Thanks to the girl at Game Mania who saved me her last Mario Kart Wii I was able to play this highly anticipated game, all weekend.
I’m sure most reviews of this game will be very positive (video review), the game is fun and has enough variation. It’s easy to get started, anyone can play. But once you get to know the characters, their rides (now also with bikes) and practice some skills like drifting and stunts (new too) you will be flying down (yes, it goes that fast) those wacky race circuits like a real pro. Combine this with a neighbor and the classic slapstick chaos of hitting each other and you are in for an allnighter.
Another great thing in the game is the music, just like Super Mario Galaxy the game seems to purr and roar depending on how hard you’re playing it.
Also new is is the Mario Kart Wii channel. This allows you to race and battle online. I still have to test this feature. The only thing iI’ve been doing is racing against the ghost data of others (data records of their races), it’s very addictive and perfect to train your racing skills.
The only thing I still need is some more wii friends to battle or race with. Invite me, my kart-code is 4167 4630 5897. (For others who don’t kart you can also connect via 8743 2571 5346 1923). Once you’ve invited me please send me a mail (peter at gmail dot com) with your code so I can do my part. I know, the whole online thing on this game (and the wii in general) is fairly complicated but don’t let it ruin our hours of cyberfun. Hope to meet you there…
