15 – Mario Kart 8
The game in which I’ve invested more hours on my WiiU, Mario Kart 8 keeps all the charm and fun of previous Mario Kart and brings it to the next generation. Artistically the game is gorgeous, being one of the WiiU games with best graphics. New courses are great and the redesigned ones seem almost completely new, looking better than ever before. Control is perfect and IA rubber-banding is not as upsetting as in previous games.
The item system, although still favors lagged players, make the races less chaotic by diminishing the number of blue shells and nerfing the strength of some items, like the Star. This, although makes the races less crazy, hurting a bit the couch multiplayer, makes the game less unfair. Also, in my experience the game still gives enough chances to the less skilled players to win every race.
Battle mode is maybe the biggest disappointment in this game, without proper battle arenas, but I have to recognize that I haven’t missed it in all my hours with the game. It is not my favorite kart racer game of all time, but it’s my favorite Mario Kart.
