Mario Kart Wii Review

By Chris Hudak

Mii’s a demon on wheels.

First and foremost, almost everybody can relax. Mario Kart Wii is more or less the game you’ve come to know and love for… what is it, six platforms now, including the handhelds?… well, for a long time, for damn sure. They’ve changed some aspects all right, but almost all of it works well. They’ve opened the experience to a broader skill-range…

  • Classic MK gameplay with fun additions
  • Best overall MK visuals to date
  • New trick system
  • Huge replay value
  • Awesome online
  • Race as your Mii
  • 'Snaking' chopped off at the neck
  • Occasional item-overkill
  • Cheap 150-cc hobbles
  • 'Wiicycled' courses pale before new ones
  • No more 4-player free-for-alls? WTF?
  • Some item and difficulty issues

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Chris Hudak
Chris Hudak

Chris Hudak is a writer, former San Francisco Zoo penguin recorder, frequent-flyer junkie, self-proclaimed lucid dream expert, poolshark-in-minnow’s-clothing, “student” of all things Japanese, borderline alcoholic (see “writer”), video-gamer-with-a-life, and moonlighting, kinda-sorta actor in his copious spare time.  He writes weird fiction, and contributes articles to Playboy, Wired, The Toronto Star, and whoever else has money.  Chris is the protagonist of the Harlan Ellison short story “Keyboard”—no, really—and someday wants a house in Walt Disney World.

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