That's the Mario Kart we know and love
Last year, Nintendo shook the industry, especially Nintendo fanboys about a new installment to the predecessor in the Mario Kart franchise. This was then known as one of the most highly anticipated Nintendo Wii games in the gaming universe, and Mario won't disappoint.
The game doesn't come along as it comes with a new peripheral specifically designed for any racing, the Wii Wheel. In two words, it's a plastic home. But it does a nice job of holding the Wii remote and making gameplay more fun. Although it's simple to use, it does take it's share of getting used to.
One quick noteable thing to the game is the addition of motorcycles in the game. They work exactly like kart, besides the stats.
The best time you'll find when playing is in multiplayer, but being lonely doesn't disappoint one. The variety of options helps make single player just as if you were playing with other people. There are a few modes, the most used one probably being the Grand Prix. It still pits you against 11 other players and you still want to win. But you are more focused not on winning, but on making sure the other players rank as low as possible as the winners are determined by point totals. If you manage to be successful in a 150 cc race, you will unlock a specific cup, which unlocks another 4 tracks. There are a total of 32 in the game, 16 of which have to be unlocked via Grand Prix.
There is also the battle mode in single player along with Time Trials and quite some more.
There is still of course the multiplayer mode. You aren't competing in cups, but in specific tracks. You can have 2-4 players locally, but there are still 12 racers total. Every player of course chooses their character then their kart and then, a player will determine a cup to race in, and then a track. There is also still the battle mode, which contains a balloon battle where you want to pop the most balloons via items and the coin battle where you want to collect as much points as possible. But unfortunately, now it is exclusively, in teams on both modes of 6.
You don't need a room full of people to have fun against other human players as Nintendo has added online play to the mix. You can choose to race against people worldwide, people in your region, or just against friends. You can only choose from either a kart or a motorcycle, but that doesn't ruin all the fun. There is a VS mode (a normal race) or the battle mode. A track is determined by a vote, and then the computer takes all the votes and chooses one.
During online play, there is a point system which is very simple but fun. If you win, you get more points, but if you lose, you're deducted points. Every person starts out with 5,000 points. It was annoying sometimes the fact that you can lose points when you won or someone else can win points even after losing, but they don't effect any gameplay at all (unless someone maybe makes fun of you from halfway across the world!)
There is also a Mario Kart Wii channel, where you can view stats from ghost data and all sorts of stuff. You can also add this to the Wii menu and use it while the game disc isn't even in. It is easily accessable while you are playing the game still, so there is no trouble finding it.
There are still the items. There are all the classics plus some additions, but not all the additions work with older tracks. What seems disappointing is that unless you are in battle mode, the items are extremely unbalanced. You might even be afraid to be in 1st place being that in less than 10 seconds, you can drop from 1st to 10th place all because you are continiously hit by items. It has become more unbalance than ever, which can turn Mario Kart Wii into a Mario Kart Brawl.
The graphics are overall the same as the previous installment in the series. Although they are great when you have the whole screen to yourself, you will easily notice the graphics have turned into the N64 version as everything seems all fuzzy and stuff.
There are new characters. All of them are unlocked in some way, usally by winning a race. But from Super Mario Galaxy, Rosalina can be unlocked if you have a save file from Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii after a few races. Some characters seem lame and disappointing like Dry Bones, but now you can be your own character as the game now lets you put yourself in the game with Mii support.
When you wonder if you really need another Mario Kart game like this, the anwser is probably going to be "Yes, I always need more." There are many differences from previous installments and this one, many of which are positive. The controls are very simple but may take some getting used to along with some patience, but in the long run will definetly define the Wii Wheel's real power.
When you take Mario Kart and a Brawl, you get madness but take exciting multiplayer without taking up so much space and more people to play as along with Mii support and many more tracks and a free Wii Wheel that's worth $10 for just the same price of $49.99, you will definitely add Mario Kart Wii to your game collection.
The game doesn't come along as it comes with a new peripheral specifically designed for any racing, the Wii Wheel. In two words, it's a plastic home. But it does a nice job of holding the Wii remote and making gameplay more fun. Although it's simple to use, it does take it's share of getting used to.
One quick noteable thing to the game is the addition of motorcycles in the game. They work exactly like kart, besides the stats.
The best time you'll find when playing is in multiplayer, but being lonely doesn't disappoint one. The variety of options helps make single player just as if you were playing with other people. There are a few modes, the most used one probably being the Grand Prix. It still pits you against 11 other players and you still want to win. But you are more focused not on winning, but on making sure the other players rank as low as possible as the winners are determined by point totals. If you manage to be successful in a 150 cc race, you will unlock a specific cup, which unlocks another 4 tracks. There are a total of 32 in the game, 16 of which have to be unlocked via Grand Prix.
There is also the battle mode in single player along with Time Trials and quite some more.
There is still of course the multiplayer mode. You aren't competing in cups, but in specific tracks. You can have 2-4 players locally, but there are still 12 racers total. Every player of course chooses their character then their kart and then, a player will determine a cup to race in, and then a track. There is also still the battle mode, which contains a balloon battle where you want to pop the most balloons via items and the coin battle where you want to collect as much points as possible. But unfortunately, now it is exclusively, in teams on both modes of 6.
You don't need a room full of people to have fun against other human players as Nintendo has added online play to the mix. You can choose to race against people worldwide, people in your region, or just against friends. You can only choose from either a kart or a motorcycle, but that doesn't ruin all the fun. There is a VS mode (a normal race) or the battle mode. A track is determined by a vote, and then the computer takes all the votes and chooses one.
During online play, there is a point system which is very simple but fun. If you win, you get more points, but if you lose, you're deducted points. Every person starts out with 5,000 points. It was annoying sometimes the fact that you can lose points when you won or someone else can win points even after losing, but they don't effect any gameplay at all (unless someone maybe makes fun of you from halfway across the world!)
There is also a Mario Kart Wii channel, where you can view stats from ghost data and all sorts of stuff. You can also add this to the Wii menu and use it while the game disc isn't even in. It is easily accessable while you are playing the game still, so there is no trouble finding it.
There are still the items. There are all the classics plus some additions, but not all the additions work with older tracks. What seems disappointing is that unless you are in battle mode, the items are extremely unbalanced. You might even be afraid to be in 1st place being that in less than 10 seconds, you can drop from 1st to 10th place all because you are continiously hit by items. It has become more unbalance than ever, which can turn Mario Kart Wii into a Mario Kart Brawl.
The graphics are overall the same as the previous installment in the series. Although they are great when you have the whole screen to yourself, you will easily notice the graphics have turned into the N64 version as everything seems all fuzzy and stuff.
There are new characters. All of them are unlocked in some way, usally by winning a race. But from Super Mario Galaxy, Rosalina can be unlocked if you have a save file from Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii after a few races. Some characters seem lame and disappointing like Dry Bones, but now you can be your own character as the game now lets you put yourself in the game with Mii support.
When you wonder if you really need another Mario Kart game like this, the anwser is probably going to be "Yes, I always need more." There are many differences from previous installments and this one, many of which are positive. The controls are very simple but may take some getting used to along with some patience, but in the long run will definetly define the Wii Wheel's real power.
When you take Mario Kart and a Brawl, you get madness but take exciting multiplayer without taking up so much space and more people to play as along with Mii support and many more tracks and a free Wii Wheel that's worth $10 for just the same price of $49.99, you will definitely add Mario Kart Wii to your game collection.
