Mario Kart Wii [Archive]

Drakul

10-11-2007, 08:36 AM

Well I have some screens and some info on the game, so here you go.Characters will have customised cars like we saw in the trailer but it looks like they may have more than one. In the trailer, Wario has a hot rod style car but in these screens he has a car with bull horns on it.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7296/news111007mkart1xt2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3616/news111007mkart2qn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/8936/news111007mkart6gw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.vooks.net/images/kart4.jpg

It's not going to be just kart racing now. They just confirmed motorbikes.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1041/news111007mkart4rd5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7614/news111007mkart3dp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Peaches bike looks different in each of the above screens so I dont know if each character will have more than one bike as well as multipile cars or maybe just one or the other.

Retro tracks will be in the game, apparantly:
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6614/news111007mkart8yw3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1269/news111007mkart5sq9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Anyway, I think the game looks pretty good. According to some American magazine called "Gamepro", Reggie Fils-Aime is supposed to have hinted at the possibility of MK: Double Dash style gameplay as well. I don't know how reliable Gamepro is.

Kalyx triaD

10-11-2007, 08:45 AM

Gamepro is immature garbage. I stopped reading it about a decade ago and never looked back. EGM since the '98 10-page cover story on FF8 and I've grabbed one every month since.

Drakul

10-11-2007, 08:49 AM

Ok, well, I'll take your word for it. I doubted it when I read it but felt I should mention it just in case. I'm from the UK so we don't get that magazine.
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Footage of the biking. Turns out everyones going to have a bike. Also it looks like we can pull off a few tricks both in our karts and on our bikes.

Tornado

10-11-2007, 11:49 AM

Sweeeeeeeeeeet

Shadow

10-11-2007, 11:47 PM

Between this and Smash Bros, my wallet's gonna be empty

Drakul

10-11-2007, 11:59 PM

What about Super Mario Galaxy?

Tornado

10-12-2007, 06:06 AM

Looks like 12 racers on track this time too.

Shadow

10-14-2007, 09:00 PM

What about Super Mario Galaxy?

GRAH! DON'T REMIND ME!

Drakul

10-14-2007, 11:53 PM

Well, you might want to avoid watching the first two minutes to Mario Galaxy then. It's pretty cool. I don't think we have a SMG thread anyway.

Dunno if it counts as spoilers but I'll give you guys a warning anyway *SPOILERS maybe*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mvfgg-SVRYI

Kalyx triaD

02-07-2008, 09:19 PM

This week's Famitsu magazine has the latest tidbits on Mario Kart Wii. The game will include the wheel controller which was first revealed in last year's E3 press conference.

Players can now choose between karts and bikes to race, and each will have its advantages and disadvantages. With bikes, you can perform wheelies to speed up but this also makes turning more difficult. Both karts and bikes also now allow you to perform tricks in midair by turning the wheel left and right, or by moving the wheel up and down. Pulling them off successfully will reward players with a speed boost upon landing.

The game will feature 16 new tracks and 16 remake tracks from previous Mario Kart titles. As for multiplayer battle stages, 10 stages will be included. Players can compete against each other in races and battles with up to 4 players in split screen mode and up to 12 players via Nintendo's Wifi Connection service. You can also use your Mii as a playable character when meeting certain conditions during the game.

Lastly, there will also be a Mario Kart Channel dedicated to the game, allowing players all over the world to compete in global rankings and download ghosts of other players.

Mario Kart Wii hits stores in Japan on April 10. A North America release date has yet to be pinned down but should follow close behind.

F'n sweet. I need a Wii ASAP. Missing too many greats.

02-07-2008, 09:54 PM

can't wait

.44 Magdalene

02-08-2008, 08:59 AM

Online Mario Kart ftw

ClockShot

02-08-2008, 01:33 PM

Guy at Gamestop told me they had a tentative release day of April 12th or someday really close to that. Threw down my $5 and walked out the door happy.

Kalyx triaD

02-08-2008, 01:47 PM

Famitsu magazine, who has close ties to Nintendo, said nothing about that date. You just helped an employee get closer to his target reserves number for the week.

Kalyx triaD

02-14-2008, 10:09 PM

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/852/852501/mario-kart-wii-20080214062742914.jpg

Kalyx triaD

02-20-2008, 01:07 PM

IGN Hands On report. Awesome stuff. (http://wii.ign.com/articles/852/852952p1.html)

Sepholio

02-20-2008, 03:52 PM

Fuck now I need a Wii.

Just had a funny thought on this. Imagine someone plays this in their car with the Wii Wheel. You pull up next to them and see like 2 or 3 people in a car twisting wireless wheels. Would be pretty freaking awesome on road trips.

Crazy Nick

02-21-2008, 12:46 AM

I need a Wii as well, this game looks great.

Drakul

02-26-2008, 01:52 AM

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Drakul

02-26-2008, 01:54 AM

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Vietnamese Crippler

02-26-2008, 02:52 AM

I'm sure it looks 1000x better in video form, but these pictures make the game look like crap.

Drakul

02-26-2008, 07:39 AM

A lot of people are saying that. I'm sure it'll be much better in motion.

02-26-2008, 09:25 AM

and in english

Dorkchop

02-27-2008, 12:03 AM

I've heard from a few previews that the game doesn't look nearly as nice as it should. Let's just hope gameplay wise it makes up for it. I love that it'll keep stats. I love random stats in games. I hope they have ridiculous ones like "green turtle shells fired" and "green turtle shells that hit opponents".

Drakul

03-02-2008, 05:45 AM

Battle Mode screenshot (containing a character spoiler,if you look carefully) and some news.

Here is an image of the Mario Kart battle mode. Taking place in Delfino Square, this is one of ten battle arenas in the game and sees Mario (red balloons) taking on the likes of Toad, Wario and Luigi (blue balloons).

As you can see it is a timed event and whoever is left with the highest score at the end of the battle will win.

In other Mario Kart news, it has been revealed that the MK wheel will be available to purchase seperately in the shops. Only the Japanese price has been confirmed so far though and its 1,200 yen. That's around £6 but we don't know how much it will actually cost in UK stores.
http://medialib.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/screens/screenshot_7077.jpg

There has been a bit of confusion surrounding Mario Kart Wii and text chat possibilities. Yesterday, reports on various websites suggested that you would be able to create rooms for friends to join and text chat while waiting for other racers. However, this is misleading.

See, while there will be text chat, you can only send pre-determined phrases to fellow racers.

Still, it's not a big deal. Text chat could just result in peurile insults being flung about. Not something we're keen on while trying to focus for the big race. What do you think?

Vietnamese Crippler

03-02-2008, 04:24 PM

The levels are SO huge yet the characters are SO small. It's such a weird perspective; it's like everyone's been hit by the lightning bolt :-\

03-02-2008, 05:02 PM

Honestly, who gives a fuck that Baby Mario is in this. No one is that excited about this game.

03-02-2008, 05:03 PM

And wtf would you buy the steering wheel. The only fun I've had with the motion controls are Wii Sports and Zelda/SMG.

Vietnamese Crippler

03-02-2008, 05:57 PM

You don't have to buy the wheel, it's packed in.

03-03-2008, 08:53 AM

I know, I'm talking about the option to buy it by itself.

Vietnamese Crippler

03-03-2008, 01:16 PM

Oh, ok, then I agree :y:

Drakul

03-11-2008, 02:03 AM

Some gameplay videos.

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ClockShot

03-12-2008, 09:55 PM

This game finally has a date.

April 27th, 2008.

Drakul

03-12-2008, 11:57 PM

11th April for anyone in Europe. Incase people didn't know.

Kalyx triaD

03-13-2008, 12:15 AM

Doesn't look nearly as slow as I've heard.

U-Warrior

03-13-2008, 12:59 AM

Holy shit, its coming out next month already? Fuck's sake, within the last 2 months, I have bought mario bros. 3, mario 64, and paper mario on the VC, as well as super paper mario, mario galaxy, and smash bros. on the wii. Now this. Fucking mario overload.

Kalyx triaD

03-13-2008, 01:30 AM

Mario's the shit.

Drakul

03-13-2008, 01:32 AM

Doesn't look nearly as slow as I've heard.

How slow did you hear it was?

Kalyx triaD

03-13-2008, 01:52 AM

They (IGN) claimed it was slower than the DS game.

Drakul

03-17-2008, 10:42 AM

Just got the latest Official Nintendo Magazine a few days ago. They gave MKWii 94% which means they gave it a gold award.

They say, in the review, that you can play using the wii remote/steering wheel or the remote & nunchuck or the GC controller. I never knew that.

They also say snaking has been taken out. They say this is because you don't have to move the control stick left and right during a powerslide to get a boost now because the boost is determined by how long you slide. So you slide and get blue sparks and eventually get red sparks if you hold the slide long enough.
Meaning that any advantage snaking has (or had) has been taken away.

I like this because I was never fond of snaking but I know a lot of people use it as a technique.

The review also says that stunts can be performed anytime all your vehicles wheels are off the ground and not just when you go of a huge ramp. Tricks are done by flicking the wheel and give you a boost.

Apparantly, the difference between karts and bikes are that bikes can only get blue sparks and not red sparks when powersliding but they can perform wheelies on straights which give them a boost.

If anyone wants to know about something else, ask and I'll flick through the review and see if the answers in there.

KingofOldSchool

03-17-2008, 11:16 AM

lol it's a fucking Nintendo magazine what else did you expect?

Dave Youell

03-17-2008, 11:30 AM

lol it's a fucking Nintendo magazine what else did you expect?

Too be fair, although it’s a Nintendo mag, they are very fair with the reviews, it’s an all UK team doing the review and they have given some Nintendo produced games some pretty bad reviews

They gave Mario Party 8 69% for example

And Paper Mario got an 81%

Generally they are inline with what the rest of the reviewers give games, and they do have a declaration that although they are a Nintendo mag, they remain impartial with the reviews. I’ve had a subscription for 6 months now and so far I think the review section is very fair.

Plus there’s been times where other mags have given games a higher rating, like with No More Heroes, they gave it an 89%, but I think IGN gave it 94%, so they really don’t oversell the games

Drakul

03-24-2008, 01:04 PM

I was on YouTube and came across the intro for the game.

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Drakul

03-26-2008, 12:33 PM

Mario Kart Wii is released on 11 April but you could play the plumber's new racer almost a week early if you take part in a special tournament to be held at GAME stores around the country on Saturday 5 April.

Yes, 30 GAME stores across the UK will holding Mario Kart Wii tournaments, giving you the chance to play the game before it hits the shelves and win a Mario Kart Wii inspired VW Beetle Convertable.

Heats will take place throughout the day at each of the 30 stores and the winner from each location will go forward to The Grand Wii final to be held at an exclusive racing day event on 12 April at Mercedes Benz World in Brooklands, Surrey. The winner will get the car.

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Other prizes available on the day include copies of the game and £250 of 'Experience Vouchers' for activities including karting, paintballing, quad biking and more. Plus, each GAME store will be be running its own prize draw with the winner receiving a Mario Kart Gift Card worth £50.

Even if you don't win, the opportunity to play Mario Kart Wii before it's even released is too good to turn down. Below is a list of participating GAME stores...

MANCHESTER: Unit 59, Arndale Centre
TRAFFORD: 124 Peel Centre, Trafford Centre
BOURNEMOUTH: Unit 4, Avenue Centre, Commercial Road
PORSTMOUTH: 226 Commercial Road
STEVENAGE: Unit 4A, The Forum
MERRYHILL: Unit 87, Lower Mall, Merryhill Shopping Centre
READING: Unit 18, Oracle Shopping Centre
BASINGSTOKE: Unit 15, Festival Place
BRAEHEAD: Unit 57, Braehead Shopping Centre, Kings Inch Rd
GLASGOW: 146 Sauchiehall Street
MILTON KEYNES: 15 Crown Walk
NOTTINGHAM: Unit 308A, Victoria Centre
LEEDS: 50-52 Albion Street
LUTON: 142-144 Arndale Centre
CHELTENHAM: Unit A, 100/104 High Street
CRIBBS CAUSEWAY: Unit LR53, Cribbs Causeway
CARDIFF: 92 Queen Street
NEWCASTLE: Fenwicks, 39 Northumberland Street
GATESHEAD METRO CENTRE: 17 Red Pathway
BLACKBURN: 10-12 Market Way
WIGAN: 27 Standish Gate
HANLEY: 214-215 The Potteries
LONDON: Hamleys, 188-196 Regent Street
LONDON: 100 Oxford Street
THURROCK: Unit 106, Lakeside Shopping Centre
ROMFORD: Unit 15, Liberty 2 Centre
TAUNTON: 45-46 Fore Street
EDINBURGH: 127 Princes Street
DUNDEE: 51 Murraygate
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES: 3rd Floor, The Bentalls Center

Source:http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=3813

I'll be going along. Anyone else going to be trying it out at their local GAME shop?

Drakul

04-06-2008, 04:23 AM

So, I went to the "tournement" (it was really just a glorified time-trial) yesterday and got a chance to have a few races. Bear in mind that I only had a chance to play 4-player multiplayer and we had to stick to Lugi Circuit.

First off, the graphics do resemble Double Dash level graphics. Donkey Kongs model in particular was pretty "jagged" and poor. It still colourful and everything but in the 4 races I had on the same circuit, it did look like DD graphically. This could be because it was 4-player. Single player may look better.

Gameplay was fun as always. A new thing in the game is the drift option. When you select your character and vehicle, you get a choice between Automatic and Manual. For three races, I tried Automatic and it didn't feel right not being able to powerslide at will. I couldn't figure out how to do it in Automatic. I'm assuming I'd have had to turn the wheel to an extreme degree.
The one time I chose Manual I heard people behind me say "Who picked manual!? you're not allowed to pick manual! Who picked manual!?".
Manual made the game much better. The weapon button does change though. In Automatic, the B button is used to fire weapons but in Manual, B is to hop (you hold it and turn the wheel to slide) and the D-pad is for firing forward or back.
The game has what looked like a file select screen. If it was a file select screen, there are four save files available. What leads me to think it was a file select screen was that it had a shot of the players Mii and across the top of the small box it had a list of the different cups and down the left side it had 50cc, 100cc etc. Each of the four files had that so I'm sure it was a file select. We only saw it for a few seconds when someone accidently pressed "back" on the main menu.

The Wheel itself works well enough, it doesn't feel cheap and plasticy and the buttons used in the game are easy to reach and it's very comfy to hold. The 2 button is accelerate and you, supposedly, flick the wheel upward to do tricks but I could never pull it off. Flick the wheel upwards when you ride a bike and it does a wheelie which should give you a boost (the wheelie boost replaces the powerslide boost in bikes because bikes can't powerslide.)
Once you get used to the wheel, it's enjoyable.

Overall, the game seems fun even if this rundown seems a tad negative, it was the circumstance I played it under.
It was way too crowded and it was a case of jumping in the deep end, right into competition rather than having time to get used to it. Plus I had a group of cocky twats behind me ridiculing everyones every move, despite the fact that two of the people I played against that day where young children. The kids where actually better than a few of the older people there actually.

If the game is played in your own enviroment, in your own time I'm sure it would be great.

therocksays

04-06-2008, 05:01 AM

this is the longest thing ive ever read about mario cart.

Drakul

04-08-2008, 03:38 AM

I could have made it even longer but I tried to keep it as short as I could.

#BROKEN Hasney

04-08-2008, 01:07 PM

The AI is even more cheating bastardy than usual....

Danny Electric

04-09-2008, 04:02 AM

The AI is even more cheating bastardy than usual....

You already got it?

#BROKEN Hasney

04-09-2008, 05:29 AM

You already got it?

Yeah, was leaked onto the internet on Monday night :)

Anyways, the reason it so cheating is for the 5th time in a row I have had such a lead no-one could catch me, not even with a blue shell, so I get hit with a POW block.... No big deal, can still win.... Blue shell.... Still winning. RED SHELL JUST AS I HIT THE GROUND AND I FINISH 6TH.

That exact combo.... 5 times.... Different tracks. Jesus, I didn't think they would make it more of a cheating bastard, just kept it the same.

As for online play, I had one game before they took the servers down and a 10 player match was smooth as hell. It shows everyones Mii waving from the country they're in before the race starts. Shame you can't talk to anyone :(

Danny Electric

04-11-2008, 05:06 AM

So, picked this up last night.
Really enjoying it at the moment, steering wheel takes a while to get used to so I'm playing it without the wheel.
Killing it off at 50cc.

Drakul

04-12-2008, 11:36 AM

Done all the cups on 50cc. Pretty cool. Moving onto 100cc tonight.

I don't appreciate certain secret characters being spoiled by staff ghost that are available from the start using them.

Y2Ant

04-12-2008, 12:53 PM

I want this so bad but i'm skint :(

Drakul

04-12-2008, 01:31 PM

GAME are doing a deal. Trade in any two Wii games and get MKWii for 4.99

Danny Electric

04-12-2008, 06:55 PM

Won a few cups on 150cc

Extreme Angle

04-14-2008, 02:43 AM

I love this game!
Done all of 100cc and 50cc and just played some online. Got the 50 wins online car aswell... the quad bike thing

Drakul

04-14-2008, 02:53 AM

My Wii is curently offline :(
How is online? I heard the world number 1 on a lot of time trials cheated and is unbeatable.

#BROKEN Hasney

04-14-2008, 05:25 AM

I was 8th on Luigi circuit for 24 hours :(.

Battle mode is team only online but the races are awesome. I'm a bit surprised by the skill level of people online so far, winning races by like 10 seconds even after taking blue shells. There was one JAP guy who I kept trading wins with but you can't pos rep them like you can on Live and find them more often :(

Dave Youell

04-16-2008, 08:48 AM

First things first, here’s my friend code, add me people:

3566 1681 3609

This game is addictive, I haven’t bothered with the wheel, it’s fun, but not as good as using the normal method. I’m preferring the bikes so far, more responsive. Got 6400 points online, so I’m holding my own. Waiting for all the yanks to get on so the fun can really kick in. Setting up a games room is really simple and the whole thing is user friendly. So yeah very impressed.

Oh and how the heck do you cheat to make yourself number 1 with the best times?

U-Warrior

04-16-2008, 08:56 AM

So when does this hit stateside?

Dave Youell

04-16-2008, 09:03 AM

End of the month I think

Drakul

04-16-2008, 11:38 AM

Oh and how the heck do you cheat to make yourself number 1 with the best times?

You run the first 2 laps and just before crossing the finish line, stop and wait, eventually the timer will reach it's limit and got back to zero and then you just finish the race. So it says you did the race in 45 seconds. I've not seen it myself but I've read people complaining about it.

Dave Youell

04-17-2008, 03:20 AM

How fucking sad is that? Jesus!

Vietnamese Crippler

04-17-2008, 03:38 AM

End of the month I think

The 27th to be exact :y:

I still don't know if I'm going to get this. I've never had a Mario Kart game on any of my Nintendo systems and I don't know if this will be the one that breaks the cycle. The online is looking great, but I dunno if that's enough for me to go out and buy it.

Dave Youell

04-17-2008, 04:03 AM

The 27th to be exact :y:

I still don't know if I'm going to get this. I've never had a Mario Kart game on any of my Nintendo systems and I don't know if this will be the one that breaks the cycle. The online is looking great, but I dunno if that's enough for me to go out and buy it.

It's very addictive, easy to pick up and play, hard to master properlly, loads of tracks.

The online stuff is quick in a good way, about 1-2 minutes between races tops, finding your friends online mid game is easy, all you do is latch on and then you start the next race with them

There's stuff to unlock in 1 player as well. Honestly, it's a great great game. Even my 3 year old kid can play it for god sake.

Danny Electric

04-17-2008, 04:23 AM

Can't put it down when Dylan goes to sleep :)
Just need to get a wireless router to get my wii online.

Vietnamese Crippler

04-17-2008, 02:37 PM

It's very addictive, easy to pick up and play, hard to master properlly, loads of tracks.

The online stuff is quick in a good way, about 1-2 minutes between races tops, finding your friends online mid game is easy, all you do is latch on and then you start the next race with them

There's stuff to unlock in 1 player as well. Honestly, it's a great great game. Even my 3 year old kid can play it for god sake.

I never said I couldn't play it :o I've been playing Mario Kart since the SNES days, so I'd like to think I know what I'm doing.

It's just that I love playing Mario Kart, but it was never enough to actually buy the game.

Plus the single player offering (which is what I'll probably be playing most of the time) doesn't seem as robust as Super Mario Kart or Mario Kart 64. Also. the wide tracks bug the hell out of me for some reason.

I'll wait for reviews though and hope that they're good.

Drakul

04-18-2008, 02:46 AM

My Wii is back online so I posted my Wii code in the Wii code thread.

Here's my MKWii code: 1246 8965 2476

Extreme Angle

04-18-2008, 03:01 AM

So expert trials....
I've done so many but I still can't unclock
(highlight to read characters) Funky Kong and all them

PapaGeorgio

04-27-2008, 02:57 AM

Just got it been playing for hour or two. Really enjoy online play, really smooth stuff. Been going back and forth between wheel and GC controller. Might have to do Wii Mote Nunchuch combo. Can't figure how to keep items behind me when using wheel (ie hold a green shell behind me for protection) Also can't get boost with Gamecube on jumps, assume you can with Wii mote nunchuck combo

PapaGeorgio

04-27-2008, 03:08 AM

Papa Georgio : 3050-7962-9671
Dave Youell : 3566-1681-3609
Drakul : 1246-8965-2476

Add all friend codes here.

Drakul

04-27-2008, 05:39 AM

Hold left or right on the d-pad when you have anything like a shell, banana or a fake ? block and you'll hold it behind you. Even if it's not for protection, you can hold the item behind you and collect another item.

Drakul

04-27-2008, 05:43 AM

So expert trials....
I've done so many but I still can't unclock
(highlight to read characters) Funky Kong and all them

I unlocked Funky Kong after unlocking 4 expert ghosts. Didn't even have to beat the expert ghosts, I just unlocked four of them and the game told me I unlocked Funky.

04-27-2008, 12:07 PM

Came out today, going to pick up my copy now.

PapaGeorgio

04-27-2008, 12:47 PM

Question, how do you unlock expert ghosts. I've beaten a few ghost trials but never unlocked any experts.

Extreme Angle

04-27-2008, 01:20 PM

I've just been beating normal ghosts... Haven't done 150cc yet...

04-27-2008, 02:09 PM

WTF I'm having such a hard time with bike drifting. I'm so use to the easy drifting on the DS.

5026-4824-3606 I suck btw.

04-27-2008, 03:49 PM

This is by far the best MK.

I was 4-0 online, until some guy named Hitler (had the mustache and all) was glitching or something. I would be first with only 4 Mii's on the map, then he would pop up out of nowhere way ahead of me and I'd be second. This would happen every lap. We played on DK Jungle from the 64. :mad:

PapaGeorgio

04-27-2008, 04:00 PM

I agree, really loving the game right now. Especially online, Nintnedo did it mostly right online, besides voice chat stuff everything else is pretty pimp online. BTW My online Mii is Big Waz, ya'll look out for me, cause you'll only see my back side when I'm whoopin ya'll

04-27-2008, 04:38 PM

I'm going to add everyone here. I have no clue what I'm doing regarding friends and shit.

PapaGeorgio

04-27-2008, 04:59 PM

Add me I'm playing online right now

ClockShot

04-27-2008, 07:18 PM

Just got it and played a couple cup races.

Wow. I got triple teamed way too often, and got bombed with blue shells like 10 times within 30 minutes.

This is gonna take a while to get used too.

Drakul

04-27-2008, 10:15 PM

Question, how do you unlock expert ghosts. I've beaten a few ghost trials but never unlocked any experts.

I think you need to beat the staff ghost by 2 or 3 seconds at least. I've beaten a few by a second or less and it didn't give me an expert ghost.

I'll probably add people from here. Would I need to ad their Wii code aswell or just the MKWii code?

U-Warrior

04-27-2008, 10:21 PM

Beat all the cups. Freaking fantastic. Didn't even know there was a ds mario kart. My favorite tracks from n64 and gba are in.

Online is mad fun. Love battling.

PapaGeorgio

04-27-2008, 11:26 PM

Just the Mario Kart code. Also U-Warrior what your code?

PapaGeorgio

04-28-2008, 12:34 AM

Playin Drakul now don't think he knows though

U-Warrior

04-28-2008, 12:47 AM

dunno I'll post it tomorrow. Does this game have its own code?

Funky Fly

04-28-2008, 12:53 AM

Yeah, Nintendo are fucktards. Your Wii has a code and each game has its own code.

Fuck can't wait till my brother can rent this shit... FO FREE

U-Warrior

04-28-2008, 12:55 AM

God, nintendo is so stupid when it comes to online. Why wouldn't they make games dlc compatible. That seems so very silly,

Drakul

04-28-2008, 12:57 AM

Playin Drakul now don't think he knows though

When the name "Big Waz" appeared at the start of a race, I said the same to my brother. I knew it was you.

PapaGeorgio

04-28-2008, 01:01 AM

Yeah, thought it would do something special since we were friends. Was disapointed there was nothing different really. Didn't even recognize that we were friends really or make note of it in game.

But yeah was able to play one, then I got error code for first time. We were pretty even, knocking each other around. Helped you out at the end blue shelling person ahead of you I think. Put a solid 10 hours into the game in first day, done for the day.

Drakul

04-28-2008, 01:13 AM

At the end of the race after you left it came up saying "Friend list :)" or something and it glowed orange. I clicked it and it said you where in a Worldwide Battle. Tried to join in but it wouldn't let me.

BTW does your Mii resemble you at all?

PapaGeorgio

04-28-2008, 01:23 AM

My mii does resemble me to an extent. My mii looks older than I am. But I usually sport a beard, shaved head (not to skin but like buzzed all around), plus glasses.

Drakul

04-28-2008, 01:25 AM

Oh, thought so. My Mii reembles me enough for people to get the idea how I look.

PapaGeorgio

04-28-2008, 01:37 AM

overall though online people suck, hardly ever have a huge challenge. Currently at like 6300 rating I think for vs and for battle like 5700. Overall more fun than playing the computer. Currently just finished 50cc, starting 100cc. Not huge on the bikes. Do like the WiiMote/Nunchuck combo best though. Controls are easier plus you can do moves during jumps and wheelies with bikes. Plus playing with GameCube controller is weird as they changed buttons around from DoubleDash. Overall very good game for the Wii, got to get some friends over soon to play with me.

Drakul

04-28-2008, 05:17 AM

Well, I'm undefeated by anyone on my friend list so if you fancy a challenge, keep an eye out for me and we can race 1-on-1

04-28-2008, 08:09 AM

How do you race one on one?

Dave Youell

04-28-2008, 09:45 AM

When you see your friends online, just go to create a room and I think that sends an invite to them

04-28-2008, 05:31 PM

Yeah so this you add me, i'll add you is bullshit. should just let 1 person add, other accepts. I've added the other 2 in here with codes, but no one has done the same. :rant:

Played with you yesterday papa georgio, but it was battle races, and I wanted to do race races. You had 1 point, I had 6. :cool:

PapaGeorgio

04-28-2008, 06:21 PM

See that is gay, I didn't even realize I was playing you yesterday. And same with Drakul today. He randomly joined and I barely noticed. Then we did a Mirror Cup. Was close, but I ended up fucking up. Should have been 2 wins to 2 wins, but he ended up getting 3. Last one I beat him just at the finish line, was intense.

But yeah, that is stupid how it doesn't like pop up a message saying a friend joined.

Also G, you must have only played one battle with me as I whop ass in Battle, especially coin.

Finally, Online VS still needs more talent. Up to like 6700 ranking now, don't get first all the time but usually do some damage on the people. But I'm lucky to be racing against one other person above 6000.

Drakul

04-29-2008, 01:36 AM

Sorry I got disconnected halfway through DS Dry Dry Desert. Someone in my house decided to turn off the wireless connection for a while.

There was one thing that happened on our final race on the SNES Mario Circuit 3. My game showed me just make the finish before you yet ranked me as finishing 2nd. I've had it happen in Worldwide races when I came in 5th but got ranked as 6th etc. Dunno why. Probably when people cross the line almost simultaneously the game gets confused, maybe? Anyway, it was fun, we need more TPWWers though. 12 man, all TPWW Grand Prix.

Vietnamese Crippler

04-29-2008, 02:12 AM

I'm starting to want to buy this game. Just give me a couple weeks :o

PapaGeorgio

04-29-2008, 10:22 AM

Yeah I have had close finishes lie before. Either I get ranked higher or lower then I'm supposed to. Sometimes it is really bad and wasn't even all that close, but I survive.

Vietnamese Crippler

04-29-2008, 01:40 PM

The reason that happens is because of the prediction system they use, like in Mario Kart DS, if you didn't know.

04-29-2008, 01:51 PM

For some reason, everytime I play online I want to watch Harry Potter. :wtf:

Dave Youell

04-30-2008, 11:25 AM

There's a guy called Chuck Norris who has 10000 points! Be aware

I haven't been online with it for over a week, I'll try to add everyone to mine tonight, I have the highly original name of Dave

04-30-2008, 11:45 AM

I thought the max was 9999? The highest I've seen was 6000 I think.

04-30-2008, 11:46 AM

Also, how do you see how many wins you have?

Drakul

04-30-2008, 12:55 PM

On the main menu where it says "Single player" "Multiplayer" etc, there's a shot of your Miis head in the upper right corner. Select that, then "Records".

The highest score I've seen online is about 7500.

04-30-2008, 01:13 PM

Oh, I just know of the thing that lets you switch your license.

PapaGeorgio

04-30-2008, 03:08 PM

I'm at about 6500-6700 keep floating in that area.

Also for the online wins system incase people don't know how it is recorded I shall explain.

A Win is classified as the total amount of people you beat in a race. And a loss is total amount who beat you. So say you place 3rd in a 10 man race. You earn 2 losses and 7 Wins.

But yeah, I have seen maybe one person at 7000. Most are in the 5000's that I play. I get a couple 6000-6500 more now though.

04-30-2008, 03:20 PM

Just played 2 guys in the 6ks who have golden wheels. They were good, we even did Rainbow Road a few times. God knows how they manage so well using that damn wheel. Fuck that.

We played the same god damn level 3 times in a row. GBA Bowser castle 3. Fucking hate it with 12 people. I was a little over 6k, then for some reason I got disconnected from the race and it put me back to 5800. :mad:

04-30-2008, 05:23 PM

Gonna be online for the next 2 hours or so. Look me up.

Dave Youell

04-30-2008, 05:27 PM

You guys have seriously not seen anyone over 7000?

Anyway, going online now

04-30-2008, 05:41 PM

I can't get on. Happens every other time I try to go online. Always get an error code. This is stupid.

04-30-2008, 05:43 PM

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=942008&topic=42870831

Dave Youell

04-30-2008, 05:50 PM

bollocks, not going on line then

04-30-2008, 05:58 PM

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc...6&action2.y=30

Our experience shows that error messages within this range are typically caused by temporary network issues with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. If there is a problem with the network, our technician's will work to get the service back up as soon as possible. Please retry your connection later.

Dave Youell

04-30-2008, 06:00 PM

teh gay

04-30-2008, 06:01 PM

Well I'm at least happy I know it's not me.

05-01-2008, 01:55 PM

Wanted to post my setup. $4.99, and it's fucking amazing.

http://i11.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/ed/78/acba_1.JPG

Vietnamese Crippler

05-04-2008, 04:49 PM

Papa Georgio : 3050-7962-9671
Dave Youell : 3566-1681-3609
Drakul : 1246-8965-2476
G: 5026-4824-3606
VC: 2621-3246-7447

road doggy dogg

05-05-2008, 03:38 AM

Wow this is hands-down the best iteration of the MK franchise yet. Nintendo finally got online right. Been playing this nonnnnnnnnnnnnstopppppp. wtf is Brawl?

Since I use 100 replies/page and can't be fucked to swim through the needless thousands of images in page 1, I refuse to read prior replies to this thread. As such, what's everyone's favourite char/kart?? I like to mix it up between Bowser Jr. and Toadette, using the Mach Bike or Magikart. I really want to use karts instead of bikes but the drifting on bikes is just so much more fun...
crossrine

Vietnamese Crippler

05-05-2008, 01:55 PM

I don't have a favorite character, yet, but I'm becoming really partial to the bikes.

BTW, post your damn friend code

road doggy dogg

05-05-2008, 02:47 PM

I like the bikes a lot too, but I hate to be another min/max whore who just uses whatever works best. I like style over practicality. :(

Sec playing some online then I'll get mineeeeeeeeeeee
crossrine

road doggy dogg

05-05-2008, 02:53 PM

3093-7543-1273
crossrine

SuperSlim

05-06-2008, 08:23 AM

those of you that claim to not have seen a 7000 before... weird. I see one everytime I race... oh yeah...

I'm one of those.

currently standing at a rating of 7320
345 wins and 50 losses

road doggy dogg

05-06-2008, 01:51 PM

I see 8000+ people all the time. My rating's only about 6800 or so, I have no idea how to get my win/loss record lol
crossrine

Dave Youell

05-07-2008, 07:51 AM

I see 8000+ people all the time. My rating's only about 6800 or so, I have no idea how to get my win/loss record lol
crossrine

Go to your license on the main page, it's there

My fav right now is using Koopa and that bike that looks like a Magikoopa, I'm all about the high acceleration, but i'm light, so I struggle at the start as I get knocked about, but once I have a lead I'm gone, as long as it's not Luigi circuit, that's not very good for a bike with a low top speed

road doggy dogg

05-07-2008, 12:09 PM

Yeah I love the Magikoopa bike as well, whenever I play a lightweight I use it.

I generally go for an "acceleration > speed" mindset as well when I play online. It's inevitable you're going to get knocked around a few times anyway, so you can't exactly treat it like a time trial, so the high speed isn't as useful imo...... Dave let's play sometime :D My FC is above, I added yours (as well as everybody else's that VC listed above my post)
crossrine

road doggy dogg

05-07-2008, 08:58 PM

road doggy dogg

05-07-2008, 08:58 PM

Also rofl, 1337 item hits received. If I had a digital cam handy I would totally screenshot that.
crossrine

PapaGeorgio

05-07-2008, 09:40 PM

So I found my records haha... not as good as I was hoping for. 800-272 atm -_- What counts as a "win" anyway? Placing 1st? Top 3? Or just any match where you get + points?? Dunno. 182 first place finishes, IT IS DESTINY THAT I MARRY TOM DELONGE
crossrine

I'm at about 6500-6700 keep floating in that area.

Also for the online wins system incase people don't know how it is recorded I shall explain.

A Win is classified as the total amount of people you beat in a race. And a loss is total amount who beat you. So say you place 3rd in a 10 man race. You earn 2 losses and 7 Wins.

But yeah, I have seen maybe one person at 7000. Most are in the 5000's that I play. I get a couple 6000-6500 more now though.