction that I can't find in other racing games. Also thanks for the shootout :)
Man, I remember playing this when I was a kid, was more into Mission Mode than anything else! Got to Chief Chilly, but never knew of the Wiggler Boss, really wish I could replay this, but I've lost the game sadly...
I loved the bumping mechanic in this game. You could run into someone and depending on your weight, you'd push them a decent amount. Then if you had the mushroom they could get thrown off the track (my favorite spot was the wall at the start of the Luigi's Mansion stage so they had to turn and drive back on the track).
Mario kart DS awakened the competitive gaming spirit in me. My first time online, getting absolutely bodied by everybody snaking time and time again. I thought it was cheating at first, but then I looked online and discovered snaking. I made it my goal to master this dark art. I practiced day after day, online match after online match. I became one of the best snakes in my town I daresay. Then it got patched out in Mario kart 7.
I remember playing this at school. We used DS download play so people without the game could join. The people without game card are shy guys in different colors, a character that people with the game card can't play as. This severely limited track selection, as download play only allowed tracks from the first 2 cups.
It was a very nice game back then! And still is in the most of people´s hearts! Well done, Goomba! PS: 1:52 I´m a Daisy fan but I respect your opinion! xD
You're bloody brilliant mate, I love your content and comparing the Trauma center organization Cadaeceus to "Caddicarus". And watching your videos makes me smile no matter how awful of a day I've had.
One thing not mentioned here is the reason Mario Kart DS was THE game to have if you were in any sort of after-school program: 8-person DS Download Play. You only even needed one cartridge-sure, playing without locked you into Shy Guy in a standard kart, but getting to be an otherwise unplayable character was pretty sweet in its own right. When you managed to get enough friends for 6+ player races, all of you in the same room...that's an experience I'd give anything for Nintendo to recreate.
It was my first Mario Kart, so of course I'm blinded by nostalgia! You made a great video, covering all the strengths of the game. It's interesting your comment that this game set the framework for the series, it's something that I never really realized despite the fact that I totally felt it when I came back to this DS version... A very cool feature of this game was the fact that you could play with someone who didn't own the game. Yes, there were only the first 8 tracks and 1 character available, but the fact that anyone owning a DS to play with you was great, especially in those days when almost ALL kids owned a DS! The number of birthday parties that have happened where more than 6 players clashed with shells and bananas...
The cherry on top of this game to me that everyone forgets to mention was the Download and Play. I used to play this so much with other kids in school who didn't have the game
Mate growing up with this game was great, and played it so much that since I was young I'd "accidently" delete the save date from messing around and gladly do it all over again. Then years later after picking it back up and 100% the mission mode, learning that there was a 7th set of missions blew my mind, it was like free DLC in a way lol
Mariokart DS is my favorite Mariokart of all time and it's not even close. Snaking with Dry Bones feels so liberating even if it's broken. Every so often I play it just to compete with the staff ghosts on time trials. Besides that it has a combination of the best retro and new battle mode tracks and even though I don't really play battle mode on MK8 deluxe I played battle mode to death on DS. Lastly, the mission mode makes this game the most fun singleplayerwise and I don't understand why they never brought it back. The bosses are from Mario 64 DS so to me it always felt like playing an abridged version of that game
Goomba already showed the flaws with mission mode, considering how repetitive it can get. Super Circuit was better, considering the challenge of the star rankings in terms of single player content, not to mention how its different physics allowed for some truly incredible speed running that is well designed in comparison to snaking.
@@picklelord2048 Imagine being such a shill for MKDS, that you forget how many songs and tracks it butchered, how it had the blandest Rainbow Road, a Mission Mode that has less substance than you’d expect, mediocre battle modes and limited online play. How embarrassing
@@egbertmilton4003 sure it may have butchered the retro tracks but super circuit rly didn’t do any better, it’s nitro tracks r the best in the series like goomba said, it’s missions mode doesn’t fully consist of filler levels, there’s lots of levels that are dif and creative hence why everyone loves it so much, most blandest rainbow road may be true but that corkscrew and the loop made it pretty fun, it actually arguably had the best battle mode even goomba said that 😭 bro just stop mkds> super circuit any day
@@egbertmilton4003 and at least it had online play and at the time it was such a cool thing, not to even mention local play where literally everyone back then was bringing they ds to school to play, tell me when someone has done that with mid circuit 💀
You're so real for that Mission bit. People suck the things they grew up with so hard and don't take a second to criticise it, and anyone thet does is a "hater". I love Mario Kart DS, but customizing a Kart Emblem was more fun than the missions!
Ah, Mario Kart DS. Where I used to sit by the window and leech the neighbor's Wi-fi cause we couldn't afford anything but dial-up internet. I remember blistering my thumbs doing snaking too...good times. One thing I remember is having a 1-star rank for the longest time and absolutely dunking on a 3-star racer once, which gave me the drive to be like "if they can achieve 3 stars so can I" and then I grinded to get it myself to show off online, pretty sure this was only months before the service shut down. Very well done on getting 3 stars yourself, it's a lot harder to do in this game and Wii [and GBA, though it's the one game I never played] than in 7 and 8. Really wish they didn't make the good ranks so easy to get in the newer games, and also no longer having it show up anywhere in the stats screen or online, kinda feels pointless for 3 stars now.
Mario Kart DS was the perfect balloon battle. Let's CPUs fight making the match feel bigger while also making it elimination style. That's my reason to go back to this game
This game is so awesome. I nearly broke my right bumper trigger and got so many handcramps from nonstop snaking just to beat my donut plains time trial record by 20 milliseconds!
I never really was MKDS as the best MK, nor Wii, I felt like they were stepping stones to make 7 and 8. I may turn my opinion around when I eventually hack my Wii though. The most I spent in DS was the mission mode and the emblem editor.
I’m not sure if you’re one for suggestions, but it would be pretty funny to see a video on Plants vs. Zombies for the DS. You might find a few long lost relatives as well; the game includes plenty of your mushroom brethren!
Say.. think you can do kirby again..? Maybe do Dreamland 3, and Kirby 64.. To do the famous "Dark Matter Trilogey (Using the secret TV Set hidden under that ground block.. just use a remote control to have it appear.. ...also its How you can now show off Console Games than just DS, GBA, GB, 3DS, Switch.... That means Gamecube! Nintendo 64, Wii, ...a-and.. um.. wheres the Wii U..? It was right here-)
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I like that the Lonely Goomba playable character has no Kart. There's just a bunch of people in karts racing around at 150CC and then you just see a Goomba absolutely bricking it through Waluigi Pinball at 200mph.
Exactly. Best game ever
@@TheLonelyGoomba agreed
To be fair, it makes much more sense than tennis
I don’t see how Goomba hasn’t blown up yet. His content is equally as entertaining as the top gaming channels at worst. It must be coming soon.
Blame the RUclips Algorithm.
@@girl1213 He did once. But the algorithm did him dirty.
192 k is pretty good.
@Oceane he deserves at least bare minimum 1m though for the quality of his content
@@Oceane1803 After 8+ years of good content should be more imho
Its kind of bonkers how far we've come in this series. Today where hyper examining the layout of 48 DLC courses, in 2005 we where all "Holy shit this map has bumpy bits!". Still really miss the mission mode though.
Mario Kart 8 was a massive jump really. I think a lot of people are kinda fatigued with that game since it's been out for a nearly a decade, but can't deny it's nuts how much content it has.
The fact that a third of the base game's courses in deluxe were originally dlc is still wild to me
In mission mode, if you bump on the side of the crate instead of head-first, you'll retain most of your speed.
Yeah I did get triple stars in everything some reason. But it’s still a lame mission
How do you still remember this fact? 😂
Mario Kart DS was definitely one of my most nostalgic games I have played back then. I really think it’s cool and weird that R.O.B makes a appearance in the game, I mean they put a bloody Tamagotchi character in one of the Mario Kart Arcade games.
The mission mode can be pretty unfair at times
King goomba especially for being a game of memorizing the mushroom location
Also thanks for mentioning days of ruin
Tbh I just snaked so I didn't notice :x
The worst part of the loop of death is it's a giant blind spot for enemy items.
My earliest memory of Mario Kart DS was getting roasted online by some R.O.B who mastered Snaking.
R.O.B? I thought it was Goomba smh
Nice to see Goomba getting a genuine sponsor, I was 100% expecting it to be another joke lol
No chupa chups this time
Raid Shadow Legends is a joke of a Mobile game.
Ive seen much worse tbh.
@@TheLonelyGoomba Do you still sell those silicone Goombas
@@vonwolfe1310 tbh that would be good merch if there wasn’t the small problem Nintendo would probably sue me
On the point you made about how _DS_ basically set the ground-work for every _Mario Kart_ game after it, I find it interesting that it holds true all the way through to the franchise's logo: starting with _DS,_ the "Mario Kart" name ditched the main series' letter design and replaced it with that sleek "pro-racing" font, and that version of the logo has stuck around all the way through to _8 Deluxe_ and even carried over to _Arcade GP DX_ and _VR_ too.
Technically Mario Kart DS wasn't actually the first entry to feature online play. You could also play online on Mario Kart Double Dash, although that did require a more elaborate setup.
It’s funny cos I originally had a section in the video where I said there’s probably some obscure SNES online game or something no one knows about. But I removed it cos it didn’t fit in the video well. It was immediately after I mention it’s the first online game
Technically Mario Kart Double uses the LAN setup, not the Wi-Fi setup. So using 2 to 8 GameCube (each with a Broadband Adapter and a copy of the game) and the required Hub/Cables, you can have up to 5-8 players / each with their own screen (which can lead to 9-16 players for co-op fun).
I believer there are tools that do allow the use to make this work online, but these are unofficial, and only work using Dolphin Emulator (ruclips.net/video/dhtMSCMHXjs/видео.html), so I'm not counting that as online support.
@@TheLonelyGoomba There was XBAND for the SNES and Genesis, but who actually had one of those?
If you wanna get technical, Mario Kart Super Circuit has the GameCube beat because of a fun little toy called the Mobile System GB, which allowed players to connect their GBA to a Mobile System, an adapter, and their phone to play online with each other. This was Japan exclusive, ended in 2002 and the only notable games were Mario Golf and Super Circuit
GameCube uses a Lan set up not internet
I remembered something neat about the multiplayer where if a friend didn't have Mario Kart on them, they could still join a multiplayer party but they would only be able to play as Shy Guy. It's cool that he's there but the fact that this was the only way to play him outside of using a game genie or an R4 card at the time kinda made the roster feel incomplete just because 1 character was locked behind a very specific set of requirements.
Now he's basically gone forever now by normal means, alone in a void between the main game itself and the discontinued online service for the DS. Literally in DS limbo.
At least they remedied this in later games.
DS download play is completely offline, nothing is stopping you from playing it now
16:31 That reaction just once again reminds us that Goomba is British. No one else would be so nonchalant at getting their face bit off.
Been watching this channel for years, and it boggles my mind how this channel hasn't blown up. Each and every video is a gem.
Views are steadily increasing this year so you never know. I don’t really care if I blow up or not I just wanna be able to make a living from it.
I've been playing double dash for years and I never notice that shortcut in Yoshi's Circuit at 10:22. Thanks for the tip Goomba.
I loved the thumbnail art, it really captures the POINTY edges of the game models
You know you're in for a good time when he starts by reviewing the box first
Tremendous announcement of me as this week's patron of the week, TLG.
I am so happy this video came out! I was craving some more lonely goomba goodness!
One thing for sure,the dual screen can help us who has a blue Shell. I always let the other racers be in first place until get blasted by Blue Shell.
You have entered the 2000's nostalgia area 😎
That's what happens when you game for the rest of your life.
Yes sir
we will hit real 2000's nostalgia when people start going on about Megaman Battle Network and Tales of Symphonia
😎
You really have been pushing yourself lately for both quality and quantity of content. Your channel is at its best right now, and it’s clear you’re more focused than you’ve ever been in the channel’s history. Keep it up Goomba.
The fact that you go all out on these videos and don’t get anywhere near the attention you deserve is an absolute crime that I won’t stand for! You’re unmatched in sheer quality
I still can't believe I have yet to Unlock The Lonely Goomba in the game! God. I gotta go back and play it to 100% and unlock him!
Still the snappiest Mario Kart to me. Everything feels so fluid and getting hit by items doesn't take you out for too long. It just feels right to me, minus the amount of D-pads and R buttons I've worn through...
Mario Kart DS?! I loved that game, and seeing you talk about it really brought back the feels!
I love how much effort you put into your channels and the jokes that are placed in here like the jail part lol
9:09 DarkSydeGoomba - He needs that money, he really needs that money!
I remember watching you as a kid and just remembered you. Glad to see your still active
My mom trolled me big time with this one, on the christmas I asked it for. She had hidden the game inside a significantly larger crispbread box, so at first, looking at the presents' sizes, I started frowning when none of the boxes had a DS game box's size x)
It took me years to unlock World 7 in Mission mode. Not because it's hard, mind you, it's just that I already was (and still am) so used to Ranking systems being -a total waste of time- there for the hell of it.
Has dry bones and daisy, instant classic
Dude how do you produce content so quickly with such high animation quality?! It's incredible.
Thanks. Although I still get comments saying I take too long to upload. Can’t win sometimes lol
@@TheLonelyGoomba totally understandable, but that means your fans love your content. imagine being a fan of itsadogandgame... That next video is never coming.
@@spirenguard True. He works for Rerez now btw if you've ever wondered what he's upto.
The craziest part of MKDS was that I learned about Snaking through a physical video game magazine, in order to play the game online, and not through the internet.
Mid 2000s gaming for kids was kinda wild...
I used to love this game as a kid, but you forgot to mention the DS download play. Sure, you could only play two of the cups, but the fact that you could play with eight players with one copy of the game was great at the time. It got me and my friends through alot of middle school bus rides.
"*Stays Mad*" Daisy gets no love.. Great review as always, Goomba.
Something that can be useful in 150cc is that you can dodge the Blue Shell with a mini turbo and immediately a hard turn hop. That Shell does have a audio que for the timing (when it the Shell goes silent before dropping on you).
Ramps can be life savers too
Whenever i go back and play this one i always get so infuriated by the unfair rubber-banding.
Yeah. You don’t notice how bad it is till you snake and you see how the cpu still magically keep up
@@TheLonelyGoomba Yeah, this and 64 probably have the worst rubber-banding in the series.
@@Vro789 wait until you see how aggressive the Computer players are in Mario Kart Wii...
@@Mr.Feather130 Mk wii was the first one i had so im most used to that games bs
@@Vro789 okay but Mario kart 8 (deluxe) on the other hand with 200cc,the computer players get too crazy on that difficulty
6:34 This is my favourite Mario Kart DS Track.
I remember playing this all the time as a kid, to the point where I’d be playing it at bedtime and hiding the ds under my pillow when my mom was coming
It has a special place in my heart, even if the drift mechanic was OP
The jokes in this video are just hit after hit, stellar job.
I try my best 🙏
Mate you’re on it this year , keep going !
For once I'm happy to see a sponsorship, anything to help Lonley Goomba is good.
What was interesting about playing local multiplayer was that if one of you doesn't have the game they can still play it via DS download play. You can only play as a Shy Guy though.
"Auditioning for the next F-Zero game..." IF THERE WAS ONE!!!
You just gotta belieeeeeve
Ah yes Mario kart Ds is key for my childhood right here. Thank you Goomba
Fun Fact: Mission mode was planned to make a return in mario kart wii but got scrapped and was reworked Into the ones we see in the tournaments also mr bean found them in 2018
I'm literally going to lose my mind Goomba made a video about my favorite childhood game
Childhood=completed
I really love these new features you been doing lately. I been watching you for months now and it's gotten even better over the years. Keep it up Goomba.
I love that low-poly Lonely Goomba model so much! This was definitely one of my favourite Mario Kart games; and certainly one of my most-played =D
When this game came out, my brother, coworkers and I would play this on our breaks. Watching this was a pleasant nostalgia trip Goomba, thank you!!!
I recently found my old copy of mariokart DS after several years. and started playing it again. Watching this video I can’t believe how much I haven’t actually completed yet. Nice work, I think I am now inspired to grind the game to unlock everything!
The fact that you put yourself in a really old mario kart game picks my interest. You keep intriging me every video you make, Which is the reason i want to hire you to make a game!
mine too, i never saw mario kart on DS but i have played the tracks on mario kart tour. some of the levels make me mad though.
@@FreeAimDog Mario kart tour? Haven't played that game in a while...
16:18 one skilled drunk driver
I couldn't stand snaking. I don't WANT to constantly rock the dang D-pad back and forth. It just feels bad! I'm not playing Mario Kart to get RSI. More power to ya if you enjoy it, but it ruined it for me.
Nah I kinda agree. The game would be better without it. But playing now it’s pretty much the only thing that differentiates it.
Mission mode was such a nice bonus feature it’s a shame that the Mario Kart Wii missions were locked behind real world timed events and are now lost forever.
I love this new chapter in your channel, plus this is the Mario kart I have played the most. The one criticism that I have is that, unlike in the super circuit video, drink driving isn’t a focal point of the narrative: 9.5/10
Mario Kart DS online is my favorite game to play thanks to the high level of snaking involved. It adds an extra layer of excitement and satisfaction that I can't find in other racing games. Also thanks for the shootout :)
Man, I remember playing this when I was a kid, was more into Mission Mode than anything else! Got to Chief Chilly, but never knew of the Wiggler Boss, really wish I could replay this, but I've lost the game sadly...
I have been watching you for more than half my life and I'm just astonished that you still put out insane videos after all these years
I loved the bumping mechanic in this game. You could run into someone and depending on your weight, you'd push them a decent amount. Then if you had the mushroom they could get thrown off the track (my favorite spot was the wall at the start of the Luigi's Mansion stage so they had to turn and drive back on the track).
0:23 Well... Except for that backwards "L" on Luigi's cap.
I remember playing this game a LOT as a kid, i absolutely loved playing it on car trips, and my first Mario kart as well!
Love ya, mate! You're good at entertaining people.
Your editing is beyond God-Tier dude. Never change
Mario kart DS awakened the competitive gaming spirit in me. My first time online, getting absolutely bodied by everybody snaking time and time again. I thought it was cheating at first, but then I looked online and discovered snaking. I made it my goal to master this dark art. I practiced day after day, online match after online match. I became one of the best snakes in my town I daresay.
Then it got patched out in Mario kart 7.
I remember playing this at school. We used DS download play so people without the game could join. The people without game card are shy guys in different colors, a character that people with the game card can't play as.
This severely limited track selection, as download play only allowed tracks from the first 2 cups.
I loved this game so much I broke the L and R buttons on my DS good times
Rip your ds' shoulder buttons,they been abused too much for snaking in Mario Kart DS
I’ve been watching your videos for years now and remember your old artstyles keep it up man 🙌 you’ve come so far!
It was a very nice game back then! And still is in the most of people´s hearts! Well done, Goomba!
PS: 1:52 I´m a Daisy fan but I respect your opinion! xD
Technically missions do return in tour, but it's an end of cup thing
You're bloody brilliant mate, I love your content and comparing the Trauma center organization Cadaeceus to "Caddicarus". And watching your videos makes me smile no matter how awful of a day I've had.
5:43 Yeah, I hear the beds are hard. I have tailbone issues, so I can sympathize there.
One thing not mentioned here is the reason Mario Kart DS was THE game to have if you were in any sort of after-school program: 8-person DS Download Play. You only even needed one cartridge-sure, playing without locked you into Shy Guy in a standard kart, but getting to be an otherwise unplayable character was pretty sweet in its own right. When you managed to get enough friends for 6+ player races, all of you in the same room...that's an experience I'd give anything for Nintendo to recreate.
It was my first Mario Kart, so of course I'm blinded by nostalgia! You made a great video, covering all the strengths of the game. It's interesting your comment that this game set the framework for the series, it's something that I never really realized despite the fact that I totally felt it when I came back to this DS version...
A very cool feature of this game was the fact that you could play with someone who didn't own the game. Yes, there were only the first 8 tracks and 1 character available, but the fact that anyone owning a DS to play with you was great, especially in those days when almost ALL kids owned a DS! The number of birthday parties that have happened where more than 6 players clashed with shells and bananas...
The cherry on top of this game to me that everyone forgets to mention was the Download and Play. I used to play this so much with other kids in school who didn't have the game
Mate growing up with this game was great, and played it so much that since I was young I'd "accidently" delete the save date from messing around and gladly do it all over again. Then years later after picking it back up and 100% the mission mode, learning that there was a 7th set of missions blew my mind, it was like free DLC in a way lol
18:28 you can still play these events because of the wiimmfi servers
That was a great review! I also enjoyed hearing you talk about racing on the DS. That was a nice change of pace!
I used to play this a lot when I was younger visiting my grandpa at the hospital while the grown ups were talking. It was a good escape
Mariokart DS is my favorite Mariokart of all time and it's not even close. Snaking with Dry Bones feels so liberating even if it's broken. Every so often I play it just to compete with the staff ghosts on time trials. Besides that it has a combination of the best retro and new battle mode tracks and even though I don't really play battle mode on MK8 deluxe I played battle mode to death on DS. Lastly, the mission mode makes this game the most fun singleplayerwise and I don't understand why they never brought it back. The bosses are from Mario 64 DS so to me it always felt like playing an abridged version of that game
Goomba already showed the flaws with mission mode, considering how repetitive it can get. Super Circuit was better, considering the challenge of the star rankings in terms of single player content, not to mention how its different physics allowed for some truly incredible speed running that is well designed in comparison to snaking.
@@egbertmilton4003 mkds> super circuit in everything besides difficulty lmao 💀
@@picklelord2048 Imagine being such a shill for MKDS, that you forget how many songs and tracks it butchered, how it had the blandest Rainbow Road, a Mission Mode that has less substance than you’d expect, mediocre battle modes and limited online play. How embarrassing
@@egbertmilton4003 sure it may have butchered the retro tracks but super circuit rly didn’t do any better, it’s nitro tracks r the best in the series like goomba said, it’s missions mode doesn’t fully consist of filler levels, there’s lots of levels that are dif and creative hence why everyone loves it so much, most blandest rainbow road may be true but that corkscrew and the loop made it pretty fun, it actually arguably had the best battle mode even goomba said that 😭 bro just stop mkds> super circuit any day
@@egbertmilton4003 and at least it had online play and at the time it was such a cool thing, not to even mention local play where literally everyone back then was bringing they ds to school to play, tell me when someone has done that with mid circuit 💀
You're so real for that Mission bit. People suck the things they grew up with so hard and don't take a second to criticise it, and anyone thet does is a "hater". I love Mario Kart DS, but customizing a Kart Emblem was more fun than the missions!
I forgot you could make your own Emblem, I think mine was some random trash
I remember mine being oddly decent pixelart of something crude that I wasted hours of my life on. Good times
Mine was a Tails symbol from Sonic.
9:10 WHY AM I TOXIC
I think this was one of my first video games I ever played honestly. I remember playing this game past my bed time a lot.
"I don't get battle mode"
Battle mode is literally the only thing my friends and I were playing 😂
Ah, Mario Kart DS. Where I used to sit by the window and leech the neighbor's Wi-fi cause we couldn't afford anything but dial-up internet.
I remember blistering my thumbs doing snaking too...good times.
One thing I remember is having a 1-star rank for the longest time and absolutely dunking on a 3-star racer once, which gave me the drive to be like "if they can achieve 3 stars so can I" and then I grinded to get it myself to show off online, pretty sure this was only months before the service shut down.
Very well done on getting 3 stars yourself, it's a lot harder to do in this game and Wii [and GBA, though it's the one game I never played] than in 7 and 8. Really wish they didn't make the good ranks so easy to get in the newer games, and also no longer having it show up anywhere in the stats screen or online, kinda feels pointless for 3 stars now.
Imagine if goomba makes a sm64ds rom hack or a new super mario bros ds rom hack of himself
One of my favorite childhood RUclipsrs covering one of my favorite childhood games! Yes!
14:38 What if I told you, you can dodge a blue shell just by releasing a mini-turbo and jumping right as it lands?
Tbh I could never get it to work. Timing must be very strict
Mario Kart DS was the perfect balloon battle. Let's CPUs fight making the match feel bigger while also making it elimination style. That's my reason to go back to this game
This game is so awesome. I nearly broke my right bumper trigger and got so many handcramps from nonstop snaking just to beat my donut plains time trial record by 20 milliseconds!
I never really was MKDS as the best MK, nor Wii, I felt like they were stepping stones to make 7 and 8. I may turn my opinion around when I eventually hack my Wii though. The most I spent in DS was the mission mode and the emblem editor.
Your theme song will rattle around in my head until the day I die. It's just so catch lol
I’m not sure if you’re one for suggestions, but it would be pretty funny to see a video on Plants vs. Zombies for the DS. You might find a few long lost relatives as well; the game includes plenty of your mushroom brethren!
I think you’ve recommended it a few times. I might give it a look for a shorter video. Just not really sure if it’ll have enough to talk about
@@TheLonelyGoomba Guess I forgot the first time, my bad. Glad you’re hanging in there Lonely, I appreciate you’re dedication.
Say.. think you can do kirby again..?
Maybe do Dreamland 3, and Kirby 64..
To do the famous "Dark Matter Trilogey
(Using the secret TV Set hidden under that ground block.. just use a remote control to have it appear..
...also its How you can now show off Console Games than just DS, GBA, GB, 3DS, Switch....
That means Gamecube! Nintendo 64, Wii, ...a-and.. um.. wheres the Wii U..?
It was right here-)
I’m loving the amount of quality content coming lately 👍
Nice to see goomba Uploading again. He's my childhood...
Thank you Goomba for continuing to make extremely high quality very enjoyable videos.
I've been watching this channel for years, and the content is always top notch quality! This goomba is so funny! Keep it up!!
i love seeing the coverage of the handheld mario karts! keep it up