Mario Kart Wii

**YellerDog** · 05 May 2008, 03:02 PM

DS MK> Wii MK, personally.

Automatic bot racers on every split screen mode is a pain in the ass.

**SpoDaddy** · 08 May 2008, 10:27 PM

Just picked this up tonight, add me!

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**bahn** · 09 May 2008, 12:30 AM

Officially logging on to play tomorrow. Lindsay won't be taking up ALL my time cuz she needs to sleep eventually.

**Hero** · 09 May 2008, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by not Anal Kaboom

I think they're just trying to justify their purchases. Lets pretend for bit you didn't have to 50 bucks for it. Now what do you guys think?

From what I've gathered from a few different podcasts its just more of the same. Granted I haven't played it yet but Nintendo isn't doing a good job of selling me on this.

I think the same could be said about any sequel - distill it down enough and it's always just more of the same. Being more analytical also leads to the conclusion that many games in a genre are just more of the same and games itself is just the same regurgitated ideas and gameplay elements.

So the real conclusion is that people who never liked Mario Kart in the first place won't pick up on this. People who dig the series will, and those who are new to the whole kart racing genre (or games in general) could get a real kick out of it.

At first I wasn't too impressed with MKWii but it's grown on me in a big way. It's sad to see all the new elements from Double Dash axed so fast, but nice to see some of the better, more traditional ideas from MK DS return. I'm even happy with drifting now - after playing some DD! post-MKWii, it feels a little more fast and frantic to find the right line that will earn the best drift boost, as opposed to wiggling around. Although the AI is knuckle-bitingly unfair, online matches are possibly the best reason I've had to play anything online, save CoD4.

Also, I added everyone Yoshi put into his first post, so I don't know if I missed anyone. I'll check around but only kayvaughn has added me back.

**Anal Kaboom** · 09 May 2008, 01:55 AM

I guess I wanted a console MK DS. Meh I liked DD just fine I'm just not as excited as I wanted to be about this I'm glad it's fun I'll check it out soon enough.

**Hero** · 09 May 2008, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by Mzo

while the "fun" and "party" aspects come into play to ruin everything for anyone trying to race even a little bit.

This can be taken in so many bad ways.

**jyoung** · 09 May 2008, 02:59 AM

Originally Posted by not Anal Kaboom

I guess I wanted a console MK DS. Meh I liked DD just fine I'm just not as excited as I wanted to be about this I'm glad it's fun I'll check it out soon enough.

Thing is, this game pretty much is the DS game, only with snaking removed and a few more players running around on the track.