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[LaMeRz]

Went to Horton Plaza in San Diego today in order to play Mario Kart a little bit earlier. This is primarily a picture post but here are some quick comments.

The wheel works an feels way better than I expected. Making turns feels good although after just a few plays it was a little hard to judge when my kart would begin to drift. (I just noticed there is an automatic and manual selection for drifting)

In terms of level design, the new tracks feel much wider than previous games, even with 12 characters for each race. Even the battle level I played (Delfino Pier) felt very large.

Here come the pics

We got a driver's license with our favorite character and weapon...I got Luigi and the red shell

I had no idea there was an automatic or manual selection in Mario Kart

Pictures of some workers in their uniforms

 

[Rlan]

Did you happen to play - or see - the "Funky Stadium" multiplayer level? What was that like?

 

[fernoca]

Darn nice...!! :O!
Great pics by the way..

 

[Lobster]

aww man...

Australia is so not cool

We should have a Mario Kart tour for down under! I love that stuff!

 

[LaMeRz]

I saw someone else playing funky stadium. It looked cool but when I was playing I let the girlfriend choose the tracks to play.

 

[Nabster92]

Where in San Diego is this? Near UCSD by any chance?

Edit: nvm looked up where horton plaza is. About 20 minutes away... how long is this thing going on for here?

 

[DangerStepp]

Lucky you. Looks like fun times...can't wait for this to drop.

 

[justchris]

That is a pretty nice setup, with the Kart chairs in front of the TV.

Game looks good so far.

 

[Phife Dawg]

Thanks for the impressions and the nice pics. How are the bikes handling?

Ah the expensive blue ring (laughs).

 

[Windu]

Looks great, I forgot this was coming out so soon. I love the Menus too, very slick.

 

[donkey show]

Blah, why aren't they coming to Los Angeles?

 

[LaMeRz]

Where in San Diego is this? Near UCSD by any chance?

Edit: nvm looked up where horton plaza is. About 20 minutes away... how long is this thing going on for here?

As a recent UCSD grad i know your pain of nothing cool close to the school. It was only in Horton on friday but is at Wavemont Plaza Belmont Park on Sat and Sunday.

The schedule can be found at http://www.mariokart.com/wii/

 

[kIdMuScLe]

did you get a manicure or something? your nails looks pretty.

 

[Wes]

Nice touch Nintendo. I love the look of the game. Gimme it already!

 

[Shiggy]

did you get a manicure or something? your nails looks pretty.

I don't think that those are his nails, he took the photo (?)

 

[Ramirez]

I don't think that those are his nails, he took the photo (?)

 

[Shiggy]

Access denied.

 

[Ramirez]

Looks like man hands in the pic to me!

 

[later]

So you can't put a condom wrapped remote in there? meh..

 

[Haunted]

Ah the expensive blue ring (laughs).

(laughs)

 

[samratty]

So you can't put a condom wrapped remote in there? meh..

My reaction too. Gonna be tedious as hell taking the condom on and off.

 

[tabsina]

My reaction too. Gonna be tedious as hell taking the condom on and off.

as long as you don't put it on again... disgusting youth these days

 

[crispyben]

(I just noticed there is an automatic and manual selection for drifting)

I had no idea there was an automatic or manual selection in Mario Kart

You answered your own question before you asked it. Thanks for the report, can't wait for next Friday!

 

[sk3tch]

Thanks for the pics. Very excited.

And to go off-topic:

Hot mom!

 

[jasonng]

Am I confusing myself? How come Baby Mario can't see Luigi on his screen?

 

[LOcKY]

ghost perhaps? i think they just stole their item

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

Am I confusing myself? How come Baby Mario can't see Luigi on his screen?

It looks to me that Luigi is jumping so he's not on the track, he's in the air.

 

[GrimReaper]

It looks to me that Luigi is jumping so he's not on the track, he's in the air.

That's what I'm thinking too.

 

[Raide]

The screenshot has a line pointing at Luigi as he is in the air.

 

[Caesar III]

That's why Luigi has no shadow on the ground.

 

[Luthair]

I think I might hafta take a trip down to check this out ^_^ looks fun.

 

[richman555]

I like the shared track map on the split screen mode. I don't recall if Double Dash was like this or other racing games for that matter, but in any case very nice use of the real estate.

**Correction - Double Dash had this too, except the track seems more visible on the screen on the Wii.

 

[HylianScribe]

http://www.zentendo.com/features.php?articleId=326&page=1

Our hour with it today.

 

[[Nintex]]

Instead of this

We get this: