There is a reason why that cover was in so many lounge rooms but now you don't have to worry about dusting off your old, old nintendo 64 and blow the dust out of the bottom of the cartridge only to find all your save games have been erased!!!!!! The virtual Console Service Nintendo with their new virtual console service have now made it possible to first buy 1000 wii points ($15) and then spend 15 minutes downloading your game and now every time you want to play its just one click away. "But i already have it on the nintendo 64" you say. The Advantages of having mario kart on your wii go far past that including the ability to have maybe 30 games all ready to be played on the click of a button also nintendo 64's are going for lots on ebay I know i sold mine for $60 and made a nice profit but enough about the virtual console service more about the game.... Introduction Mario Kart 64 lets you ride go karts around race tracks with 8 of your favorite characters who are: Mario, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Luigi, Wario, Bowser, Donkey Kong and Toad due to the fact of there being only 8 players the highest number you get to race against is eight but you can have 4 people playing on the same nintendo 64 at the same time. The Tracks The tracks weren't the best but they could be alot of fun some where very primitive like just going around in a rough circle with almost no scenery changes however some where great like a train level they had a train riding around the tracks for the whole race and would often cross through your track and allow other players to catch up and the best thing about this track was the fact that with the change in difficulty the length of the train and the bots that you faced increased in difficulty and for the train length. Multiplayer The multiplayer in Mario Kart 64 was something that was almost revolutionary having 4 players play on the same console at the same time was massive for its day and having so many options of how you where going to play also Mario Kart 64 included maps made especially for multiplayer where instead of racing you tried to destroy each others kart using items the items in Mario kart include: Turtle Shells of red, green and white with spikes, banana peels were a favorite of mine, star power, fake item boxes and others Summary This is the reason why mario kart games are still played and loved today their was one on the gameboy colour this version has been remade for the DS the Naughty Dog franchise has copied Mario Kart all the way with first CTR (Crash Nitro Kart)then a sequel to that and then when nintendo released their new mario kart game Mario Kart double dash where to people ride in the same kart suddenly out comes Naughty Dog with tag team racing This is why is the greatest kart ever and this is why I have given Mario Kart a score of 9/10 because a kart game can only be so good Wii-Fan's Score 9/10
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Mario Kart 64