Mini 4WD DS (ミニ四駆DS, Mini yonku DS) is a Mini 4WD simulation video game developed by Delta-Arts and published by Rocket Company. It was released for the Nintendo DS platform.
Gameplay
Being a Mini 4WD simulation game, building a Mini 4WD car in the game is similar to building a Mini 4WD car in real-life. The customizing and racing part is also similar.
What set this game aparts from the real-life Mini 4WD racing is that the 5-lane circuits were modified into 4-lane circutis in the game. Another difference is that once a parts (be it a chassis, a motor, or a MS nose unit) is modified, it cannot be modified again.
The game supports wireless multi-player up to 4 players.
Story
One day, our protagonist and Houko(if the protagonist is male)/Hirashima(if the protagonist is female) were taking two young kids, Matsu and Sakura, onto the street.
While walking on the street, Matsu show off his new item, an Avante Jr. and released the it onto the street road. The minicar runs very fast, until Sakura mention that who's going to stop the minicar! Matsu was then chasing his minicar, but as he chasing it, he didn't notice that he is walking onto the traffic road and didn't see a truck coming towards him! Fortunately, the protagonist was able pull Matsu out of danger just in time, but the Avante Jr. got run over by the truck.
One of the truck's passengers is revealed to be MC Guts, the main commentator of the Mini 4WD racing. He thank the protagonist for saving the kid (Matsu) from a terrible accident, while scolding Matsu for using the Mini 4WD car on the street road. MC Guts then gives the Avantes to the protagonist and his/her friends. MC Guts told them that a Mini 4WD race event will be held on Big Messe, so the protagonist and his/her friends decided to enter the race.
And so the beginning of the story of Mini 4WD racing...
Characters
- Hirashima / Houko (Protagonist)
- Matsu
- Sakura
- MC Guts
- Mecha-man
- Musashi
- Mogami
- Doctor
- Kakeru Ohtori (From Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru)
- Jotaro Amasaki (From Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru)
- Tsugumi Shinozaki (From Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru)
List of Mini 4WD cars in the game
- Hotshot Jr. (Type-1, MS)
- Hornet Jr.
- The Fox Jr.
- Boomerang Jr. (Type-1, RS)
- Super Dragon Jr.
- Thunder Dragon Jr.
- Thunder Shot Jr. (Type-1, Black Special, RS)
- Super Sabre Jr. (Type-1, RS)
- Fire Dragon Jr.
- Dash-1 Emperor (Type-1, Type-3, MS)
- Avante Jr. (Type-2, Black Special, RS)
- Dash-2 Burning Sun (Type-1, Type-3, MS)
- Grasshopper II Jr.
- Vanquish Jr. (Type-2, VS, RS)
- Dash-3 Shooting Star
- Saint Dragon Jr. (Type-3, Ricky Version)
- Terra Scorcher Jr. (Type-2, VS)
- Dash-4 Cannonball
- Dash-5 Dancing Doll
- Egress Jr. (Type-4, Black Special, VS)
- Dash-01 Super Emperor
- Dash-0 Horizon
- Avante 2001 Jr. (Zero, Black Special, VS)
- Crimson Glory
- Astute Jr.
- Dash-02 Neo Burning Sun
- Manta Ray Jr. (Zero, Black Special, VS Chassis)
- Dash-001 Great Emperor
- Super Astute Jr. (Zero, Black Special, Advanced version)
- Proto-Emperor ZX
- Aero-Solitude
- Top-Force Jr. (Type-5, Evolution version, VS)
- Dash-03 Super Shooting Star
- Super Avante (Type-5, VS, VS White Special)
- Dash-CB1 Geo-Emperor
- Mad Bull Jr.
- Baja King Jr.
- Nitro Thunder
- Nitro Force
- Rayvolf
- Exflowly
- TRF-Racer Jr. (Normal, Limited Edition)
- Avante Mk.II (Normal, Black Special)
- Manta Ray Mk.II (Normal, Black Special)
- Avante X
- Neo Falcon
- Keen Hawk Jr.
- Nitrage Jr.
- Thunder Shot Mk.II (Normal, Pink Special, Black Special)
- Savanna Leo
- Avante Mk.III (Azure, Nero)
Trivia
- Because of license budget and Nintendo DS's hardware limitation, the game does not features Mini 4WD cars from the Bakusou Kyodai Let's & Go! series, The Wind Racer! Otokogi, Dash Boy! Ten, Mini 4 Top, New Generation Racer Mini 4 Kids and Future Racer V-Twin. This result in only have two Mini 4WD line-ups (Racing Mini 4WD and Mini 4WD PRO) in the game.
External link
| Mini 4WD fictional works | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manga and anime | |||
| CoroCoro Comic CoroCoro Aniki CoroCoro Ichiban! Weekly CoroCoro Comic |
Dash! Yonkuro | Dash! Yonkuro · Shin Dash! Yonkuro · Hyper Dash! Yonkuro | |
| Let's & Go! | Let's & Go! · WGP · WGP the Movie · MAX · My First Big · Return Racers! · Let's & Go! Tsubasa: The Next Racers | ||
| Others | Bakusou! Dash Club · Moero! Avante Kyoudai · Go! Go! Mini 4WD Fighter · The Wind Racer! Otokogi · Mini 4WD Fighter V · Dear Zaurus Tokuda (One-shot) · Mini4King | ||
| Shogaku Years | Tetsuhiro Koshita | Hot-blooded! Mini 4WD School · Mini 4 Battler Kiba · Mini 4WD Search Team · Guts! Mini 4WD Theater | |
| Others | Mini 4 Top · Dash Boy! Ten · Winning Run · Mini 4 Kids · BREAK IN · Future Racer V-Twin · Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru | ||
| Others | Racing Mini 4WD World Grandprix · Twin Stars Mechanomotive Force Laboratory | ||
| Video games | |||
| NES/SNES | Mini 4WD Japan Cup · Mini 4WD Shining Scorpion Let's & Go! · Mini 4WD Let's & Go! Power WGP2 | ||
| PlayStation | Let's & Go! WGP: Hyper Heat · Let's & Go! WGP: Eternal Wings | ||
| Gameboy/Nintendo DS | Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go! · Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go!: All Star Battle MAX · Mini 4WD DS | ||
| Mobile games | Mini 4WD GPX · Mini 4WD GPX Revolution · Mini 4WD Championship (Mobage) · Mini 4WD Victory Road · Let's & Go!: Mini 4WD World Runner · Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix | ||
| Others | Fully Cowled Mini 4WD Factory (Sega Saturn) · Mini 4WD World (PC) | ||