Game Review: Wii Mario Kart edition.

I am a HUGE fan of mario Kart. I own every single version and when I got my hands on the Wii version I was disappointed. it's no better than Mario Kart DS or Gamecube version. Even though they have a TON more space on the DVD they do not include enough tracks to keep the game incredibly interesting. Some of the dynamics are a little better but in the end the game was more playable when you change the config so you use the nunchuck hat to steer and it simply looks like the Gamecube version and feels like it.

I am overall disappointed with it. They could have fit 100 tracks in there instead of the 20 they give you and the battle arenas need a crap-load more of them, plus bring back some of the awesome arenas from the N64 version.

3 out of 5 stars. I'll get it when it's under $40.00.

NOTE: yes ther eare more than 20 tracks, I discovered some I had to unlock, but the DVD could hold hundreds of tracks and make the game playable for a long time or they could have added a track editor for some real fun.

GAME REVIEW: The Simpsons Game

I am a huge fan of the simpsons. I have all the DVD's simpsons shirts, simpsons items, I love them. so when I rented the Simpsons Game for the Wii this weekend I had high hopes. The game has a lot of cut scenes from simpsons Tv episodes. and it has somewhat a decent fluid theme in the game and the graphics are decent for what they did. The graphics are nothing like they had for Samus and her awesome power suit, but it's acceptable, on the raving Rabbits scale of quality.

problem is playability. the third person camera sucks. most of the time it's not where it should be so you are busy jockeying it around. This RUINS game play. Many of the puzzles are of decent quality, it's a typical platformer game, jump here go there, stand on this button, beat this up. Unfortunately after the funny quotes wear off the fun of the game wears off as well. After 2 hours I gave up and simply shut off the Wii as I was bored. The challenge was light but fun, but it became repetitive.

I give the game 2 Stars. I'd buy it if it was $19.95.