Mario Kart Wii was the 5th installment of the Mario Kart Franchise, and did not fail to impress. Firstly, the game looks phenomonal, second best in the series in my opinion, of course Mario Kart 8 being its better (Visual wise). Also, Mario Kart Wii has some of my favourite tracks of all time! One of them being Coconut Mall, which is my personal favourite track of all time. Coconut mall has you drive around... Well, a mall! The track is very fast paced, and there are multiple routes you can take to make the replayability factor on this track even better! The music is awesome, and this track really shows off the trick mechanic where you can trick off a fountain in the mall, ramps in the car park and off the edges of the escalators. Mario Kart Wii also introduced us to some of the greatest characters of all time like Funky Kong and Dry Bowser, Funky Kong definitely being the most used character in the whole roster. I also really like how you have to play well in order to unlock these incredible characters. However, there are some cons to Mario Kart Wii which prevented me from giving it a perfect score. The grand prix mode can be way to chaotic with all the unnecessary items. Items like the blue shell, the pow block, the giant mushroom, and the infamous thunder cloud are completely uneccessary items. The blue shell is acquired by people at the middle of the race so like 6th and 7th. It doesn't benefit them or help them at all, the only person it helps is second place! The pow block is stupid because you can trick when the pow block sends you in the air, the giant mushroom is just a star that lasts not as long as the star and the thundercloud is the first item that doesn't help you. You get a thundercloud over your head and you must pass it on to another player before the timer runs out and strikes you and turns you... Little. Also, people downgrade their socre on mario kart wii because of motion controls. In all honesty, motion controls was a cool idea, and after all, the wii is a family friendly console, so the majority wont be caring as much about world records. Also, you can use nunchucks, the gamecube controller and the classic wii controller. Now, I will admit that the Wii didn't explain the alternatives to play the game as well as they shouldv'e, as I was using tilt controls until just a few weeks ago as I was having a sencond look at the game, but regardless of this, Mario Kart Wii was a really solid game and no one can change my mind. Also, sorry for not talking about any of the other modes like battle mode, I'm just regarding the mode that everyone plays, grand prix, sorry all you hardcore fans!
