Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Review

[Craig]

Eurogamer has a nice write-up for the upcoming Nintendo Wii version of their cult-classic, Mario Kart.

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Mario Kart Wii has an obsession with ever-escalating speed that rivals the Burnout series, or even WipEout. You're constantly searching every inch of track for opportunities to go faster amid the classic confusion and slapstick chaos for which Mario Kart is known - albeit ramped up by the expansion of the field from eight to twelve racers. It's intense, addictive and powerfully exhilarating. It blends cartoon foolishness with a viciously random cruel streak. But beneath both is a deep, precise, and technically rewarding racing game that you can sink hours into in time trial alone. In other words, it's classic Mario Kart.

You know, I just can't get into all these Mario shenanigans, but it is cool to see that Nintendo is refreshing previously successful titles, not just porting them over to a new platform.

[K_Dog]

I'm thinking of picking it up when released. In multiplayer running the Mrs off the road could be fun.

[VincentVega]

omg Mario rules in just about any incarnation

[BetterOffDead]

I think the games going to be pretty great. I think I'll pick it up just based on how awesome the first two incarnations were (I never played double dash and never had a gamecube). And yes, pegging the Mrs with red shells will be great fun!

[SonicSpeed]

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Originally Posted by VincentVega

omg Mario rules in just about any incarnation

I could think of at least two incarnations that should never have been touched

[bacon_x]

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Originally Posted by BetterOffDead

I think the games going to be pretty great. I think I'll pick it up just based on how awesome the first two incarnations were (I never played double dash and never had a gamecube). And yes, pegging the Mrs with red shells will be great fun!

double dash was great. ill let one of my friends with the wii buy this one so i can play