Mario Kart DS (DS, 2005)
There’s a pattern emerging here, born of the series taking relatively few major advances over the years: this is yet another entry that was ridiculously popular, and another where there isn’t much reason to play it today, coming as it did between everyone’s childhood favourites and the more expansive offerings on the Wii U and Switch.
But can we just take a step back and appreciate its online play? This was a DS game, from 2005, made by Nintendo, and to play it online was both a breeze and an absolute joy.
Mario Kart DS was the first game in the series to open us up to a whole world, quite literally, of Mario Kart in a way that not even some more recent home console titles have managed.
