Mario Kart DS is more than 16 years old--the game itself is old enough to drive, now. In the years since the game's release, fans have eagerly been learning and following the storied scene of Mario Kart romhacks. It led to the release of projects that you might have seen on the forum before, such as @PabloMK7's CTGP-7 and @szymbar15's Mario Kart Zero. Now, a team of dozens of dedicated programmers, designers, and debuggers have banded together to release a brand new Mario Kart project.

CTGP Nitro is a Mario Kart DS romhack that adds a massive amount of new courses, 88 total, 56 custom, ranging from adaptations of Wii and Wii U-era Mario Kart stages, to unique tracks like Goomba Lake, Toad Oasis, and more. There's also alternate character skins for existing characters, letting you play as King Koopa, 16-bit Mario, and the original Donkey Kong. You can play the romhack on your own, or experience it with friends through online play with Wimmfi. A trailer showcasing the project is available to watch, if you're curious, but if you're already sold on the idea, then you can grab the v1.0.0 release in Delta patch form over at the official website for the CTGP Nitro project.

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The long-anticipated full release of CTGP Nitro is finally out!​

Featuring:

• Speedometer and a Prolonged Rocket Boost indicator for all your Speedrunning needs!
• 62 courses available to play online!
• New alt-skin system to select from even more playable characters!
• 32 brand new Custom Tracks, bringing the total up to 88 courses to race on!
• Full localisation support!

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[SonicRings]

Nice! Now if only the game wasn't a snake-fest. It used to be annoying playing with tryhards who snake the entire time, shit's tiring after a while. This is only going to amplify that because only the diehards will be the ones playing now. Same as MKW CTGP.

But will def be fun with friends!

 

[64bitmodels]

yet again fans completely outdo nintendo once again.... Although, i'm not really interested since i already have CTGP-7 for my new 3ds XL.

 

[Darkworld92]

glad to see the best MK ever still being active

 

[CoolMe]

This is damn impressive! I'll try it out later on my 3DS.
Online functionality is much appreciated.. Thanks fellas!

 

[Hells Malice]

Seems really well done based on watching Chary play. Pretty cool for the best Mario Kart

 

[eduall]

oh my gosh ! thanks to the dev team!

 

[Lostbhoy]

So gutted this can't be injected for wii u.... Absolutely loving it on my sons 3DS!

 

[Zkajavier]

Wait, how can you play this online without getting a ban of some kind?

 

[CeeDee]

Wait, how can you play this online without getting a ban of some kind?

It's a DS game. And it runs on fan servers, at that.

 

[Dud]

Ran through the Bob-Omb Cup because of the MKWii tracks. I'm very impressed with the recreated courses! I'm wondering if they'll add icons for the cars in Coconut Mall and Moonview Highway. Right now, they only appear as numbers on the touch screen map.

 

[Citizen_404]

Just wanted to say "Thanks!" to the brilliant people who put this together. I finally got around to playing it last night, and man, it was great! I love breathing new life into my DS and Mario Kart!

 

[Archolm]

It doesn't save ghost data.

 

[banjo2]

Guess this can played via Twilight on 3DS?

Yep

I heard this got a bunch of game breaking bugs. Can anybody confirm this..?

Not that I've noticed? Only problematic thing I have noticed is Mars Colony being rather buggy

been following the MKDS Modding discord for years and they still dont ping anybody for these huge announcements

They have a self-assignable hacks announcements role, ig so people don't get pissed about @everyones

Wait, how can you play this online without getting a ban of some kind?

At the moment, it is locked to playing with friends, so you won't be put into worldwide with regular players. At some point, it'll have support for custom regions (like how they do it on Mario Kart Wii)

I'm wondering if they'll add icons for the cars in Coconut Mall and Moonview Highway. Right now, they only appear as numbers on the touch screen map.

Afaik those are hardcoded, it would be a big hassle to fix and they might end up leaving the icons blank all together

 

[CloudStrife190100]

I suppose this rom hack will work on android phones using drastic ds?

 

[|<roni&g]

Trying to play online with melonds but no joy, anyone can let me know how to get online on melon I'd.appreciate it

 

[DJPlace]

i hope SNAKING is gone in this.

 

[Archolm]

I suppose this rom hack will work on android phones using drastic ds?

This hack is useless for Emulation, no ghost data, plus almost all cups are unlocked? This hack, like the Wii's bigger brother, is very much geared towards actual hardware. rofl at breaking ghost data.

 

[Cris1997XX]

I've managed to connect with Wiimmfi, but why does it say "your friend list is empty"? I'm pretty much stuck there

 

[Digital_Cheese]

This is amazing. I didn't even know people made romhacks/major mods other than CTGP until now. Glad this exists. Also found another game after starting to wonder around.

 

[Anis360]

The cups' ranking algorithm seems glitched, I keep getting B or lower even if I win the cup with 40 points.