There are a variety of ways to play Mario Kart Wii. There is the most obvious way, which most people see as the most “Fun” way… and it is simply the Wii Wheel. You just jam the WiiMote into the wheel, and away you go. Twist the wheel for directions and the buttons are in charge of weapons, acceleration, skids, etc. Its fairly difficult to master, but all in all, the most entertaining mode of controls! Other controls include using the WiiMote and Nunchuck, the Nintendo Wii Joypad thing… (Which SUCKS btw) and it also works with the old gamecube controller.

The gameplay… is… immense. There isn’t any feeling quite like blasting Mario with a green shell, right before racing past him to take 1st place in the last seconds of a race. Nintendo introduced some new weapons in the Wii game, including my favourite, the Mega-Mushroom (or something like that) and it basically makes you bigger… allowing you to go faster and crush all the other puny players! [Insert evil laugh here]

The tracks are all brilliant, there are parts of each track that will throw you off a cliff, give you a sneaky shortcut, or blow you to smithereenes (I think that’s the right spelling). Difficulty varies… right up to the universally accepted as the hardest track; the beast that is Rainbow Road. If you get Mario Kart Wii, you will love every second you play on it, I can guarantee.