Why I Hate Mario Kart Wii

Well 他媽的。 我愛MKWII, sure it has some flaws like motion controls, but I still my favorite game. In matter of fact, in my OPINION it's the best game in the MK series. (Along side with MKDS)

bruh you can also play it Gamecube controller i hate when people say their opinion on the game without actually playing it first

MKWii is one of my least favorites too. I despise the Wii Wheel control where you tilt the remote.

And I get anxiety on certain tracks, a feeling I wish I didn't have.

I got started with Mario Kart Wii, so it holds some nostalgia, but the controls are a little annoying and I don't remember being a fan of the item block set-up (although it's been close to a year now), but I had no problem with the game.
Of course this is completely my opinion, others may say otherwise.

Pog now i really question the mix of simplified and traditional chinese characters

so by adding something, it makes it worse?

as a motion controls main, i really like it. it also has more angles than the stik thingy

Even though it's my first Mario Kart, yes I found it to be one of the worst. First of, yes motion controls sucks in this game if you're using the wheel. It only works half of the time, and I'm not even exaggerating anything. If you're using the Classic Controller or GameCube you're basically forced to clawgrip for wheelies, so Nunchuk is the only viable option. Speaking of the controls, they are too complex if you actually want to be good (by the community's standards, at least), and everyone online with their flame runners, 9000+ VR and hours of mogi will have a pleasure to beat you up. Graphics-wise... it's worse than Double Dash. No more eyes on hills and vibrant colors. Welcome to the land of grayish graphics and, if you play CTs, tracks so dark that even with full brightness you'll think your TV is off. Item-wise, you'll be lucky to be blue shelled only once in a race. Do I need to explain more? Track-wise, nitros are a banger, except some flops like Moo Moo Meadows, but retros... ehhhhhhh... delfino square, dk mountain and waluigi stadium are good but the rest are just meh. So what about battle mode? Yeah it's crap. You're forced to standard karts/bikes. Balloon Battle is on a timer. Only Delfino Pier and Funky Stadium are good. Coin Runners is a cheap knock-off of Shine Runners, which itself was a cheap knock-off of Shine Thief. It's teams only... yeah describing battle mode really feels like beating a dead horse.

I'm chinese american. And it's traditional chinese, google translate is probably throwing you off.

Im half chinese too, maybe some words were already simple and i had no idea lol (im not using translate, but i dont speak very well)

Those are some good points, but this is 2nd best MK game for me! Also, why didn't you include DS Delfino Square in the 'good retros' section? Also also, you should try playing it with Automatic drift and see if it changes your opinion on the controls. Also also also, why didn't you put Rainbow Road or Bowser's Castle in the section where you said some tracks were the best in the series? Personally I love this game.

Unpopular opinion: I like the POW block. Let me explain:

1: It's like the Shock, except it doesn't shrink players and it only affects those infront of the user. So, it's less OP. This makes it a Shock varient that can be pulled in the mid spots, but also doesn't throw off the item balance. It's important to have mid spot items be useful but not OP. (Mushies, Reds, and Pow Blocks are good examples of this)

2: It prevents item-hoggers: In other MKs, you can just smuggle a star into 1st way too easily, but in MKWii, this doesn't work because a POW block makes you lose your item. Sure, shocks do the same, BUT

3: It's predictable: POWs take a few seconds after used to do damage. This makes them less rage-inducing as the shocks, because the shocks can instantly vaporise your powerful items, but POWs give you warnings so you can use your power item before it's too late, at a tradeoff for you not using your power item (like stars and bullets) at an oppurtune time.

4: It only affects front spots: The shock affects everyone, screwing over 12th place, but POWs only affect those in front of the POW user, allowing the back spots to catch up.

5: POWs don't work in air: Shocks can be infuriating when you get Target Shocked, but with POWs, this doesn't work because you dodge it in air. Combined with the delay before a POW activates after being used, this makes it much harder -but still possible- to target shock.

CRUCIFY HIM

Nah, I'm kidding. (Kind of).
I really enjoyed it, but I can see why some people don't like it. I wouldn't consider it the worst in any way, however.

When you put it this way, I guess I also like it, and its avoidable to an extent

Motion controls are a non-issue at best, since they are optional and every Wii comes with a nunchuck. They suck but an alternative is easy to come by.


Rosalina can be unlocked in 3 different ways, being:
-Get at least 1 star in all mirror cups
-Play 4950 races
-Play 50 races and have a Super Mario Galaxy save file present on your Wii.
The third method is how I personally unlocked her when I was younger. To my surprise, Ebay has copies of Galaxy for about $15-20, although I expect those prices to skyrocket in the coming years as the Wii nostalgia hype grows.


Funnily enough it was the first I played too, but apparently I don't have much nostalgia for this game despite remembering more details on my first time playing than any sane man should remember. (The date was July 24 2009, I was playing on Yoshi Falls, and I was using Wario in the Wario Bike in Vs. Mode, 50cc).
I do still have a lot of good memories playing Mario Kart Wii, specifically I remember during summer 2013 just grinding out online for something like 2 hours every night while listening to the however many songs that were on my iPod Touch (which has since been lost to time, I couldn't tell you specifics, but it was mostly whatever was on top charts that I happened to like).
I do look upon those nights fondly, as a time of innocence and happiness. Wiimmfi just isn't the same...


I've said this before, but the controls have pretty much fully transitioned from the slipperiness of the first 4 karts to a stiffer and less complex control scheme. It's certainly the least input-heavy kart up to this point by virtue of removing manually-charged MTs.
Optimal combinations you'll be seeing a lot because it's optimal, Funky Kong/Flame Runner has just been pretty much ingrained in the minds of pop culture to the point of parody because it's so prevalent. Had the first 4 karts had online in any capacity, we would be memeing those combinations too.


Mario Kart Wii's got a weird plasticky feel to it, not nearly as prevalent to Double Dash but it's still certainly there. The downgraded graphics were apparently for online optimization but I don't remember Nintendo's servers being too great back then. Probably just Nintendo not bothering to optimize shit because they can get away with that, considering that this is the second best-selling Mario game of all time (for now anyways, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn't too far behind).

dude you suck if you hate it.
I bought it 13 years after its release just so I could kick my brother's butt.

Uh.. actually I don't? I would say I'm decent at the game. If I'm bad at something, I don't say it's trash. If I was terrible at Paper Mario, I wouldn't say the game sucks.

Also, thanks for reviving this topic after 10 days of no replies just to tell me I suck.

you're welcome.
also I will reply in advance to your rage insult
you wil probably say...
"I SLEPT WITH YOUR MOTHER"
to that I say "way to go"
hope you have a nice day.
mykal2

(you did not sleep with her)