Mario Kart vs Sega All Stars Racing.

It's been way too long since I've had this much fun with a kart racer. I think it's better than Mario Kart- it certainly requires more skill. You can definitely tell SEGA had some of their best racing minds on the task. There's not a bad track of the 24 available and the drifting is incredibly well implemented. The Monkey Ball tracks are insane!

I wen't into this bias (huge Mario Kart fan) but it really is the better kart racer. Also, the final game is much better in terms of framerate. Just thought I'd clear that up.

Thoughts?

I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

From playing the demo this game is better than mario kart in everyway possible, Visualy stunning, great fanservice for sega fans of all kind, Good ai, great sound/music and just a better game overall, im getting the 360 version as soon as i can.

Unfortunatly this is system wars and in system wars anything sonic is automatically bad and hated so most people will say MK.

I like both racers a lot, but I'm going to have to give it to Sonic on this one. I really like how tight the controls are. Once you get the feel of the controls, the game plays smoothly. I also like the stages and pacing more than Mario Kart.

I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

jimmarko21876

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

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I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

Blazed

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

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I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

Blazed

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

i guess its great for people who dont own a wii

but if you do own a wii, better get mario kart

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I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

Blazed

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

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I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

Birdy09

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

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I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

Birdy09

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

Mario Kart wins for me because its multiplayer is superior in almost everyway. Its online is not that good and the commentator is really annoying and basically it is a clone of Mario Kart and it virtually copyed it but it did it well but it ain't a Mario Kart beater in my opinion.

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I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

eveileb-ekam

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

Actually, It does require more skill seeing as it isn't based around luck and rubberband AI.;) I don't look for depth in kart racers but if it's there I give it a mention. Both are fun kart racers but Sega did a better job imo. Tracks are varied...streets, jungles, casino's, islands etc., not much of anything missing, I disagree there.

I agree MK is smoother but framerate isn't too bad, not enough to give it a mention though, it may be your console.

In all honesty a new Diddy Kong Racing is way over do. It had free roam, planes and water vehicles. I think we can both agree on this one

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It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

Blazed

Actually, It does require more skill seeing as it isn't based around luck and rubberband AI.;) I don't look for depth in kart racers but if it's there I give it a mention. Both are fun kart racers but Sega did a better job imo. Tracks are varied...streets, jungles, casino's, islands etc., not much of anything missing, I disagree there.

I agree MK is smoother but framerate isn't too bad, not enough to give it a mention though, it may be your console.

In all honesty a new Diddy Kong Racing is way over do. It had free roam, planes and water vehicles. I think we can both agree on this one

Mario Kart is a true classic series and blows Sega All Stars Racing out of the water.

I played both the 360 and wii versions. Got it on Wii despite graphics because my 7 year old who wanted the game prefers to use the steering wheel. Fun enough. Mario Kart is more fun though. Especially the online. Lobbies only and waiting for a host to start the race was a mistake. The easy no frills matchmaking on MKWii should have been adopted along with the rest of the MK formula.

And the game DOES have rubberband AI. It's even set ON by default. But you can turn it off. But then the game is to easy.

I'd wager that this wont get nearly the overall playtime as MKWii does in my house, but makes for a nice alternate from time to time.

Mario Kart has always had great music and would put this Sega game to shame.

Mario Kart has always had great music and would put this Sega game to shame.

mariokart97

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I think it is a great option for people that don't own a Wii. I personally enjoy Mario Kart much more, but I haven't played Sega Racing nearly enough to give it an accurate comparison.

Blazed

It's deeper than Mario Kart, no rubberband AI, requires more skill, better graphics and it behaves just slightly differently for each character. How is it inferior?:?

Mario Kart is a big part of the Nintendo franchise it is one of the big games Nintendo owners wait for every console. While Mario Kart Wii was not the best it had awesome multiplayer.

sonic all star is fun and a good kart racing game but not better then mario kart i have yet to see a kart racing game better then mario kart

Mario Kart wins because Sonic doesn't need to be in a Car.

Although Sega AllStars Racing looks fun.

I play the demo, and I wasn't too fond of it. It reminded me too much of the awful driving section in Sonic Adventure 1. Anyway, I wish it were more like Crash Team Racing, which wasnot too fruity lookinglike the Mario Kart series.

Crash Team Racing came closest to knocking Mario off his karting thrown. To bad the sequels sucked though like Crash Tag Team Racing.

I own both games, and while Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is really good, I prefer Mario Kart Wii. The straightforward gameplay of Sonic Racing is good, fast, and easy to pick up, but the technical aspect of Mario Kart Wii is just a lot more durable. The online mode has a bit more depth as well, at least when you compare the Wii versions. I'm also disappointed about the lack of customisability. For as far as I know, there's no possibility to customise cups, and no possibility to team up with other races. Apart from that, though, it's a very solid game, and probably my third favourite kart game after Mario Kart Wii and Diddy Kong Racing (although it may be up to par with Crash Nitro Kart). I also wrote a user review for it btw. :)

It's been way too long since I've had this much fun with a kart racer. I think it's better than Mario Kart- it certainly requires more skillBlazed

I disagree. I thought it was ridiculously easy. The drifting can be mastered in 10 minutes and I beat all the cups on expert the second day I had it. Today I finished beating all the missions with an AAA rating. Moreover, most of the online races aren't even a challenge.

TC, I thought so to, just my opinion. I was happy to have a Mario Kart racer that didn't have the "rubber band" effect. Basically you get your butt handed to you if you screw up, like Mario Kart on the SNES. I love Mario Kart, but it is takes an equal amount of skill and luck. thecreechxxx

Plus, SASASR has no blue shell type weapon. :D

I disagree. I thought it was ridiculously easy. The drifting can be mastered in 10 minutes and I beat all the cups on expert the second day I had it. Today I finished beating all the missions with an AAA rating. Moreover, most of the online races aren't even a challenge.DraugenCP

Crash Team Racing came closest to knocking Mario off his karting thrown. To bad the sequels sucked though like Crash Tag Team Racing.

chocolate1325

While Crash Team Racing was a great game, it was still nowhere near as good as Diddy Kong Racing imo. Mario Kart 64 was a pretty mediocre game in retrospect, so I'll credit CTR with surpassing that game by a lot. As for its sequels, I thought Crash Nitro Kart was way better than Team Racing, and I still consider it one of the most solid and fun kart racing games ever made.

I'm impressed at the reaction Sonic Racing has gotten. It's come from no where. I presumed this was some shovelware game before the review and it's really turned into something. I'll check out the demo in the next few days.

I'm impressed at the reaction Sonic Racing has gotten. It's come from no where. I presumed this was some shovelware game before the review and it's really turned into something. I'll check out the demo in the next few days.

Darth_DuMas

I'm impressed at the reaction Sonic Racing has gotten. It's come from no where. I presumed this was some shovelware game before the review and it's really turned into something. I'll check out the demo in the next few days.

Darth_DuMas

This is hard for me too choose.

They actually play rather different in some key areas. I've found it really easy to play Mario Kart: Wii and then play Sega All Star Racing without the feeling that I'm playing the same game again with a different coat of paint.

This is hard for me too choose.

They actually play rather different in some key areas. I've found it really easy to play Mario Kart: Wii and then play Sega All Star Racing without the feeling that I'm playing the same game again with a different coat of paint.

JLF1

Yeah, I just went back to Mario Kart Wii, and I actually had to get used to it again.

Well, one of them has fricking Alex Kidd. I mean, name a single feature from Mario Kart that's better than that.Cherokee_Jack

Having Bowser, for one. :)