Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart DS doubled the series' track count at launch by pairing 16 new courses with 16 retro remakes pulled from every prior Mario Kart, giving it one of the largest rosters in the franchise at the time and setting the retro-track template every later entry would copy. It was also the first Mario Kart built for online races over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, letting players battle strangers worldwide — a first for the series that reshaped what people expected from later entries.

Mission Mode is the game's other headline addition: a single-player gauntlet of driving challenges, ring gates, and boss chases against giant enemies like Petey Piranha and Bowser, structured almost like a platformer built on top of kart physics. Snaking, drifting mechanics, and a expanded battle mode with balloon and Shine Thief variants round out a package built for both couch multiplayer and solo grinding.

This page hosts the verified Mario Kart DS ROM, built for Delta Emulator on iPhone — load it directly with no BIOS file or extra setup required.