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Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel
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List Price: $49.99
Our Price: $49.99
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 105
Amazon Minimum Age: 60
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0045496901004
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: Wii Wheel must be used with a Wii Remote (Remote not included)
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 60
Model: rvlrrmce
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: 2008-04-27
Studio: Nintendo
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Features
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Wii Wheel must be used with a Wii Remote (Remote not included)
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Editorial Reviews:
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Start your engines and race with Mario and his friends with their finely tuned racing machines in Mario Kart Wii. Use 3 different control styles with the Wii Wheel included in the box. The worldwide race is on with a whole new set of tricks, tracks, and ways to play. Mario Kart Wii draws on courses and battle arenas from every game in the series - not to mention tons of new ones. The true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuits will finally be crowned. Experience new tracks, enhanced Wii graphics, extraordinary gameplay and much more. Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions to open up increasingly difficult and thrilling circuits. You can have multiplayer races on any open courses or battle in arenas. Now you can feel like you are Mario and steering to avoid obstacles and doing incredible stunts.
Special Powers/Weapons/Moves/Features - Shake the Wii Remote to pull off a trick that will temporarily boost your speed. When riding a bike, gain additional speed by flicking the Wii Remote up and popping a wheelie Up to 12 people via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or up to 10 people via Wi-Fi Connection with 2 people playing locally
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Driving Ms. Mario...
Comment: My wife was somewhat excited to finally check out this game. I'll admit - so was I.
I was impressed at how well the steering worked. Now, renting it, we didn't get a wheel, but I was glad to see that you can hold the wiimote flat - buttons up - and tilt it side to side just as well as you can hold it buttons-facing-you and tilt it. Once I learned this, it became more comfortable to play.
But it didn't become more fun. There seems to be some argument over the value of the game as a single-player. I can say first-hand that we had more fun playing together than either of us did on our own.
Mario Kart Wii just bombards you. You can be sitting in first place, minding your business, just driving along when a Koopa shell hits you. You fly into the air, land on your wheels, your character shakes his head, and WAM - some "POW" block goes off, sending you flying into the air again. You land, shake your head, and WHACK - another character smacks into you, forcing you to wait while the car spins in place - shake your head AGAIN - and finally drive off. You're now last place, and have sat there for probably 10 seconds while shouting "Come on!!!!"
This doesn't happen ALL the time, but you can be confident that when it does, you'll be restarting the race, or quitting altogether. Sometimes you can get out of this - the best (and really only way I've seen so far) is if you're carrying a Koopa shell yourself - you can launch it backwards to thwart off the first attack. However, with the POW block, the ink-squirting squid, and the homing "blue shell" that's been mentioned elsewhere, you're pretty much S.O.L. The only good thing is that with some of the attacks - like the POW block, the lightning bolt - it affects everyone around you. So unless the second place character launched it, you probably won't lose your position. But in general it becomes frustrating, and I don't think that randomly generated "frustration" equates to what some might consider a "challenge."
Now, I don't want to hear any of you Wii-addicts start going on about "Oh you have to have the skill." I've said it once and I'll say it again - you're controlling a little cartoon character in a go-kart by tilting a piece of plastic. There's little skill involved. I drive a 2000 Dodge Viper GTS coupe - I truly understand the art of "driving skills." Mario Kart Wii is nothing like driving a Dodge Viper! :)
I think the game would be fun with a lot of people - when it's more of a free-for-all, and not the computer SEEMING like it gangs up on the human player. But I played it for maybe 2, 3 hours, and I'm done. I won't play it again, and I won't miss it. On a good note, it's presentation, control interface, and playability is better than most Wii games to date. My demerits are more against content and gameplay than anything else. It works very well - it just irritates you in the process!
I won't say skip it. It might be just your cup of tea. Just maybe rent it before you buy. These days, it's very easy to waste money on video games.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for Family and Friends
Comment: My mom got this for our family so we could play over Thanksgiving. My Dad hasn't let me on the Wii since (I'm 26 years old!) even though it's mine! I enjoy it, my brother enjoys it, and even my mom wants to get in and try!
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Summary: MUST HAVE THIS CHRISTMAS! AWESOME GAME!!
Comment: i bought the wii for my nephews this christmas and had to buy this game for them. we opened it early and started playing mario kart.i love this game i play all the time, so much i unlocked all players,tracks,all except one!the formula 1 kart. i love racing people and my hands get really sweatie when i race!A MUST HAVE THIS CHRISTMAS!!!MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Challenging and entertaining
Comment: The new Mario Kart game is both challenging and entertaining for all ages. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Infuriating
Comment: This game is great the first 3 weeks or so. However, as you progress through the levels, the "artificial cheats" that the Wii uses to knock you off course and impede your progress really kill any fun in the game after a while. It becomes maddeningly impossible to progress through higher levels unless you have the patience of a saint to play the same course over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over. Time to sell it! That being said, I believe it is the best game I own for the Wii (not that I own that many), but it is quite a fun game until you get to the breaking point.
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