Mario Kart For The Nintendo Wii
Mario Kart is a racing game which according to some, is just a clone of previous Mario Kart games, which keeps those fans happy. But my familiarity with kart racing doesn’t come from Nintendo, but from Sony and their Krash Bandacoot racing games…of course, Krash was just a Mario Kart rip-off at the time…but nonetheless, Krash prepared me for Mario Kart Wii and thus I knew exactly what I was getting into. Mario Kart is stupidly easy to play. You hit one button to accelerate and use the joystick (or d-pad or whatever) to steer.
Mario Kart is now one of the world’s biggest gaming franchises and with the Nintendo Wii now well established on the market, it was only a matter of time until the Mario Kart game came back. It is here now, and while it has a few problems, the core game play remains and Mario Kart Wii is a game that does a lot right. Mario Kart is not a cakewalk by any means. By the time you’ve got a gold trophy in all championships 50cc, 100cc and 150 cc, you’ll be certain to have earned them. Mario Kart is what you most likely expected, a kart racing game with you guessed it Mario! Sure some Mario games have been known to be poor, simply because they just seem to be another attempt to put a Mario game out there for you to buy.
Mario Kart is notorious for making “random” item pickups based on your position in the field. If you have a big lead during a race and hit a question mark box, you know you’re going to get a banana peel or green turtle shell. Mario Kart is a unique sort of franchise. A new instalment is released only once for each console, and nobody ever asks for a sequel before the next system comes out. Mario Kart is so popular on college campuses, that students have even written in-depth articles on the game.
Mario Kart is sticking to its guns in terms of game play. Nintendo hasn’t changed the core play at all, and that should make fans very happy. Mario Kart is one of those franchises. I have never really got into it at all, and when Nintendo invited me to the launch event, I was rather excited about getting stuck in to a new gaming experience. Mario Kart is a series that suffers from some lackluster single player, but the heap of single player modes helps to up the longevity of the game, especially when multiplayer is not an option.
Multiplayer Mode is also an option, where up to four people can challenge each other in your living room. Multiplayer has always been a huge part of the Mario Kart series and the newest entry into the series certainly doesn’t disappoint with multi-player action. Multiplayer is highly recommended with the friendly and fun atmosphere of go-kart racing . Even though you might already own every single Mario Kart leading up to this one. Mario Kart different on the Nintendo Wii than any other console is that it comes bundled with a standard steering wheel. This wheel adds a lot more fun and realism to the game. Some people just can’t get away with the standard wheel though, and prefer a wii wheel like ‘Pair & Go’s new weighted, multi directional version, which has a proper base to it. This Pair & Go Wii Wheel is certainly a good alternative the to ‘floating in air’ type.
