Mario Kart DS or Metroid Prime Hunters

[Tymmz]

Alright, I would like to have both one day, but I wonder what the MR members think is the better, more fun game.

I only care about the online mode!

Thanks for any response.

-tymmz

[paddy]

Can't speak for Mariokart but I have Metroid Prime and im having a great time with it, especially LAN battles.

[Catfish Jones]

Mario Kart DS is more accessible than Metriod Prime Hunters. With the latter, you have to go through an akward period of breaking-in your hands before the controls feel natural while also learning the more complicated gameplay. Mario Kart DS is an easy title to pick up and play for 20 minutes at a time. I've found Metriod Prime Hunters to require a little more determination on my part in order to sit down for a session.

The above is particularly relevant when it comes to sharing the game to another DS. If the person you're playing against has never played Metriod Prime Hunters, they won't have a lot of fun until they've invested a few pwnings to learn the controls whereas Mario Kart DS is standard fair for most gamers. The same will apply to you as well: with Metriod Prime Hunters you'll want to complete a few single-player missions before going online but with Mario Kart DS, one offline race is usually enough to learn the controls and get a feel for the gameplay.

Both titles are worth the money and, in hind-sight, I would have bought Mario Kart DS first.

P.S. If you haven't picked up the New Super Mario Brothers yet, its card-sharing mini-games are worth the money by themselves, especially if you have a few friends with DSes.

[Tymmz]

Mario Kart DS is more accessible than Metriod Prime Hunters. With the latter, you have to go through an akward period of breaking-in your hands before the controls feel natural while also learning the more complicated gameplay. Mario Kart DS is an easy title to pick up and play for 20 minutes at a time. I've found Metriod Prime Hunters to require a little more determination on my part in order to sit down for a session.

The above is particularly relevant when it comes to sharing the game to another DS. If the person you're playing against has never played Metriod Prime Hunters, they won't have a lot of fun until they've invested a few pwnings to learn the controls whereas Mario Kart DS is standard fair for most gamers. The same will apply to you as well: with Metriod Prime Hunters you'll want to complete a few single-player missions before going online but with Mario Kart DS, one offline race is usually enough to learn the controls and get a feel for the gameplay.

Both titles are worth the money and, in hind-sight, I would have bought Mario Kart DS first.

P.S. If you haven't picked up the New Super Mario Brothers yet, its card-sharing mini-games are worth the money by themselves, especially if you have a few friends with DSes.

Thanks for the nice reply. I have NSMB, but I don't know anybody who would invest into a handheld/console, so me and my friends only try to top the others highscore when playing the mini games, which is also a lot of fun.

But I really want to try the online abilities, which the DS has.

[zap2]

I'd say a Mario Kart, as its more user frienly, but Metriod Prime is alos very good

[ChrisBrightwell]

Alright, I would like to have both one day, but I wonder what the MR members think is the better, more fun game.I wouldn't get MP:H unless I was planning to do a lot of online gaming, as the single-player campaign is fairly lackluster.

[Obsidian6]

i have both, and in my opinion i find mario kart more fun,

i just completed 150cc mirror class, so i guess i beat the game? lol, but the online play is addictive, especially because im just destroying all the little kids in the area. ;) ( gotta love the local search games )

i would cast my vote for mario kart. yes metroid is very fun, and very fun to play online, but it is quite challenging to learn the controls at first ( hell, im still not even used to looking around with the stylus )

[MS bulldog]

the snaking in mario kard ds ruined the online for me. i just wanted to race and powerboost around corners, not have to slide all over the track just to keep up with others.

every race i found was not racing...the person who could snake the track the best won.

[plinkoman]

I'm the odd man out here, but I personally didn't enjoy mario kart half as much as I did metroid hunters. The single player campaign wasn't too bad; it couldn't compare to the original metroid prime, and echoes; and fighting a modified verson of the same boss four times got a little old, but it really wasn't that bad.

as for online play, you have to be really really good at either of them to ever win anything. :cool:

[Tymmz]

Alright. I won't invest much time in gaming. Then it's probably a waste of money. Maybe I'll stick to single player games.

Is that Animal Crossing any good? Can you have fun, if you are not a "hardcore" gamer.

[Obsidian6]

Alright. I won't invest much time in gaming. Then it's probably a waste of money. Maybe I'll stick to single player games.

Is that Animal Crossing any good? Can you have fun, if you are not a "hardcore" gamer.


- i'll let you know when it arrives :)

i'm not a hardcore gamer either, i just like to play every now and then.

[DarkNetworks]

Alright. I won't invest much time in gaming. Then it's probably a waste of money. Maybe I'll stick to single player games.

Is that Animal Crossing any good? Can you have fun, if you are not a "hardcore" gamer.

Animal Crossing is one of those games that anyone can pick it up and have fun with it.