Drive or Ride? Now which vehichle? Auto or Manual? Decisions. Decisions. This game just keeps on gettin
MAN! Did Mario Kart just get better or WHAT?!?
Up until now it's just been Kart racing, but Nintendo have opened it up for bikes, buggies and grand tourers to tear up the tracks with!
You also have stunts which give you a turbo boost apon landing!
Select from Auto (allowing you drift when you turn shaply) or Manual (Drift by braking an score a Mini-Turbo Boost)!
Access your Mii's and race them (once unlocked)!
And Finally... Race on the latest tracks new to Wii or tear it up in Mario Kart's greatest hits line-up of tracks!
One thing I've heard about Mario Kart Wii is that there are a couple of apparent disadvantages with the level designs.
Stunts won't work too well in the Retro Courses.
Weapons won't work so good in the Wii Originals.
From what I've found, Not so.
Stunts work just as well (when performed) in the Retro course just as well with the Wii Originals, only thing is there's not too much opportunities to execute stunts.
As for weapons... The level design of the Wii Originals throws a deeper level of strategy when using pickups.
With that in mind, the two sets of course each provide a different gameplay style of their own. In the end on that note it's how you race them.
But the other thing I forgot to mention at the start is the NWFC multiplayer and the Mario Kart Channel.
NWFC plays awesomely smooth on a broadband connection that's up to scratch, as opposed to the major bad framerate that found with SSB:Brawl over NWFC. But what makes NWFC play so great is the fact you can bring a mate (via splitscreen) into the game with you!
As for the Mario Kart Channel, you have competitions posted regularly and a Wii Message Board service (which you can sign up for) which informs you of the current comp in play.
With all the action out of the box and unlockables in the game...
Mario Kart Wii is awesome game that is great for your party videogame playlist or solo session.
Mario Kart is most definitely an essential to any Wii gamer's collection!