Why Fi??? Simply cause its more fun to win when its not the computer your beating. A look at Multiplayer Mario Kart.
The graphics are great, the music we love, the boards we remembered from across the nintendo platforms. This Mario Kart has it all from the Mario Karts we know and love. Except, its adding a new twist to fun filled turtle shell throwing racing. The nintendo Wi Fi is the great new built in technology that comes with all new DS. Basically its comes with a wireless card. But don't fret you non-techno nerds. If you don't have a wireless router in your home you can buy a WiFi connector to plug into your computer and now with the power of technology you can now play online Mario Kart....OK OK enough with the Wi Fi onto the review...
This multiplayer function is great. You can play your friends, you can play just in the US (or wherever you may be), or you can play against the world. The pros of this game are simple, you can play multiplayer Mario Kart whenever you want with all the functionality of playing Mario Kart as if the Japanese Kid, who is 2 laps ahead of you, is right next to you. However, there are some flaws to this multiplayer. Trying to find a friend doesn't mean typing in a gamer tag like in the xbox live. Instead its a 10 digit code that to tell you the truth...I don't even know mine off the top of my head. Also, there is no way to tell what the 10 digit number is of the person your playing is. So if you enjoyed playing with someone there is no way to get there number, at least not to my knowledge. But that isn't the only draw back. There is the fact that you can not hold an item behind you in mulitplayer. This move of course used by many to stack items. In multiplayer this function is not allowed. Why..well from what I read its seems that nintendo thought it was unfair to stack...I don't know...all I know is there is now no dam way to block those red shell =( . But a side from those two draw back, one not truly even tied to Mario Kart, this game has the likely hood of being known as the game that launched Wi Fi. I say Bravo Nintendo and welcome back to the handheld gaming era your giving psp a good run for its money.