Topic: Episode 377: When Fun Just Isn't Enough

[Pandareus]

I played a little of Kirby Air Ride for the first time at PAX and loved it. And it showed me concretely that a kart racer doesn't have to be exactly like Mario Kart "but with a few new bells and whistles" to be exciting, new and fun. The game was way faster than any Mario Kart game, with track designs reminiscent sometimes of F-Zero, a cool power-up system, and did gliding mechanics way before MK did. Not to mention all the unlockables we didn't get to. And I haven't played that single-player mode lots of people I know rave about, either.


Mario Kart is fun, yes. But more could be done with it, and has. In other franchises.

[NWR_insanolord]

Jonny describing Mario Kart 7 as "forgettable" is really the best way to put it. It's not a bad game, and I'd go as far as to say it's better than its predecessors, but I didn't spend a ton of time with it because it never really got its hooks in me.