I don't really know, but Mario Kart DS has become a lot more fun and enjoyable now. People who actually play the game for the fun and suspenseful experience of it take up the majority of the network now, and that's the way I like it. Now that I'm a lot worse at snaking, and the game as well, playing online appeals to me a lot more as it makes for the type of experience that Nintendo intended for players to have...
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NINTENDO, YOU'RE SO AWESOME FOR TAKING "SNAKING" OUT OF MARIO KART WII!!!