Race your favourite characters around the house! (Nintendo Radio Control Mario Kart)

Member Name: shamis4

Product:	Nintendo Radio Control Mario Kart
Date:	25/08/08 (183 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Quirky cars at a great price

Disadvantages: quite slow and small range

Mario has to be one of the most famous characters ever in video gaming history. He has been in many games from some great classics on all the old Nintendo console such as on the N64. An d he still features in all the great modern games on the Nintendo DS and the Wii - including some new games involving Mario and friends (or enemies) such as Mario Olympics and that new Mario football game on the wii.
However this particular radio control car features from the well loved Mario Kart racing game which was originally released in 1992 on the SNES. Mario Kart DS has been rated number 35 in the top 100 greatest games of all time!

The game:
Mario Kart is definitely one of the most fun and enjoyable racing games you could play. It involves racing as characters from the Mario series including Mario, Yoshi, Princess Peach, etc. You race in cool looking Karts and have a variety of weapons and power ups you pick up in order to win the race including banana skins, turtle shells and mushrooms for boost. There are some really cool tracks that you race on as well from Bowling alleys to beaches.

So back to the product, what is it?:
This product is a radio control Kart from that famous game I have just described. You can get a choice of three version: either this red version with the main character Mario on it, or two other versions with Yoshi (the green dinosaur) or Donkey King (the big monkey). These Karts look really cool and realistic with a Kart which is greatly detailed from the game and features Mario sitting in the driving seat with his typical red clothes and that famous red M hat.
The Kart is 1/32 scale and comes with a remote control with all the buttons you would need to drive this. The controller is actually like a Gameboy Advance controller and features all the buttons on that normal controller for the console - so you drive it as you would play it on the game. You can drive forward, revers and obviously steer as well as light up a light in the exhaust.

Details:
Height: 13cm or 5 inches
Batteries: Requires 1 x 9v and 2 x AA batteries (not supplied)

Some problems or weaknesses:
Being relatively small means this kart has a relatively short range and would therefore be restricted on how far away you could drive it. It also doesn't really compare to other radio control cars on the market. Although this one is rather quirky it doesn't have any extra abilities as such and doesn't go particularly fast, but does of course have those cool Mario characters!
Of course another restriction is that these run on batteries which means if they are used a lot you will have to keep buying and changing batteries which are not only costly but are also bad for the environment as they can't be recycled.

Who would like this then?:
I would suggest this would be a great gift for any gaming and particularly Nintendo fan. It would probably take them away from the television and games console for a while as well. This is relatively small so is great t be used on a table or desk at work for example. But is also very strong and would therefore work outside on a flat surface as well. Being very colourful it would also be a great gift for kids of all ages as long as they are able to work it. It looks nice and is great fun so most kids would enjoy it whether or not they have played the computer game.

Price:
£9.99 from game.co.uk and with three different karts to choose from: Mario, Yoshi or Donkey Kong.

Conclusion:
This is a great gift for any Nintendo fan or anyone who has played any of the Mario games. They are really fun to get two and race each other around the house for example. You could even stick in some obstacles in true Mario Kart style -who will win Mario, Yoshi or Donkey Kong. At only £10 it's not too hard to purchase more than ! and have some great fun with friends or family with these quirky little radio control cars!

Summary: cool mario kart radio control cars!