Well I picked up the game and a spare steering wii wheel on Monday, but I have been too busy to try it out until earlier tonight. It has alot of potential I think, so far I have only done a few time trials and 2 wifi races, I managed to finish 3rd and 2nd so that was cool. I love the fact that you can race many other people, 11 for my first 2 wifi races. The wheel is actually quite accurate and reliable, given the karts I use. I still have a ton of stuff to unlock so Ill be playing this game for a long time I can already tell.

The graphics are bright and smooth, music is crisp and quirky and I love the sound effects. The courses are my favorite part so far, I have only done a couple but the Coconut Mall is just too much fun. The available characters are many more than previous MK games and I liked the selection, baby Peach sounds cute, too cute. The bikes add a new feel to the game, allthough I have not been able to steer them too well yet. I also really like the ranking and points system, being able to check my time trial and tournament scores worldwide adds to the replay value. Even my daughter has taken to the game, she loves the wheel and is actually not to bad of a racer with it. Displaying her own customized Mii on her MK license had her overjoyed!

So I would say it has lived up to the hype so far, I imagine it will only get better too. Is it better than Brawl? Well, that is like comparing apples and oranges. I think the wifi is a bit more fun simply because there are more people to play and finding other random racers is very fast. Brawl has more strategy though, MK is straight forward, race and toss items. Lastly, Ill have my friend code available here soon, I had it but forgot to write it down, I guess I got caught up in the fun. I highly suggest the game to any Wii owners, it is one of the best games on the console.

My MK Wii code: 2026 9680 8563 (Thanks to Kohaku, strangely enough he knew my code when I did not!)