Whereas, higher placed racers usually at or above 4th place are less likely to get powerful items and are usually stuck with green shells, red shells, the occasional mushroom, fake item box and bananas. Now add on the fact that lower placed racers usually at or below 5th place are more likely to get powerful weapons that can affect everyone such as the Blooper, POW block, thunderbolt, multiple, mega or super turbo mushrooms, blue shells, and Bullet Bills. However, in Mario Kart Wii it's safe to say that items determine whether your going to win or lose. Compared to previous installments, items played a much smaller role in the game. In Mario Kart Wii, items play an unfairly disproportionate role in the gameplay. Whether it was a mushroom that allotted you enough speed to rocket into 1st place or the despised blue shell that divebombed on top of you. Items, the bread and butter of the Mario Kart franchise. Mario Kart Wii's narrow margins of victory ensure tight, competitive racing but it seemingly penalizes and curtails better racers for the ineptitude and inabilities of poor racers. Everybody deserves a chance to win right? You might not be the best racer to grace the Wii Wheel but even you might land in 1st place given the right amount of chances.
One can compare Mario Kart Wii to NASCAR where restrictor plates and various restrictive measures are implemented to prevent a series wide margin victories. Watching your competition blow past you while you tumble off course from a blue shell, red shell and then getting slammed by a Bullet Bill is maddening. It's frustrating and quite annoying to claw your way into 1st place only to be knocked back to 10th place with a random assault of items on the last lap. CONS: - Overly random and luck based gameplay. (i.e Rainbow Road, DK Mountain, Wario's Mine). Go for a motorbike when you're facing hairpin turns and 90 degree corners. (i.e Luigi's Circuit, Peach Beach) Their secondary drift boost and extra weight is important when jockeying for position and breakaway speed. Carts are best for race course like tracks where speed and acceleration are crucial. It's best to stick with the carts or motorbikes with a good amount of top speed, quick acceleration, moderate amount of weight, and good handling. Although most of the available vehicles are gimmicky and extremely weak on the courses. Large selection of carts and motorbikes. PROS: - It's Mario Kart dude, it's supposed to be a frantic, wild affair - The characters, Mario, Luigi, Peach need I say more? - Multiplayer, suit up 2, 3, or 4 of your friends and battle for first place - Online gameplay, Fighting players from around the world for the best lap times, first place and bragging rights.
All your favorite characters plus a number of unlockable characters return to the tracks to duke it out Mario Kart style. This new series is packed with a large array of carts and motorbikes. Returning to the classic one seater racing play compared to the previous experimental Double Dash. Packed with challenging, addicting, and frantic gameplay for the Nintendo Wii. Special accessoriesĪs well as picking up just the video game from this range, you could also look out for a Mario Kart Wii bundle, complete with Wii steering wheels to pop your controllers into for a real racing experience.The latest installment of Nintendo's glorious franchise Mario Kart. Protect your three balloons from the opposing team in Balloon Battle, or collect the most coins in Coin Runners. You could even fight it out against your friends in Battle mode, where two teams compete against each other with the help of some special items. Test yourself on your fastest lap in a Time Trial, and see if you can score yourself a new personal best on any of the tracks. Compete for one of eight cups in Grand Prix mode, in a series of four three-lap races to see who speeds into first place. Mario Kart Wii also features multiple game modes, so you can switch it up and try out new ways to play.
There are also 16 exciting new tracks included in this Mario Kart game, for fun new ways to challenge your friends. If you're a dedicated fan of the Mario Kart series, you'll enjoy the 16 retro tracks that have been remastered from previous Mario Kart games, for a fun blast from the past.
This Nintendo Wii video game is packed full of new characters and tracks that are sure to keep you or your little ones entertained for hours.
In this range, you'll find loads of Mario Kart games and accessory bundles for the Wii console, so you can pick up the perfect video game for playing at your next games night. Get behind the wheel as your favourite Italian plumber or one of his pals as you race your friends or family members for first place. Pick up a game that's fun for the whole family with a Mario Kart video game to play on your Nintendo Wii console. Mario Kart Wii video games for family fun