Mario Kart Wii - An Incredible Improvement On Double Dash And DS
Also, drifting has become much better. Now, you don't need to wiggle left and right to burn your tyres off for a boost, now you're rewarded for the length of your power slide with a boost. Bike's drift boosts aren't as powerful but bikes can do wheelies at any time for a slight boost lasting about three seconds. But beware, when in a wheelie, it makes it as hard to turn as a car with no steering wheel.
There are some great characters too like Baby Peach, Koopa Troopa, Rosalina, and King Boo, each divided into 3 groups of weight, light, medium, and heavy-each with their own attributes. E.g. Heavy characters like Bowser and DK have bad acceleration but a good top speed; whereas light characters like Toad and Baby Mario have good acceleration but not a particularly good top speed. This adds an element of strategy to the game and to win every race, you'll need skill, and the know-how to pull of an impressive victory.
There are also new weapons like the giant mushroom, which when used, allows you to simply run into your enemies to squash them. But, of course, there are also some old regulars like the mushroom and lightning to give you the upper hand. Also, the blooper, which smeared the opponent's screens with ink is much more effective than in Mario Kart DS purely because, in the DS version, it didn't ink the map on the bottom screen which showed weapons, holes, grass and enemies. In MK DS, if you were inked, you just used the bottom screen until the ink was gone. A much needed change if you ask me.
This game has 4 levels of difficulty on 8 Grand Pries with 32 tracks for incredible matches with up to 4 local players racing or battling at once! Wi-Fi also makes a welcome return with up to 12-player online races, and 6-player online battle!
So overall, a visually stunning game with incredible game play, more of everything and get ready, up to 4 player local play, 12 player online races, and 6 player online battle, this is certainly a must-have for your Wii collection.