New Mario Kart tournament keeps it simple
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Oct 10th 2008 at 8:05PM }
The latest Mario Kart Wii tournament will go back to basics, totally stripping away items in a straightforward race to the finish on Luigi Circuit. Only karts are permitted, and you have to use the Wii Wheel.This news takes us back to the announcement of the first Mario Kart competition, when yours truly got on his soapbox and wrote a grumpy post complaining about why the inclusion of opponents and items in these Mario Kart Wii tournaments "totally missed the point." At the time, most readers disagreed with our point of view, and so may not be happy with this far more simplistic approach. Personally, we prefer these trials; they just seem fairer. Now all we need to develop is the ability to play Mario Kart Wii well.
This new contest runs from October 15th to October 25th.
Gallery: Mario Kart Wii
[Thanks, Josh!]
A fan of Mario Kart Wii? Us too, especially the tournaments, of which there have been quite a few. To check out previous contests, click here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Fancy yourself a good karter? Then check out Game Night for some of the community's best competition. You're probably better than Dave, if nothing else.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kavorka @ Oct 10th 2008 8:43PM
Yeah, all these MarioKart tourneys are lame. Nintendo should offer up Wii shop points as incentives. Who cares otherwise?
Sonic_13 @ Oct 10th 2008 9:33PM
Are you serious?
These tournaments are awesome!
I love that Nintendo is giving us two challenges a month, and not always simple "race for the best time" challenges. either. It's part of the reason I love Mario Kart so much.
Kenneth Caldwell @ Oct 10th 2008 9:16PM
Wii Wheel, Schmii wheel.
That means I prefer the nunchuk. :D
iofthestorm @ Oct 11th 2008 1:24AM
Me too. I absolutely suck with the Wii Wheel, although my sister is pretty good with it. But then she still plays on Automatic, so dunno. But Wiimote+Nunchuk is the most awesome control scheme ever.
Sonic_13 @ Oct 11th 2008 4:09AM
I personally prefer the Wii Wheel. I'm pretty good with it too and have a lot of race times that match (or come close to) the top race times of friends who don't use the wheel.
I've actually never played the game with anything but the Wii Wheel...
MowDownJoe @ Oct 10th 2008 10:06PM
NO ITEMS. KARTS ONLY. LUIGI'S CIRCUIT.
...How was that not the headline?