Mario Kart Wii Comments by Oli Welsh
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Im liking the way the Wii is slowly going back to the original gamecube pad or the classic pad to play games because i think Nintendo now know the Wiimote control scheme has always been hit and miss with the more hardcore of gamers.
Try playing Super Smash Bros with the dam Wiimote! Bring back the traditional way of playing games. |
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Agent_Llama
20/03/08 @ 16:36
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Pre-ordered last week. Disappointed about no online championship, surely a glaring misjudgement? BOO!
(And Birdo had better be in it!) |
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thebuzzard
20/03/08 @ 16:38
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"8/10. That's gotta sting a bit. POS confirmed." since when did 8/10 mean a game was crap???
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Tiger_Walts
20/03/08 @ 16:39
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Absolutely no mention of weapon (im)balance in the review.
Do you still get horribly punished for being in the lead, dropping from first to forth on the last corner due to a blue shell? |
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Im liking the way the Wii is slowly going back to the original gamecube pad or the classic pad to play games because i think Nintendo now know the Wiimote control scheme has always been hit and miss with the more hardcore of gamers.
Yep, because the review slates the wheel as a valid control method. OH WAIT. |
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Tweakmonkey
20/03/08 @ 16:49
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What does no online championship mean? You can't do a series of 4 races like DS??? That is rubbish Ninty :-(
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Unexpected - but welcome! - review. To be honest, I was expecting a 9 almost all the way through that because the review is very positive in tone, but I guess I have to agree:
It still has to be docked a mark for the awkward structure and compromised multiplayer modes I can live with having to play through with Karts on 50cc and Bikes on 100cc to unlock access to either for both engine sizes (and I'll only ever play 150cc anyway once I've beaten them a couple of times), but the loss of the 4-race cups in multi-player is absolutely criminal. I completely agree - this has been the only way to play Mario Kart since... well, ever and there's no way single races are going to be as much fun. I really am surprised Nintendo did this because there's just no logic to it at all. Anyway, i've pre-ordered it already, so I'm still very much looking forward to this. I'm sure it's still a 9 at heart. :) |
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No multiplayer championship mode. Absolute spaffbags. I've been waiting for that since the N64 version, they missed it again on the Cube, and now on the Wii. It absolutely amazes me how every generation they miss the most obvious trick going.
How hard would it be to have a championship editor? You pick the number of races, you pick the tracks, then four of you race with an awards ceremony at the end. Shigs is a cock. Can Wii games get patches too? Anyone? Will still be buying this and loving every sweet red shelled moment though. |
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Eurogamer in arbitrary mark compared to review text non-shocker.
It's not. I think it's been very carefully thought through and I actually agree with EG. It sounds like a solid 9/10 game all the way through, but Nintendo have made a couple of very poor design decisions, the main one of which is losing the 4-race cups in multi-player. That is definitely deserving of a point off imho. Hence the 8. |
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Correct me if I'm wrong but they're not losing anything. Never had 4 player cups, just a board that listed your wins/losses which sounds as if it has also gone. They have dropped a bollock by not creating one though.
Yes you did - multi-player, pick a cup, 4 races, points awarded after each race, person with the most points at the top of the leaderboard at the end wins. It's been there since... always. Edit: Sorry, you've just made me think... maybe it was limited to 2-player split screen, not 4-player???
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i always find it funny that developers don't look at what people want when deciding on features... especially when they can be so easily implemented like in this case. it almost sounds like "la la la la we can't hear you la la la la". its like sega when we say we don't want sonics annoying friends in a game... still i'm gonna buy this of course
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IronCladChicken
20/03/08 @ 17:24
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No free for all in battle mode? ummm.... Thats shit Damn right |
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Stupid_Fat_Hobbit
20/03/08 @ 17:55
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Edit: Sorry, you've just made me think... maybe it was limited to 2-player split screen, not 4-player???
There were definitely 4-player cups in Double Dash. Can't be sure about the others, though. |
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Stupid_Fat_Hobbit
20/03/08 @ 17:58
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They why give a score at all?
So people can come into the comments and bitch about the review without having to read all those tedious words. |
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>They why give a score at all?
Come on, are you that retarded you need me to answer that? 1. To give a quick summary that "it is worth getting" before reading the words. i.e. if it got 1/10 then you might not bother taking time out to read the words to see if it's your thing 2. To give geeks something to whinge/celebrate in forums. "I promised my missus if this game was a masterpiece I would buy a Wii much against my better judgment; this score of 8 has saved me a a lot of wasted money." uh? Okay.. I guess video game really are causing people to dumb down... |
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GitSomE UK
20/03/08 @ 18:00
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@Smelly
Chill out you cock, yes I did read the review and yes I expected it to score higher, big deal! It doesn't mean I'm negative about it, A Wii hater (I own one FFS), conducting a puerile Troll nor does it mean I'm slating the game. It just means your an over sensitive fanboi cock knocker who needs to grow up. |
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