Alright so I think I am the only user here to have actually played MarioKart7 so I'll give it a try!
If you already own a 3DS!
Mario Kart 7 is one of two big titles coming this winter from Nintendo. Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. Of these two titles their is one time less classic that remains unchanged, while Super Mario 3D Land has been changed constantly you can be assured that Mario Kart 7 will give you all the go-kart racing of your SNES years.
Mario Kart 7 is going to be the first online multiplayer title from a Nintendo first party. After playing campaign I must admit the idea of taking that thing online is so tantalizing. The game also uses some of the best 3D effects of any of the 3DS games currently on the market its as if you could reach your finger in and his Luigi off the track yourself. With the added depth using weapons feels more immersive than ever as you actually see the weapon whiz into the fore ground.
If you own a 3DS then Mario Kart 7 is the game to buy this winter.
If you don't own 3DS!
So your one of those gamers waiting for that first AAA+ game to come along for 3DS, the lack of software is the thing keeping you away. Well fear not my good sir for Nintendo art with you. Mario Kart is the biggest title coming to 3DS this year infact based on sales its the third biggest handheld franchise in the industry. So what are you waiting for Yoshi's to sprout wings? Oh wait they already have, your way behind the times man and missing out. But this little plug shouldn't be enough to convince you.
Have you ever sat back and played your copy of MarioKart64 wondering just how such a great game could be replaced. Then you saw Mario Kart DS and wondered again how the game could ever be replaced. Well prepare to wonder yet again how Mario Kart 7 can ever be replaced. The game play is reminiscent of your childhood, its all the kart racing combat packed orgasmic landscaped game of your dreams.
Don't believe me, well just watch me glide off this cliff in fully rendered 3D, using the depth of field and 3D visuals to help glide my kart through obstacles and safely to the ground below. Bombing the enemies who lay beneath me with a barrage of green shells. Once I land I must navigate the beautifully rendered terrain to the ocean. But before I can get used to all the 3D beauty that's making my eyes pop and drool flow I am dropped under the water. See the bubbles rising around you, the propeller at your rear moving you inch by inch closer to that victory over that ugly princess.
Before you know it your coming out of the depths of the ocean speeding towards the finish line, cringing with fear and anticipation. Is this it , is it all about to end? When you reach that beautiful finish line just to see Lakitu come flying by on his cloud signalling the beginning of lap two. You let your breath out, your in first place everything is going smoothly.
Suddenly your hit by a blue flash of light, the leader shell made a perfect connect. Oh know you spin out in horror, feeling every bit of the crash through in-depth visuals! Suddenly the race is back on, your not in first you must go through this master piece of a level another few times to catch the lead!
Thats not even including multiplayer modes and time trials and such
I never got hands on with the multiplayer, but the Nintendo rep re-assured me it would be on par with MarioKart:DS. I can only image the beauty and depth of Mario Kart 7 with the online perfection that was Mario Kart : DS. Also he confirmed friend codes once again will not be a requirement so all those people waiting for that first online hit, your wait is over online is here and MarioKart is going to kill it.
Over view of selling features
- Beautifully rendered environments
-True sense of depth thanks to some of the best 3D on 3DS
- New elements of game play like gliding and submerging to pass your opponents on all sorts of terrain
-New and old weapons
-Surprises yet to be unlocked
-The first online multiplayer title from Nintendo themselves
-No need for friend codes, this is going to be the best online multiplayer title to date for any handheld
-Multiple different modes and difficulties
Its MarioKart, its the best one yet. Where could you go wrong?
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
