phextin

tme2nsb

I'm talking about totally cosmetic changes. The vehicles look so stiff like they were made out of a cement mold casing.

Also, couldn't they have added more exhaust, tire tracks and other things racing games have been doing for the last, what, 5 years.

The karts, characters and tracks could also use more dynamic lighting and dynamic shadows, because everything looks like it's at midday.

mlubczyn

[wiinintendo.net]

hey_suburbia

I skipped Mario Kart for the Gamecube, because I've been somewhat bored of the formula. Though I just watched 4 or so courses from the Wii version and it looks pretty spectacular.

I do agree that Nintendo is desperately in need of new IPs, but the same can be said for many companies.

GTA4 for examples look EXACTLY THE SAME imho. The animations look the same as does the framerate. Just updated graphics. I've yet to see one video that looks to improve on the formula in any way. But if thats your cup of tea, who am I to piss in it?

terrydwj

MitchyTheKiller

King Seafoam

ironraiden

GoalieLax

I can't FUCKING WAIT!!!!!

tme2nsb

Mario Kart Wii is for people with friends, so that might be the reason it gets hate
MK:DD was pretty crappy, so were you expecting better?
I am, but only slightly
I thought Mario Galaxy was so much better than Sunshine, but Mario 64 beats them both
Same deal here, except the original for the SNES has been the best so far

Banned by Kotaku pedophiles

Lanhoj

Those idiots at nintendo keep making the same games over and over again.

SatanicBoomBoomHead

dowingba

This game is gonna own.

dowingba

GrassJelly

Wolfers

for fun arcade racers - ridge racer and wipeout please.

push eject

There seriously needs to be a site that offers this sort of direct feed. I remember when FFX first came out in Japan (before it arrived to NA) I got a hold of and watched a DVD that had every cutscene/fmv in the game. It came with subtitles too albeit poorly translated ones. Was like watching a very long movie, heh.

UmeShoryu

Bunn

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

I don't understand why people make these retarded statements.

"_____ was never as good as the first game on the NES/SNES/Genesis/blahblahblah!"

No, it is as good. In fact, it's better. It's just that it's human nature to get bored of things after seeing them for so long.

If your first Mario Kart game was the one on the SNES, of course you're going to say that one was better, because it was the first time you experienced a game like this and so it has a magical aftertaste with you. MKW is obviously the best Mario Kart game ever, with so many tracks, features, and online play, but since the majority of you have been playing Mario Kart since the early 90s, you have nothing to say but "It's not as good as the first was". Uhh, suuuuuuuuuure.

I've been playing the Mario Kart series since the late 90s, and I'll say this is the best Mario Kart ever. Will I pick it up? Probably not. Mario Kart's getting old for me. Nothing to make me buy this new game, other than my parents thinking because it's on the Wii, it's a game that will appeal for them.

Would you look at that.
I refuse to buy a Mario Kart game, and my parents are waiting for it to come out.

What has this world come to?

deviantchicken

mrplow8

1. Way, WAAAAAY better than Double Dash.

2. Motorbikes aren't broken. Actually the addition is quite nice, in 150cc you're able to compete with karts & bikes at the same time.

3. The tricks thingy isn't anoying, only takes place at certain spots in select tracks and the result isn't groundbreaking: similar to a Mushroom boost. Also, they can be performed with all (REPEAT: ALL) CONTROL SCHEMES: Wii Whell, Wiimote, Wiimoe+Nunchuk, Classic Controller AND Gamecube Controller.

4. Nice selection of vehicles, the balance is well done.

5. IMPORTANT: Slipstream has been added. When you're behind an opponent, place your vehicle just behind him for a few seconds: you will pick up speed and after a few seconds will be given a boost that, if timed right, will pwn the opponent and other rivals in your way. Very sweet, and a nice way to give more advantage to skilled players.

6. As usual, Yoshi PWNS. Teh heh...

7. Tried multiplayer with a couple friends, the blue-shell seems as annoying as always. Three new power-ups added: some sort of electric cloud (substitutes the lightning), sticks to you for a while and after ten seconds zaps your ass, shrinking you for a while. Every opponent that zooms by your side is bound to get the cloud sticked to him, that's the only way of getting rid of it: passing it on to another player. Also, you got a enlargening mushroom, where you become giant for a while; and you have the ability to throw bombs.

8. Couldn't try online, no one connected :(

9. CONCLUSION: Solid addition to Wii catalogue, local multiplayer will be a hoot, the online remains a mystery, I consider it a worthwhile successor to the best MK in all time: MK:DS.

REDFIELD8

Comatose Turtle

I'll be getting this.

crazyorloco

Woylez

Godluvsugly

I'll try it out tonight, i've been too busy in grand prix to check out the other game modes.

ajacy

noelix

I can't believe that people are still surprised that Wii games look like Gamecube games.

The Wii's GPU is exactly the same as the Gamecube's, just running at a higher clock-speed. Mario Kart has never been about pushing large numbers of polygons, so there's not much they could do from a technical perspective to update things, other than making the game run faster and smoother. Which is what it looks like they have done.

Marlor

For me, Double Dash got more multiplayer play-time than every other game combined last gen.

Marlor

What exactly is the justification to buying this again? Been there, done it.

iisdev

Vidunder

I'm not really seeing the leaps and bounds here over the Gamecube version. Online racing obviously is a great feature. The Wiimote controls - meh. Most of the courses (that we've seen before) haven't visually improved much since their Double Dash appearances. It *was* nice to the more detailed DS courses.

So I guess if you don't own Double Dash this is probably a must have. After seeing what the game has I'm more than a little disappointed. :(

iisdev

last_dread

Go Team Venture

All I really want is go-karts on awesome, fun tracks (I would suggest that Beetle Adventure Racing could still trump Mario Kart Wii....but then again I haven't sat through all 2 hours of this). So far, the kart racing in Bully seems more fun than this.

Klaymen

Thanks Nintendo, but I'll pass. I've played your broken 'Double Dash' before and have no intentions of repeating history.

humongous_mouse

@Candlejack:
Yeah, but you usually have to play through 50cc and 100cc to unlock everything.

@SAKY:
You might as well. Watching someone else play through a Final Fantasy game is just as good as playing through it yourself.

@Sesstuna:
He's a hidden character.

@Luckyjim:
You mean that there are actually people who have never played Mario Kart 64? How is that possible?

@satchow:
I guess because it shows all the courses. Although anyone interested enough in this game to actually watch that probably knows everything about it by now.

@For_the_lulz:
There are new characters, tracks, items, and they added online play(which is new to console Mario Karts). Yeah, there aren't any drastic changes, but then there aren't any drastic changes in new Smash Bros., Halo, Final Fantasy, or GTA games either and everyone seems to love them. Seriously, wtf are people expecting from a Mario Kart game. It's supposed to be like Mario Kart games because that's what it is. If you want to play something different then buy another game. You're the type of person who goes to Taco Bell and complains that they don't have hamburgers. They aren't supposed to have hamburgers. If you want hamburgers then you shouldn't go to Taco Bell, but don't get mad at Taco Bell for not selling hamburgers.

@Arttemis:
I always thought that that two person per kart thing was stupid. Double Dash was probably my least favorite Mario Kart game, besides the GBA one.

@UmeShoryu:
The online on Mario Kart DS works fine. The only thing that will suck about online will be lack of voice chat, but I don't think it'll be overly laggy. This game looks like Nintendo's best attempt at online yet. They have leaderboards, up to 12 person multiplayer, and the ability to download other peoples' ghosts. It's still not as good as XBL, but it's pretty good for a Wii game.

@zenius:
Yeah, they should have made a good racing game like Grand Turismo 5 Prologue, which is basically a $40 demo.

mrplow8

KidU

/pass

Ken Hikari

Cruithne

The graphics look pretty good to me, because I missed the GC one.

My main impression from the video was the inconsistency of the fonts [/proper geek].

Chriky

Krytha

Mr.SithNinja

Agreed. I might skip this altogether. I'm rather tired of Nintendo regurgitating their series over and over. The only difference between this and other Mario Karts is online Wii play, bikes, and updated graphics.

Sing a new song Nintendo, would ya?

deviantchicken

Argyle

Tizlor

And that's fair enough. Provided they have a Brawl style "quickplay" mode that let's me adjust settings and race bots in one or two quick rounds.

TRT-X

Superstar90

Imo

Jest

Compared to how amazing Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros. came out though, Mario Kart Wii does look rather uninspired. The menu screens and front end are rather shockingly bland and some of the tracks look pretty blah visually.

It's not all Mario Kart's fault...it's just that we've got two Game-of-the-year classics starring Mario in the past 6 months. Expectations have been raised.

Nate_Birch

jambe

Jest

Accordion

NeutralFanboy

JimmyHACK

RIDErepublic

It's kinda bothersome to see innovative levels like the DK Snowboarding level mixed in with trash like this.

RIDErepublic

Mario Galaxies wants its dignity back.

willy626

Accordion

zenius

LOKIOLR

It's Mario Kart, what the hell do you people want? The premise doesn't exactly lend itself to be built on much. They added some new crap into this one and threw in motion control, that will be enough for just about anyone who liked the series previously.

If you don't like it, don't buy it; you can stick it to the man that way!

nintend0nick

Vorpal

And I'm annoyed they added a new channel. For the vast majority of people who enjoy buying old games via VC, surely they don't have enough space left for another channel.

UNLESS they have managed to allow unlimited channel spaces now.

Ryumeka

_Hayko

Granted, Brawl is the same too, but the same isn't always bad if the original worked

@Emulated: This may be true in many things, but honestly? Double Dash was the WORST Mario Kart game ever made. At least this one is returning to classic form. The GOOD mario kart games... So, this was good, but it hasn't always been good... Gamecube was a dark time for Nintendo in so many ways.

bobtheduck

For_the_lulz

argh

This whole argument that Nintendo is just repackaging the same game is redundant and slightly tiring... note I'm a slight fanboy but don't have any dogma regarding Nintendo supremacy

People are giving examples of how cool it would be for a GTAIV direct feed yet citing the same cop-chase thing we could do six and a half years ago. Sure it has new multiplayer but that can just be attributed to stealing similar scenarios from other games, namely fps.

We buy new games that are built wholly on the foundation of previous games and thus they wholly take from other games, there really isn't much true ingenuity- save the occasional game that rocks everyone's concept of the genre i.e. Portal. Even that is just a well made FPS that adds puzzle elements... (please don't kill me)

The essence of a "Nintendo Game" is a finely tuned game that will yield epic lulz!!!11 They invented the cart-racing genre and still make the best product in it. Other companies are just now attempting to what Nintendo did years ago, Pikmin did then what Halo Wars is attempting to do now.

Companies of all sorts just repackage stuff as shiny and new; Canon camcorders, every movie made by a big studio. Such is the nature of capitalism and this is my mostly trite response.

/stepdown

Emulated

There should be direct feeds like this for all new games, for people who don't care about spoilers and don't rush out to buy games the day they are released. I'm talking feeds that last a couple of hours, not just 5-10 minutes of random stuff. GTA4, MGS4 come to mind right away. Would be nice for people who want to watch the cutscenes/storyline from beginning to end and skip the gameplay scenes. FF13 direct feed videos would be nice too.

Actually I remember a site that used to do these sort of feeds, Cyber Hippy Vision. IIRC it was way ahead of its time, this was around '98-00. Before sites like Gametrailers existed, IGN implementing Insider. Heck, even before Myspace became a social network and was a file hosting service (kinda like Rapidshare).

UmeShoryu

I've always doubted that they'd remove such a popular gameplay element for a sequel. That aspect was really enjoyable and I don't know if I'm even interested in this game anymore if it's gone. That was one of the most entertaining ways of gaming together with my girlfriend.

Arttemis

doubtful

my spoon is too big

my spoon is too big

TRT-X

oldskuel

It looks to have cranked up the worst mechanic from previous itterations (that of falling suddenly from first on the final lap) and made it ten times more frustrating.

Sure give people who are lagging a chance, I can understand that. But to be half a lap ahead in the final lap and suddenly have all your hard work destroyed (consistantly) just when your next to the finish line is really a kick in the teeth for most gamers. It makes the game feel unfair, and when a game gives you that feeling it can only be from bad games design.

Everyone at GoNintendo was bitching about Edge's review score the other day, this video makes the 6 it got look spot-on.

TokeYo

doubtful

Or did they basically confirm that there aren't any and the collective egg-facing is too much to be worth updating?

TRT-X

Manual Powersliding works great, and I have no complaints. Its also nice that with the carts that if you want to do basic slides its very simple, but if you hold it longer you can get a more powerful boost for the advanced players. awesome. And then of course, the noobies can use automatic sliding and deal w/o the boosts.

The new tracks are AWESOME, i love it. There are 3 tracks that REALLY stick out and were designed very well and were super memorable. The others are all great too.

My 1 minor gripe is when you are in first place for the 1 player grand prix's, you practically always get bananas. ALWAYS. its really annoying. I found the 50 CC to be wayyyyyy too easy. I always come in first. I'm battling through 100 CC now and while closer races, still seems a bit too easy (I normally get screwed over in the last seconds)

Luckly, for multiplayer matches, there are 4 options for how you want the items to work... wither the "reccomended" (which is what happens during the 1 player grand prix's... if you are in the lead, you get sucky items, if you are behind, they are better.), or you can choose the crazy mode where you get the more powerful items more frequently, or you can choose the less powerful items more frequently, or you can turn them off.

contrary to what i remember reading...
- You *can* do power slides with the bikes
- You *can* do tricks with the gamecube controller, you are not "gimped" at all

havn't been able to play online at all due to the region differences, so that will have to wait for april 27th

OH, and most importantly... even if you have 4 players on the local machine, you can STILL race with 12 total people (CPU players). My biggest gripe with MK64 and DD were that when you had 3 or 4 players, it was ONLY the 3 or 4 players going at it.... less frantic, less skill needed, etc. NOT ANYMORE!

I really, really, REALLY hope they don't botch the online.

what else, what else.... if you have the triple shell you can have them rotate around your vehicle like mk64.

I can't figure out how to look backwards with the wii controler, i don't think its possible. You can do it with the gamecube controller.

Oh that reminds me, my other gripe... you can't change the control schemes / buttons for the gamecube controller. You are forced to use L trigger for items (I was always a fan of the X and Y like double-dash)... but instead I always press X and it looks backwards instead. Frustrating, but then again, I like the wheel controls better anyways...

Havn't played the battle mode yet, hopefully one of these times we can tear ourselves away from the races and try it out.

That is all!

ajacy

If I really cared about seeing those tracks again, I would play those games.

Sandbox_Emperor

Wzup up with you people? This is like the best thing ever happened to the wii. Mario cart for game cube was like the best party game ever.

played it so much with my friends, its like the best game ever. It cant be bad its mario cart.

And they brought back Dk mountain, the finest piece of racing level design ever made!

And 32 maps. its like heaven fell down on our heads, that was the only bad thing about Mario cart on game cube, The lack of maps,

fagelpadda

nonpareil

You mean:

1) take GameCube graphics

2) Select All, Copy

3) Paste into new Game

4) profit

xgenius

Nex Antonius

Katorok

vizruy1

Mommar

When the Wii first came out, they flew off the shelves because of its "revolutionary" gameplay mechanics (i.e. 100% motion control). However, every single game they pump out that has Mario in the title is exactly like its Gamecube predacessor. And the 1 original Mario title (Mario & Sonic at the Olympics) sucks donkey utter.

This video has made me fully realize I need to trade in my Wii for some PS3 games...

DrunkenNinja12

bob-e

@Sparx: yeah same here. I'm not loathing this game, but it's nor particularly interesting me either. And I think I'm getting a bit tired of Mario. *prays the new game being announced at E3 is a new IP*

Sandbox_Emperor

Seriously, i dont see anything different in terms of courses or gameplay from mario kart ds, you know, besides the vehicles

For_the_lulz

satchow

Luckyjim

InsidiousTuna

xybur

Sesstuna

SAKY

Sparx

SAKY

Also, 50cc and 100cc I usually never played. They suck. Too slow. 150cc all the way.

Candlejack

/watching

Comatose Turtle

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM!

Kyle81

/skipped.

nutmilk

Darthearl