Despite a few Issues, Mario Kart Wii is just downright fun, especially online where the game comes into its own.
One of the biggest changes in MK Wii comes in the shape of Bikes, much like PGR4 did, yet it as to be said there isn't a whole lot of difference between the two forms of transport. Bikes are fun tho, and offer more ways to master tracks, such as the ability to wheely and go faster in the process. The other big aspect of MK Wii is the Wii Steering Wheel, its nothing special really and all you do is insert your Wiimote into the steering wheel and play! its not perfect, for instance the acceleration is poorly configurated but it is fun and despite some issues with movement can be a blast in the right hands. Its a nice addition but Nintendo have also offered gamers the ability to use the normal Wiimote and Numbchuck, GameCube controller and classic controller. But if I'm honest I'm happy with the steerring wheel myself.
Thats the first issue I have with MK Wii, its all been done before and the series is really started to show its age. But as long as the game is fun, doesn't matter a great deal. You have the usual modes that we have had in MK for sometime and there pretty good as usual. But its easy to say that the best aspect of MK Wii comes with its superb online play which is just downight fun in every aspect. Theres also a type of scoring system which starts at 5000 for both the normal racing and the battle mode and will increase or decrease depending on where you finish in a race. It actually is kind of a nice aspect to Multiplayer. The Multiplayer also as its own base channel which can be saved onto your Wii console. Multiplayer is easily where most people will have their fun, don't get me wrong. The single player is imported for getting tracks and secret characters but it all boils down to the Multiplayer experience.
Finally worth mentioning is the tracks, theres apparently 30 all together. Some are classics, some are from GC Double Dash Game and some are from the DS game. But the new tracks in MK Wii are sinply superb. Theres one of the highlights of the game and are a absolute blast to race around. You defiantly get the feeling that Nintendo wanted to not just offer the classic tracks but also offer a great mix of future classic tracks... in which there are many already I can pick out of. There are some small improvments, for instance you can perform tricks which adds something to the game overall and sliding as also changed from past games, at the moment I'm still not sure how much I like the new system, although its defiantly not a bad change.
PROS:
-Superb Multiplayer experience which runs well.
-New Tracks are so much fun.
-Steering Wheel is more fun then expected.
CONS:
-Bikes, tho fun feel more of a graphical change then a gameplay change,
-Single Player starting to feel a little old.
-Steering Wheel can be hit and miss for user.