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Wireless LAN play only.

Mario Kart DS' hugely-popular Battle Mode will not be playable online, Nintendo confirmed last week.

In an interview with French website Puissance-Nintendo, the producer of the game Hideki Konno admitted that Battle Mode will be restricted to wireless LAN play only; a revelation that will come as a blow to fans looking forward to full online action with players from around the world.

However, Konno-san promised that the online mode will support four-player head-to-head racing, with the Xbox-Live style service allowing players to create their own buddy lists and quick race against anyone. Likewise, Nintendo's DS online service will automatically store racing stats and be able to match players with similarly skilled racers.

Konno-san also revealed some new power-ups in the game, including a squid that enables players to obscure their rival's main playing screen with ink temporarily.

With Nintendo's London-based games extravaganza taking place on Thursday of this week, expect some more news on Mario Kart DS and more soon.

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#1 7 years ago

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what a giant turd of a revelation.
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ProfessorLesser #2 7 years ago

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Damn, I was all ready for a good rant...

Turns out it's not that bad news after all. Battle mode is pap.
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Teeth #3 7 years ago

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It's all about the racing, anyway. Prof's right.
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Burton2000 #4 7 years ago

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the online service sounsd gud saving your stats and being able to have a friends list is always gud
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wattoo #5 7 years ago

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Is this going to be 1 game per player for multiplayer or is 1 game enough between several consoles?
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TiTaniXNEz #6 7 years ago

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Battle mode was my favourite part of Super Mario Kart, I am therefore disappointed. (((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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smelly #7 7 years ago

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I was just about to rant about this. Then I read your guys posts, then i re-read the article and realised its only one game mode not online *phew*.

(dunno what battle mode is, sounds crap).
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bionutz #8 7 years ago

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/cancels pre-order.
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mattigan #9 7 years ago

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Battle mode is only good for a couple of goes then the extremely limited number of arenas (typically 4) get old real fast, and play second fiddle to the excellent multiplayer racing.

This is no deal breaker for me.
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tomdominer #10 7 years ago

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Battlemode is far superior to racing you fools...

This news makes me cry.
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Kay #11 7 years ago

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Yes, battle mode is great but it wouldn't work as well online as the racing...so the news isn't really that bad.

Edited by 1 at 22/08/05 @ 13:11
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trevd72 #12 7 years ago

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we use to play games for money years ago (everyone put a fiver in the pot and top of the table after 5 different multiplayer games took the pot). Anyway, battle mode was always in there. IT ROCKS. i have read elsewhere that the buddy system is a little messed up. you can only add a buddy when he is in close proximity, not over the internet. Once the buddy is added then you can play on the net. There was something else though about going to the website to add them.

i hope it all straightens out, i bought an access point just for this game.

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regmund #13 7 years ago

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Er, what london games show would that be?
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asphaltcowboy #14 7 years ago

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If it's 4-player WiFi, is there still 8-player LAN racing?
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abigsmurf #15 7 years ago

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but they have included bots this time for the battle mode at least so you can play against CPU
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Mr_Brown #16 7 years ago

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Yup, Battle mode was never that important. Was fun for a few minutes but thats it.
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smelly #17 7 years ago

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so the only people who are bothered by this are the fanboys who are desperate to slag off nintendo at any point?

personally im only interested in racing online, anything else is a bonus.
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asphaltcowboy #18 7 years ago

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How many people can you have racing online?!
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#19 7 years ago

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Yeah, you're right, smelly. I've got a pre-order on my pre-order for this one!
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