GCM reviews Mario Kart (4.2/10)

Game Chronicles reports:

''First off, Mario Kart can be played with just about any controller you can attach to your Wii. It works with the Classic, the GameCube, and the Remote and Nunchuk, or you can go Remote only and insert it into the stylish racing wheel accessory that comes with the game. Extra wheels are sold for $10 so we can infer that the game would only cost $39 if sold separately, but they are forcing the wheel on you…at least for now.

It's my own personal rule to play racing games with a wheel whenever possible, so I opted for the wheel attachment and was pleasantly surprised to find it quite comfortable and continued to work even at flat angles. Your arms and hands are bound to get tired sooner or later and you can't keep holding the wheel upright in front of you forever, but even at semi-truck angles the steering was responsive.''

[squallsoft]

...how the mighty have fallen. i used to be huge Mario Kart fan. for shame, Nintendo, for shame...

-Squall

[iilluminate]

It's never a 4.2/10... anything below 7 really isn't doing the fun factor justice.

I've complained about the overpowered weapons too but there's still a lot to enjoy. Certainly isn't below average.

[anh_duong]

the game is not really nextgen but for multiplayer pick up and go mayhem it is actually great fun

[gaffyh]

Truthful review, the game probably isn't great, but its better than a 4.2, I'm sure it deserves at least 6. But he has said that the game was too difficult for him, and that's pretty much the main reason for the low score, but seen as he has played most of the Mario games it is quite a shock that he would give it such low score.

[ChickeyCantor]

WOW, he is practically saying "i lost lots of times therefor it suck"
AHAHAA...reading this was so pointless like all the other reviews>_<
I like it < personal taste!
to each his own!

[OutLaw]

Maybe 8.0/10. But 4.2 is being way to hard on the game.

[mrlokievil]

It might be a little too harsh but he does have a valid point. The difficulty of double dash is the main reason why I couldn't get excited for this version. The harder races just get too frustrating.

[kira989]

Just because he couldnt win in the single player!!!!!

I wonder if he does this to all difficult games..

Ninja Gaiden 3.4
Devil May Cry 5.2

[permutated]

Lol, gamers like him should review games, because they're pussies who can't stand up to a challenge.

Most likely Half Life was the first game he ever played, still relative newbness.

[bloop]

Maybe 4.2 is a little harsh, but I honestly don't think the game deserves more than a 6.5/7. I only played a couple of hours, but for that time, it was like a 2 hour long déja-vu.

[darando]

kira 100% agreed the game is good, and just cause your basicly admiting that your a noob and cant place a shell or a banana behind you to stop shells from hitting you shows this.

when all over the internet people are saying games are to easy some1 gives MK a 4.2 cause the difficulty, pretty sad.

for me its in the high eights TBH

[KingME]

I know money doesn't permit it, but review companies should have 3 or more people review and game and release a combined review so that a single entity doesn't make the company look like fools. I bought this game a couple days ago, and it (in my opinion) is no way less than a 7.5. I think the game is anywhere between a 7.5 and 8.5. But, NO WAY is it a 4.2, that's just rediculous.

Although I have heard the wiimote and numchuk combo is the best way to play MCwii, I have only played with the provided wheel and it actually works really well. Try it for yourself, I'm sure you'll agree.

[Keyser]

and people seemed to be able to at least play the game. It did not appear broken but it was on a beautiful tv and it looked like crap. I'm not saying anything against Nintendo or the Wii but it would never grace my 60". I liked the effort put into SMG and it did not appear that this game recieved the same attention.

Because the game isn't crap I beleive a 4.2 is unwarranted.

[GametimeUK]

Whoever posted about MKDD being hard must not of practiced much or must simply not have the skill :-)
I can do 150cc on an all cup tour on MKDD and finish first every time so im glad the wii version is harder...

o well I wont be playing Mario Kart wii much because of GTA but its still a highly playable game with great multiplayer

[PENGUINKK]

A biased review if I ever saw one. Honestly, how many people play Mario Kart for the single player alone? Very little, for sure. He takes off FIVE points just for Grand Prix mode, and he wrote the review coming off a brutal 150cc match to boot. Sometimes I swing from loving to hating and back in games and sports, like for example golf, when you take a bad shot and curse the sport, but by the next hole you're back to enjoying yourself. Your judgement is not entirely fair during that downtime to say the least. So why he wrote a GAME REVIEW coming right off that is beyond me.

I understand the AI is completely unfair, but since it is only incorporated into little more than a quarter of the game it shouldn't carry that much weight to bring the score down by half.

GametimeUK, MKWii isn't hard as in "if you have enough skill and practice you can beat it". It is hard as in "unfair", so I don't know why you'd be happy about that.

This is to everyone else beating on the guy for not having skill. Seriously. Can you dodge lightning, blue shells, bullet bills, red shells, and POWs? All the time? From all 11 players in rapid sucession? Every review I have read has complained about this unfairness, so don't think you're more skilled and can beat 150cc easily because you can put bananas and shells behind you.

[ChickeyCantor]

" blue shells"

You can dodge this =D!!!
only the required item : The mushroom( boost item) is hard to get once you are first place.

The blue shell stops moving forward the moment its about to strike the player, this goes really fast so you dont see it BUT, if you have mushrooms and use it the moment it wants to hit ya in the head you can escape from it.

Its unfair indeed, but if you played the DS game you know what you would get.

[Blank1017]

he actually took off 5 points based soley on his Flower cup 150cc race.

He is basically complaining because on the HARDEST SETTING he was not able to come in first place every time after playing the game a few hours. Man, talk about needing instant gratification.

If I coulda beat the 150 CC easily every time after only playing for an hour or 2 I woulda been upset because the game offered no challenge, this guy is a moron.

[Databot]

First of all, what is GCM? A fansite that probably nobody visits? Great!

[M_Prime]

OKAY.. Skill has a lot to do with it.. a skilled player will greatly increase his or her chances in any game..

yes theer is a bit of luck but when ur in the back of teh pack you get the cool weapons too.. and if u can't catch up its sad.

Thsi game is not a 4.2 a score that low means its BROKEN.. and nothing in this game is broken.. and the online is amazing.. and u can't complain about unfair AI there..

[IzKyD1331]

this games not as good as the previous installments, but it definitely deserves at least a 7 or higher

[cooke15]

YES!!! a no name site with no credibilty bombs mario kart and it gets the most attention on N4G than all of the other MK reviews combined!

If these guys bomb GTA IV it wont even get posted lol

[7h3ultim8p00]

What a baby. People are actually saying the game is too easy now! It has been casualified. Lol, I want to see what score he gave Ninja Gaiden.

[sleepbox]

they should have never released this next to gta4

[Blue Legend]

Just to show a so called "game reviewer" he sucks at his job.

I think the SNES version was the hardest in the series, I wonder what he'd review that as...

[f789790]

One review will not stop millions of kids from getting this game. It definately should have scored higher and I hate the Wii.

[ArtisianDragon]

That rating is like a kick in the crotch for a guy...Mario Kart is cool, and glad that they released. Also glad that it went back to the original design of one person - One kart. The added in other vehicles was a nice little touch just as well.

Also if the AI is to hard just get better, play harder and be meaner
():)

[clrlite]

Blah blah blah whats with the black background and tiny white font on that review. I really hope this guy didn't take 4 points off because it was too difficult.

[iilluminate]

The same site scored Condemned 2 a 9.5/10. Their scores seem totally off.