Game Review #5

Mario Kart

Nintendo Wii

Mario Kart Wii, is  a game that is fun for all ages. With its colorful 3-D graphics and it’s likeable characters, this game is sure to please a crowd.

Like it’s predecessors, Mario Kart Wii is a racing game that involves moving your character around the track as fast as possible and trying to get the best placement you can. In the game you can pick from many classic Mario characters from the fun loving Yoshi to the mean nasty Bowser. Also you have many different tracks to choose from, 32 in all, 16 new ones and 16 retro ones. Mario Kart Wii is best played with a group of friends in the same room. With the right people you can be screaming at each other asking “Why did you hit me with the blue shell?”

Mario Kart Wii also has the capabilities to play with your friends online, just as long as you have your friends friend code, and internet capabilities you will be able to play that friend that’s halfway across the world. The only downfall to playing online is that they did not think to incorporate the Wii Speak capabilities.

Mario Kart is a fun game that has everything you would want in a multiplayer game. Get ready for lots of laughs, and memories on your next game night by buying this game.

Because of it’s online capabilities, cute cartoony graphics, and ability to give you some of the best memories, I would give this game a 7.5 out of 10.

Game Review #1

Animal Crossing: City Folk

Nintendo Wii

Like the other Animal Crossings you start off by getting on some mode of transportation and going to your town. You then visit your town hall and pick your house only to find out that you have no money and you need to work off your debt to the local entrepreneur, Tom Nook. Although he will only have a few jobs for you and give you only 10,000 bells you will then be able to buy some accessories like a fishing pole or a bug catching net and then be able to catch fish and bugs and sell them for money to buy accessories for your home, yourself, and to give to others as gifts. 

The town you live in has other members that are animals, and each town varies as to what animals live in it. Sometimes they decide to move and a new animal will come in and sometimes if you are rude to them they will decide to move as well. 

A new feature to the game is the City. The city includes Gracie's which is an overpriced department store, the fortune teller, the salon, Redd's (be careful for fraudulent items), the theater, the shoe shine, the Happy Room Academy, and the Auction house. Be sure that when you travel to the city you remember to take lots of bells with you.

Another feature that has been added is the ability to do mic chats with your friends when they visit your town or you visit theirs. Being someone that has gone to a persons town that doesn't have a mic it is harder for that person to communicate with people that have a mic. You can only have 3 other people in your town at one time, but to be honest any more than that and it might get a bit confusing. 

If you love the other installments of this game you are sure to love this one as well. Whether you are 10 or 100 this game is a sure pleaser. Nintendo seems to have knocked it out of the park with this game, it's another hit for the Nintendo Wii. 

Overall with the games easy controls, fun Wi-Fi features, and the ability to get you lost in another world for hours of fun, I give this game an 8.5 out of 10 stars.