05-03-2008, 03:43 PM
Quote:I would like to mention how extremely disappointed I am in the combat system on wii Mario Kart. Personally, I loved the N64 version where you had three balloons, and if you were killed, you became a bomb. Now, you cannot die, so WTF is the point of having the balloons in the first place? When you loose all three balloons, you are just placed in your respawn point on the battle field. And forcing you to play in teams?!? Is it just me or is the wii killing their beloved franchises? Super Smash Bros. Brawl has that ridiculous "special" ability that is so unbalanced with some characters I'd go so far as to say it was broken; Mario Strikers... was just utter nonsense and not a soccer game at all. And now they have to go and kill my favorite part of Mario Kart by eliminating your ability to actually die, the ability to become a bomb, the ability to play against four other opponents in the same room as you... what a big let down. To be honest, the racing aspect was always so-so for me (if I wanted a real racing game, I'd of stuck with my xbox and played GT), but it was the combat that made the game exciting, fast, and furious with four other friends all at each others throats. Why did they have to break this?
EDIT: This about sums up my sentiments.
Yup, that review nailed it just about perfectly. As much fun as I'm having playing through the Grand Prix modes, especially with my little cousin, I'm still in a state of denial over the awful, awful battle mode. Four player free for all in the N64 Mario Kart still remains one my favourite gaming memories ever, and I'm just so disappointed in losing that option.
Why on earth do game developers remove or limit options rather than allowing us to choose? It could not have been difficult to add a screen to the battle mode option where you select between 'teams' and 'no teams,' let alone a certain number of teams. Same goes for timed matches versus a certain number of lives per player.
gekko
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