Lucky Number 7

So over the weekend, my dad was supposed to buy me Mario Kart 7 from the NWS in NY City, but he ran out of money, so I was forced to get it today, after school. Anyhow, I ended getting it on the 6th instead of the 4th, like I was supposed to. I did however, get the 2 pin set from Gamestop (and an Yellow Bird plush) with the game.

Overal, the game has its many ups and downs (literally, with that damn hanglider), and one strong point the game has is something I have admired about Mario Kart since I used to play my N64, which is probably collecting dust somewhere in my basement, was the music used in Rainbow Road. The developers and composers that helped with this game gave it a unique feel, but the classic fanfare kicked in about halfway through the first "section" (longer courses, such as Wuhu Loop, Maka Wuhu and Rainbow Road have you complete three segments of the course, but only one lap). The way the music blended with the graphics almost made me cry myself to the finish line.

The gamplay that Mario Kart 7 has to offer is truly one-of-a-kind, in the sense that is has the virtue that it hasn't been done before. The 3D effects really add depth (pardon the pun) to the game, and the first-person-racer mode allows you to use the gyro controls to race. I still can't forgive Nintendo for putting Mushroom Gorge in this game...

The only area I think that this game lacked in was the characters. The game has some new characters, and the ability to customize your kart, but the characters you'd expect to be there have been replaced by some useless characters from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 64. Otherwise, this game was among the stars (literally, again with the hanglider), and is bound to be like it's predecessor, which has only dropped in price by 5$ in almost 4 years.

I give this game 99.5 hangliders out of 100.