05-14-2003, 03:53 PM
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From GamerFeed: Mario Kart Impressions:
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Written by Aldo Merino, GamerFeed:
The lines are long on this one, but there are few things better than to jump in with 3 other players; that is, after all, the big draw to the series. One of the first things we noticed was a brand new Nintendo character, Baby Luigi, alongside Sega's Aiai from the Monkey Ball series.
Along with the exposed cast of the series (which is akin to the Mario Tennis cast), the game also allows to choose your vehicle so you can mix and match -- in my case, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, with Wario's studly car from Warioland 4 on the GBA. This certainly affects handling a bit, so players should be careful to choose the proper combination for their tastes.
A few fundamental changes have been made to the series, the obvious two-character combination aside. Item boxes now aren't limited to being stationary or even being one box; some now come stacked in two or three, allowing players to hold multiple objects. You can, as always, shoot items ahead or backwards, and the powersliding style introduced in the N64 version returns, although it, from our initial playtime, simply allows players to make wider turns without losing speed; there's no wiggling necessary to accelerate the process from what we can see.
The new characters and tracks aside, the game itself still feels wildly Mario Kart with broader horizons. Track design feels a lot more open and expansive, with plenty of shortcuts and alternate routes. We'll simply have to get more time to feel out the nooks and crannies of the gameplay, but judging by the crowd, it seems safe to say that Nintendo has a winner with this one.
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Aiai is in the game? Is that what I just heard from these impressions?
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