Mario Kart won. Mario Kart always wins.
I've played a lot of this over the last few days. I've played through the 50cc grands prix, coming first in every race. It's really easy, as ever. I've played a couple of the 100cc races, and have come first in those as well, but at least my opponents were visible on the map screen. I've played one of the 150cc grands prix, and came second overall after finishing 1st, 1st, 3rd and 4th in the four races. Unlike the Wii game, I'm going to complete those.
I've also played this online. It's great, although it's very similar to the Wii version. I never came last in a race, though I did come fourth out of six once.
The new items are great, and feel like proper additions to the series rather than one-off experiments. I love the hang gliding sections - starting to use updrafts to my advantage now - but the underwater bits seem a little tacked-on, particularly because on some courses (like the Wuhu Island ones) you just 'die' if you fall in the water.
It's compelling and great and exciting and fun. Layton may not get a look in for a little while. I'm running out of gaming time, though; in addition to Mario Kart, I've got my daily 1000 Heroz level to complete, and also Angry Birds Seasons has just been updated with a new advent calendar. I've beaten Niaz on both days so far. In fact, I've come top of the leaderboard, but beating Niaz is all that matters.
I've played a lot of this over the last few days. I've played through the 50cc grands prix, coming first in every race. It's really easy, as ever. I've played a couple of the 100cc races, and have come first in those as well, but at least my opponents were visible on the map screen. I've played one of the 150cc grands prix, and came second overall after finishing 1st, 1st, 3rd and 4th in the four races. Unlike the Wii game, I'm going to complete those.
I've also played this online. It's great, although it's very similar to the Wii version. I never came last in a race, though I did come fourth out of six once.
The new items are great, and feel like proper additions to the series rather than one-off experiments. I love the hang gliding sections - starting to use updrafts to my advantage now - but the underwater bits seem a little tacked-on, particularly because on some courses (like the Wuhu Island ones) you just 'die' if you fall in the water.
It's compelling and great and exciting and fun. Layton may not get a look in for a little while. I'm running out of gaming time, though; in addition to Mario Kart, I've got my daily 1000 Heroz level to complete, and also Angry Birds Seasons has just been updated with a new advent calendar. I've beaten Niaz on both days so far. In fact, I've come top of the leaderboard, but beating Niaz is all that matters.
2 comments:
It's "Wuhu" island.
Mario Kart 7 is a Christmas present, so I'm playing Super Mario 3D Land until then.
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