Mario Kart Wii

Online play makes Mario Kart Wii a must-have

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - It's not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but "Mario Kart Wii" waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online racing mode that makes the best use of the Wii's Wi-Fi capabilities to date.

Mario Kart Wii is nothing you haven’t seen, but so what?

This year marks the 16th birthday of Mario Kart, the landmark Nintendo franchise that consists of eight identical racing games and legions of fans who buy every one of them. And 16 years later, nobody really has a problem with this. True to form, Mario Kart Wii offers no significant change in basic ...

Video game review: Mario Kart Wii

RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Mario Kart Wii: Racing. Publisher/developer: Nintendo. (For Wii. $49.99. ESRB rating: E for everyone.) Haven't we driven down this road before? There's definitely deja vu with the latest Mario Kart, a familiar game making the leap to the...

Video game review: Mario Kart Wii

RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Mario Kart Wii: Racing. Publisher/developer: Nintendo. (For Wii. $49.99. ESRB rating: E for everyone.) Haven't we driven down this road before? There's definitely deja vu with the latest Mario Kart, a familiar game making the leap to the...

Review: Online play makes `Mario Kart Wii' a must-have

-- It's not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but "Mario Kart Wii" waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online racing mode that makes the best use of the Wii's Wi-Fi capabilities to date.

Video-game review: 'Mario Kart Wii'

It's beginning to look a lot like a Gamecube on the Wii, where the control possibilities have expanded but the lineup of big-name Nintendo titles remains largely the same. The latest throwback to resurface is "Mario Kart Wii," which, outside of one major addition and one arguably gimmicky one, feels a lot like (and, debatably, a step backward from) Nintendo's last big-screen "Mario Kart" game.

Review: Online play makes `Mario Kart Wii' a must-have

It's not often that a series installment can stray so little from its past and still make a mark, but "Mario Kart Wii" waves the checkered flag with a 12-player online racing mode that makes the best use of the Wii's Wi-Fi capabilities to date.