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"Mario Kart Wii"

So, anyone getting this? Mines pre-ordered. I'm not sure it's going to work as well as previous installments, with bikes and everything. The offline multiplayer isn't as good either, according to some reviews. The online component is supposed to work very well.

Ah well, will have to wait and see.

Just been playing this, great fun. Typing this on Wii so will be brief. Wheel works well, takes a little getting used to. Still can't powerslide.

Online slick and easy to use. Have to enter friend codes to play specific people. Mine is 3007-8201-1620. Feel free to add me.

bah! Game made a mistake on their text, so hopefully I get off work early today and get it before I go home.

Just got hold of Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 in Blockbuster as well, so much better than the first one and great fun.

Get it as soon as you can, it's great. The wheel really does work well. I haven't tried any other control method yet to be fair, but I don't feel the need to. Some may argue it's a gimmick, and maybe it is, but it's one that works very well once you've done a few races to get used to it.

I've figured out the powerslidey boost thing too. You have to select manual drifting, rather than automatic. Not sure of the best character for online play. You pick the character before the track is choosen, so it's a bit of a lottery. Not really used the bikes yet, want to finish the 50cc cups 100% first before moving up.

The MK channel initially is only available through the game, you have to install it if you want it as a standalone channel on the main screen. You can download ghost data to try and beat, and there will also be competitions in the future, though as of last night there were none available.

Online is very slick and quick to get into a game. Although I imagine that it will be even more busy this weekend than it was last night so it'll be interesting to see if that affects the play.

You can race or do the battle mode online. For each you start with 5000 points. If you do well, you gain points, if you don't, you lose points.

When looking for online games you can choose to search via all games worldwide, games just on your continent or games with people off your friends list. Unfortunately, it's not the friends who are already on your Wii list, but you get another number that you have to swap as well which is game specific.

All in all, it's the first game I've played online with Wii, and it works just as well and is just as lag free as anything I've played on Xbox Live, only without the voice chat. For me, that's not an issue, but it might be for others.

Could put our codes for other games like this under the Wii code on the sticky thread? I'll post mine when I get a chance.

Sounds a plan. Does anyone edit the main post in the Wii codes list though, to keep it up to date?

At the moment, no. But if you're a Mod you can edit it. I'm not a mod on the Games forum though.

picked up my copy this morning fromAsda - £32 not bad!
but im at work and got to wait until 5:00 until i can play it : (
that sux! just sitting her wanting to play it

I will put my FC up once i know it - if i leave the wii alone to get on here!

I know it may sound like I'm going over the top, but it's the first game in many years that I'm actually looking forward to getting home to play again.

Unforutnately, with an action packed weekend, it's probably going to be sunday afternoon before I get chance again.

Had a go at this for a couple of hours. Played it safe and went with the Gamecube controller. Did the first 4 50cc Grand Prix and apart from a total brain blockage on Ghost Valley where I couldn't remember the track, I won every other race. I got 2 1 star rank, an A and a C (damn you Ghost Valley). The tracks, I think, have been widened, probably so you can drift comfortably.

I had a few minutes before dinner so I had a quick time trial. I picked Peach Beach since I had played that track to death on Double Dash. I thought I would be adventurous and race the ghost that was available. 1m34 something I think it was.

I pressed the accelerator too early and bogged down on the line. By the end of the first lap, I was 2 seconds behind. Despite my terrible first and 3rd laps, I beat the ghost with a 1m33.9. That is a Rank B time apparently. I had a look at the Worldwide times and I was definitely in the top 3rd of the field.

All going pretty well so far. I'll have to fix my wireless settings as it wasn't working (again) but I'll get it sorted. Where do you find out your code? I couldn't find it, although I didn't actually look. :)

Been playing a little after dinner, it's great!

Friend code is; 1805-2311-2836