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Mario Kart Wii Hands-on
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Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
1. Death of snaking is awesome but the new boost and powerslide mechanic sounds like a good idea on paper at least, purely for its own sake.
2. They better make the Mario Kart Channel stand-alone because that's an awesome idea and goes against Nintendo's grain of bare-bones, "simple does not scare people" online features.
3. The statistics trading features for gamer profiles is the kind of in-depth, detailed stat tracking that I always wished Xbox Live would offer instead of the ability to only view a few pre-set achievements that somebody else has. Now, I wonder if the stats will be viewable to other players, including online in a lobby system? Imagine being able to truly see another players tendencies and habits to the detailed level before playing with or against them.
2. They better make the Mario Kart Channel stand-alone because that's an awesome idea and goes against Nintendo's grain of bare-bones, "simple does not scare people" online features.
3. The statistics trading features for gamer profiles is the kind of in-depth, detailed stat tracking that I always wished Xbox Live would offer instead of the ability to only view a few pre-set achievements that somebody else has. Now, I wonder if the stats will be viewable to other players, including online in a lobby system? Imagine being able to truly see another players tendencies and habits to the detailed level before playing with or against them.
Great preview from IGN there, and now I'm about to read 1up's - I need need new videos though! Not to mention if there will be no voice chat (which I doubt there will be, so me and my friends will have to have a work-around, like getting in a lobby on the 360)...
But I think you guys are misunderstanding the boosting - from what I understand from IGN, they didn't kill snaking, they just eliminated being able to do it rapidly by wiggling the stick back and forth - what really matters is how long you have to drift to be able to get a boost, as well as how much more boost you get by holding it as you drift around a corner - then we'll see if snaking is really dead...
Either way, it's an excellent change, and practically returned the drifting to the SNES style, but with a hell of an improvement with giving you a boost for it, making it more of a racer again - nice...
Give me a good Wii + Mario Kart bundle, and I'm there day one - I may be able to set aside the graphics whore in me for Mario Kart Wii...
But I think you guys are misunderstanding the boosting - from what I understand from IGN, they didn't kill snaking, they just eliminated being able to do it rapidly by wiggling the stick back and forth - what really matters is how long you have to drift to be able to get a boost, as well as how much more boost you get by holding it as you drift around a corner - then we'll see if snaking is really dead...
Either way, it's an excellent change, and practically returned the drifting to the SNES style, but with a hell of an improvement with giving you a boost for it, making it more of a racer again - nice...
Give me a good Wii + Mario Kart bundle, and I'm there day one - I may be able to set aside the graphics whore in me for Mario Kart Wii...
Stormbringer
Member
For information, here is an excellent summary of the IGN preview that was posted in the other thread, thanks to Cosmonaut X ->
Sounds pretty damn awesome to me.
Cosmonaut X said:
Sounds pretty damn awesome to me.
marvelharvey
Member
Snaking gone = purchase confirmed... I'm coming for you Bradley D!
Absinthe (Permed)
Banned
Did anyone else think the DS Mario Kart was very, very unbalanced?
If it's anything like MKDS's online system I will be very unhappy.methodman said:
"Hey, a friend has gotten online!"
"Who?"
"A friend!"
"Can I see who it is? And which friends are online? And interact with them in any way?"
"lol no"
"...oh, fine. I'll just play a random game online with people in NA in my skill level."
"Searching for players..." (doo-doo-dee-dee-dee, doo-doo-dee-dee-dee, doo-doo-dee-dee-dee) (one square lights up)
"..."
(doo-doo-dee-dee-dee, doo-doo-dee-dee-dee) (second square lights up) (doo-doo-dee-dee-dee)
"..."
(doo-doo-dee-dee-dee)
"Okay, c'mon, fourth player let's go. C'mon."
(all squares turn off)
"Jesus Christ WTF."
FIVE MINUTES LATER
"FINALLY. Oka- wait what I said people in my skill level from NA, there's two guys from Japan and their win-loss is like 327-0 this is not what I wanted oh god and they all picked luigi and yoshi fuck this shit"
"Logging off from Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection..." (doo-doo-dee-dee-dee, doo-doo-dee-dee-dee, doo-doo-dee-dee-dee...)
BrodiemanTTR
Member
I guess I didn't lay my sarcasm on thick enough.
AgentOtaku
Member
Crushed said:
:lol :lol :lol
LegendofJoe
Member
sprocket said:
Amen
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
Member
let's celebrate the death of snaking with a cake:
McBradders
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marvelharvey said:
I better get me a Wii then!
I never played MK online, but that pretty accurately describes my experience with Metroid Prime Hunters. I swear, I played against one guy who would fire a missile directly at where my head was going to be before I actually spawned, and it would kill me the instant I spawned.Crushed said:
I was excited before since I like Mario Kart, but reading about all these new features - and playable Miis - gets me REALLY hyped up for the next Mario Kart! I hope they really truely mean it will be released this spring and it isn't delayed.
Man, 12 racers is going to be such fun chaos! Yay!
Man, 12 racers is going to be such fun chaos! Yay!
BrodiemanTTR said:
PLEASE TELL ME YOURE JOKING. PLEASE.
Even in Mario Kart DS you COULD play with strangers. Seriously. Since the very first online Nintendo game YOU COULD.
Apart from Animal Crossing and maybe some other exceptions, WFC games always had a random matchmaking function.
NOW TELL ME YOU WERE JOKING PLEASE.
(okay, you were, but I'll still left it there in case somebody thinks it's a grand premiere
).BrodiemanTTR
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Ramenman said:
.BrodiemanTTR said:
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Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
ooooh yeah, snaking is nerfed. I will purchase because of this alone.
Nah, Hunters is MUCH better in its online stuff. It doesn't do that annoying beeping effect, and it'll start a game much more quickly even if it doesn't have 4 players.KevinCow said:
Oh, and I once did that shooting someone spawning by accident in Hunters. I was playing as Trace and owning this dude from IGN. I had just killed him with a headshot when suddenly he respawned right next to me. I freaked out and shot at him, and actually managed to hit him in the head for another headshot kill. :lol
test_account
XP-39C²
That plastic wheel shouldnt be included in every package in my opinion. I guess alot of people will only try the wheel once or so, then they wont use it again. Mario Kart for Wii is probly going to sell millions of copies so it sux that so many of those plastic steering wheels will be produced for "nothing", most likely atleast.
dr3upmushroom
Banned
Seems to be the general feeling of the game.Struct09 said:
Minsc
Gold Member
So snaking is killed. Good, it was pointlessly stupid anyway, it was just a reward to the OCD hardcore.
Now boosting will hopefully only work best by sliding around tight turns, and boosting down a straight road (not a curve), will be slower than simply driving perfectly straight.
The mechanic should only be beneficial when properly used on a corner.
Now boosting will hopefully only work best by sliding around tight turns, and boosting down a straight road (not a curve), will be slower than simply driving perfectly straight.
The mechanic should only be beneficial when properly used on a corner.
BuddhaRockstar
Member
Oh hell yes, gamecube controller support, my controllers I bought for Brawl will have some other use! My hype for this game just shot up like a ton reading this article.
By the way... there is 4 player splitscreen offline, right? I know that sounds like a dumb question, being MK and all, I just wanted to make sure.
By the way... there is 4 player splitscreen offline, right? I know that sounds like a dumb question, being MK and all, I just wanted to make sure.
TheGreatDave
Banned
I think I'll use my new bought-for-Brawl Gamecube pad with this as well. I just miss the rumble with the classic pad and if I'm playing online I want to feel in complete control. In Excite Truck I found the controls to be perfect for the most part, but it'd occasionally spaz out.
YES! MISSION MODE IS BACK!
EDIT:
In those screenshots, the game looks like it has better contrast... or the colors are much richer. There also seems to be a couple of effects that weren't used in Double Dash!!. I think this makes the game look a lot more like the N64 game.
The online aspect/Mario Kart Wii Channel sounds great. It seems like they're really putting some neat records in there. Two player and battle online is pure win.
And those new power-ups sound pretty creative.
All this with 32 tracks, bikes, tricks, and NO SNAKING?
EDIT:
In those screenshots, the game looks like it has better contrast... or the colors are much richer. There also seems to be a couple of effects that weren't used in Double Dash!!. I think this makes the game look a lot more like the N64 game.
The online aspect/Mario Kart Wii Channel sounds great. It seems like they're really putting some neat records in there. Two player and battle online is pure win.
And those new power-ups sound pretty creative.
All this with 32 tracks, bikes, tricks, and NO SNAKING?