Permaban for alts being possibly the best rule ever

That doesn't surprise me in the least.

So when this came out at midnight I bought since me and some friends were having a SSBB party and thought this would be fun. We played this for about an hour and we all seemed to be dissapointed, at least I was. One of the suckiest things ever is just racing an awesome race and being up almost a half a lap on the nearest kart and getting hit by a mix of Red/blue shells and or lightning and spinning out of control for enough time to get passed by a person or 2. I am not a fan of the racing wheel in this game, I dont think they made it tight enough, I am always making more of a turn then I meant to. The online is really good compared to SSBB, very little lag. The graphics are ok, nothing special, I do wish they would have spruced the older levels up more but they are still ok.

7.0

Pros

• One of the most "just fun" games I've ever played
• No matter what place you're in you always feel like you have a chance
• Screw you guys, I like the Wii Wheel
• Lots of tracks with different difficulties
• Lots of racers
• Powerups and weapons are fun
• Online

Cons

• Rubber banding can be annoying
• would have liked more options in online matchmaking

9.3

8.99

+Great online fun
+Fun for those that almost never play games
+The Wheel really works fantastic
+Bikers is a great option

-Graphics could be better
-No voice chat
-Battle mode is a step backwards

1 - Shorter than what? Double Dash? well I suppose as Double Dash had the last GP where you had to go through all 16 tracks, which I personally liked, but you can't argue it isn't still more repetative than MKWii.... as for MK64? there was barely anything to do in that once you beat the 4 cups, in MKWii you can set up your own GPs with as many tracks as you like (admitedly need to unlock them first)

2 - Seems to be opinion, as I didn't find it any different in MK64 or DD.... well actually, MK64 I did spend a lot of time trundling along a blank track in the lead, but that wasn't due to the lack of rubber-band AI but the difference in item balance.

3 - Odd, because I have gained many 3 star ranks even when being hit by lightning/blue shells all the time.... I got a 3 star rank on the second cup even though I had 6 blue shells (plus other items) thrown at me on DK Snowboard Cross.

4 - If there was some kind of quantifiable way of rating blandness then I suppose it would be the amount of different things happening on the tracks... MKWii has more of this, having said that, the tracks which have more stuff going on (Toad's Factory, Coconut Mall, Koopa Cape, Bowser's Castle) are some of my least favourite of the new ones.... counting only the exclusive tracks, I would say Double Dash has the best selection, followed by MKWii, then MK64 a decent way behind (haven't played long enough on SMK or MKDS to rate all the tracks)

5 - Agreed; Peach Beach, Shy Guy Beach, Desert Hills and Mario Circuit 3 should be replaced.

6 - I have no desire to talk to random people, but yes Nintendo should have enabled some form of Wii speak (with a headset option) from the beginning, but this is not really an actual problem with the game, but with Nintendo's online structure.

7 - It's better than MK:DD (by miles) and better than MK64, but yes it still sucks... the only reason it is better than MK64 is because the online portion isn't bad... thing is it could be fixed by simply having the option to break into 3 or 4 teams as well as just 2.

8 - It plays it's part yes, but if it didn't then people like me and Rol would never get beaten except by each other... it's nice to be kept on my toes knowing that I have to keep performing my best as people like you (who can't get a 3* ranks with a few blue shells) may be able to pass me if you et a good power up.

9 - That's a negative?... personally I don't like the GC controller option, it's not good for doing tricks/wheelies at the same time as steering, Wiimote+nunchuck all the way.

10 - No need for it to be banned, but would be good if there was some sorting options, like sort the leaderboards by contoller option instead of just viewing the overall top ten.

10/10

i clocked more hours on this game than any other game this gen, i am still playing MKWII after about 1 year and half of release, most games are lucky to keep my attention for more than 2 weeks, the graphics might not be the best on the wii, and the items can frustrate you sometimes but all these minor flaws are over shadowed by the fun gameplay found in this game, best mario kart in the series IMO

10/10

This is the best Mario Kart game ever made, the items are very well balanced with awesome graphics and lots of vehicle choices and bikes have been added, playable as miis and has online. Very good replay value and lots of tracks to be chosen from and they have included old Mario kart game tracks!

I absolutely see no cons except for the fact that online is not 4 player but whatever cause at least its 2 player with no lags!

actually I change my mind, Mario Kart Wii deserves a 10

EDIT: NEVER MIND< I CHANGED IT ABOVE...

+ This game is just fun. I dunno...
+ Great new courses like DK Summit, Bowser's Castle, and Maple Treeway
+ Great old courses too!
+ Fun new powerups
+ You're always in the race, don't give up!
+ Online is great, and 4 player splitscreen can never be a bad thing.
+ I've beaten RolStoppable once.

- Blue shells! *shakes fist*
- What happened to you battle mode?
- Character models are awful.

9.1/10