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tabsina on 04 February 2008
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BenKenobi88 said:

OriGin, your points make sense...after all, Mario Kart is pretty much the only game the ladies play...even Double Dash.

But honestly...I have yet to see any polish from Mario Kart...any sign that the game will WOW me. It kinda looks like a GC game to be honest, but that's off the few screens and videos we've been given, and I'm sure it's not the final build.

But SSBB is EPIC. It is nearly perfect. It is being hyped like no other game...I do honestly believe this game is getting talked about more than the Halos even. And it could appeal to the expanded audience a little...the game is "complicated" for people that don't know much about videogames...but with the Wiimote only controls...there's not much to learn...just use the D-pad and mash the 1 and 2 buttons...it can't get much easier.

I'm basically saying that the hype and perfection of SSBB + the possible flaws of MKWii might keep MK from selling more.

The huge casual audience will LIKELY push MK past it...but we'll see.


I agree with a lot of what you are saying, but i think it is very hard to judge the amount of polish and effort that has been made for MKWii when all we have really seen was the first trailer and a few screenshots.. and you have pretty much pointed out that we have not seen the final build..

Now i can agree that in comparison MKWii won't be nearly as polished or jam packed full of features like SSBB, no matter what, or rather it is very unlikely for it to be.. the EPIC factor i also agree with..

But one main thing is that casual games sell like hot cakes, Mario Party 8 isn't epic in any sense of the word (well.. maybe sales when compared to quality) and it had plenty of problems, and still sold very well.. i'm sure we can agree Mario Kart is a much more popular franchise, which will no doubt draw in more frequent gamers like myself and (i'm assuming) yourself, if not for the core gameplay it has always delivered, then for the online aspect...

I just left the keyboard for like 5 mins, and I'm not really sure where i was going with this, but i think i had a point somewhere in those three paragraphs, so i'll post it anyways :P