YES! My Router finally works! And therefore, I can now play XBox Live, and play Brawl and Kart online on the Wii. I'm calling all my readers out, so do what you need to do, here's all you need to know:
XBox Live Gamertag: Kappa Matty
Wii Friend Code: 2294-1813-9014-3158
Brawl Friend Code: 5155-3537-8851
Kart Friend Code: 3007-8989-0956
See you online!
Showing posts with label mario kart wii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mario kart wii. Show all posts
Monday, May 26, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Poll Results: Mario Kart Wii
The Question: Will you buy Mario Kart Wii?
Your Response:
100% said they would eventually.
0% said no.
0% said they picked it up opening day.
0% said they didn't own a Wii.
4 voters this time.
One of them was ME! What changed from last time?
Your Response:
100% said they would eventually.
0% said no.
0% said they picked it up opening day.
0% said they didn't own a Wii.
4 voters this time.
One of them was ME! What changed from last time?
Monday, May 5, 2008
Game Review: Mario Kart Wii
While not as epic as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, playing Mario Kart Wii has been a very similar play experience in terms of fun. I still prefer Brawl with its Emissary and its local multiplayer capibilities. But where Brawl lacks, Mario Kart picks up.
The fourth out of five first-party series I want to see on Wii, (Mario, Kart, Smash, and Zelda, leaving only Star Fox) Mario Kart Wii is just great. The peripheral that comes with the game, the Wii Wheel, makes the game even funner, but a little more challenging. Brawl has a great multi player aspect to it, but don't expect me to play alone for hours on end after beating the SSE. That's what makes Mario Kart so great. The single player aspect is so fleshed out with the Grand Prix, Time Trials (and unlocking Pro Staff Times), and just for fun Versus and Battle modes. You'll probably play the Grand Prix repeatedly to achieve Three Star Ranks. And super-functional online play.
Better still, the new tracks are great and the Trick mechanic works very well with the game. Old tracks are almost all new to me, because I never played Super Mario Kart or Super Circuit. A few marks against the game though, rubber band AI is relentless in this game in 100cc and up. Rubber band AI is when the computer opponents get a significant and purposeful advantage over you in certain conditions. They fall behind, they catch up again. It sucks. And the Blue Shell remains and appears a lot more in larger engine classes. I hate the blue shell. It doesn't even assist the one who threw it. And the game still has blocky graphics, although you can't notice them as much as Double Dash.
I still love this game, but is it better than Mario Kart DS? No. MK DS Local multiplayer is the best on DS, and best local multiplayer on the Wii is Brawl of course. A five out of six.
The fourth out of five first-party series I want to see on Wii, (Mario, Kart, Smash, and Zelda, leaving only Star Fox) Mario Kart Wii is just great. The peripheral that comes with the game, the Wii Wheel, makes the game even funner, but a little more challenging. Brawl has a great multi player aspect to it, but don't expect me to play alone for hours on end after beating the SSE. That's what makes Mario Kart so great. The single player aspect is so fleshed out with the Grand Prix, Time Trials (and unlocking Pro Staff Times), and just for fun Versus and Battle modes. You'll probably play the Grand Prix repeatedly to achieve Three Star Ranks. And super-functional online play.
Better still, the new tracks are great and the Trick mechanic works very well with the game. Old tracks are almost all new to me, because I never played Super Mario Kart or Super Circuit. A few marks against the game though, rubber band AI is relentless in this game in 100cc and up. Rubber band AI is when the computer opponents get a significant and purposeful advantage over you in certain conditions. They fall behind, they catch up again. It sucks. And the Blue Shell remains and appears a lot more in larger engine classes. I hate the blue shell. It doesn't even assist the one who threw it. And the game still has blocky graphics, although you can't notice them as much as Double Dash.
I still love this game, but is it better than Mario Kart DS? No. MK DS Local multiplayer is the best on DS, and best local multiplayer on the Wii is Brawl of course. A five out of six.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Gaming Report: Mario Kart Wii
**CAUTION: SPOILERS!**
Having been out for a couple days already, I have been able to compile all nessesary info about this game into one neat post. Hold down the A Button, here it comes.
Tracks:
32 in total, 4 per cup course. 8 cup courses, 4 new, 4 retro. (16 new tracks, 16 old tracks.)
Examples:
Mario Circuit: A course designed for drifting, this one is themed around Peach's Castle Grounds.
Yoshi Falls: (DS) Same as on DS, but a bridge has been modified so you can trick off it. (See below.)
Characters:
Light: Toad, Baby Mario, Koopa Troopa, Baby Peach, Baby Luigi, Toadette, Baby Daisy, Dry Bones.
Middle: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Bowser Jr, Daisy, Birdo, Diddy Kong.
Heavy: Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wario, Waluigi, King Boo, Dry Bowser Bones, Rosalina, Funky Kong.
Plus a Mii option is unlockable.
What else is new?
-Mini-Turbos are awarded for tricking off jumps now, by pressing a button or shaking the Wii Remote.
-Drifting turbos are calculated by how long you drift, not by wiggling the control stick back and forth.
-Ranked online...sort of. You start at 5000 and you work your way up to 10000, but you can lose all the way down to 0.
-10 battle courses, 5 new, 5 old.
-Shine Runners is now Coin Runners.
-New items. Including the Mega Mushroom, Lightning Cloud, and POW Block.
That's all I have. Hope that satisfied your Mario Kart hunger, or at least gave you something to read for a minute or two. I'll pick it up and review it within a week or so.
Having been out for a couple days already, I have been able to compile all nessesary info about this game into one neat post. Hold down the A Button, here it comes.
Tracks:
32 in total, 4 per cup course. 8 cup courses, 4 new, 4 retro. (16 new tracks, 16 old tracks.)
Examples:
Mario Circuit: A course designed for drifting, this one is themed around Peach's Castle Grounds.
Yoshi Falls: (DS) Same as on DS, but a bridge has been modified so you can trick off it. (See below.)
Characters:
Light: Toad, Baby Mario, Koopa Troopa, Baby Peach, Baby Luigi, Toadette, Baby Daisy, Dry Bones.
Middle: Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Bowser Jr, Daisy, Birdo, Diddy Kong.
Heavy: Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wario, Waluigi, King Boo, Dry Bowser Bones, Rosalina, Funky Kong.
Plus a Mii option is unlockable.
What else is new?
-Mini-Turbos are awarded for tricking off jumps now, by pressing a button or shaking the Wii Remote.
-Drifting turbos are calculated by how long you drift, not by wiggling the control stick back and forth.
-Ranked online...sort of. You start at 5000 and you work your way up to 10000, but you can lose all the way down to 0.
-10 battle courses, 5 new, 5 old.
-Shine Runners is now Coin Runners.
-New items. Including the Mega Mushroom, Lightning Cloud, and POW Block.
That's all I have. Hope that satisfied your Mario Kart hunger, or at least gave you something to read for a minute or two. I'll pick it up and review it within a week or so.
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