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Gab on 27 March 2008

Computer and Videogames has a review up; http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185351

Score: 8.8

Good review, and although I've been hesitant about this game, I might try it. No 4-player splitscreen though!?
MK on the DS was decent, but the original Super Mario Kart is still the best. Yes I know I'm old...



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Faxanadu on 27 March 2008

no 4 player splitscreen??????????????

i mean that is mk for me.

then no buy. i dont want online shit.



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famousringo on 27 March 2008
Gab said:
Computer and Videogames has a review up; http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185351

Score: 8.8

Good review, and although I've been hesitant about this game, I might try it. No 4-player splitscreen though!?
MK on the DS was decent, but the original Super Mario Kart is still the best. Yes I know I'm old...

 This must be the passage which confused you:

"No matter how rich the Wi-Fi mode is, to strengthen it at the cost of one of Nintendo gaming's most beloved pastimes - good ol' four-player Mario Kart - is downright wrong. "

They aren't saying that there's no 4-player splitscreen, they're just saying that the 4-player local game suffers to accomodate 12-player online game. They don't like the AI getting in the way of multiplayer matches, and they mention that you can turn off the AI players, but only 2-4 players on a course feels empty when the course is designed for 12.

So 4-player splitscreen is still there, it's just that the game isn't designed around it anymore. 



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bigjon on 27 March 2008
a.l.e.x00 said:
bigjon said:
so far the review seem very strong, I doupt it will finish above 90%, but for a MK game to be above 85% is very good.

All Mario Kart games are over 85%, or 85, except Mario Kart 64 in Metacritic, since it got a score of 83, but it got 86% on GameRankings.

90+ = Masterpiece.

This game better get 90+, or I'll be pissed.

I really don't want to see a "generally favorable reviews." I want to see a "universal acclaim." Then we will know that Mario Kart Wii is another Brawl, and Galaxy, and not an underpowered outsider! The score better have a "9" at the front. I don't want to see an "8." If I see anything less than "8," I will officially sell off my entire video game collection, except for the Mario Kart games, which I would burn in the fire. Come on Mario Kart Wii! Succeed!

What the list of best Mario Kart games should be:

 

  • 1. Mario Kart Wii
  • 2. Mario Kart DS
  • 3. Mario Kart 64
  • 4. Super Mario Kart
  • 5. Mario Kart Advance
  • 6. Mario Kart Cubed 

 


Yea, I was thinking about DD in my mind the two review sites I read(GS and IGN) both gave it 79% so in my mind it was lower than it is.



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Gab on 27 March 2008
famousringo said:
Gab said:
Computer and Videogames has a review up; http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185351

Score: 8.8

Good review, and although I've been hesitant about this game, I might try it. No 4-player splitscreen though!?
MK on the DS was decent, but the original Super Mario Kart is still the best. Yes I know I'm old...

This must be the passage which confused you:

"No matter how rich the Wi-Fi mode is, to strengthen it at the cost of one of Nintendo gaming's most beloved pastimes - good ol' four-player Mario Kart - is downright wrong. "

They aren't saying that there's no 4-player splitscreen, they're just saying that the 4-player local game suffers to accomodate 12-player online game. They don't like the AI getting in the way of multiplayer matches, and they mention that you can turn off the AI players, but only 2-4 players on a course feels empty when the course is designed for 12.

So 4-player splitscreen is still there, it's just that the game isn't designed around it anymore.


 Ah yes, right you are, I didn't readit carefully enough.



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Rick1331 on 27 March 2008

Good scores, I'm glad it's not doing badly. IGNs previews seem overly negative, they've had me worried that it's going to be a bad installment to the series. Then again they didn't like Double Dash which I really enjoyed.