More MKDS News

In the last post I listed the complete lineup of Retro tracks available in Mario Kart DS. The full (official) list of "Nitro", or new tracks, has now been revealed.

Mushroom Cup:
Figure-8 Circuit
Yoshi Falls
Cheep Cheep Beach
Luigi's Mansion

Flower Cup:
Desert Hills
Delfino Square
Waluigi Pinball
Shroom Ridge

Star Cup:
DK Pass
Tick-Tock Clock
Mario Circuit
Airship Fortress

Special Cup:
Wario Stadium
Peach Gardens
Bowser Castle
Rainbow Road

Some of those tracks, including Rainbow Road, Airship Fortress and Luigi's Mansion sounds really exciting. I simple cannot wait to start playing this game, online or not. Which brings me to some other news, this one only concerns Aussie gamers.

According to aussie-nintendo, some Mario Kart DS demos have been confirmed. Gamers will be able to try out some sample Mario Kart tracks at participating EB Games retailers from today onwards. The article on A-N was published yesterday, and I had a look in a local EB store today and didn't notice any MKDS demo, so I guess the game is only playable at some stores.

Also, rumour has it that if you pre-order Mario Kart DS, the game comes with a custom Mario Kart wrist strap (for the DS console) and Mario Kart stylus (look through archives on this blog for a picture). Although it sounds cool, the MK stylus is bulky, doesn't slide into the back of a DS and is nothing more than a normal stylus with a plastic Mario-on-a-kart figure stuck to the top. Lol, I'm sticking to the normal stylus for now :P.



One last thing, this website has a nice large collection of Mario Kart DS images, both in game and art. Just thought you might like to know :).