MKWii's Ups and Downs

[Vidgmchtr]

The thread on Brawl was popular, so:

Ups:
• The Wii Wheel actually does work fine, I like it.
• I thought the idea of karts AND bikes was pretty cool too.
• Yoshi's new vocals, they make me laugh

Downs:
• Baby Daisy. 'Nuff said.
• Still no cup featuring all Rainbow Roads
• With the retro levels, I think they should've used the intros used in each MK game the track is from. Not important, but I think it'd be a nice touch.

List some of your opinions.

[kirbyman]

Ups:
-Like Vidgmchtr said, nice steering wheel feel.
-Great new tracks, especially DK Summit.
-Interesting characters, like Dry Bowser (still need to unlock him).

Downs:
-NO WALUIGI PINBALL?!
-Rosalina is way too random to unlock.
-King Boo was way too easy to unlock (Well they didn't have another spot, I guess...)

[megamush]

The thread on Brawl was popular

thanks for that

[Luigison]

List some of your opinions.

Green is the most awesome color.  The number four is bad.  In my opinion Mario Kart Wii is the best selling game ever.

[Space reserved for opinions on MK Wii.] 

[Sqrt2]

+ Get to use bikes as well as karts.
+ Playable Rosalina/Funky Kong.
+ Some of my favourite retro tracks appear.
+ No playable Petey Pirahna.

- Flying Blue Shell is still in here.
- New Power-ups suck.
- Get constantly hit in first place (even at 50cc level).
- Baby Characters (come on nintendo, what happened to originality?).
- Wii Wheel control method sucks.
- Some of the retro levels suck (GBA Shy Guy Beach particularly).
- Removal of character-specific weapons.

[NintendoExpert89]

+Wii Wheel control
+Playing as the Mii
+Great tracks
+Much, much shorter waiting time for Online Play
+Very little lag in Online, even with 12 players

-Graphics seem recycled and unchanged since GameCube
-Battle Mode is changed
-Track names feel too generic
-Easy to be knocked off the track repeatedly

[Vidgmchtr]

Oh, another down:

This might be just me, but the items that can give a huge advantage (Lightning bolt, Blue shells, POW blocks, etc.) are WAY too common. If you maintain the lead for most of the race, you WILL get hit by at least 2 blue shells in each track, and struck by lightning 3 times. Very annoying. Of course, nice for the people who're struggling to get into the lead, not for you.

[SushieBoy]

Wait.... Funky Kong is playable? Funky Kong? I would've preferred Dixie Kong.

[BP]

+ I love the textures on the Super NES tracks. To quote myself, it's like a 16-bit dream.
+ Some sweet new tracks. Koopa Cape is awesome.
+ I was worried, but I approve of Yoshi's new voice clips.
+ Use of Miis very light, tolerable. I won't be playing as one very often (still haven't unlocked that feature yet, but I want to play Mario Kart... as Yoshi).
+ Though snaking is said to be taken out, you can still kind of do it... drifting back and forth on straightaways is still possible, but it takes a little longer for the boost to happen, so it's a bit slower.

- No WarioWare Wario (c'mon, at least just for bikes?)
- No individualized karts or bikes. I miss the Egg 1.
- Not the best retro choices. Mario Circuit 3 rocks, but bad DS and GameCube tracks. Waluigi Pinball is the only cool thing with Waluigi's name on it, and I LOVE Wario Collosseum.
- Too many Piantas. What do they see in Mario Sunshine?

[Glitchy]

+Random characters.
+Miis (Like, how mine is Captain Falcon)
+Snaking is taken out.
+Awesome new courses.

-Recycled graphics from DD, making it look like an early Gamecube game.
-Unoriginal names.
-Boring bikes and karts.
-The GP Mode is totally unfair.
-Rosalina is a heavyweight...why?

[Super-Jesse]

+Miis (Like, how mine is Captain Falcon)

That's awesome, if he's a lightweight, you can actually unlock the "Blue Falcon" in the game.


+ Online. The way NWC should be, way better than SSBB.
+ Level design and amount of levels

Negatives will be considered at a later date.

[BP]

I used Pokey Minch as the Mii, and ended up having to resize his hidden secret eyes and eyebrows so they wouldn't pop up through his big umbrella of a hairdo. But, I'll be sticking with Yoshi.

[Kojinka]

+ Fun tracks
+ Luma riding with Rosalina
+ The Wii Wheel is actually pretty smooth

- Still have winged blue shells, and they, along with other items like the lightning bolt, appear WAY too frequently.  It's annoying when you're racing against CPUs
- Where are the retro Rainbow Roads?
- No MK64 Koopa Troopa Beach.  That track, with its ramp jumps, would have translated well for MKW's airborne tricks feature.

[Super-Jesse]

- Where are the retro Rainbow Roads?

<Super-Jesse> they should have an all rainbow road cup
<Deezer> heh


I agree about the blue shell thing. I went through a race where i was in first and in a manner of about 30 seconds two blue shells struck me 5 seconds apart, followed by a POW and a red shell. I ended up in 3rd place.

[Vidgmchtr]

Another down:

-Ranks.

So getting the gold isn't enough anymore. D:
To unlock Bowser Jr., you must have a rank of at least one star in all retro cups on 100cc. I'm already yelling too much playing 100cc as it is (I yell because I love, honestly), now I have to redo any retro cup GP I have less than one star on to get him.