The Mario Kart Club of cunning gentlemen

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 20:56

Wii: 3340 0444 1360 3118

Daniel · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 139

Mm. The Wii one is at least done with fairly quickly. Seems like every online round I've played though comes with at least one chap who will always choose Rainbow Road until the game finally lets him play it. And then votes for it again afterwards.

romanista · **Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 21:02

Mario Kart Club challenge of the week, lets all try to improve our luigi circuit time trial time!

cadmium has arrived
1762-2838-3751

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 21:05

romanista wrote:

Mario Kart Club challenge of the week, lets all try to improve our luigi circuit time trial time!

cadmium has arrived
1762-2838-3751

I have 1 minute 24ish at the moment.

Malc

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 22:10

Daniel wrote:

And then votes for it again afterwards.

Mm. It's annoying when someone repeatedly votes for the same course, even after it's been played. It's a shame this isn't banned. Not the worst thing in the world I suppose, but slightly annoying all the same.

Mimi/Craig: I added the codes you sent me but you're still appearing as "?" 24 hours later - did you add me?

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 22:11

I've added people, but still a question mark, so I dunno what to do so am gonna leave it until tomorrow.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Scarysheep3000 wrote:

Daniel wrote:

And then votes for it again afterwards.

Mimi/Craig: I added the codes you sent me but you're still appearing as "?" 24 hours later - did you add me?

Yes, I added you to both our accounts - sometimes it sems to take ages to be accepted - Romanista took a day and a half to 'show' on my account, but it happens eventually. it helps if you both happen to be online at the same time at some point, apparently.

ChocoboOfDoom · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 279

I'm back home for the weekend and so have been playing this on my sister's Wii - not sure if it'll let me keep the same Friend Code when I transfer the save onto an SD card. Fingers crossed!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Are you sure that you can transfer the save to an SD card - some games won't allow you to do that and I have a feeling that is going to be the case with this...

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 23:19

Mimi wrote:

Yes, I added you to both our accounts - sometimes it sems to take ages to be accepted - Romanista took a day and a half to 'show' on my account, but it happens eventually. it helps if you both happen to be online at the same time at some point, apparently.

Aah! Sounds right, I added a load more people earlier and one came through instantly, probably because she was online at the time I added her. I've added everyone here now anyway.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Spinglo Sponglo! wrote:

My Friend Code is: 3394-3693-7162

so you have to be a Wii Friend AND a Mario Kart Friend to play? or Just a Mario Kart Friend?

Malc

Aye, I would like to know this too, I'm about to add everybody (from the OP at least to begin with) can I just add the kart number?

Daniel · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 139

Yup, just add the Kart number.

ChocoboOfDoom · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 279

Mimi wrote:

Are you sure that you can transfer the save to an SD card - some games won't allow you to do that and I have a feeling that is going to be the case with this...

I'm not in the least bit sure. I'd be massively surprised if it allowed me to do it, particularly as the license seems to be inextricably linked to a Mii I just made up on the spot. Still, my online score is something desperately unimpressive like 5105, so it won't be a disaster if not. I'll post my friend code on Wednesday.

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:22

Yesterday evening i did the last of the 50cc cup. I started there because returning to them to complete everything and probably unlock some stuff after you've done everything else is really boring, and this way you get to know the tracks. Go0t Rosaline and the 50 wins kart, amongs some other karts now.

Those unskippable end credits get longer every iteration of MK, don't they?

I'll update the first post with the numbers of yesterday..

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:37

Scarysheep3000 wrote:

Daniel wrote:

And then votes for it again afterwards.

Mm. It's annoying when someone repeatedly votes for the same course, even after it's been played. It's a shame this isn't banned. Not the worst thing in the world I suppose, but slightly annoying all the same.

don 't think repeadly voting for the same is too bad: i mean, if you like the course and want it too be played (and it's actually helped by the game as it is the fastest option, so if you don't really care). After it has been played it should have been blocked though (although if it was we might have bene complaining about that: "We want to do a coconut mall championship" etc... )

can you vote for 2 different circuits if you're online with 2 people on the same wii, i've seen only the same votes when playing thr0b and friends?
and RR is no fun at all indeed, it is just something you 'have to do' at times

Romanista after winning it, yesterday

Bluecup · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 925

Woot! Being nice to my girlfriend for the past week and and dropping hints for the past month or so has worked and she bought me the game.

So here are my details if anyone wants to add me.

Mario Kart Code: 4253-3665-2346

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Two online friends on the same console chooe teh same course - they can't choose separately.

Rainbow Road makes me sad, but I did the 100cc special cup last night and can now play as my Mii

MrD · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2139

You... have to unlock that?

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:08

Yup, it says on the box, it's a bit annoying, but compared to double dash, where you had to unlock the entire fourth cup by winning the whole 100cc it is an improvement..

mimi, playing the rainbow road didn't make me happy, but winning it made me feel relieved..

(incidentally, playing with miis you have to unlock with pro evo as well, a new trend?)

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Yes, I remember the first glimpse I had of a Rainbow Road in another incarnation of the game - I thought 'oooooh, shiny', but five seconds in and I was feeling a mite angry...

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

On unlocking Mii's: I think I might knock up a little article for Beteo/BEEX about the psychology that Nintendo have employed for MK. I think it's really interesting. This game is as much about drawing in new players as altering the perception of people who perceive themselves as 'hardcore.'

I think.

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:54

romanista wrote:

don 't think repeadly voting for the same is too bad: i mean, if you like the course and want it too be played (and it's actually helped by the game as it is the fastest option, so if you don't really care). After it has been played it should have been blocked though (although if it was we might have bene complaining about that: "We want to do a coconut mall championship" etc... )

can you vote for 2 different circuits if you're online with 2 people on the same wii, i've seen only the same votes when playing thr0b and friends?
and RR is no fun at all indeed, it is just something you 'have to do' at times

Yeah, I don't mind repeated voting (in fact I do that myself); it's when a course has been played and someone continues to vote for it that I find irritating. But like you said, if they had blocked it we'd probably complained about that, so I guess Nintendo can't win...

After finding my first run through Rainbow Road nothing but a struggle, I won the second time I played it, and won on Rainbow Road a couple of times online, too. I think I might actually like it...

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Blocking voting after a course has been raced wouldn't have ben a very fair way of going about it, though - with the online races people join and drop out after each round - your opponents are a constantly shifting stream of people, so to block the same course from appearing more than once would be difficult to implement. I don't mind the system as it is - I have so far encountered only one person that has voted for Rainbow Road so as long as that doesn't keep repeatedly being the course of choice I do not mind.

Favourite courses, people? I love the Coconut Mall - mostly because I love seeing pictures of my nan, grandad, baked bean Boy and Dog the Bounty Hunter whizz by on posters, and Gandhi and Hitler trying to park their cars - their is also another track (Luigi Circuit, perhaps?) that has a huge statue of a Mii - once it was Craig, once Gandhi - and that tickles me.

I love the integration of the Miis - it makes the experience quite lovely and personal and keeps me smiling.

Although, I must say - I don't like the racing suits that your Mii wears - they make you look like you are wearing a nappy.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:23

Mimi wrote:

Favourite courses, people? I love the Coconut Mall - mostly because I love seeing pictures of my nan, grandad, baked bean Boy and Dog the Bounty Hunter whizz by on posters, and Gandhi and Hitler trying to park their cars - their is also another track (Luigi Circuit, perhaps?) that has a huge statue of a Mii - once it was Craig, once Gandhi - and that tickles me.

?????????????

TELL ME MORE!

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:25

yup indeed, it makes the environment really your world..

and maili, haven't seen anything yet? there are miis in lots of courses

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Have you not played Coconut mall, yet, Mali A? It's a great little course - The Mii's pop up all over the place and it's as much fun to watch as to play - there are other places the appear on other courses - in toll booths, on giant posters and all sorts - I shan't tell you all of them as it's so much fun spotting them as you race around - but go through the 50cc cups and just get some more of the cars and and all of the courses unlocked.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:32

I have seen the Miis, but not Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Oh, hehe - Dog is one of my Miis ^_^

Do you have Craig's Wii number? (6934 1122 3848 8480)

Add him in this evening/whenever and I will send you Dog (The Bounty Hunteeerrrr)

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:44

Mimi wrote:

Oh, hehe - Dog is one of my Miis ^_^

Do you have Craig's Wii number? (6934 1122 3848 8480)

Add him in this evening/whenever and I will send you Dog (The Bounty Hunteeerrrr)

Will do.

Although Mrs A kept shouting "It's FAGBALLS" when playing coconut Mall. Which made me laugh.

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 14:22

i want the dog too!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 14:24

I would have bought this by now, but the Zavvi near where I work is rubbish, and despite having a poster advertising it as being 'Out Now' (which they didn't even have Friday of last week) they have no copies, or shelf space where copies used to be.

As such, I will give someone else my cash for this game, as those useless spanners do not deserve my money!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

I will send you Dog also, Rick

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

I've added as Mario Kart Friends everyone in the First Post, so anyone who would like to add me my Maro Kart Code is: 4253 3623 1340

I don't really understand the other code yet, so this seemed simpler, but I'll add people via the Wii one later.

Cheers my dears.

romanista · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 21:52

damn, i suffered some horrible unfairness tonight, gave me a headache, but prevailed in the end with victory on bloody rainbow road of all places

Daniel · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 139

So has anyone bettered Smooth Bob on the Luigi Circuit?

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

I dunno, but I've just managed 1:23.025 on Luigi Circuit, and the whole on-line ranking thing is starting to get it's hooks into me just as it has on the 360. It's very addictive to download someone's ghost who is just a little bit faster than you.

I'm up for doing this each week, it's acebest.

RBR2 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:41

romanista · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:46

well Matt (wosser) is faster than smooth bob, cam close now somewhere in the 1.23s now too, after i excanged some challenged with throb i became a bit addicted too.. leaderboards on a nintendo systerm that work, yeah!

romanista · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:09

it is selling
http://www.chart-track.com/?i=541&s=1111

Quote:

Nintendo overtakes Sony’s ‘Gran Turismo 5: Prologue’ at the top of the All Formats Chart as ‘Mario Kart Wii’ records the 8th biggest launch week ever in the UK. ‘Mario Kart Wii’ is far and away the biggest launch of any Nintendo published title. It’s also bigger than the launch weeks of all 5 other Mario Wii games combined (Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Strikers, Mario Party 8 and Super Paper Mario).

Mario has performed heroically on Nintendo’s next-gen format with Wii games featuring Mario accounting for 21.2% of all Wii units since the launch of the console in December 2006. There are now 4 Mario games in the All Formats Top 40 with Sega’s ‘Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games’ down one place to No3 (behind ‘Gran Turismo 5: Prologue), ‘New Super Mario Bros’ at No23 and ‘Mario Kart DS’ an All Formats Top 40 re-entry at No30. ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2008’, another strong performer on Nintendo Wii, is a non-mover at No4, while Ubisoft’s ‘Rainbow Six: Vegas 2’ continues to lose ground, down 2 places to No5. Sales of ‘Condemned 2’ from Sega fall by 20% in its second week, down from No5 to No6, while Activision still have an All Formats Top 10 presence thanks to ‘Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’ only falling 2 places to No8 and ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ climbing one place to No9. The new DS and PC versions of Ubisoft’s ‘Assassin’s Creed’ help it sneak back up the chart, up from No27 to No15, but otherwise there are no All Format Top 40 new entries this week to compete with the blockbuster ‘Mario Kart Wii’.

Code:

LW TW   Title                        Format      Label             Publisher 
-  1    MARIO KART WII                  WII        NINTENDO           NINTENDO 
1  2    GRAN TURISMO 5: PROLOGUE          PS3        SONY COMPUTER ENT.   SONY COMPUTER ENT. 
2  3    MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES   WII        SEGA              SEGA 
5  4    WII PLAY                      WII        NINTENDO           NINTENDO 
3  5    PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008         WII        KONAMI            KONAMI 
11 6    CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES           WII        2KPLAY            TAKE 2 
6  7    DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING      DS         NINTENDO           NINTENDO 
4  8    TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2   XB360      RED STORM          UBISOFT 
12 9    GAME PARTY                     WII        MIDWAY            MIDWAY 
10 10   MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES   DS         SEGA              SEGA 
8  11   CONDEMNED 2                    XB360      SEGA              SEGA 
15 12   SEGA SUPERSTARS TENNIS            WII        SEGA              SEGA 
7  13   TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2   PS3        RED STORM          UBISOFT 
13 14   COOKING MAMA 2                  DS         505 GAMES          505 GAMES 
21 15   IMAGINE: BABIES                 DS         GAMES FOR EVERYONE   UBISOFT 
18 16   CONDEMNED 2                    PS3        SEGA              SEGA 
19 17   CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE      PS3        ACTIVISION         ACTIVISION 
16 18   DARK SECTOR                    XB360      D3P               D3P 
17 19   MORE BRAIN TRAINING DR KAWASHIMA    DS         NINTENDO           NINTENDO 
9  20   VIKING: BATTLE FOR ASGARD         XB360      SEGA              SEGA 
20 21   NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.            DS         NINTENDO           NINTENDO 
14 22   THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN   WII        SEGA              SEGA 
30 23   CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE      XB360      ACTIVISION         ACTIVISION 
-  24   ASSASSIN'S CREED                PC         UBISOFT            UBISOFT 
28 25   SONIC AND THE SECRET RINGS         WII        SEGA              SEGA 
25 26   DARK SECTOR                    PS3        D3P               D3P 
26 27   GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK    WII        REDOCTANE          ACTIVISION 
36 28   MARIO KART DS                  DS         NINTENDO           NINTENDO 
24 29   GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK    XB360      REDOCTANE          ACTIVISION 
31 30   42 ALL-TIME CLASSICS             DS         NINTENDO           NINTENDO 
-  31   IMAGINE: FASHION DESIGNER         DS         GAMES FOR EVERYONE   UBISOFT 
-  32   BABY PALS                     DS         THQ               THQ 
32 33   PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008         PSP        KONAMI            KONAMI 
35 34   HALO 3                        XB360      MICROSOFT          MICROSOFT 
39 35   FOOTBALL MANAGER 2008            PC         SEGA              SEGA 
-  36   SOLITAIRE: ULTIMATE COLLECTION      DS         DEEP SILVER         KOCH MEDIA 
-  37   RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS 2           WII        UBISOFT            UBISOFT 
29 38   ARMY OF TWO                    XB360      EA GAMES           ELECTRONIC ARTS 
33 39   GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK    PS2        REDOCTANE          ACTIVISION 
37 40   SUPER MONKEY BALL: BANANA BLITZ     WII        SEGA              SEGA

Code:

Wii - 12
DS  - 11
360 - 8
PS3 - 5
PC  - 2
PS2 - 1
PSP - 1

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

That makes me very, very happy indeed. Good game at #1 shocker!

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:52

romanista wrote:

well Matt (wosser) is faster than smooth bob, cam close now somewhere in the 1.23s now too, after i excanged some challenged with throb i became a bit addicted too.. leaderboards on a nintendo systerm that work, yeah!

Twice I have had my first 2 laps in the low 27s If I'd have matched that on the 3rd lap (instead of hitting the grass) then I would have a time of about 1.21.5 or something. Which I know I can get if I get all 3 laps right... Instead I'm in the low 1.23s

I've added everyone on the wiki (apart from Mali A - no offence, it's just that I thought they were in chronological order, but that one was before other people who I had already added)

Malc

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:00

I'm working through the list.

reloaded · **Joined:** 15th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 1

Hello chaps, Romanista invited us here, so I thought I'd pop by and say hello.

Feel free to add me to your friends list....ReLoaded - 1418-6836-7389

Looks like a fun place to play.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:21

Hello reloaded.

romanista wrote:

[...]Wii games featuring Mario accounting for 21.2% of all Wii units since the launch of the console in December 2006

This is not a good thing!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:23

Sounds like you're all loving it. Why did EDGE hate it sop much?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25588

Because edge are anti-fun!

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:39

Here we go: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?optio ... 2&Itemid=2
They didn't like the controller or the tracks, it seems.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:56

It looks like extremely good fun going from what's been posted here.

The 360 live experience has soured this somewhat, as ALL games benefit immensely from smacktalk and twaddle which the Wii just doesn't support.

Or am I wrong?

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:58

Zardoz wrote:

It looks like extremely good fun going from what's been posted here.

The 360 live experience has soured this somewhat, as ALL games benefit immensely from smacktalk and twaddle which the Wii just doesn't support.

Or am I wrong?

I suggest we all make sure our computers are near our Wiis and use some sort of voice chat to overcome this. Or just get Grim... to phone us all up and put us on conference mode (I am sure he can afford the bill)

Malc

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