Sounds Great!

Words Of Wisdom said: No Mario Kart game can even be considered to be the "Ultimate Mario Kart game" unless it has the feather.

 100% Agree, please Nintendo bring back the best item of the series.

 

 

Got mine a day early too ^____^

I completely agree with T013 and am baffled by IGNs previews. I wouldn't say the tracks are overly wide, the Wii Wheel is actually pretty cool, there's no more item killage than past MK games and the Kart/Bikes don't appear to move particularly slow.

So far I've tried 50cc, 100cc and 150cc on the first few cups as well as online battle mode. Since T013 covered most of that I'll just mention online.

The online is easily the best Wii wifi mode so far. To battle randomly you select Friend, Worldwide or Continent (like DS), then you wait for an available battle. In the 2 I tried I watched the last few seconds of matches already taking place then joined in. You're put into teams and then choose a stage, the game then chooses which stage you play much like the DS game. The first was a balloon battle in block plaza. It's pretty much what you'd expect. You're placed into teams then you try to burst each others balloons. I had no lag at all in the entire match. The second battle was against 4 Japanese players on Thworp (is that what the giant stomping rock is called?) Desert. That stage was pretty cool. A giant rock stomps in the centre of the stage sending shockwaves around the rim. You have to avoid cactuses and of course the giant rock while dodging shells/bananas etc. Again there was no lag and it was a lot of fun. Oh and on a final note (I don’t know if someone mentioned this), you get a 5,000 points that increase/decrease when you win or loose, this creates your ranking.

I don't get it. What's so great about it? Is it all the fanwankery? Is there a sub-space emissions test that unlocks David Hasselhoff? Does Wario go faster because he turns on the gas? It's not like it's really a racing game. I mean, it's not really a racing game like Forza or GT, it's just more of the Nintendo "WOW, dem sum brite purtee kulers!" kiddy stuff, right? I mean, how can you take it seriously as a driving game when you control it with a steering wheel?

Well I tried it a bit with the Wii wheel and it was ok on 50cc. I tried 100cc with the wii wheel and did f*cking terrible! Then I switched in the "classic controller" and did even better in 50cc and won the gold on that same 100cc I failed hard at w/the Wii Wheel.

Well it looks like the Wii Wheel is going back in the box for me and I'm sticking w/the classic controller (maybe I should get a GCN controller, though I've never played on a GCN, hehe). Maybe its because the SNES MK was always my favorite and I NEED my standard controller with it :-O
(Maybe my gf might like the Wii Wheel...oh well at least it was free w/the game)

i got the game aswell and its lovely!! with or without the wii wheel, doesnt matter

brawl4life said: how does battlemode team work ? last guy to stay alive for the team gets 1 point or what ? I'm jealous did you get import copy?

 Battle mode is completely new and works as follows.

On both modes, you're in a team of 6 people, fighting another team. Balloon Battle is like an FPS team deathmatch: every hit gives your team a point, and when time runs out, the team with the most points wins. You can also see the amount of points each individual scored, so you're also semi-competing to get the most hits within your team. If you lose all three balloons, you lose a point, but you're allowed to play on.

Coin Runners sees you first collecting the coins scattered around the stage. In no time, they've gone scarce, and you have to hit players from the opposing team to make them drop their coins so you can steal them (-3 for each hit, which I think is rather much - it makes battles a little random, because the balance can shift dramatically within ten seconds). Again, you just play on until time runs out, and each team's individual scores are also displayed.

And no, I didn't get an import copy - I got the real, European thing. I just walked into the store, and a friend asked if it was still possible to pre-order the game, just to make sure he could buy it at that exact store - he had some credit there. And they just said: 'Yeah, but why not take it with you right now?'. Turns out they were just unpacking their latest supplies, which included MKWii, and they were completely willing to sell them even two days before the official launch. Of course I jumped on it, and before I knew it, I was the very first MKWii buyer of that store - maybe even the first one in my city!

Before long, I'll finally fix my internet connection (that's why I didn't tell you about online - I can't go online!) and see you guys out there! But beware - I've got at least two more days of practice than most of you...