I can't believe Mario Kart Wii was rated below 9.
Once you're done with that, you can have great fun playing with you're friends on Split Screen, or playing online. It's only really fun if you play online when you're done with beating all the CPUs. If you just come first every time, it's not exciting. But, if you go online and play agianst people who are better than you, you'll enjoy playing Mario Kart, and it'll make you a better player. Of course, what isn't to love about online play?! It's not just racing, it's got, suprise suprise, battle mode. So even if you and you're buddy are seperated, Mario Kart can still keep you two together through it's Friends List. Really, GameSpot, what's so bad about this game that you decided to give it an 8.5?