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Xponent on 10 April 2008
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Words Of Wisdom said:
Chrizum said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Chrizum said:

ALL of these things are NOT true. IGN lied. MK Wii features all options you'd expect from a AAA Nintendo game. And that's surprising, considering Mario Kart never was an AAA franchise. MK Wii is the best Mario Kart EVER.


And what is that supposed to mean? Mario Kart has one of the most beloved and widely-loved games in Nintendo's arsenal since the SNES days.


True, but it never had great production values. All Mario Kart titles felt like they were handled by smaller development teams with smaller budgets, compared to other Nintendo franchises. In other words, the games lacked content and polish to be AAA.

That isn't to say the games weren't fun, MK is probably my favorite franchise ever.


I don't think they lacked polish or content at all.  The original introduced a lot of new or relatively new concepts (and did amazing things with the SNES).  About the only thing that could steal thunder from the original was F-Zero but F-Zero was pretty no frills for its day. Compare the two and you'll see just how much polish Super Mario Kart had with active environments, weapons, short cuts, battle mode...etc.

I doubt you remember the hype levels for Mario Kart 64 but they were huge.  You couldn't open a magazine without finding at least one article about Mario Kart 64 before and after it hit for quite a while. 

As a result, Mario Kart is probably one of the most famous racing games in the history of gaming.  It is almost the very definition of AAA.


I agree, Mario Kart has always been a AAA franchise. It is one of the most succesful franchises in gaming histoy, and a very important series for Nintendo. Production values have always been top notch when compared with games that were released at the same time, and each addition to the series generates enourmous hype.