And the “no-one online” RUBBISHNESS continues, with, well, no-one online in Mario Kart DS. I waited. And waited. Then expanded my search from “Friends” to “Regional”, and then waited some more. Then went to “Worldwide”. And waited. And waited again. No-one was there! Pah.
Just a quick go online (mainly to see if I really did appear in the “whos online” bit of www.nintendowifi.co.uk – I didn’t), and played a Rivals game. I don’t know how it calculates the “rival-ity” of the people you play, but all three had 170+ wins, and less than 10 losses each. Rubbish. As in, I was. Scraped joint second, somehow, but only through luck in getting the right weapons at the right times. Pah.
Although I’d previously finished the game, I managed to unlock the rest of the Retro Cups in Mirror Mode today, and then win those too. Got an A rank and a Star rank for the Leaf and Lightning Cups respectively. I can now choose any kart for any character. Not really sure what advantage that gives me, but anyway.
Hmm. I just did the second Retro Cup on Mirror Mode, and came first overall. For some reason, it didn’t unlock the next Cup as I’d expected it to. Which means I’ve run out of Cups to play. Why hasn’t it opened up any more? I know I have a B rank on the Cup I did today, but surely that shouldn’t make any difference?
All of the 150cc cups have now been won! By me! Which means the game is completed! Well, technically, there is still Mirror Mode to go (and the missions), but the game proper is all done now. Almost all of my ranks are A and above, with just one or two Bs. I think there may be a D in there somewhere too, but I think I might have redone it. I’ve also done all the DS cups in Mirror …
I’ve now completed all of the “new” 150cc cups! Some of the tracks are pretty tricky to win, especially if the front two drivers happen to be heavy characters like Donkey Kong, Wario or Bowser. They can spin you out just by ramming you, which isn’t nice at all. I’ve also done the first Retro Cup on 150cc too. Only three left to go!
The Rev, lovely as he is, is no match for my ph33rz0me Kart mad sk1llz. 4-0 to me, oh crying one.
First off, I completed all of the rest of 100cc Mode, getting A-or-above ranks on each and every cup. Then, I played the first Cup on 150cc. It didn’t actually seem to be a great deal harder, in fact, but I did drop to third at the end of the final race so got “just” 36 points instead of 40. Then, it was ONLINE TIME. First race was versus three random people. One quit after losing the first race, and …
Another few 100cc Cups completed now. Only two Retro Cups left to do before I move up to 150cc. I also played a couple of games online against random people, coming 1/2 and 2/4 in them.
Oh poor Andy “Monkey” Herbert. I just beat him 3-1. Bizarrely, I actually crossed the line before him on the one I “lost”, but it counted as a win for him. He haev teh ch34tz, clearly.
Completed the first three Cups on 100cc this evening. I managed to come third on one race though, which is a pain, although I managed a double-star rank for the third Cup. Hurrah!
50cc Mode Complet0red! I’ve been though all the Cups now, with maximum points on them all, and unlocked Daisy as a new character. I then went and did some more of the Missions, and completed all of levels 1, 2, 3 and 4. There are even bosses in that mode! After that, I played some Me vs 7 CPU Battle Mode. For some reason, they all started with three balloons, but I only started with one. Which was a bit …
Played through all of the “new” Cups on 50cc mode today, getting a Star Rank (and maximum points) for all of them. I’ve unlocked a new character as a result, it seems. And hurrah – there’s a Star Road track! After that, I played the lovely Choobs over t’tinternet. Sadly, he was rubbish, and I thrashed the living pants out of him. Well, he won one of the eight races, but only by a whisker. And I was playing it …
DS ONLINEAZ0R!! Ahem. First port of call when I turned it on was the Nintendo WFC section. It took a few seconds to configure, and then I was playing online against a load of random people. And it was ACEBEST. Had two full matches (4 tracks each), and came 2nd overall on the first one, and then 1st overall on the second. Not bad, considering I hadn’t even played single player mode at that point so knew very few of …
I don’t know why I’ve been playing this throughout the week. I didn’t touch it when I downloaded it for free last year as part of the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Programme. Not because it isn’t any good, because it’s great, but just because I have so many other things to play. Anyway, I finished it today. I was surprised how many of the tracks I still remembered – even those that haven’t resurfaced on later Mario Kart games. Strangely, though, …