Starting today, Mario Kart fans across the globe can test their skills against others online in the opening event in Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii tournament series. From here on out, Nintendo has announced that it’ll hold regular tournaments through Mario Kart Channel, and by regular we’re talking a new tourney “every few weeks,” according to Nintendo. Today’s first challenge is pretty straightforward, tasking players to compete to achieve the fastest time on the Mario Circuit, but other upcoming tournament possibilities include having players “race a certain course as fast as they can with specific characters, or to collect a number of coins on a course using the Wii Wheel accessory or another control setup.” These tournaments may also contain different rules and obstacles than usual, so keep an eye out for some surprises.
Kart Racers, Start Your Engines: Worldwide Mario Kart Wii Tournaments Begin Today
– May 1, 2008Posted in: Mario Kart Wii, News, Nintendo, Wii
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Actually, it’s a time trial with a twist. The chain chomp is no longer on his chain and the item boxes have been relocated. Should make it interesting.
Okay, so after trying out this tournament, I’m a little disappointed.
You actually race against the computer. Therefore items weigh heavily on your performance. Someone made a comment over at Kotaku stating that this tournament seemed more like Nintendo was trying to find out “who could play the lottery the best.” Over the hour that I played, I only had about 5 matches where I didn’t get hit by a blue shell, POW block, or lightning bolt. And really, if you’re looking to get the fastest time none of those things can happen.
That sucks. Nintendo just can’t get any of this online stuff right…