Video: Mario Kart Wii Preview
GameTrailers has a nice preview of Mario Kart Wii up and running. It would seem there are a few things that will be quite different from past entries. Not a lot of things, mind you, and I suppose they aren't really that big of a deal when you think about it.... Anyways, one thing that is certainly different is how one power slides. Gone are the days where one could theoretically power slide throughout the duration of the race. Now there is a button you press to charge up your turbo to get a power slide and you let go once the meter is full for a speed boost. If that is too much for you to handle, you can have the game do it for you automatically (I am curious as to how that will work). Alternatively, there are things like half-pipes where you can perform tricks to get a power boost. That might be pretty fun.
Another thing that is different is the Battle Mode. When you lose all three of your ballons, you can keep on playing. The reason for this is because Battle Mode is now points based. I don't know how I feel about that, but I suppose I'll have my hands on it soon enough to see whether I like it or not.
The video details some other things you might want to know prior to the game's release. So click play and tell me what you think. I'll be watching the comments.
Super Timsy
Posted to Video Games, Videos on 27 March 2008
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The Mario Kart channel idea is great, and they really should have done that for Brawl. It is such a pain in the ass to have to boot up, start the game, connect to the internet and then check your roster just to see that no one is online to play.
At first I wasn't really interesting although I loved the previous versions. Some how it all seems 'the same'. However, after watching the video, it seems like it might be fun...
I'm not sure about continuing to play after losing all your balloons neither. What's the point of the ballons then?
I'm so glad I couldn't give a rat's ass anymore about the series. I was pretty late to MK 64 and found the driving dumbed down almost to nonexistance. When a friend introduced me to the GC version, I completely lost the remainders of my interest. In each of the installments after the original, the importance of items and random occurences increased more and more, leaving a fan of the original hanging. Give me a 4-player-version of the original and leave me in peace, I say...