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All parent reviews for Mario Kart DS

Age
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Parent of 2, 11, 14, and 18 year old
January 5, 2011
 
Mario Kart is fun for everybody.
Great game. I've played Mario Kart ever since it's debut on the Super Nintendo (which I still have). If you're going to get your kid a DS for his/her birthday, include this great game with it.

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Parent
July 9, 2011
 
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2nd best game ever

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
I cried
Well this what I think that every one should get to play any game that want why cause that is not right that we should sign all this stuff and give are important stuff and that we should just get to play any game that we want so can we all just do that but some games yall can take off of there cause we don't need to see that nasty stuff on some games cause some of it is so nasty so that what I think should happen cause it is not far that we have to put are names in this stuff.

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Parent of 5 year old
July 5, 2010
 
Great for anybody
Driving controls are easy for younger ones and the courses are entertaining

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Parent of 13 year old
August 1, 2010
 
Perfecto for everyone
I think this is the best mario kart ever made. The only thing that you would have to watch out for is that the characters make strange sounds.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Totally fun!! Almost as good as Mario Kart 64 (which will always be the best, in my opinion)

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
More fun kart-racing with Mario
Sexual Content (Not an Issue): None. Violence (Pause): You can hit other players with various weapons (including a bomb). When hit, they spin out for a few seconds and keep going. Language (Not an Issue): None. Social Behavior (Pause): Cheating is prevalent (using banana peels for opponents to slide on, etc.). Commercialism (Not an Issue): Part of a huge marketing empire for Nintendo. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco (Not an Issue): None. Educational Value (Not an Issue): None.

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Parent of 6 and 9 year old
August 14, 2009
 

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Adult
March 12, 2009
 
1 OF THE BEST 4 THE DS!
This game is great! i just wanted to point out that fact that "ACTION REPLAY" has created software that allows players to CHEAT!!! one example is, being shocked with lighting, it stops u in your trax and makes u small. the cheater will never run out of lighting and hold the button down so no 1 can leave the starting grid but them.. ACTION REPLAY works on WIFI mode.. u can race with up 2 four people from allover the world.. GREAT IDEA! thanks Nintendo! however there are meny cheaters and it allmost distroys the online play abilty. parents need to know that your username and "emblem" could contain anything... so this game is a super fun racing game and 20 years old and mario kart for the super nintendo was my first game... need less 2 say i cant put it down! keep in mind that ACTION REPLAY is about $20 at best buy. so its not hard to get, just hard to figured out how to use if your 6-8 years old. ;-)

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Parent of 12 and 12 year old
April 9, 2008
 
My favourite game, but smaller
I really love that me and my kids can share this game - we play head-to-head on our two ds' and it's just a generally fun sort of game with no questionable content. Much better than a lot of the stuff on the market today.

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