For everyone who ever had a SNES, NES or N64 when they were younger the best thing about having the console was Mario. In particular for me it was playing Mario Kart with your mates, everyone crowded round a small television playing 4-way split screen Mario Kart. Someone was always Mario, Luigi and Dong Kong and I was ALWAYS Yoshi for some reason. You raced your mates like your life depended on it. Sadly this great fun has been missing from all our lives for far too long, which is why many of us Nintendo geeks were ecstatic when Mario Kart was released for Nintendo Wii.
There were some questions surrounding the game; would it let us down? Would it be far too advanced for us to really compare it to the retro days of Mario Kart on our old Nintendo consoles? Would Nintendo try and complicate things too much by adding too many new characters?
Thankfully Nintendo came up with the goods and have provided Nintendo Wii owners across the world with perhaps the best game to have come out on Wii thus far (although Super Mario Galaxy is flawless). What Nintendo has now that it didn’t have 10/15 years ago is online accessibility which has created a whole new world for Nintendo gamers. Playing against 11 others online on several different tracks is something never experienced before by Nintendo geeks. Racing people from across the globe on Mario Kart is a new experience for everyone and one that all Mario Kart owners are thoroughly enjoying.
But do not worry if you do not have internet access on your Wii there is plenty more things to do so that you don’t get bored quick. The career mode will take you plenty of time to complete perfectly through the different engine sizes. Then if you’ve had enough of that you can always get your friends round and play them on split screen with characters old and characters new.
All this great entertainment without even mentioning its unique selling point: the Nintendo Wii Wheel. Which means you can now play Mario Kart as if you were driving yourself, move your wheel left and you go left, move it right and guess what happens? I’m sure you’ve got the correct answer. Press B and fire shells, release bananas, turn into a rocket and much more brilliant weapons and speed ups. In Mario Kart Wii Nintendo have created a racing game which is perfect for everybody in the family. Well done Nintendo.
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There were some questions surrounding the game; would it let us down? Would it be far too advanced for us to really compare it to the retro days of Mario Kart on our old Nintendo consoles? Would Nintendo try and complicate things too much by adding too many new characters?
Thankfully Nintendo came up with the goods and have provided Nintendo Wii owners across the world with perhaps the best game to have come out on Wii thus far (although Super Mario Galaxy is flawless). What Nintendo has now that it didn’t have 10/15 years ago is online accessibility which has created a whole new world for Nintendo gamers. Playing against 11 others online on several different tracks is something never experienced before by Nintendo geeks. Racing people from across the globe on Mario Kart is a new experience for everyone and one that all Mario Kart owners are thoroughly enjoying.
But do not worry if you do not have internet access on your Wii there is plenty more things to do so that you don’t get bored quick. The career mode will take you plenty of time to complete perfectly through the different engine sizes. Then if you’ve had enough of that you can always get your friends round and play them on split screen with characters old and characters new.
All this great entertainment without even mentioning its unique selling point: the Nintendo Wii Wheel. Which means you can now play Mario Kart as if you were driving yourself, move your wheel left and you go left, move it right and guess what happens? I’m sure you’ve got the correct answer. Press B and fire shells, release bananas, turn into a rocket and much more brilliant weapons and speed ups. In Mario Kart Wii Nintendo have created a racing game which is perfect for everybody in the family. Well done Nintendo.
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3 comments:
A great article and fantastic to start reminiiscing about the SNES and the older consoles.
I can't totally agree with you though, my memories of the N64 are almost exclusively focused around GoldenEye. What a game!
oh yes, golden eye split screen was sensational! i remember playing that a lot.
Good post! Yes Mario Kart Wii is a very interesting game to play with especially with a group of friends. It just makes you full of laugh and enjoyment.
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