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Title: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Bedford Iz Active on April 04, 2008, 05:38:29 AM
I'm kind of hesitant to buy it (Unusual since i've owned every other single one and enjoyed the hell out of em)

Ever since the XBox 360 came into my life + Call of Duty 4 + various other games, i've seen my Wii as seriously Inferior. I only now switch it on rarely to play the Virtual Console games that are left on my console.

I know Mario Kart will be pretty serious to play, especially if i get into it online, but you know, it's going to feel a lil bit restricted thanks to no voice chat and stupid friend codes :P

For the record, i used to be on the Wii side. It's 360 all the way now.
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Eddie G. on April 04, 2008, 11:48:14 AM
yeah, i didn't even know this shit was coming out until yesterday.  I'm definitely gonna be getting it, Mario Kart 64 is one of my favorite games of all time, and even though the GC version sucked cock, it looks like they're gonna step it up again on this one.  All i can say is, it better be good.
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Rud on April 04, 2008, 11:58:49 AM
Yea same here, reluctant but i prolly will get it cause i loved the SNES version ;D
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Eddie G. on April 04, 2008, 12:01:49 PM
Yea same here, reluctant but i prolly will get it cause i loved the SNES version ;D
Oh, we're playing each other online Rud! hahaha
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: GENERIK on April 04, 2008, 12:18:01 PM
i wish i had a wii to play mario kart i used to pwn in that game but now i pwn noobs all day on halo
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Black_Smoke on April 04, 2008, 02:45:22 PM
Already have it pre-ordered, its a no brainer for me, its mario kart, Ive been playin it since the SNES , every mario kart game has been sick, dont even think about it guys, go pre-order it right now and Ill see you online! 8)
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Rud on April 04, 2008, 11:25:54 PM
Yea same here, reluctant but i prolly will get it cause i loved the SNES version ;D
Oh, we're playing each other online Rud! hahaha

It's ON!
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Matty on April 06, 2008, 10:19:46 AM
hopefully it arrives before release day on friday 8)
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Matty on April 06, 2008, 09:40:51 PM
oh and if anyone wants to play online then they'll need to be bringing it to the max. or its over 8)
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Matty on April 07, 2008, 06:08:26 PM
my friend who pre-ordered this from GAME online already had his order shipped today. could be playing this tommorow if he gets it!!
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: yukmouth23 on April 09, 2008, 10:47:58 PM
looks good if I get wii again I'm going to cop that game
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Matty on April 11, 2008, 11:31:44 AM
whos got it? mine came today...
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Black_Smoke on April 11, 2008, 11:38:25 AM
whos got it? mine came today...

where do you live?
I dont think its coming out in America until the 27th  >:( :( :'(
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Matty on April 11, 2008, 12:40:13 PM
england. released today in europe (japan tommorow). we got it early partly to make up for smash bros i think. it aint out and aint even got a release date yet...
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Black_Smoke on April 11, 2008, 12:44:27 PM
england. released today in europe (japan tommorow). we got it early partly to make up for smash bros i think. it aint out and aint even got a release date yet...

nice nice, let us know how it is ;)
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Bedford Iz Active on April 12, 2008, 03:38:27 PM
england. released today in europe (japan tommorow). we got it early partly to make up for smash bros i think. it aint out and aint even got a release date yet...

nice nice, let us know how it is ;)

I got it too, i had second thoughts yesterday to buy it, but the first thing i thought of when i woke up was Mario Kart so i had to go buy it. Good thing i reserved it Thursday ;) IT WAS SOLD OUT LIKE A BITCH EVERYWHERE :|

Down where i live we have a big Game store, Gamestation, Woolworths, Argos, etc etc. Mario Kart was under big demand apparently.

But yeah, to me this is a seriously decent mario kart of the series, only one or two things annoy me about this so far...

1) No more 2P Grand Prix? WTF  >:(
2) Lol the computer is even more determined to make you not have 1st place, the Pow block and blue shells are the new 'common annoyances'.
3) I like the addition of races with 12 people, but so far i've gotten into 100cc, and believe me when you take hits and you haven't pulled away far enough, you pay for it lool. On rainbow road i actually finished 10th....But i won the cup overall lol.

Buy it, you won't go wrong.

Oh btw i use the Gamecube pad to drive about, fuck the gimmick with the steering wheel, there's no room for amatuers when you go online.  8)
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Matty on April 12, 2008, 07:01:33 PM
yeah GC controller all the way. i went into the local GAME today and it was sold out, i had a good chuckle when i saw that. i aint had time to play it though i keep falling alseep after work. from what i could see the sliding system has changed a lot though. they've dumbed it down so you cant do it all the time, which is annoying. im sure plenty of expert techniques will be developed but taking out the powersliding system is majorly annoying. that was what seperated the wack players from anyone remotely good on the 64, GC and DS versions. funny thing is as the DS version went online all these people started saying that sliding, or 'snaking' was actually cheating and exploiting the game mechanics, cause the people who couldn't do it were getting their asses whooped. and it seems like nintendo must have listened to those fools...
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Black_Smoke on April 12, 2008, 07:46:00 PM
england. released today in europe (japan tommorow). we got it early partly to make up for smash bros i think. it aint out and aint even got a release date yet...

nice nice, let us know how it is ;)

I got it too, i had second thoughts yesterday to buy it, but the first thing i thought of when i woke up was Mario Kart so i had to go buy it. Good thing i reserved it Thursday ;) IT WAS SOLD OUT LIKE A BITCH EVERYWHERE :|

Down where i live we have a big Game store, Gamestation, Woolworths, Argos, etc etc. Mario Kart was under big demand apparently.

But yeah, to me this is a seriously decent mario kart of the series, only one or two things annoy me about this so far...

1) No more 2P Grand Prix? WTF  >:(
2) Lol the computer is even more determined to make you not have 1st place, the Pow block and blue shells are the new 'common annoyances'.
3) I like the addition of races with 12 people, but so far i've gotten into 100cc, and believe me when you take hits and you haven't pulled away far enough, you pay for it lool. On rainbow road i actually finished 10th....But i won the cup overall lol.

Buy it, you won't go wrong.

Oh btw i use the Gamecube pad to drive about, fuck the gimmick with the steering wheel, there's no room for amatuers when you go online.  8)

wow no more 2P grand prix??
so you have to just race then pick the next race then pick the next one etc?
thats wierd
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: Bedford Iz Active on April 13, 2008, 04:53:26 PM
england. released today in europe (japan tommorow). we got it early partly to make up for smash bros i think. it aint out and aint even got a release date yet...

nice nice, let us know how it is ;)

I got it too, i had second thoughts yesterday to buy it, but the first thing i thought of when i woke up was Mario Kart so i had to go buy it. Good thing i reserved it Thursday ;) IT WAS SOLD OUT LIKE A BITCH EVERYWHERE :|

Down where i live we have a big Game store, Gamestation, Woolworths, Argos, etc etc. Mario Kart was under big demand apparently.

But yeah, to me this is a seriously decent mario kart of the series, only one or two things annoy me about this so far...

1) No more 2P Grand Prix? WTF  >:(
2) Lol the computer is even more determined to make you not have 1st place, the Pow block and blue shells are the new 'common annoyances'.
3) I like the addition of races with 12 people, but so far i've gotten into 100cc, and believe me when you take hits and you haven't pulled away far enough, you pay for it lool. On rainbow road i actually finished 10th....But i won the cup overall lol.

Buy it, you won't go wrong.

Oh btw i use the Gamecube pad to drive about, fuck the gimmick with the steering wheel, there's no room for amatuers when you go online.  8)

wow no more 2P grand prix??
so you have to just race then pick the next race then pick the next one etc?
thats wierd


Yeap. I've always enjoyed 2P Grand Prix races to be honest. Having that removed was evil, but they made up for it for having online 2P on the same screen thing. That's a nice addition. I need to test online sometime :).


LMFAO at the Game people who tried hustling me into buying a piece of plastic for £5 (That stupid wii wheel but Game branded)
Title: Re: Mario Kart Wii, who's getting it?
Post by: juandoe on June 24, 2008, 01:17:07 AM
got it great.