MARIO KART WII

I am surprised that nobody has created a topic on this yet, but i guess it hasn't been out that long. I just bought this game the other day and i must say it is awesome. Definitely stands out better than the one that was on the 64. Here are a list of the playable characters.

Baby Daisy
Baby Luigi
Baby Mario
Baby Peach
Birdo
Bowser
Bowser Jr.
Daisy
Diddy Kong
Donkey Kong
Dry Bones
Dry Bowser
Funky Kong
King Boo
Koopa Troopa
Luigi
Mario
Mii
Peach
Rosalina
Toad
Toadette
Waluigi
Wario
Yoshi


In Mario Kart you can choose any one of up to 25 unique characters to operate their kart, which are separated into various classes of weight. The weight of a character affects his or her performance on the track as well as what types of karts or motorbikes are compatible with that character. Each character has unique abilities, making them more suited to certain playing styles, and less suited to others. You then race across various tracks. Each track has a unique shape, as well as different obstacles and hazards to avoid. The game includes a total of 32 different tracks, half of which are remakes of tracks from previous Mario Kart games, and up to twelve characters can participate in a race.

You can obtain items by driving through item boxes, which can be used for either defense, offense or for powering up the engine for a short amount of time. While most items have appeared in previous iterations, new ones have been introduced, such as the Mega Mushroom, which allows the character to grow to an enormous size and flatten opposing characters, and the Thunder Cloud, which causes lightning to strike and shrink the player unless it is passed on to someone else. Also featured is the ability to slipstream. If the player is close enough, light blue streaks will start flying by their kart, and their speed will begin to increase. If the player maintains this position long enough, they will receive a noticeable speed boost, allowing them to easily overtake and pass the opponent.


Overall this game is worth is a play, especially if you are a fan of the earlier games.

That sounds like a good idea wip. We could hold a tournament for it and the winner can win a prize, although i am not sure what though. :-\