Mario Kart Wii Game Reviews
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Mario Kart Wii
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Overall Critic Score:3.3941
Mario Kart Wii Critic Reviews
The Wii's enormous "casual" gamer base will eat Mario Kart Wii up with its accessible pick-up-and-play controls. Veterans aren't left out either with online play they've been clamoring for well over a decade. Despite some nagging flaws like the use and...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Daily Game
Mario Kart Wii offers varied multiplayer and thoroughly integrated online modes that will keep you coming back for more....read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at GameSpot
Last month, Nintendo released the amazing Super Smash Brothers Brawl -- an amazingly deep game aimed to rope in the hardcore gamers that felt ignored by the company’s new system. Now, with Mario Kart Wii – the big N releases another Triple-A title, th...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at ZTGameDomain
I feel very strongly that dropping the tag-team racing from Double Dash was an utterly boneheaded decision on Nintendo’s part, but you can’t fault much of anything else in Mario Kart Wii. This is a great game, single- or multiplayer, online or off....read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Game Informer
There are some problems here -- the removal of fully manual power sliding, rubber band AI, overpowered items, no voice chat, overall slowness -- but they're forgivable, for the most part. If you can get over them, Mario Kart is a truly great multiplayer...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Kombo
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It's a toss-up between Mario Kart DS and this game, but I'd have to say Mario Kart Wii is my favorite in the series. I can't say the same for the rest of you but I can say that you will love this game if you even remotely liked the other entries in the...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at GamerNode
Mario Kart returns on the Wii and fails to completely shake off its Double Dash inspired party game feel. This not withstanding, Nintendo comes to the table with some great innovations and additions to the series; a well designed clutch of new tracks,...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Console Monster
The package as a whole works well, not because of the packed in wheel, not because of the new content and innovation, but because Nintendo have proved that they understand what it is that makes this series great - the balance between racing and fighting....read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Ferrago
It's been more than 15 years since the dawn of the Mario Kart franchise on Super Nintendo and the series is still going strong. Indeed, since its inception Kart has become a household name, seeing six iterations, over 100 tracks, and spawning millions...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at IGN
It's you vs. the world (and the blue shell), and this time it works....read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at NintendoWorldReport
Quite often the trouble with the Nintendo Wii is the very thing that sets it apart from every other console: the motion controls. While they work extremely well with a lot of games, offering truly revolutionary gameplay, many titles wind up with...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Jolt UK
Fifteen years since it first crossed the finish line, Nintendo’s addictive, arcadey kart-racing series is still the one to beat. Without straying far from its reliable formula, the beloved franchise hits the Wii with an all-new entry that should appeal...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at AtomicGamer
Mario Kart for the Wii continues the legacy that it started 16 years ago. This latest incarnation introduces some new gameplay mechanics such as a stunt system, a more simplified drifting mechanic, motion sensitive controls and some great online features...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Da GameBoyz
While Nintendo prints money with its brand new blue ocean strategy, it has been very thoughtful when working on its classic franchises. Mario, Zelda, and Metroid all found elegant ways to use the Wii remote that invited new players to play while not...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at GameTrailers
Mario Kart Wii is an excellent return to form for the series and tremendous fun when played with friends in split-screen or online. The often infuriating Grand Prix mode is likely to polarise gamers though, with some loving the unpredictability of it...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at VideoGamer
Well, there’s no doubt about it, Nintendo have done exactly what they said they would, taken an old classic, and updated it without it losing its roots. Yes, this is Mario Kart, may be not at the top of its game, but it is most definitely Mario Kart, an...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Boomtown
The Mario Kart series first debuted in 1992 on the Super Nintendo. Since then sequels have been released on every Nintendo platform bar the Virtual Boy. If there's a Nintendo platform released, then chances are there will be be an accompanying Mario Kart...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at PALGN
The porky plumber and friends take a break from exploring other planets, doing battle through subspace and playing board-games by hopping into a kart or onto a bike and hitting the racing circuit once more. Cue insane boosts, frantic items and a white...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Cubed3
Mario Kart Wii is a hard game to review. It may disappoint in many technical areas, and even its untouchable multiplayer occasionally slips on a banana. But, if you’ve already scrolled down to the score, then you’ll know my complaints have been squash...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Nintendojo
As a Wii owner, we've got the definitive racing game on the console. For everyone else, it's another excuse to get drunk with your mates, which is no bad thing....read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Thunderbolt
When all is said and done the sheer fun factor that emanates from all Mario Kart games is alive and well in this iteration. If you’re intent upon buying it for some solid multiplayer action (on or offline), then you will not be disappointed. However, it...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at DarkZero
Well - mostly. Mario Kart Wii is very similar to its immediate predecessor, Mario Kart DS, considered by most to be the strongest Mario Kart since N64 days at least. But it has made a couple of controversial additions to the fifteen-year-old formula:...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Eurogamer
Despite Mario Kart Wii’s shortcomings, it’s an incredibly fun game that just about every Wii owner should have. Between the local and online multiplayer, as well as the plethora of single-player challenges available, this is the kind of game that has ...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Gamervision
The Mario Kart series has successfully left skid marks on almost every Nintendo console, including the Game Boy Advance, the SNES, the GameCube, the Nintendo 64 and more recently, the Nintendo DS. So, it was no surprise when Nintendo announced that the...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at GameDaily
Mario Kart sequels are like breast implants – sometimes they’re awesome, sometimes they make you want to run away from them at top speed, screaming. Essentially all of these sequels are an attempt to take the original, pristine beauty of Super Mario K...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Gameplayer
Mario Kart Wii features an impressive online experience, but falls a bit short in the offline content. The alteration of power sliding and the lack of a mission mode or anything new other than rather gimmicky tricks and bikes pushed the series backwards...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Zentendo
But online or off, you can't go wrong with Mario Kart. If this is your first experience or you've been absent for a while you're in for a treat. If you're a grizzled MK vet at least you can pit your skills with racers around the world--and still have...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at GameTap
In the end, Mario Kart Wii aims for a high level of fun and depending on how new you are to the franchise; it actually manages to do that. There’s plenty of room for improvement though. It’s just unfortunate that if Nintendo maintains its tradition...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Armchair Empire
With Wii sales blooming and stores finally getting in more shipments to accommodate those eventful purchasers, Wii gamers are now trying to choose what to play. While the third party support is lacking, Nintendo is still remaining faithful to the...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Gamer 2.0
Should you buy Mario Kart Wii? For anyone who has their Wii up and running online, you should definitely take the plunge, because the game’s strengths will outweigh its flaws. If you can only play this game offline, however, then unless you’re a...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Hardcore Gamer Magazine
Mario Kart has always been a great game to have around others and not much has changed here – for better or for worse. The item balance issues are more blatantly annoying than ever before and it is a bit thin on the offline options, but it’s still an...read the complete Mario Kart Wii review at Hooked Gamers
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