Showing posts with label Mario Kart Wii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mario Kart Wii. Show all posts

Mole Kart now available for free

1/22/2012 12:16:00 AM | Labels: , , | No comment yet

Mole Kart, the unbelievably obvious rip-off of Mario Kart Wii, is now available for free on iTunes. It was a couple of dollars, but if you were on the fence because of the price, go get it now.

I got it earlier today and played it for a couple of seconds. It's worth a few laughs but don't take it so serious because it is quite awful (at least for the few seconds I played it).

You can go here to get the game.

GQ's shell of a time

1/21/2012 10:40:00 PM | Labels: , | No comment yet
GQ on TwitchTV had this episode of shellness during a round of Mario Kart Wii. Chek it out.



You can see more action on his TwitchTV channel.

Tumo3283's Mario Kart Wii session

1/15/2012 02:42:00 PM | Labels: | No comment yet
I was able to catch a few minutes of this earlier today. Tumo3283 plays about an hour of Mario Kart Wii. There's some good moments, but it's your standard Mario Kart Wii online action.



Check out more races on his channel.

Stacking up the ratings for the Mario Kart games

1/13/2012 11:19:00 PM | Labels: , , , , , , | 1 comment

For several years, Game Rankings has compiled all of the reviews of games and given it an overall rating, much like Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic in other places. It's an unscientific analysis, but it's one of the best ways to know whether a game is good because a lot of sites or people chime in.

I did a search of all the Mario Kart games to see how they stacked up, and it's somewhat of a surprise. Super Mario Kart is the leader with a 94.0 percent rating. However, it has the least amount of reviews, nine. This is probably related to the game being out in 1992, when the Internet wasn't widespread as it is today.

The worst-rated game of the seven — and I should use this term lightly — is Mario Kart Wii with an 82.0 rating. It's still an above-average rating for a game. It also has 72 reviews, tied for the most of the seven games.

Two other games broke 90.0 in addition to Super Mario Kart: Mario Kart Super Circuit (36 reviews) and Mario Kart DS (72 reviews). I find SC surprising since I think it's the worst of the seven games.

Mario Kart Double Dash, my favorite, is fifth at 87.0.

Here's the full list as of Saturday:

Super Mario Kart - 94.0 (9 reviews)
Mario Kart Super Circuit - 92.03 (36 reviews)
Mario Kart DS - 91.34 (72 reviews)
Mario Kart 64 - 87.23 (18 reviews)
Mario Kart Double Dash - 87.02 (72 reviews)
Mario Kart 7 - 85.11 (44 reviews)
Mario Kart Wii - 82.02 (72 reviews)

Mario Kart Wii the top seller in Japan in 2011

1/13/2012 06:03:00 PM | Labels: , , | No comment yet


NeoGaf, by way of Famitsu, has released the top 100 best-selling video games in Japan last year. The top seller was Mario Kart 7, which is amazing considering that the game was out in December. The tracking went from Dec. 27, 2010, to Dec. 25, 2011.

Mario Kart 7 beat out Super Mario 3D Land for the top spot by about 40,000 units sold. Those two games, as well as Monster Hunter Freedom 3, were the only games to sell more than 1 million copies.

It's great news and sad news at the same time.

Here's the good: With the amount of sales as well as the rise of community-based events all over the world, the 1 million mark within a month is a great sign (yes, I know people here who got the Japanese version). Keep in mind that many stores did not sell the game as part of a bundle package, and that probably was the case in Japan.

Here's the bad: Mario Kart 7's amount is the lowest for the top-selling game in Japan since 1996 and it's not even close. It joins Pokemon Red/Green/Blue in 1996, Final Fantasy X-2 in 2003, Animal Crossing Wild World in 2005 and Wii Sports in 2007 as the only games to be No. 1 and not break 2 million units sold in Japan.

Mario Kart Wii came in 23rd with more than 400,000 copies sold. It's now up to 3.3 million total.

Mario Kart DS was 60th, having sold 185,000 units. It's total is now at 3.8 million sold in the country.

It's just like Mario Kart Wii but not named Mario Kart

1/12/2012 05:40:00 PM | Labels: , | No comment yet


From Touchgen, here's a new racer that has hit the iTunes store: Mole Kart.

The game is reportedly just like Mario Kart Wii, with all kinds of items and tracks that are similar to what is offered in the series. Some of the ripped-off courses include Moo Moo Meadows, Mushroom Gorge and SNES Bowsers Castle 3.

Touchgen is guessing that Nintendo will have it taken down, but who knows? It probably will based on how it looks (the characters that get hit even have the same drop stun animation), so drop the $2.99 and get a good laugh.

Here's a video of the game in action. You can see how bad the game looks.

Mario Kart 7 tops in sales in Japan last week

1/12/2012 05:17:00 PM | Labels: , | No comment yet


From Gamasutra, Mario Kart 7 was the top seller last week in Japan, according to NeoGAF. The game sold about 9,000 more units than Monster Hunter 3G.

Three of the top four games in sales were 3DS games. Mario Kart Wii was 12th, jumping up eight spots.

TroyD98's 5-hour marathon

1/12/2012 12:59:00 AM | Labels: | No comment yet
Mario Kart player TroyD98 held a 5-hour marathon playing Mario Kart Wii. Check out the first couple of hours below.



You can see the rest of the marathon on his TwitchTV channel.

Ghost Valley 2 record hacked

1/01/2012 06:26:00 PM | Labels: | No comment yet
This was an interesting moment last night, just as the bell turned to 2012. I set a new personal best on Ghost Valley 2, breaking 58 seconds. Yeah, I know it's still slow compared to the best in the world, so I decided to check how slow.

The world record is a shade over 52 seconds. So I tried to beat my record again.

I went back to the top 10 screen about five minutes later and saw this:


It looks like someone hacked into the Top 10. Check out the video of this "new world record" performance:

Merry Christmas

12/25/2011 11:33:00 AM | Labels: , | No comment yet


I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Hope it is a good one for all of you (and perhaps you got Mario Kart 7 or a Mario Kart Wii bundle, which would be a big bonus).

OctaneBlue's Online Races #134

12/23/2011 07:38:00 PM | Labels: | No comment yet
OctaneBlue has a latest episode of their online races. Check out all of the Mario Kart Wii action.

The 10 Trials - Session 12

12/23/2011 03:46:00 PM | Labels: , | No comment yet
This episode of The 10 Trials was a lot better than most recent ones, but I still didn't get a 10-0 finish. How bad did it end up being?

Nintendo's coin run tournament at Coconut Mall

12/23/2011 01:16:00 AM | Labels: , | No comment yet
Nintendo's latest online tournament is a coin run through Coconut Mall. There's 50 coins, and you have to get them all. In this video, I give a rundown of what you have to do.

This tournament ends Saturday, so be sure to get your time in!

The 10 Trials - Session 11

12/22/2011 01:42:00 AM | Labels: , | No comment yet
I'm back with another episode of The 10 Trials. I make a ton of mistakes in this session, but how many losses will I suffer?

You can watch past episodes on my YouTube channel.

The 10 Trials - Session 10

12/15/2011 11:51:00 PM | Labels: , | No comment yet
After a very disappointing run, I'm immediately back at it. But how much better will I do in this edition of The 10 Trials?

The 10 Trials - Session 9

12/15/2011 10:41:00 AM | Labels: , | No comment yet
After a couple of weeks of not being able to play online, I'm back with another session of The 10 Trials. But how badly would this session go?

Inflatable racing kart going fast

11/29/2011 11:02:00 AM | Labels: , | No comment yet


How would you play Mario Kart Wii? Here's an inflatable kart that is playable for the game. And apparently, it's going fast on Amazon.com; there's only a few left. It's one of those crazy things where it looks good in pictures, but it must seem really lame in person. I'd probably go with a boomchair instead.

Anyway, if you want to pick up one of the few remaining, hit up Amazon here.

Maybe there is snaking in Mario Kart 7

11/24/2011 11:46:00 PM | Labels: , , , | No comment yet
Then again, there probably isn't. I have yet to play the game, but many people have said it is not in the game. Mario Kart 7 reportedly uses the steering controls similar to what is in Mario Kart Wii. So any short-angle turboing is impossible, which was the key to getting repeated turbos in Mario Kart Double Dash and Mario Kart DS.

However, one of the videos on the official Mario Kart 7 site shows something akin to repeated turboing (by the way, the official term is straight-stretch mini turboing).

Go to the items page on the Mario Kart 7 site, and click on the Blue Shell (spiny shell) link. Yoshi in the video appears to be snaking, but it's too tough to tell because of the camera angle.

Again, I'm more likely to put money down that there is no snaking in the game, so don't count on it when the game is released in a few days.

The 10 Trials - Session 8

11/23/2011 01:08:00 PM | Labels: , | No comment yet
In this episode of The 10 Trials, I make a lot of dumb mistakes. But how many wins will those mistakes cost me?



If you want to see past episodes, it's available on my YouTube portal.

The 10 Trials - Session 7

11/18/2011 01:07:00 AM | Labels: , | No comment yet
I'm back with another episode of The 10 Trials. I try to keep the good times going as I attempt a 10-0 record in this session. But will some early trouble hold me back?

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