yeah i talked about thsi in the other mario thread but hmm hahaha ill do it agian!! ???

yeah i thought it was a fun game i think it makes it a lot harder if u DONT have a steering whell to use i think if u dont have one and u have the normal remote it doesnt seem to respond to like ur turns as well as the steering wheel (which does make sense) but i do like the battles they are fun at certain idk areas or whatever they are called!!

I hear that if you use the Wii-mote instead of the wheel combination it really detracts from the experience. I don't really see how it would make too much of a difference, but that's the general agreement between the experts.

I hear if you want to really be competitive it's probably best to use the Gamecube controller.

I have only played the game for like 2 mins at best buy though, i'm not really an expert, I just read a lot

I love getting triple red shells and shooting all of them at one person.

And I've beaten the 150cc cups.

If I'm playing with my brother, I always make sure I use them all on him. he gets so pissed off.

Only if you're in 1st. Keep in 2nd or 3rd the whole time and then at the end draft off someone and take the lead. That way you can't get nailed by blue shells.

Are you serious? We can't type bike?

Well, I prefer bikes. The bike only has one level of mini turbo, and the karts have two. The karts are usually faster, but bikes accelerate more.

Did you guys get to play with the wheel? It's amazing how a piece of plastic makes the game infinitely better.

Lol, that's what my parents did when we got our Wii.

I use Rosalina and the Flame Runner.

Yeah. You get her a lot faster if you have Super Mario Galaxy data on your Wii.

It takes some time to get used to the wheel. When you do, it's just as good as a normal controller.

@Alpha: Really? How come?

There are so many more items and cars in this game than DD. Plus there are like so many levels. We don't have King Boo yet, so I just use D.K.

Rosalina's from that game, so it takes less races to unlock her if you have that data. I dunno why, but it does.

I've been wanting to get Dry Bowser, but he takes a bunch of stuff to unlock.

Well, you know Dry Bones? It's a skeletal Bowser, basically.

Right after you hear the second beep on the countdown. That gets you the fastest boost, I think.

No, not really. All the other characters are recycled besides him.

I can't believe you all use the GC controller. The wheel is definitely the best way to play. Seriously, I'm doing Mirror Cups with the wheel. If you practice, it's just as good as the GC controller.

My favorite level is Peach Gardens.

Tricks and wheelies are fine with the wheel. I can't stand using the d-pad to do wheelies. Flicking the wheel works better for me. Flicking it down doesn't work that well, but I just hop into drifts when I reach a corner.

Rosalina is a character from Super Mario Galaxy. She helps you throughout the game. I guess they just brought her in.

If you use the wheel, you can dodge Pow Blocks. You flick the wheel when the block is at it's smallest size, right before it hits. You still lose your items, but you won't lose any speed.

Probably. It's weird, I use the GC controller in Brawl for the same reasons you give here.

I guess. I do prefer to use them on bikes...

You didn't ask. And as far as I know, there's no way to dodge them with the GC controller. Try using the d-pad at that time I guess, since that seems to be equivalent of flicking the remote.

Yeah, it's too bad.

What? Oh, that was supposed to be b,ikes. I forgot, you can't type it for whatever reason.

I haven't played this game in weeks... I probably should start again.

No. All we have is that Sprint internet card thingy. We have a network at our house, but the Wii won't connect to it.

I guess I am.

So, do you use a light, medium, or heavy character?

No, Waluigi's heavy. I'd use the Flame Runner if I were you. It takes time to get used to it's insane drifting, but once you do, you can't go back.

I know because I've owned the game for like two months.

If you want to see someone's wait, look at their standard bike or kart. If it's Standard Kart S, they're small, M is medium, and L is large.

Turning's fine with the wheel. You can always use automatic until you get used to the wheel, then switch to manual when you get the hang of it.

Peach Gardens was always my favorite on the DS (except Moo Moo Farms, which isn't on this one), so that just carried over.

Yoshi's medium. And you can stop treating me like I know everything.

Yeah, that's the easiest way to tell. Plus what karts and b'ikes they have available.

It's fun, but it's not anymore now that I have the Wii version. Like playing Melee after Brawl.

That's what I meant.

I like the new Rainbow Road a lot though. Pulling off the jumps across the huge holes and pulling ahead of everyone is pretty fun.

To unlock her... get a one star ranking in every cup on Mirror, play 50 games and have Super Mario Galaxy save data on your Wii, or play 4,950 games. Courtesy of a Prima Guidebook, I don't have it committed to memory.

Yeah, whenever I play on Wi-fi, the people always choose Rainbow Road. Even after we just play there, they choose it again! It gets annoying, but at least now I'm used to that level. I'm actually starting to come in first place over Wi-fi.

Lol, thanks for the cheats, Shade. Those will probably come in handy.

I hate Wario's Gold Mine. I just can't stand it.

I'm not that big a fan of Grumble Volcano, either. Those are really the only levels I don't like going to.

Lol, weird... I use a heavy character and I always get pushed in. Maybe it's because I use a bike, and the computers usually use karts... Dunno.

@Old levels: Lol, I love playing all the old levels. Especially since I own every Mario Kart except the GBA one.

@King Boo: Finish the 50cc Star Cup in 1st place, or play 750 games. Although you guys already figured it out.

@Blue Shell: I think I've dodged a blue shell once, and it was all luck. Besides, I got nailed with 2 red shells right after anyways...

I guess it works out.

I know I didn't play 4,950 to get Rosalina.

Actually, since you need a mushroom, chances are you won't be able to dodge it. You usually don't get those in 1st. Letting someone else get hit is usually your best bet. But if you can dodge it, it's one of the best moves you can make.

Or get at least a one star ranking on all the Mirror class Grand Prix.

Have you ever used a blue shell in first? It turns around and hits you...

Once you get good at it though, you don't need to be cautious. At the part with the wavy ground where you can do tons of tricks, you begin to do them on each wave, and using the speed you get to jump those two holes rather than go around, and cut ahead of tons of people.

Really? They always seem to be faster than me.

I got in 4th or 5th, and got up to 1st, and decided to try it.

Once you do, it's a fun level.

And when you get in the lead, you get nailed by red shells constantly.

If you're using the wheel, that happens a lot at first. I hated RR when I wasn't good. Now that I am, it's great.

Yeah, that's always good. I hated that you couldn't get the Golden Mushroom in DD, because it was the Toads special item.

Well, if you didn't, tricks would be pointless.

One thing I hate about Mirror mode, I always start drifting the wrong way because I expect the turn that normal. I never manage to snake back in time to avoid hitting a wall.