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| Mario Kart (Wii) | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
Buy New: £32.00
You Save: £7.99 (20%)
New (38) Used (5) from £27.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  125 reviews
Sales Rank: 16
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: WI-RVLRRMCE
Model: rvlrrmce
UPC: 045496901004
EAN: 0045496901004
Release Date: April 11, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Addictive. August 12, 2008
A great game for Wii. I couldn't stop playing it. To be honest, I prefered using the numchuck than the Wii wheel. All the same it is still a great game
One problem: You're first, racing towards the finish line. You're almost there when: bang-bang-bang. You get hit repeatedly by rocks and end up finishing 3rd. When you are 1st towards the end you always seem to get targeted by other racers so watch out.
Appart from that this is a great Wii game for the family.
 Mario kart - Good game or waste of time August 10, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Mario kart for the wii was a much and longely anticipated game release for millions all over the world, however i know i'm not alone in saying how bitterly disappointed i am with the game.
The graphics are superb and the overall game content far surpasses any previous installment to the franchise, and with plenty to unlock there is great potential for hours and hours of play.
However, You can be doing a race either online, multi-player or in the grand prix mode, be racing flawless in 1st place when all of a sudden a shell or somethin hits u then its all over, and some attacks eg. a blue shell cannot be avoided.
If you are on poll position the only items you can get are green shells, boxes, or bananas so if you lose your lead on the final lap there is almost no way to recover, and some unlockable features require perfect races in al grand prixs.
There is no skill involved in this game just luck, i have been playing comp games all my life so i find it annoying when a novice comes up and manages to beat you several times at your own game just because you got hit by several items.
It is also ridiculous how much you get hit in the harder grand prix stages aswell.
The online features are a welcome addition to the game series and you can play multi-player (2p) online. However there is also a dark side to this aswell because whoever made up the points system for the game obviously never excelled at numbers in school, if you lose, you lose mega points but if you win you only get a handful, so u can be winning 4 races in a row then lose one and all the points you just won are stripped away from you.
Overall a fun game but thats all it is, is a good night in with friends or family. So if your serious about games you might feel the same.
Also DEFINITLY NOT A GAME FOR PLAYERS WHO GET ANGRY AT GAMES, because this game will test your patience and break you. Your controllers dont deserve the harsh treatment.
Great fun, for a very long time August 9, 2008
love this game, bought it to play with my BF, and he loves it so much. has different level of difficulties. more than a month passed, we are still playing. i've never played other Mario cart game before, so some viewers said that this one is not as good as the old ones, i can't comment on that. i prefer to use the nun-chuck rather than the wheel, but my bf loves the wheel, and he is good at it. i can't go straight if i use the wheel, but with the nunchuck, it's easier for me. keep unlocking new cars and bikes. one more, it's great fun to play with people around the world online. some of them are soooo good, maybe they know all the shortcut. get one, you will enjoy it.
 DS Mario Kart on a Bigger Screen August 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The title sums it up, I guess. I can see little difference between this game and the DS version released over a year ago, except that the DS game is a more fun.
The introduction of waggle is welcome, but not perfect, and many time's I've found myself twisting my arms around each other just to get around a corner. It's about gentle movements, though this message is lost at the hight of excitement. Fortunately Nintendo had the good grace to add as many controller options as possible, so you can't have a reason to hate the game based on the that.
Ultimately it takes a step back from Double Dash, the last console version, which had an option to partner up with someone else. In exchange we get bikes, which doesn't shake things up all that much.
The worst part in the Single Player mode, is sometimes the best part of the Multi Player: Whilst the rubber-banding (competitors left way behind somehow catching up in seconds) of previous games is at a noticeable minimum, this has been replaced with a sometimes over-abundant use of items. You could be in first position for an entire 3 track race, only to lose position feet away from the finish line because everyone has somehow managed to get red and blue shells. It happens all too frequently in single player mode. However in multilayer mode it leads to some nail-biting, photo-finishing moments.
It's hard to judge MK Wii. Nintendo have given with one hand (Waggle, more vehicles, online play), taken away with the other (Partners), and left everything else almost as it was. When one of the best things you can say about a game is that the online matching system (against strangers, not friends) works well, it has a problem. I'd argue there's less added to this game than the last iteration of Nintendo's franchises (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc).
Were any other company to do this, I'm sure the reviews of others would be much harsher. It's the kind of game where you'd ignore the single player and just play online.
 This is a must buy!!!!!! July 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saw this is my local Tesco store, and thought why not, will give it a go, could always flog it on ebay if I don't like it. Well, if you own a Wii, then this game should be a statutory requirement. I have to say I am absolutely rubbish at it but it does not stop me from having a great time. Recently discovered the online races and battles, and find I regularly get slaughtered probably by some young kid and trail in last , but who cares!! My 5 year old regularly joins in for a race. I won't bother going into what the game does as I am sure everyone who has a Ninty will know what it is. If you are thinking about buying a Nintendo get one just for this game, its great. What I do find funny there are alot of 'Mummy and Daddy's' Mii characters online for this game, just like myself and my wife which does go to show the Nintendo really is a great family console. Enjoy!!!!!!
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