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Well I was looking through Nintendo of Canada things and I realized Nintendo.ca, Futureshop.ca, and Bestbuy.ca all state it at being released on the 16th.

But I'm sure as hell I saw Best Buy's instore date at the 14th in one of the flyers.

In any case, I'm going to call EB the minute it opens and see what's up. And if they don't have it, best buy and future shop are getting a call.

Edit: Yeah, so I called EBGames and they confirmed that Nintendo pushed the release date back to the 16th. I'm so depressed.

I'll actually have to study for my midterm now! Damnit. Curse you Nintendo. Of all the other times you've screwed me over for grades, you go and forget to screw me now. : (

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Just got back from GameStop. They're gonna get them in tomorrow for reserves only...so I reserved. Come tomorrow afternoon MKDS shall be mine.

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Today was my day off and no Mario Kart! They choose to release it tomorrow when I have school! Gah!

Now I must slave over a set of books and parchment!

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I might try my local best buy tomorrow night. I didnt pre-order. Hopefully that wont be a big problem...

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Well I've finished first in every grand prix from 50-150cc (both Nitro and Retro), just finished Mirror 150cc in first place on the Retro cups, and am working towards first place on the Nitro Cups.

The secret characters are alright, particularly Rob. But I'm still favoring Yoshi in the Cucumber Kart quite a bit.

Anyway, who got it today?

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Gonna go pick it up now...3 mile walk...each way...don't wanna pay bus fare...would have paid shipping online if that was the case...

EDIT: Screw it. Took the bus. Got my game. I feel like a junkie in the need of a fix.

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Awesome!

I'm all done now; unlocked everything I think (gonna finish up Mission Mode to make sure there's nothing I missed). Rob is definitely my favorite racer now that I've unlocked all of the karts. Once you've unlocked everything you can couple heavy drivers with light carts for all the benefits of being heavy (knocking people around, high overall speed) and none of the downsides (good acceleration, good steering).

Definitely enjoying it a lot more now that everything's unlocked. I can hardly wait to get online and "pwn some n00bs."

:D

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Argh one more day ARGH

What's worse is I'm doing the ONE MORE DAY thing all over again! I already did it on Sunday!

ARGH!

Maybe I'll call EB and double-check the 16th release date.

EDIT:

OH **** LADIES THEY HAVE IT IN THEY'LL SELL ONE TO ME YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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It seems to be forever searching for opponents for online play...

EDIT: Had my first online match. Was first for most of it...see finish line...then blue shell...then shrunk...came in 3rd...*sigh* gonna unlock all the tracks before I do anymore online play methinks.

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1:46 P.M. Finish in-class essay

1:55 P.M. Arrive at computer lab

2:03 P.M. Read Dyne's post regarding EB having Mario Kart

2:05 P.M. Leaving computer lab en-route to car en-route to mall

2:10 P.M. Arrive at mall

2:14 P.M. Arrive at EB Games

2:18 P.M. Walk out of EB with copy of MK: DS in hand

2:26 P.M. Am back in computer lab at school posting about my victory.

Special thank you goes out to Dyne. His post gave me the motivation to make the risky trek. Imagine how disappointed I would've been if they weren't selling yet?

OMFG! ZOMG! This is the most ****ing insane, amazing game ever! Everyone buy a copy with your parent's credit card ASAP!!!

Epilogue: Yesterday I bought GTA: LCS to wash away my sorrows of the MK delay. D'oh! But hey, it's an awesome game too. What a great week!

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My local best buy didnt have it in today, shocking. Pfffft. Im sure they havent even put it on shelves yet, because there was no empty spot for it. I probably wont get to check again until Thursday. And im definatley getting it at Best Buy because I have a 30 dollar gift card for there.

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My hands have become claws. I think that's enough karting for today.

Post your friend codes. Mine's in my sig.

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Played a match earlier today and totally pwned a group of people with Rob.

My friend code:

128908 493256

I won't be on much though.

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I have yet to get my friend code because my stupid campus is WPA encrypted or whatever crap.

Anyways, OH GOD.

SO GOOD.

I painted the O RLY owl from scratch. It kicks ass. I can't wait to show you guys online some time.

I think my only option as of now is going to a coffee shop to get wireless.

Speaking of which, I'm going to create a sticky thread to set up matches.

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Is anyone up for a race right now?

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I am.

So far I'm 10-3. Would have been 10-0 if I didn't get disconnected my first time. So much fun being Daisy online...you just know the other people are pissed when the most annoying character beats them.

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Do we have to have 4 people or can you and I just race? I'm searching for a 'friend' race right now...

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Yeah you popped up. I dunno if can do just one on one...that would kinda suck if need 4 player everytime.

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We're racing!

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That was a lot of fun. Gotta get back to studying though.

:D

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I am never playing this ****ing game again! I lose every ****ing time and five seconds after the race starts I never see your racer on the map again! I am so ****ing mad! ARGH!

After that, I played a worldwide match with 3 other people and I lost again!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

I am this close to throwing my DS against the wall as hard as I can!

Oh... uhh... good game... :)

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Mario Kart games get me angrier than any other game I've ever played. I think it's that those who do you wrong are happy little people/animals riding happy little karts...and then they screw you...happily.

Have you tried another character besides Bowser? He's good for straight tracks (like that one where you almost won and then I got that star :)) but otherwise... Was so set to use Dry Bones but then saw he had the lowest max speed in the game and wasn't so great for anything other than the SNES tracks...maybe once I unlock his other karts I'll like...probably not... :(

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I love your signature, Teuthida.

<3333.

And yeah, until you can master drifting/sparking a lot, you should stay away from heavy characters. However, I have mastered donkey kong. You know in Waluigi's Pinball, the enclosed area before the line? I sparkboost at least 5 times. I jumped 3 positions once due to that one area.

It seems to me all karts go the same top speed. To make it fair. It's always been that way. If you're more experienced, you'll pick the heavier karts - the ones who go much faster when boosting. Otherwise, when you hit offroad/hit by an item, you're incredibly slow to start and can't make up the loss.

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I take it back. I love Dry Bones. He let me beat the Nitro 150 with A's.

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Yeah, I'm using Dry Bones to beat the higher stuff too. I can't wait to unlock more karts.

Also, how the hell do you do the pre-race boost? Does ANYONE know?

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It's weird. You press and hold the gas right as 2 disappears. Able to do it almost everytime now.

Unlocked all the karts. Just gotta get R.O.B. now.

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Ok, I'll try that.

It'll give me a hell of an edge I've been needing.

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Replaced the GT emblem with Squishy the squid. :D

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Could the reason I lost every single race to you was because I used a standard kart since I haven't attained any of the other ones?

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Yeah, mine looks virtually the same, except it looks dumber and funnier.

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Okay, tomorrow I'm gonna bring my DS to school in the morning to see if I can manage to get it online. If not... back to the ol' drawing board.

My emblem is Mr. Face from Nintendorks.

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I HATE THESE RED SHELLS!

I carry a shell, banana, fake box behind me and then red shell zips around to my side and hits me. So I try planting whatever I'm carrying right before it hits me and again it circles around and hits me. Plus when I have the 3 circling shells I still get hit sometimes by a red shell without one of the 3 doing anything. It wasn't like this in any of the other games... *sigh*

I'm scarred from ever playing online again. It's just...it makes no sense.

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Have you tried veering close to a wall?

I remember in previous games you could hop and if you got the timing corect sometimes it would miss.

If you're playing dry bones the amount of down time shouldn't be that long.

Also, I unlocked the 7 karts. I'm going to do ROB before I go to bed.

God I can't wait to get online.

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I tried using Dry Bones online. There goes my streak. Got my ass kicked by a gang of yoshis...with their evil evil red shells.

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After the thrashing you gave me followed by some worldwide matches, I don't think I'll ever find the courage to jump back in online races. Seriously guys, if you're not damn good, online matches will strip your ego bare. It was like dropping my pants in a narrow alley.

I'm going to unlock everything before I jump back online.

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The record of 17-10 with the losses ever increasing was killing me. I just erased all my data. Starting fresh...gonna unlock every last thing before going online again. I feel better now.

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No, you just lost because you're a bad gamer. I remember a certain couple of Warcraft III games..... ;)

:D

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Hehe... heh... don't listen to him... he's a few french fries short of a happy meal if you know what I mean... :sneaky:

(I thought I told you never to speak of those games!) :mad:

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I'm going to start making a list of the things in Mario Kart DS that make me SO ****ING ANGRY!

1. Timed missions. **** you Mario Kart. How ****ing unfair is that you have to complete missions under a time limit!

And I just beat mission 3-8 after typing this! In your face, Mario Kart!