Mario Kart 7 Review

3, 2, 1 ...Go! The light turns green to make way for the title that will change the fate of Nintendo 3DS. The "7" Mario Kart is designed to perform such a feat, a video game with 32 circuits, 16 drivers, online gameplay and a wonderful consecrated becomes one of those pitches that justify buying a console.

Nintendo 3DS has needed a "7" to end his curse, but finally found it, and how ... If Mario Kart DS was a timeless work, which remained in the charts until the deserved figure of 22 million copies, its evolution maximized, Mario Kart 7, put on wheels comes to the recovery of a laptop severely punished since launch.

New to the Big N is the first game that really justify the purchase of a 3DS. A work that, like its predecessor DS more spiritual, appears in the first months of life of the laptop to assume one of the most powerful commercial engine. But not only that, because Mario Kart 7 is also a huge video game, developed with care and dare to innovate within the series, giving us one of the most comprehensive products and worked that Nintendo has developed in this year 2011.

A truly memorable farewell season with a title that not only will last days, not weeks or months. Indeed, it is difficult to conceive of a video game so fun portable, virtually unlimited, coming this time not only hosted by the talented hand of Kyoto internal studies (specifically, the Software Development Group No.1, directed by Hideki Konno) but also by Retro Studios, which was responsible for designing much of the game due to time constraints.

The "7" that starts the motor 3DS

The end result could hardly have been more rewarding. Those who were the authors of Nintendogs and Mario Kart DS give a real lesson in riding in the genre of crazy driving, thanks to a control response as iconic as precise as a Swiss watch. And thanks to the addition of the analog controller in the portable stereoscopic gameplay house brand is now even more satisfying, offering a renewed dimension that expands through a range of innovations that make the classic Mario Kart experience even more powerful.

So, if we had the previous installments on earth and typical driving situations where even our vehicle was moving through aquatic environments, for the occasion adds the ability to use the delta wing in certain parts of the circuits. Motorized action by land, sea and air, we might say with a great balance between the parties, so that the variety is even more pronounced, making a powerful turning point in the franchise, as well as in the subgenus.

The circuit design in this regard, undergoes a powerful injection of versatility. And if you have already had impossible curves, multiple elevation changes or different types of terrain (asphalt, dirt, grass, mud ...), now we have to add the possibility of being under water as soon as the surface or trenching the air. All combined into perspective, with taste and expertise to lead probably the most inspired catalog circuits of the whole saga.

In general terms, it is easy to see that, thanks to new dynamic land-sea-air, secrets available to get the best time in each circuit have increased. Multiple routes, thus, have increased in number, as happens with the opportunity to find a greater number of ways to reach the goal before our rivals. The chances of completing one circuit in different ways are frankly elevated, and that is a priceless attribute within a title like Mario Kart.

We also find that it has increased the number of hazards within the circuits. Piranha Plants trying eat, geysers spewing water that obstruct centipedes, rocks that come to us, we do skate pools, cliffs placed with very bad intentions, dangerous lava columns that run from the track ... Apart from the very difficulty that entails having to fight against the other riders (the grill is eight), we must be ever vigilant to not be surprised what comes from the horizon.

Thus, a strong feeling of immersion wheel which is possible due to a large repertoire of tracks. In total, the game features the respectable figure of 32 tracks, half of them completely designed from scratch, proposing a tour Wuhu Island (Wii Sports Resort), make a journey on the galleon or Wario, among others, a renewed version of classics like Bowser's Castle. Until developers Retro Studios Americans have been encouraged to put their two cents with a new circuit: DK Jungle, with which we again demonstrate the excellent run of form in which celebrities are the creators of Metroid Prime.

For the dedication shown in each of the new tracks, we will make it impossible to pick just one. In fact, we are confident that much of the material is designed to be immortalized for future Mario Kart. A good example is the new Rainbow Road (which, incidentally, has three sections instead of three times), which will become, in all likelihood, one of the most memorable, both for its strong artistic inspiration as its successful visual finish (reminiscent of Super Mario Galaxy).

However, the 16 circuits "retro" remaining also have much to say, mainly because their makers, designers again Retro Studios have done a splendid job. Nintendo 3DS Preview represented in such classic tracks and iconic as Mario Circuit (SNES), Desert Kalamari (N64), Daisy Cruiser (Gamecube), Luigi's Mansion (DS) or Ravine Mushroom (Wii) is a real treat for our eyes as well to our hands.

And is that the work of Retro Studios has not only limited to the load increase or redesign polygonal textures, but also to bring to fruition the difficult task of adapting the gameplay itself and Mario Kart 7 genuine. Thus, we might consider until they are renewed (but maintain its essence "retro" and original soul) with the addition of the new possibilities of this work: collecting coins, boost jumps, skids with turbo, slipstream technique , new items ...

Veredict:

The gameplay is awesome, its fun to play with friends, the online system works pretty good, it will make you rage those blue shells when you are in 1st place.. but still this game is awesome..

10/10