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Mario Kart 8 - Nintendo Wii U
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- Race along walls and upside-down on twisting anti-gravity racetracks!
- Share highlight videos of your greatest moments with friends via the Mario Kart TV feature and Miiverse.
- Race and battle with friends locally or connect online to play with random players from around the world.
- Fan favorite features from past Mario Kart games include gliders, underwater racing, motorbikes, mid-air tricks, and more.
- Crisp HD graphics and fluid animation offers players the most visually stunning Mario Kart yet!
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Pros: Online races. Playing Mario Kart with friends (locally).
Cons: It's the same game that's been released with each console, but with slightly better graphics and new drivers/tracks. The "zero gravity" feature that was supposed to turn this game upside down (no pun intended) is negligible, and hardly even noticeable when racing. Grand Prix is hardly an enjoyable experience, considering the AI goes out of it's way to do everything it can to make you not win. A handful of characters are selected to be the guaranteed leaders each circuit (which makes perfect sense), but even while in second place they will get the best items to quickly close any gaps you manage to establish. Where's the fun in having a 20 minute cup thrown away by giving pre-destined winners items normally reserved for those at the back of the pack? Battle mode is just bad now. Instead of dedicated battle tracks, you battle on circuit tracks. A good portion of a 5-minute game is spent driving in circles looking for someone to throw a shell at and hoping it hits it mark. Finally, the variety of items in the game is completely underwhelming. Most of your races will be spent gathering single green shells, single bananas, coins, or the occasional red shell. For a game where the gameplay is completely based on the items, this is simultaneously confusing, disappointing, and frustrating to me.
Overall Review: All in all, it's still Mario Kart - which is good and bad. The year-to-year formula for this series is getting painfully bland. That said, it's still a blast to play with others - especially locally with friends or family. If you plan on getting this for a single-player experience, save your money. Overall, the game is mediocre and saved merely by it's nostalgic effects.