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Official Mario Kart Wii Thread of Official Mario Kart
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holy fucking shit at the commercials for this game. first nintendo mistake of the wii generation?
http://media.wii.ign.com/articles/868/868745/vids_1.html
http://media.wii.ign.com/articles/868/868745/vids_1.html
Got it today at Aussie launch. Over 30 people waiting at JBHi-Fi.
How do you drift????? I am confused!
The Wii Wheel works amazingly well and 2 player online rocks! I just versed some guy from France with the name "Free Tibet", people from Japan, Germany, Britain! Rocks my Socks!
How do you drift????? I am confused!
The Wii Wheel works amazingly well and 2 player online rocks! I just versed some guy from France with the name "Free Tibet", people from Japan, Germany, Britain! Rocks my Socks!
layzie1989
Member
big_z said:
reminds me of n64 commercials :lol
Meta-Knight
Member
big_z said:
The second commercial is nice. Can you really play against people in Europe??
Well, here are my brief impressions:
Got back from footy training to see my brother playing this game. Bought a cheap 3rd party Wii wheel which I didn't like too much.
Anyway, after coming 12th in the first two races I finally began getting used to the Wii Wheel. Played another dozen matches and finished between 1st and 6th.
Got used to it much quicker then I expected and it's actually a neat piece of plastic.
I don't see it offering the precision of a normal controller but it's fun to use and does its job. It'll probably be my main choice for this game.
Rubber banding is as obvious as ever. Was 11th, got the bullet thingy and ended up 2nd! Only seen a couple blue shells in a dozen matches, which might be a good thing.
Played all the mushrooms levels, liked them except for one. The one with lots of mushrooms which you jump on... other than that he levels have been great!
Graphics seem pretty good, though could've been much better. Sound is good, but not great.
Have yet to play online, but my brother said it ran flawlessly.
Well, so far so good, though I might give the game a rest as I want to finish ZacknWiki and No More Heroes first =)
Got back from footy training to see my brother playing this game. Bought a cheap 3rd party Wii wheel which I didn't like too much.
Anyway, after coming 12th in the first two races I finally began getting used to the Wii Wheel. Played another dozen matches and finished between 1st and 6th.
Got used to it much quicker then I expected and it's actually a neat piece of plastic.
I don't see it offering the precision of a normal controller but it's fun to use and does its job. It'll probably be my main choice for this game.
Rubber banding is as obvious as ever. Was 11th, got the bullet thingy and ended up 2nd! Only seen a couple blue shells in a dozen matches, which might be a good thing.
Played all the mushrooms levels, liked them except for one. The one with lots of mushrooms which you jump on... other than that he levels have been great!
Graphics seem pretty good, though could've been much better. Sound is good, but not great.
Have yet to play online, but my brother said it ran flawlessly.
Well, so far so good, though I might give the game a rest as I want to finish ZacknWiki and No More Heroes first =)
big_z said:
Horrible commercials. Terrible. Was the marketing department recently all let off? Hopefully those are just regional commercials for the South/mid West. Even then those regions may be turned off by that awful presentation of an idea that was probably better looking on paper.
Really loving it! 
And the game plays really well with the Wii Wheel, which is surprising.
Puzzled by the mixed views this game is getting, especially by the people who are saying MKDS awesome, MKWii crap. To me they're basically the same core game, with MKWii having more great stuff, and online and multiplayer is stellar!
I'd rank it up their with the best Mario Karts (for me SNES, DS, Wii - in no particular order), and it might end up being the best version yet. Definitely a GOTY contender.
And the game plays really well with the Wii Wheel, which is surprising.
Puzzled by the mixed views this game is getting, especially by the people who are saying MKDS awesome, MKWii crap. To me they're basically the same core game, with MKWii having more great stuff, and online and multiplayer is stellar!
I'd rank it up their with the best Mario Karts (for me SNES, DS, Wii - in no particular order), and it might end up being the best version yet. Definitely a GOTY contender.
Gamecocks625
Member
I have a gym membership and actually look fit.
MK Wii still has zero relevance to me.
MK Wii still has zero relevance to me.
sarcasm
radioheadrule83
Banned
Something bizarre just happened to me online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRO5cYZ-AcE
Someone must have had a bad connection, because the game just sat there for a few minutes with lakitu bobbing up and down. It was a VERY generous timeout. I went to my PC to make sure no Torrents were running or anything, went downstairs to get my phone and within 27 seconds of filming that it booted me into a race. 6 racers went down to 2. I got beat by the other player and still won some points cos the other people dropped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRO5cYZ-AcE
Someone must have had a bad connection, because the game just sat there for a few minutes with lakitu bobbing up and down. It was a VERY generous timeout. I went to my PC to make sure no Torrents were running or anything, went downstairs to get my phone and within 27 seconds of filming that it booted me into a race. 6 racers went down to 2. I got beat by the other player and still won some points cos the other people dropped.
evilromero
Member
First thing Sunday morning I'm driving my ass to BB and getting this game. Sucks there's no midnight launch.
evilromero
Member
Strange. Where do you live? I am guessing Oklahoma is shying away from midnight launches.Tim-E said:
My local Game Crazy is also doing a Midnight launch. I've got the game and an additional Nintendo wheel pre-ordered. I also have the fridge stocked with beers and I'm loaded up on snacks. Having friends over for some Mario Kart 64 beforehand and then Mario Kart Wii after Midnight!
evilromero
Member
I can't confirm if this is happening with all the Sam's but I'll give them a call later to see what's up. Hopefully this is going down in OKC.
Picked up a copy myself. There were plenty available over here in the UK both online and offline even a week after release but, now it appears to be sold out in most places ^^;
Some mixed feelings about this game.
Single player's been as fun and challenging as before. Pretty much same experience but the new moves you can pull off with the bikes are great and so are the items like the Mega Mushroom. I tried playing with the wheel for a few hours and although it's pretty responsive, I still can't help but feel like I'm playing that farm racing game "Charge!" from Wii Play so I just went back to the old controls.
Online has been well presented and surprisingly smooth. I was expecting lag with 12 players but I've seen little even though my Wii's connected wirelessly. Pretty cool watching the Miis appear on the world map and the live matches that are being played.
What I don't really like is the ranking points. They don't seem to be a very good gauge of your opponents skills because I saw a few in the 6000s dropping back to the 4000s during some games. There's also not as much incentive to play as on the DS other than knowing you're up against other human players. You can play as many matches as you want, it never ends and there's no rankings based on your wins and losses like in Mario Strikers.
That aside, the game looks and sounds great. Almost reminds me of Mario Galaxy with some of the designs although you can see the character models aren't quite as detailed when the camera zooms in.
There hasn't been any competitions yet, has there? It just says keep your WiiConnect24 on and wait for notification. I'm curious to know what they'll be.
Anyway, I'll probably see you guys in some of the VS matches. It's kind of getting boring with everyone picking the same tracks all the time. Too many Coconut Malls and DS Delfino Squares...
Some mixed feelings about this game.
Single player's been as fun and challenging as before. Pretty much same experience but the new moves you can pull off with the bikes are great and so are the items like the Mega Mushroom. I tried playing with the wheel for a few hours and although it's pretty responsive, I still can't help but feel like I'm playing that farm racing game "Charge!" from Wii Play so I just went back to the old controls.
Online has been well presented and surprisingly smooth. I was expecting lag with 12 players but I've seen little even though my Wii's connected wirelessly. Pretty cool watching the Miis appear on the world map and the live matches that are being played.
What I don't really like is the ranking points. They don't seem to be a very good gauge of your opponents skills because I saw a few in the 6000s dropping back to the 4000s during some games. There's also not as much incentive to play as on the DS other than knowing you're up against other human players. You can play as many matches as you want, it never ends and there's no rankings based on your wins and losses like in Mario Strikers.
That aside, the game looks and sounds great. Almost reminds me of Mario Galaxy with some of the designs although you can see the character models aren't quite as detailed when the camera zooms in.
There hasn't been any competitions yet, has there? It just says keep your WiiConnect24 on and wait for notification. I'm curious to know what they'll be.
Anyway, I'll probably see you guys in some of the VS matches. It's kind of getting boring with everyone picking the same tracks all the time. Too many Coconut Malls and DS Delfino Squares...
JPBrowncoat
Member
I got my shipping notification from FamilyVideo so I think I'll definitely have it on Monday. One whole day the play the hell out of it before GTA distracts me.
For our American friends who will buy this awesome game in days here's a little guide.
HOW TO PLAY MARIO KART WII:
- Wii Wheel is your first choice, it's 100% fun and that's it, if you don't use it damn you.
- Mote+Chuck is your second choice, but if you use these Online against Wii Wheel users you are cheap, because you can win easily.
- Gamecube/Classic Pad: Pick this + a motorbike and it's like snaking in Mario Kart DS, only that this doesn't really ruins the game like snaking, but it's frustrating to see a NGC Pad user who can do tricks with his Bike a lot of times in sequence. If you use this, you suck at this game. Hard.
HOW TO PLAY MARIO KART WII:
don't take this seriously
- Mote+Chuck is your second choice, but if you use these Online against Wii Wheel users you are cheap, because you can win easily.
- Gamecube/Classic Pad: Pick this + a motorbike and it's like snaking in Mario Kart DS, only that this doesn't really ruins the game like snaking, but it's frustrating to see a NGC Pad user who can do tricks with his Bike a lot of times in sequence. If you use this, you suck at this game. Hard.
BuddhaRockstar
Member
Umm that's not rubber banding...
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
set a coupla new records in Time Trials..go and beat'em, beetches!
also, holy crap at Drake! Who is he? He's a monster :0
also, holy crap at Drake! Who is he? He's a monster :0
GT review is up:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33246.html
Anyone else note the character at the Time trials menu at 2:25?
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33246.html
Anyone else note the character at the Time trials menu at 2:25?
ezekial45 said:
I'm surprised they scored it so high after complaining about the items so much. They really are horrible this time...it borders on inexcusable.
That said, I agree with the score. The game is still fun as hell and the online mode is impressive, for Wii anyway.
tetrisgrammaton
Member
i played mario kart at best buy for 30 minutes today. after that, i think i'm going to buy mario kart 64 on vc instead