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TheBigFatJ on 27 May 2008
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rocketpig said:
TheBigFatJ said:

You haven't even played it, have you? I played a lot of Mario Kart: DD as recently as 6 months ago and Mario Kart Wii looks a lot better, especially with the new maps. There's no question, and it's not even close.

There are also many other advantages -- true widescreen support, 12 players at a time on maps, you can race against computer opponents with 3 and 4 players locally, etc. The game is much more chaotic than previous Mario Kart games, primarily due to the fact that courses are harder and there are more players packed on them, but it's a great time.

Mario Kart Wii brings online competition to Mario Kart. People who are used to dominating are struggling because they have so much more to contend with. That was this main complaint by the guy who put this on the "most disappointing" list. But it clearly does not belong on that list as the game is freakin' awesome. It's easily the best game released this year so far on any platform.


I don't know about that but the game is a lot of fun. It does just enough and tweaks the formula just right. It doesn't stand out anywhere except for "fun factor", which is what's most important to an MK game anyway.

Personally, I've played some other games this year I like better than MK. I'm not slighting the game, though. It does what it should do and does it well (other than that stupid online system but even that isn't terrible for this game).

The online stands out as the best I've played on a console game.  It's easy, it's quick, it allows you to join your friends in their games with less effort than Xbox Live (and it's more obvious as to how to do it).  The whole online setup is just smooth and freakin' sweet.

The only game I played that was even close was Smash. One game that I played a lot that wasn't close, not close at all, was GTA 4 which I actually thought was quite a disappointment. The integration of the story was well done, and it was given in nice, bite-sized chunks, but nothing was really done well in that game and the cover system/shooting was particularly disappointing given how redundant the missions were (they all become shooting missions by the time you get on the third island).

[edit] added comment about MK online