Mario Kart 7

Well new things are the gliding sections which are really good, the underwater sections which are slower paced but you feel more floatier. Theirs the customization. The levels, IMO are some of the best, because they feel unique compared to the ones before them, the Retro levels now have underwater and glider sections added in sometimes. Online works great, and if you have friends playing then you can join their match which is good. Other than that, to me, its a better version of Mario Kart Wii that you can take on the go. And overall it just feels much better to play than MKWii.

But people still complain about the characters. I like them though so I'm fine with it.
 
FMGBASKFH said:
I finally played Mario Kart 7, after MONTHS of wait. I have to say that I am utterly disappointed. It's not a bad game, but come on, it's FAR from being the best.

It feels... empty. There aren't many things to do.
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it had the Mission Mode, etc. Mario Kart 7 has none of that.
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I can kind of see your point, if you lack WiFI, there isn't too much to do. I'm a bit confused as to why they decided to remove offline VS, sometimes you just want to play one track without having to play three others in the process.

Missions in MKDS were somewhat fun and added some replay value to the game, so I'm a little disappointed that wasn't implemented again.

I have to admit, I prefer MKDS's elimination style of Balloon Battle to Mario Kart 7's, so I spent a bit more time playing Balloon Battle on MKDS than MK7.

But other than that... As far as replay value goes there wasn't that big of a difference, in my opinion.

FMGBASKFH said:
Mario Kart DS had different methods of unlocking characters and cars, You just have to beat every single cup in 150cc to unlock all the characters and grab coins to unlock kart parts and that's it. There's nothing else you can do.
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From what the wiki tells me (Had to look up the wiki because it's been awhile since I played MKDS) unlocking characters and karts are pretty much the same (Beat ___ Cup to unlock) when compared to Mario Kart 7, the only difference I see is that to unlock kart parts in Mario Kart 7 you need to earn coins, so I'm not sure where you were going with that.

FMGBASKFH said:
The music is boring and fails to be catchy
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Honestly, in my opinion the music has never been Mario Kart's strong suit, I'll like maybe... one or two tracks from each game.

In comparison, I'd say that they're about even in catchy tunes.

FMGBASKFH said:
the tracks aren't hard or entertaining enough (Rosalina's Ice World and Bowser's Castle SUCK)
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The track's difficulty really depends on how well you know the map/how good your kart combination is. You'll probably have an easier time navigating through Neo Bowser City if you have decent knowledge of the map/your kart has good handling.

So what exactly makes you dislike Rosalina's Ice World and Bowser's Castle?
 
It appears that I overestimated that Japanese player's appearance frequency. I haven't seen him at all today.
 
Monkey D. Luffy said:
Well new things are the gliding sections which are really good, the underwater sections which are slower paced but you feel more floatier. Theirs the customization. The levels, IMO are some of the best, because they feel unique compared to the ones before them, the Retro levels now have underwater and glider sections added in sometimes. Online works great, and if you have friends playing then you can join their match which is good. Other than that, to me, its a better version of Mario Kart Wii that you can take on the go. And overall it just feels much better to play than MKWii.

But people still complain about the characters. I like them though so I'm fine with it.
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thanks for the insight, Sounds like its improved since I last played a MK game, will probably try eventually.

Honestly, in my opinion the music has never been Mario Kart's strong suit, I'll like maybe... one or two tracks from each game.

In comparison, I'd say that they're about even in catchy tunes.
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Yeah this is true, can't really remember a whole lot of good tracks from the games I played, maybe around two per game.

Can't remember much at all from SMK, but it was really the lowest of the Mario Karts so thats not too big of a surprise.
 
Mario Kart 7 felt so disappointing and unimpressive at time. I even wrote a whole, detailed review on it but, nah, you wouldn't be interested.
 
Well, if you could hire out 3DS games then it's be much easier but you can't. Check a bunch of reviews and get it if you like what you see.
 
Well, even though I dislike the roster and the method of unlocking stuff, Mario Kart 7 is still a great game. I can't make the great courses or debug it like that (except for the Maka Wuhu thing). It's really impressive.