Mario Kart Wii

O título o mais atrasado e o mais grande de Nintendo para o Wii, Mario Kart, foi liberado abril em 27. Através do globo, o zumbido sobre como maravilhoso este jogo é suposto seja deu-me a impressão que sua caixa branca maciça prenderia maravilhas do untold da alegria do gaming. Com conversa de artigos novos, de trilhas, de karts, de motocicletas, e mesmo do jogo em linha multi-player worldwide, eu tornei-me genuìna “bombeado” para a liberação deste título. Logo após ter comprado o jogo eu comecei a chamar todos meus amigos para vir sobre para as batalhas da rach-tela que seriam empreendidas durante todo a noite. Depois que escolhendo acima de diversas caixas da pizza e de uma fonte quase infinita de produtos cafeína-injetados, a meia-noite rolada ao redor e eram hora de competir.

Após ter estalado balões incontáveis na modalidade da batalha, nós decidimo-nos destravar o descanso das trilhas disponíveis com a única modalidade do jogador. Pelos nós tínhamos começado então uma sensação boa dos artigos e dos veículos novos, e o mais importante, a roda de Wii. Assim nós zumbimos através de todas as raças grandes do prix e então estava para trás a battling. When we each had found the type of kart or motorcycle we liked best on our favorite Nintendo characters, we battled the night away just like we did when Mario Kart for the SNES was the newest thing.

Like most of the games Nintendo has released for the Wii, Mario Kart is an excellent party game with a oddly high re-playability rate. It is a great game for families and friends to enjoy together. The Wii Wheel works very smoothly, as long as you don’t over-exaggerate your turning. Mario Kart also works with the Wiimote only, or the Wiimote and nunchuk (the classic controller) and the Nintendo Gamecube controller - and all work quite well. It really depends on what’s comfortable for you. This makes it easy to include all your friends without having to break the bank buying lots of new controllers.

Around noon the next day, when everybody had gone home, I decided to check out the online play. After skimming through the farce that is the user-agreement, I pressed ‘Accept’ and quickly jumped into a race with nine other people from across the US. Sad to say, I was the only one from Oklahoma. The big head I had from owning my friends at the kart party quickly deflated, because then I began to learn what the word “owned” really meant. Anyway, online was still a lot of fun. I never had any lagging problems, and I never got disconnected. Everything ran as smoothly as if I was playing with these people in my home, whether I was winning or not.

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been playing this game like it was stuck on self-destruct mode. Mario Kart continues its tradition of being a fun and re-playable party game. Adding the online multi-player exponentially increases the chance of me picking up the Wii Wheel again and again. Nintendo has delivered another impressive title for its revolutionary system.

Win a Free Copy of Mario Kart Wii!

We love giving things away, and we doubly love giving away video games.

This month’s love comes in the form of a little racing game from Nintendo. ?You’ve probably never heard of it, but suffice to say that it’s one hot little number that can be yours for 15 minutes of photographic?ridicule. ?Drop the rules, Sam.

We’re giving one lucky reader a copy of Mario Kart Wii for the Nintedo Wii. ?To play, simply send us a photo of you playing the part of a certain red-garbed plumber. ?Our staff will pick the best entry, and we’ll ship Mario Kart Wii once we announce the winner in the next issue of PTD Magazine.

Anyone in the US can play, assuming you are over 13 years of age. ?Bonus points will be awarded for including a copy of the?tabloid?edition of our magazine, so keep it here to check out the map of our magazine racks later this week.

Send your photo to contest@ptdmagazine.com, were we will pass it along to the staff and judges.

Post any questions you have here, and we’ll make sure to respond with any clarification on our part. ?Good luck!