6/10
Got my issue today. here's what they say in the review:
12 racers was unnecessary
"There are few gamin locations as lonely as first place in Mario Kart Wii. At the front of the pack you find you've left the gang behind...storming ahead here is rewarded with nothing more than eerie stretches of tarmac, made all the emptier by their bloating to accomodate the 12-kart starting grid."
"...it's felt more so in the new courses. Luigi circuit feels as wide as it is long and so generous are the labyrinthe walkways of coconut Mall that one must plot racing lines within racing lines."
The wii wheel is really poor
"Just one race with the packaged wii wheel justifies, or rather betrays the reasoning behind the tweaked boost. Failing to respond to split-second tweaks,the kind of furious handiwork that would be required to steer in and out of the drift leave no place for the old technique."
Basically, the reason they took out mario kart DS' drift is that the wheel wheel wouldnt have been accurate enough to read the quick right-left motion
Split-screen Multiplayer is ruined
"This is most violently felt in split screen multiplayer. When taken in concert with slowdown, 8 computer bullies can easily overwhelm races. you can play without AI but the wide courses, tailored to 12 racers, will feel empty. Team gamesare particularly unpleasant, able human players paired with unreliable allies to undermine their cunning strategies."
"Balloon Fight has been gutted"
"Baloon fight has been gutted and replaced with a tepid point-scoring slog...lose your three lives and you return to to the area with another three to continue the fight. Gone are the taut cat and mouse encounters, replaced with the Mario Kart equivalent of Hungry Hungry Hippos. Madness."
The dreaded EDGE summary
"Undercutting local multiplayer to benefit the online movement is a greivous error. Of all the multiplayer franchises, we struggle to think of a title in which 4 friends sat side by side seemed more natural. Having sacrificed racing integrity in DD to side with social silliness, Nintendo has turned 180 degrees into an awkward halfway house. it's residence from where it has attempted to regain time-trial credentials with the loosest racing yet, and sees the company finally find its online feet by betraying one of its greatest past times."
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