Date played: April 26th
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 8/10
The new DLC tracks are available for download, so, having paid for them back in November, I was excited to download them and try them out. There are three new characters, the Animal Crossing Villager (male and female), Isabelle from the same game and Dry Bowser, a skeleton version of the Koopa King. There are a few new karts and bikes too. Of course, the real draw comes from the tracks.
I played both cups at 150cc against the CPU. There are 4 tracks that were remade and 4 brand new tracks. Baby Park makes a triumphant return! The small oval is always full of craziness and items, but with 12 players, it's just insane... Cheese Land is from the GBA version, but it might as well be brand
new. It has some really tight turns. Neo Bowser City is the most recent, coming from Mario Kart 7 and hasn't changed much since then. Ribbon Road is another GBA track set in a child's room, Micro Machines style.
The new tracks are all pretty great too. Wild Woods is a gravity defying trek through a forest. Super Bell Subway is set underground in a subway track. It's probably the weakest of the new tracks. Animal Crossing is amazingly fun to race on and is really pretty. Finally, Big Blue from F-Zero steals the show with huge jumps, fast corners and a great look. I'm impressed that Nintendo was able to do something that makes sense and is worth the money for Mario Kart's downloadable add-ons.
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 8/10
The new DLC tracks are available for download, so, having paid for them back in November, I was excited to download them and try them out. There are three new characters, the Animal Crossing Villager (male and female), Isabelle from the same game and Dry Bowser, a skeleton version of the Koopa King. There are a few new karts and bikes too. Of course, the real draw comes from the tracks.
I played both cups at 150cc against the CPU. There are 4 tracks that were remade and 4 brand new tracks. Baby Park makes a triumphant return! The small oval is always full of craziness and items, but with 12 players, it's just insane... Cheese Land is from the GBA version, but it might as well be brand
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| Dry Bowser rides his awesome bike on Big Blue |
The new tracks are all pretty great too. Wild Woods is a gravity defying trek through a forest. Super Bell Subway is set underground in a subway track. It's probably the weakest of the new tracks. Animal Crossing is amazingly fun to race on and is really pretty. Finally, Big Blue from F-Zero steals the show with huge jumps, fast corners and a great look. I'm impressed that Nintendo was able to do something that makes sense and is worth the money for Mario Kart's downloadable add-ons.
