Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart Wii was released in Japan on April 10 2008, Europe on April 19, Australia on April 24, North Amercia on April 27, and a year later released in South Korea on the 30th of April.

This game utilizes a steering wheel add-on for its gameplay and was it main campaign to market the game to users.

The game is filled with many variations of levels, motorcycles and includes an online mode which you can race up to 16 people.

So has this game run out of gas, or has it used a golden mushroom at the last moment to cross the finish line?


Lets Find out!

Gameplay:
You may be wondering why we went to gameplay first. Well its because there is no story to the Mario Kart Franchise, and well its mostly about the other features.

The game is boxed with the accessory called the Wii Wheel, a basic steering wheel where you stick the Wii remote in it and then you can steer your self to victory.

So the gameplay is simple for a racing game, A to Accelerate and B to Break. The game with Kart's also includes Motorcycles, which kinda ruin the title "Mario Kart". With the Motorcycles, they can boost at any time by lifting up the controller which can get you out of any tight situations.

There are a great selection of Karts and Motorcycles and many different characters to choose from. There are also many different Mario Kart weapons like shells, banana's and the dreaded Blue Shell. So with all these items, you can easily go from first place to last in a second. As some people say, it all depends on luck to make to finish a race.

The game includes 8 cups, each with 4 maps in the cups, 4 cups are new maps made especially for the Wii and 4 are for classic maps from the SNES, N64, GBA, and the Gamecube.

Artstyle:
The artstyle is as always nice. Good amount of cartoonish detail, and the classic maps are just good looking.

Music:
The music was composed by Asuka Ota and Ryo Nagamatsu, which they used same melodies from other Mario games and also created new ones. In total the game has over 43 total songs in the game itself. Sounds can also be heard in the Wii remote speaker, when you crash into things or when a projectile is headed right for you.

Multiplayer:
The multiplayer is the main part of Mario Kart Wii. With using the Nintendo Wifi-Connection up to 12 player can join in a race online with friends, people in their region or just anyone around the world. The game is enjoyable, until a hacker goes into the game with their unlimited items. Good thing Nintendo is working hard to ban these people of the servers.

Final Verdict:
To conclude, Mario Kart Wii is a good game compared to Brawl's online it was one of the better titles in the Mario Kart Franchise. But that really changed when Mario Kart 3DS came on to the scene.

Gameplay----- 8.0
Artstyle------- 7.0
Music--------- 6.0
Multiplayer---- 9.0

Final Verdict: 8.5