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Mario Kart (Wii)
Drivers, start your engines!
Nintendo is bringing Mario and his friends with their finely tuned racing machines back and this time to the Nintendo Wii. With 3 different control styles and a Wii Wheel included in the box, Mario Kart Wii is bound to be the best in the series. The worldwide race is on with a whole new set of tricks, tracks, and ways to play! Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions. Mario Kart Wii draws on courses and battle arenas from every game in the series - not to mention tons of new ones - the true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuits will finally be crowned.
Wii Wheel Included! |
New Intense Tracks and Tricks
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Cool new car designs
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Mario and his friends are back and ready to race once again in Mario Kart Wii! Experience new tracks, enhanced Wii graphics, extraordinary gameplay and much more! Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions to open up increasingly difficult and thrilling circuits. Players can have multiplayer races on any open courses or battle in arenas. Also included with Mario Kart Wii is the Wii Wheel! Now you can feel like your Mario and steering to avoid obstacles and doing incredible stunts - in the safety of your home of course.
Game Features:
- The Wii Wheel transforms the Wii Remote; controller into a steering wheel that feels natural in anyone’s hands, while the Wii Remote and Nunchuk; controller offer a classic control style for the Mario Kart veteran. In either configuration, players can perform speed-boosting tricks with a shake of the Wii Remote.
- Players can race as their favourite Nintendo character, or even as themselves! Mario Kart Wii lets players race with their personalized Mii; characters. And racers will see other Mii characters they have created cheering from the sidelines on some race courses.
- Players can compete with up to three friends in their living room. Or challenge up to 11 opponents via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in the biggest Mario Kart race yet. All tracks and modes of play are available via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and players can visit the Mario Kart Channel to compete in tournaments, check rankings, see when their friends are playing and download ghost data.
- Cruise new tracks and arenas or tour classic courses from Super Mario Kart;, Mario Kart; 64, Mario Kart;: Super Circuit;, Mario Kart;: Double Dash!!; and Mario Kart; DS. Tired of riding on four wheels? Bust out one of the new motorbikes for special tricks and techniques.
Characters
Nintendo favourites Mario;, Luigi;, Peach;, Yoshi;, Donkey Kong;, Wario;, Bowser; and Toad;, plus a host of new faces-including your own! Get into the game and put your Mii; character behind the wheel.
Special Powers/Weapons/Moves/Features
Whether racing around an obstacle-filled track or battling in an arena, drifting and tossing items are the keys to Mario Kart success. Players can shake the Wii Remote while launching off a ramp to pull off a trick that will temporarily boost their speed. When riding a bike, players can gain additional speed by flicking the Wii Remote up and popping a wheelie
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection:
Keeping in the tradition of Mario Kart, Nintendo has pushed multiplayer racing even further utilizing the Wii’s built in Wi-Fi Connection. There are two options for races and battles over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection: up to 12 people via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or up to 10 people via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection with two people playing locally.
Customer Review: DS Mario Kart on a Bigger Screen
The title sums it up, I guess. I can see little difference between this game and the DS version released over a year ago, except that the DS game is a more fun.
The introduction of waggle is welcome, but not perfect, and many time’s I’ve found myself twisting my arms around each other just to get around a corner. It’s about gentle movements, though this message is lost at the hight of excitement. Fortunately Nintendo had the good grace to add as many controller options as possible, so you can’t have a reason to hate the game based on the that.
Ultimately it takes a step back from Double Dash, the last console version, which had an option to partner up with someone else. In exchange we get bikes, which doesn’t shake things up all that much.
The worst part in the Single Player mode, is sometimes the best part of the Multi Player: Whilst the rubber-banding (competitors left way behind somehow catching up in seconds) of previous games is at a noticeable minimum, this has been replaced with a sometimes over-abundant use of items. You could be in first position for an entire 3 track race, only to lose position feet away from the finish line because everyone has somehow managed to get red and blue shells. It happens all too frequently in single player mode. However in multilayer mode it leads to some nail-biting, photo-finishing moments.
It’s hard to judge MK Wii. Nintendo have given with one hand (Waggle, more vehicles, online play), taken away with the other (Partners), and left everything else almost as it was. When one of the best things you can say about a game is that the online matching system (against strangers, not friends) works well, it has a problem. I’d argue there’s less added to this game than the last iteration of Nintendo’s franchises (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc).
Were any other company to do this, I’m sure the reviews of others would be much harsher. It’s the kind of game where you’d ignore the single player and just play online.
Customer Review: This is a must buy!!!!!!
Saw this is my local Tesco store, and thought why not, will give it a go, could always flog it on ebay if I don’t like it. Well, if you own a Wii, then this game should be a statutory requirement. I have to say I am absolutely rubbish at it but it does not stop me from having a great time. Recently discovered the online races and battles, and find I regularly get slaughtered probably by some young kid and trail in last , but who cares!! My 5 year old regularly joins in for a race. I won’t bother going into what the game does as I am sure everyone who has a Ninty will know what it is. If you are thinking about buying a Nintendo get one just for this game, its great. What I do find funny there are alot of ‘Mummy and Daddy’s’ Mii characters online for this game, just like myself and my wife which does go to show the Nintendo really is a great family console. Enjoy!!!!!!
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