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    New Life Sales For Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports

    Mario Kart Wii Used In Driver's Ed

    MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be

    Amazon's "Best of 2008" Video Games Are All Wii

    New Club Nintendo Prizes Underwhelm

    Forget Wii Fit, It's Mario Kart That's Buttering Nintendo's Bread

    Nintendo DS Software Sales Up, Nintendo Wii Software Sales Up (Up, Up, Up!)

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    Image of Mancomb Seepgood Mancomb Seepgood
    07/31/09

    In reply to New Life Sales For Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports
    Sounds boring.

    Oh wait, it's wii. It is boring.
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    Image of TheWon TheWon
    07/31/09

    @Mancomb Seepgood:
    You can say boring all you want, but WiiFit is about 2 million behind PS3. That's news to me.
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    Image of Bardock Bardock
    07/31/09

    In reply to New Life Sales For Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports
    Yeah I'm not really that impressed by the numbers of a game that is forced on you when you buy the console.
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    Image of Mezodon Mezodon
    07/31/09

    @Bardock: It shouldn't necessarily be counted like the other games, but Wii Sports is largely responsible for the Wii selling in the first place.
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    Image of Kenology18 Kenology18
    07/31/09

    @Bardock: Ok, so wha's your excuse for Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii then?
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    Image of xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx xxXX_Insanities_Birth_XXxx
    07/31/09

    In reply to New Life Sales For Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports
    Extremely good sales. I wouldn't count wii sports since it's a pack in with the console to be fair but the rest looks good.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    07/31/09

    In reply to New Life Sales For Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports
    Ah nice to see Mario Kart doing well. Well....by well I mean jesus tap dancing christ unbelieveably well! Wonder how many are online??
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    Image of Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
    07/31/09

    @excel_excel: I love me some Mario Kart :D
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    07/31/09

    @Michael Dukakis - Mets fan: I've never lagged at all playing online, great fun. Fucking Blue Shells tho eh :P
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    Image of Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
    07/31/09

    @excel_excel: I hate those things since Mario Kart 64.
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    Image of Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?! Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
    07/31/09

    @excel_excel: same here. Mario Kart Wii online is a shining example of what Wii is capable of with online play when done right...wonder why no other developer is paying attention. I hope Monster Hunter Tri runs as good...
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    Image of Dangeresque (Kojima-san doesn't have to make Metal Gear any more) Dangeresque (Kojima-san doesn't have to make Metal Gear any more)
    05/19/09

    In reply to Mario Kart Wii Used In Driver's Ed
    I, uh, really don't get all the sarcasm. It really is a good idea. Granted, perhaps there are better games for this practice, maybe Forza would be good, but I think it would prove a very basic point that many teen drivers fail to recognize- take your eyes off the road, and you're screwed. Would we prefer that our youth learn this lesson by plowing into railings and getting hospitalized or killed?


    Maybe it's just too early, and my sense of humor is on the fritz. Certainly, it's a humorous situation, having Mario Kart in Driver's Ed. But does anyone actually think it's a bad idea?

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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    05/19/09

    In reply to Mario Kart Wii Used In Driver's Ed
    Well it's about time they started doing this. I'm tired of spinning wildly out of control when I drive over banana peels, and nothing pisses me off quite like when I get a sudden reduction in speed because the car is haunted. And don't even get me STARTED on those fucking lightning bolts that come out of the sky and make my whole vehicle tiny right in the middle of the damn freeway. Rush hour traffic is dangerous enough already!
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    Image of Sloopydrew Sloopydrew
    04/14/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    Isn't Mario Kart Wii what Mario Kart Wii should be? That is the most confusing headline I've read at Kotaku. Esp. considering the article it's heading doesn't seem to compare Mario Kart Wii to MySims Racing negatively, outside of a comment about Mario Kart 64 (I read this article thoroughly to try and make sense of the headline before posting, and that's all I could find).


    Didn't Mario Kart Wii generally get really good reviews, doesn't it remain a bestseller that has yet to be discounted in price and isn't it one of the few games on the Wii hardcore and casual gamers alike enjoy? Is there anything backing up the headline, or is it just a personal preference of the author? I was under the impression that the only "mixed" reviews a Mario Kart game has gotten on a major console was the GameCube version of the game (Double Dash).

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    Image of Modus_Operandi Modus_Operandi
    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    "Who Just Shot At Me?: There are so many Sims on the racing track at one time that's it's hard to tell who just shot you with whatever "power up""


    Why would anyone be so concerned with who shot who? You want frenetic pace but you complain about this?

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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    04/13/09

    @Modus_Operandi: Revenge is best served....with a red shell...
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    Image of Modus_Operandi Modus_Operandi
    04/13/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666:


    Or a Giant Mushroom. > beep beep!<

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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    How posh is posh?
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    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    "Unlike Mario Kart or even the old school Diddy Kong Racing on Nintendo 64, the MySims' vocal gibberish isn't enough to tell the NPCs apart"


    BANANA BANANA!


    HI I'M DAISY!


    PEACHY!

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    Image of Shawnladd Shawnladd
    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    You seem to be on the fence a lot...
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    04/13/09

    @Shawnladd: She's giving us a fair assessment of the game with both pros and cons. What more do you want?
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    Image of Erode Erode
    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    MySims....feels like Mario Kart 64? What witchcraft is this?!
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    Image of bfwings55 bfwings55
    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    What's with all the Mario Kart Wii hate? The only significant changes I can think of is that they got rid of snaking (thank God), they added bikes (which are pretty cheap :\), and added excellent online support.


    And the rubberbanding and ridiculous AI has always been a part of Mario Kart. That's nothing new.

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    Image of Castrum Castrum
    04/13/09

    @bfwings55: I actually enjoyed Mario Kart Wii a great deal. Best experience I had with the series since Super Mario Kart (never played the GBA one beyond a few minutes, though I have played the rest).
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    Image of puffa469 puffa469
    04/13/09

    @bfwings55:


    Nintendo broke the game with too-powerful powerups. They took most of the skill out of the game so that now a 4 year old has a good chance of beating a long time Mario kart veteran.


    Now that theres soo many characters onm the track someone is always getting the blue shell or other game breaking powerups.


    I'm glad that they got rid of snaking, but there needs to be a way to turn off some of the powerups in online.


    When hanging back in 3rd or 4th place until the last half of the last lap becomes the best strategy to 'win', then you know theres a problem with your games balance.

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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    04/13/09

    @puffa469: @EternalYoshi: so you guys didnt like mario kart ds either right?
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    Image of Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?! Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
    04/13/09

    @Castrum: Agreed. The only version that's hands down better than the Wii version IMO is Mario Kart DS. Mario Kart64 is good but snaking and the cheats killed that. MK DS is such a blast (moreso than 64) that snaking didn't render it a chore like it did the 64 version. plus the DS version looks better than the 64 version and runs at 60 frames per second with online support.

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    As far as the strategy of "hanging back" to win in Mario Kart Wii. That's not always a sure shot to victory. Actually, playing with skilled players, that could cause you to lose horribly in the last places of a race.
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    Image of NightMystic NightMystic
    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    "The game feels more like Mario Kart 64 than Mario Kart Wii did - and that's saying something."


    powerful words right there

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    Image of Taiyz Taiyz
    04/13/09

    @NightMystic: I didn't really dig Mario Kart Wii at all; I'd probably enjoy a Double Dash Wiimake more. Though, I think the "Who Just Shot Me?" point is the most important one of them all. It was what essentially defined these cartoony, battling racers.


    There was always one character who you thought had a vendetta against you, and ruining them was part of the fun.

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    Image of Grind_Axis Grind_Axis
    04/13/09

    In reply to MySims Racing Preview: It’s What Mario Kart Wii Should Be
    So this game is a spin-off of a spin-off?
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    Image of Americo Americo
    04/13/09

    @Grind_Axis: Sounds like an MTV show!


    Laguna Beach -> The Hills -> The City

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    Image of Sensai Sensai
    04/13/09

    @Americo: @bigman88zz: @CustomFirmware: Wow. Thanks for reminding me exactly how much TV sucks.


    I'm actually quite happy that I don't have TV in my dorm now.

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