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Mario Kart 7 Review Thread: First Reviews In

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marc^o^

Nintendo's Pro Bono PR Firm
Amir0x said:
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So your previous post
This type of shit would not be accepted in any other modern racer, kart or otherwise. Almost all racing games today feature a vast array of customizable online modes, able to be tweaked to the tiniest detail. I didn't even expect THAT of Nintendo, and they still managed to scratch the most bareboned implementation possible and still fucked THAT up. If you think that's being a drama queen, then yes I believe it's company worship.

No game can be perfect, yes, but I'm not expecting perfection. I am expecting simple parity with the barebones we should expect from online racers these days. That's the problem here... you guys think this is complaining about a little ignorable thing or something. This is complaining about something even shovelware devs do, but somehow Nintendo can't. You think this isn't related to "spit and polish", when it is IMMEASURABLY so.

Also, you obviously don't know me. I cry "no sale" to a vast array of titles which fail to meet basic standard requirements. We may disagree about what those are, but no one can say I let shit slide.
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was an inconsistent hyperbole since you love Pulse on PSP.
Amir0x said:
although its customization everywhere else is way, way larger than this.
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Debatable: regarding customization as a whole, Mario Kart offers cars modifications, different paths in courses and weapon selections that greatly impact gameplay. All these, craftly balanced together, offer more variety to Mario Kart IMO.
 
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feint_ruled

Member
Guardian review is phoned in. You could write that review without having played the game. The only insight is that there is no rubber-banding, which is so unlikely to be true it makes me doubt the quality of the review even more!
 
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SecretMoblin

Member
Sinthetic said:
Guardian Review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/nov/28/mario-kart-7-3ds-review
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The review was positive, but man is it tough to read with a straight face:

Mario Kart will fire a red shell at your heart
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still-insanely-playable Mario Kart 64
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banana-skin-chucking pack
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the intimidatingly mighty lucky 7
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If this is stagnation, though, I'm happy to ride along with it, slinging out fireballs as I go.
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I understand adding flavor to a review, but it still reads like a 7th-grade book report.
 
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Sinthetic

Member
SecretMoblin said:
The review was positive, but man is it tough to read with a straight face:







I understand adding flavor to a review, but it still reads like a 7th-grade book report.
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Hahahahaha, very funny stuff. Definitely sounds like an excited kid, Mario games do that to all of us don't they? ;P
 
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SuomiDude

Member
I mainly play games as single player experience, would this game still be worth it? I mean, whenever a friend of mine is visiting, we usually play 2 player Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (it's all about skill here) or Super Smash Bros. Melee, but I was kinda disappointed with Mario Kart Wii (though I guess that's only because they screwed up the Grandprix mode for multiplayer) and I don't play games online so Mario Kart DS wasn't very good either.

Now Mario Kart 7 I would only play as a single player game, because I don't play online, so would it be worth it? Sounds like the best Mario Kart, but I'm not that hyped :/
 
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pramath

Banned
As only a single player game, I don't think this will be worth it, unless you like the idea of racing the Grand Prix again and again and again.
 
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Anasui Kishibe

Banned
SuomiDude said:
I mainly play games as single player experience, would this game still be worth it? I mean, whenever a friend of mine is visiting, we usually play 2 player Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (it's all about skill here) or Super Smash Bros. Melee, but I was kinda disappointed with Mario Kart Wii (though I guess that's only because they screwed up the Grandprix mode for multiplayer) and I don't play games online so Mario Kart DS wasn't very good either.

Now Mario Kart 7 I would only play as a single player game, because I don't play online, so would it be worth it? Sounds like the best Mario Kart, but I'm not that hyped :/
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MK SP is good, but easy. Not the point of MK games though...or any racing game
 
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Wrestlemania

Banned
With the online ghost downloading from
MK Wii, this is pretty much going to be the very best single player Mario Kart game. I am going to lose hundreds of hours to it.
 
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Magicpaint

Member
pramath said:
As only a single player game, I don't think this will be worth it, unless you like the idea of racing the Grand Prix again and again and again.
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I do that all the time with Mario Kart DS, and mission mode, and singleplayer battles when I lack a wifi connection. Still fun.
 
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tzare

Member
i'm tempted to buy a 3ds for this game but if it is like the wii one i will be disappointed. However if it is like DS or snes ones, gameplay wise, i am for it even if it is the only game dor this console i am interested so far in in the near future. Maybe i should wait for the 3ds slim or whatever nintendo brings next year.
 
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Freezie KO

Banned
SuomiDude said:
I mainly play games as single player experience, would this game still be worth it? I mean, whenever a friend of mine is visiting, we usually play 2 player Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (it's all about skill here) or Super Smash Bros. Melee, but I was kinda disappointed with Mario Kart Wii (though I guess that's only because they screwed up the Grandprix mode for multiplayer) and I don't play games online so Mario Kart DS wasn't very good either.

Now Mario Kart 7 I would only play as a single player game, because I don't play online, so would it be worth it? Sounds like the best Mario Kart, but I'm not that hyped :/
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I wouldn't buy it just for the dedicated SP mode, but are you that opposed to playing online? If you don't know anyone online, just treat that as a replay-enhancing extension of the singleplayer mode. Or is there something where you can't connect to WiFi?
 
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woo and indeed hoo

Banned
It just struck me that Mario Kart 64 was the first Nintendo game I ever played. I have played all of them since of course and it is one of a few game series that whenever a new one comes out I just have to play it. Apart from a couple of online matches on the DS iteration I have only ever played it single player and have loved every minute. So I cannot relate to the "if you don't play it online/multi-player then it is not worth playing" stance. I too will hoover this up like nobody's business in single player and I might, just might give the online a go too!
 
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pramath

Banned
Added in more reviews to the OP.
IGN's review goes live at 12.01 am PST tonight.

woo and indeed hoo said:
It just struck me that Mario Kart 64 was the first Nintendo game I ever played. I have played all of them since of course and it is one of a few game series that whenever a new one comes out I just have to play it. Apart from a couple of online matches on the DS iteration I have only ever played it single player and have loved every minute. So I cannot relate to the "if you don't play it online/multi-player then it is not worth playing" stance. I too will hoover this up like nobody's business in single player and I might, just might give the online a go too!
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The difference being that the DS version had a shit ton of offline single player modes, and was a perfectly enjoyable game even without the multiplayer. This one seems to have gotten rid of single player VS and the mission mode as well, so its value as a single player game is greatly diminished.
 
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udivision

Member
I don't think I could go back to SP only.
The online MP in Mario Kart Wii made the game. You wouldn't believe how long it takes to get a legitimate VR of 9999, especially when you're learning as you play (as opposed to beign really skilled and starting a new account), and I don't think I'd have played the game as much without it.
 
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Zane

Member
BowieZ said:
"If MK7 is so brilliant, though, where's that fifth star? I'm withholding it because . . . it doesn't make any major advances. The 3D is excellently done, but totally disposable (in fact, you probably will dispose of it before you get your first cup)."
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Sounds reasonable to me.
 
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Truth101

Banned
Jubbly said:
U.S. review embargo is up.

5/10 from Destructoid: http://www.destructoid.com/review-mario-kart-7-216484.phtml
9/10 from IGN: http://ds.ign.com/articles/121/1213485p1.html
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wtf...
Mario Kart 7 is as derivative as a game can get, and while we pour scorn on so many other games for rehashing themselves, something tells me this will get a free pass from many critics and gamers. That strikes me as ironic since Mario Kart 7 is the one game I'd hold up as the least deserving of any kind of leniency. It being an unadventurous and predictable retread, however, is only half of Mario Kart 7's problem. The other half is the fact that it's a lethargic and mundane game, easily outpaced by games that could be considered knock-offs of the formula Nintendo itself perfected.

Mario Kart is in need of a severe shake up. This stagnant, crawling, and indolent effort is not it.
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Ezduo

Banned
Gametrailers review went up, 8.8 (er, it was up. can't seem to access it now).

Has anybody talked about how the game controls in the first person mode? Gametrailers didn't even mention it.
 
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