Focus Home Interactive has announced that the popular racing series TrackMania will be debuting on the Nintendo DS. TrackMania DS will be released in quarter 4.

Developed by Firebrand Games (who worked on Race Driver: Create & Race for NDS), TrackMania DS focuses on fun and sees players racing around tracks made of crazy design elements including loops, jumps and turbo boost pads. Following in the footsteps of the PC version, the game will offer a track editor where players can use hundreds of different block designs to create unique tracks.

If you like the sound of the game so far make sure you check out the first teaser video of TrackMania DS.

Cédric Lagarrigue, CEO of Focus Home Interactive said “We are very happy with this partnership with Firebrand. Their technology and background guarantee TrackMania DS will be a solid adaptation of the PC game, while also making the most of unique features of the DS. The fact that some members of the Firebrand team are true TrackMania fans definitely convinced us to trust them, and the first results are spectacular.”

“We believe that the Nintendo DS console is well-suited for more casual games than to realistic simulations, and TrackMania DS, with the fun it brings in solo as well as in multiplayer mode, along with its well-known track editor, should find itself quite a nice place on Nintendo’s handheld.”