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Super Mario Kart was an original fantastic driving game on the Super Nintendo. A tear almost comes to the eye as I think of the many evenings spent trying to beat the Japanese all-time records for some of the courses. The game was great because it was simple to control, incredibly addictive and yet took a very long time to get good at - all the ingredients of a fantastically addictive little game.
To find the best routes on all of the tracks was a great challenge - it was great to achieve a faster time even if it was only by a few tenths of a second because you found a new shortcut or a better way to approach a corner. Has its place in my heart and my Arcade Hall of Fame.
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Mario Kart 64was one of the finest games released for the Nintendo 64 platform so it's no ... more
surprise that the brilliant racing game would make it onto Nintendo's powerful new handheld Game Boy Advance. And rest assured the game clearly takes full advantage of the graphic power and speed of the GBA. But this version owes more to the seminalSuper Mario Karton the SNES in that it doesn't use the 3D environments of the N64 version.Still, Nintendo's expertise at sucking players into the game world is strongly evident, andMario Kart Advanceoffers enough challenges to keep players, both young and old, entertained. Placing a familiar Nintendo personality, such as Mario, Luigi and even the mushroom man behind the wheel of a sputtering go-kart powered by a 50, 100, or 150-cc engine, the game lets players race computerised opponents or up to four other players (via a cable) on a variety of well-designed tracks. Multiplayer is the key toMario Kart, and though you'll need four cartridges for the full multiplayer experience there are some limited options for four-way play from a single cartridge.Because karts lack the power and speed of games (and let's face it you aren't in it for theGran Turismo 3adrenalin-pumped experience), drivers must focus on collecting power-ups and non-lethal weapons, such as the snowball and minimiser, rather than negotiating hairpin turns on two wheels. Grabbing and using on-track items is the heart of the game's fun: a strategically placed banana peel sends the unlucky victim into a spin, nailing an opponent with a turtle shell launches their vehicle skyward, and a rocket provides a quick boost to near-breakneck speeds.--Kristen Bowditch
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Advantages: follow up to the biggest selling console in history, gaems look very promising, great capabilities Disadvantages: game producing may churn out games to make easy bucks
Jan 26th, 2001
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