Mario Kart Wii - 8/10
Intro: once again the nintendo community has stunned the world with their release of another mario kart title, Mario Kart Wii. the idea that the characters are split into 3 weight groups (Small Meduim Large) is ludicrous since all people in the Small group will have same speed, weight, drift etc. on each vechile.
Graphics: the graphics in this game are amazing, especially with all the characters, cart and bikes so there are generally good graphics but they could be better, but only slightly.
Score: 9/10
Single Player: in this menu you can access Grand Prix, Time Trails, VS race or Battle. VS race or battle can be played in multiplayer mode, but Grand Prix and Time Trails are based solely for 1P. grand prix is fun and the fact that you have some nintendo saved ghost data on the time trail is brilliant (a good way to find shortcuts too)
Score 10/10
Multiplayer: Multiplayer lacks originality but gets competitive and fun, only VS race and Battle is allowed for 2-4 people in a single console. but the good thing is that you can change the rules so you can play with no items or all 32 courses in one Grand Prix! Battle consists of coin runners and balloon battle. these can get frustrating at times, especially when in coin runners, there is a blue shell that will take half your coins! Balloon Battle is basically the same as it was on 64, arenas and when all 3 balloons are gone you die, but get resurreccted as well. You can also play in team mode where the players are split into 2 teams of 6 people (red and blue).
score: 6/10
Mario Kart Channel: this channel is brilliant, especially when showing your opponents the true Mario Kart Wii, here you can access down loadable Ghost Data, Friends List, Competition and Time Trail rankings, and competitions and the choice of joining the massage service and downloading the channel to the main menu of your wii, which you can access without the disc in!! although this is brilliant its annoying that you need wi-fi, so many of the things mentioned you can't use without an internet source (rounder of connection USB)
Score: 9/10
Overall: Overall this is a fine game but you cannot beat the classics, they've added more items that will annoy almost anyone gamer in 1st place, and its hard to choose the right vechile and character.
Score: 8/10
Submitted by impo
28/07/2008
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