Mario Kart Wii Has MOTORCYCLES! Woot!

[Crash]

I wanna see mario sliding on his ass into a wall after laying down his bike.

[Angrist]

Yeah that's what I wondered about, will you be able to fall from your bike? My guess is no.

By the way, why doesn't this game have sharks with friggin' laser beams?

[The Germanator]

I thought this is what we had Excitebike for?

*Vrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Overheat. *

Damn.

EDIT: Actually, what would be better is a new UNIRACERS for Wii. Anybody else remember Uniracers and how awesome it is?

[GameMaster]

If there isn't going to be blood, then motorcycles don't belong in the game.

Sorry, but Princess Peach can't get into a morotcycle accident and walk out of it without any serious scrapes or lacerations.

Oh wait, I forgot, in the Mushroom Kingdom no one ever feels pain or gets hurt. Its just a happy-go-lucky f**king parade 24 hours a day

[manasecret]

Oh god I wants me some new Uniracers. Man can you imagine some awesome developer re-imagining the whole Uniracers thing? My creativity doesn't delve far enough to figure out how you could make it fun and somewhat the same as the original but in 3D.

I'm with Dyne, I like the more fast-paced MK, and hopefully motorcycles will bring some of that. It doesn't have to be F-Zero speeds, but even MK64 was I think too slow. The DS for the little bit I played had a good speed. I didn't know though that a bunch of other games were doing something similar with motorcycles.

I agree, can we get some sharks with friggin' laser beams???

Oh, and BaB, please please please -- it's per se. Like segue, it's got the Latin pronunciation.

[KillerGremlin]

i fail to see how motorcycles change the dynamic of the game

it was one thing in diddy kong racing, for example, to have a plane which offered an off-road course, or a hovercraft which offered an in-water course, but when you have a franchise called mario KART adding motorcycles does what?

The best motorcycle game was called Road Rash, and it kicked ass. The best Kart game was Mario Kart. This is a gimmick.

And Sonic has sucked for a long time, I thought the GBA side scrollers were okay, but nothing has hit home like Sonic 2 or Sonic 3.

[Angrist]

Road Rash would have been fun if you could actually keep your motorcycle next to your opponent's. All you did was race past them, miss, slow down, miss, speed up, miss, etc.

[Yoda9864]

Ah yes, Diddy Kong Racing! That was actually a pretty fun game. But if MK tries to clone a clone of it's own series, then I will be very disappointed.

[Perfect Stu]

I personally don't see the point in adding motorcycles...it's a gimmick that takes away from the charm of the series, IMO.

What's everyone's favourite in the series? For me it's gotta be Mario Kart 64.

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

I personally don't see the point in adding motorcycles...it's a gimmick that takes away from the charm of the series, IMO.

What's everyone's favourite in the series? For me it's gotta be Mario Kart 64.

Agreed, though the original does have its charms...

[BreakABone]

I will get crap for this...

But Double Dash!

I love the two per kart setup. It had some awesome tracks. Good custom weapons and had a blast all through college.

[Dyne]

Original SNES version is still the best.

[Angrist]

The only MK games I've played are the original and DD. I really enjoyed both, although the SNES one did feel better. DD is more fun with friends though.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

I personally don't see the point in adding motorcycles...it's a gimmick that takes away from the charm of the series, IMO.

What's everyone's favourite in the series? For me it's gotta be Mario Kart 64.

Definitely Mario Kart 64. The SNES version has a special place in my heart, but nothing beats racing through DK's Jungle Parkway.

[thatmariolover]

Honestly, if Mario Kart DS had come out on a console though, it'd probably be my favorite.