X-Play reviews Mario Kart Wii (Prepared to be offended)

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amp316 said:
It's not the score that bothers me. It's the complaints against the game. Mario Kart wii is being punished because it's not easy. This is pretty much the only complaint that I'm seeing about the game and it shouldn't be a complaint. The hardest difficulty is hard. Imagine that.

It's only hard because it punishes being in first place. It just makes the game frustrating and there's absolutely no reason for things like the blue shell, other than to cater for ****ing casuals.

I am sorry you suck so badly at the series that you can't overcome one simple item. It is in no way catering to the casuals, and in every way making the game more about wacky bombastics than pure racing. That has always been one of the big draws about the series, and always will. You can still easily overcome items through sheer skill though. I got hit with 3 blue turtle shells in one lap and never lost first place. This was on lap 2 or 3 of course, so I had a ridiculous lead over everyone else. The game is unbelievably hard when you stop trying to suck out with only items and try to gain some actual skill.