Mario Kart 64
- Well-designed tracks
- Unadorned controls
- Strong multiplayer appeal
Product Description
Mario Kart 64, one of the first sports meeting released for the Nintendo 64 platform, is an updated translation of the very well loved Super Mario Kart for the Super NES (SNES). And while the game visibly takes full advantage of the graphics potential and alacrity of the N64, a few components that made the original so compelling have been left out of this release.
Still, Nintendo’s expertise at sucking players into the game world is strongly evident, and Mario Kart 64 offers enough challenges to keep players (especially casual gamers) entertained. Introduction a familiar Nintendo personality behind the wheel of a sputtering kart powered by a 50, 100, or 150-cc engine, the game lets players race computerized opponents or up to four other players on a variety of well-designed tracks. Because karts lack the potential and alacrity of race cars, drivers must focus on collecting potential-ups and nonlethal weapons rather than negotiating hairpin turns on two wheels. Grabbing and using on-track items is the heart of the game’s fun: a strategically-positioned banana peel sends the unlucky victim into a spin, nailing an opponent with a turtle shell launches their vehicle skyward, and a rocket provides a quick boost to near-breakneck speeds, if only for a moment.Editorial Review
Mario Kart 64, one of the first sports meeting released for the Nintendo 64 platform, is an updated translation of the very well loved Super Mario Kart for the Super NES (SNES). And while the game visibly takes full advantage of the graphics potential and alacrity of the N64, a few components that made the original so compelling have been left out of this release.
Still, Nintendo’s expertise at sucking players into the game world is strongly evident, and Mario Kart 64 offers enough challenges to keep players (especially casual gamers) entertained. Introduction a familiar Nintendo personality behind the wheel of a sputtering kart powered by a 50, 100, or 150-cc engine, the game lets players race computerized opponents or up to four other players on a variety of well-designed tracks. Because karts lack the potential and alacrity of race cars, drivers must focus on collecting potential-ups and nonlethal weapons rather than negotiating hairpin turns on two wheels. Grabbing and using on-track items is the heart of the game’s fun: a strategically-positioned banana peel sends the unlucky victim into a spin, nailing an opponent with a turtle shell launches their vehicle skyward, and a rocket provides a quick boost to near-breakneck speeds, if only for a moment.
The multiplayer mode provides enormously chaotic fun for up to four players–flip it on at a party and watch the guests gather together around the screen. –Eric Twelker
Pros:
- Well-designed tracks
- Unadorned controls
- Strong multiplayer appeal
Cons:
- Computerized opponents sometimes pull off questionable feats
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This is a mario rip off of REAL racing sports meeting.Also the stupid cartoonish karts go 14 mph.
Rating: 1 / 5
mario kart is not fun there is no secret characthers or secret places[i reflect]. I tried the game for an hour and was completly bored now i don’t like racing sports meeting. The producers should have tried a small harder on this game i was completly unsatified.
Rating: 1 / 5
Here is my review- I won’t regurgitate the specific features of the game, which can be found in the editor’s review. This is an extreamly childish game. There are many courses, all based off of about four different track styles. The music, and especially the sounds, are very corny. I can definately relate this game to my small brother’s Reader Rabit Preschool on the computer. The graphics are okay, but used in a cartoon manner to make a very colorful, but unrealistic world. The physics of the game were plotted poorly. The characters look like those Pokimon things. I would only buy this game if it was to be used by those under ten. Otherwise, it is too simple to beat and way to childish. (I am 14 and I beat the thing in all of the different difficulties in two hours. It is not very fascinating after completed. You are not rewarded in any way with new tracks, characters, codes, or special features.)
Rating: 1 / 5
Don’t get this game because if you do and have it for a long time it gets really dull.But when you first get it its exciting but if you have it about like a year or so it really gets dull.But you should still get this game.
Rating: 2 / 5
I’ll probably be in a minority here when I say that the N64 version of Mario Kart represents a poor offering from Nintendo.
Yes, the graphics are better, but when one benchmarks this game to the previous SNES version for sheer enjoyment and playability, you’ll be disappointed. The new version has been made overly complicated with new track layouts, and this has adversely affected the flow of the game. The karts also don’t seem to go as well in the previous version.
Rating: 1 / 5