Nintendo DS (battle course)

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Nintendo DS
Screenshot of the Nintendo DS battle stage from Mario Kart DS.
Nintendo DS, from Mario Kart DS
Information
Appears in Mario Kart DS (2005)
Cup(s) Battle Mode
Online play Was never available (DS)
Music sample
Course map
Nintendo DS mapMario Kart DS
Nintendo DS course icon, from Mario Kart DS.
The course icon

Nintendo DS is one of the battle courses featured in Mario Kart DS. The arena takes place on the first Nintendo DS model in outer space, in a similar manner to the Nintendo GameCube stage from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, which takes place on its giant namesake system in the same setting. The Nintendo DS course has two connected platforms, which are the top and bottom screen of the large Nintendo DS. The system includes design consistencies such as the microphone and speakers and a slanted top screen, though it is not as curved. The top screen displays the title screen of Mario Kart DS. There are four Item Boxes on the top screen, and six on the bottom screen, both creating a ring-like formation. The course has no obstacles aside from driving off of the stage.

In Shine Runners, there are ten possible spawning locations for the Shine Sprites, divided into two sets of five spawning locations for each screen of the large Nintendo DS. Their distribution layout is the same on both platforms of the course, with four spawning locations on each corner and one in the center.

There are two missions that take place on Nintendo DS, the only battle course with said number of missions. In Mission 1-5, Toad must pass through 6 gates within 30 seconds. In Mission 7-6, Mario must pass through 8 gates within 11 seconds. All gates are arranged in a small circle, though not in order.

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Mario Kart DS mini_stage1 Mini stage 1

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ニンテンドーDS[?]
Nintendō DS (Dī Esu)
Nintendo DS
French Nintendo DS[?] -
German Nintendo DS[?] -
Italian Nintendo DS[?] -
Korean 닌텐도 DS[?]
Nintendo DS
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Spanish Nintendo DS[?] -

Trivia[edit]

An early version of the Nintendo DS battle course in Mario Kart DS's kiosk demo.
The stage's appearance in the early kiosk demo.
  • The stage has a few aesthetic differences in the kiosk demo of Mario Kart DS. Instead of outer space, the backdrop shows a green sky and pink clouds during sunset. Both of the arena DS's screens shows a different, preliminary image: the bottom screen shows a copy of the stage's backdrop, while the top screen shows the Nintendo DS logo.