Mario Kart or Bike?

I bought Mario Kart Wii yesterday at the Bic Camera, Tokyo when I was on the way home from my office. I have played only Superfamicon version and DS version and not so enthusiastic before. However it is very nice game. You find a funny handle (steering wheel) in the box of the software. You can use it, attaching a wii controller in it. I feel it useful. I mean playing with the handle is easier than a wii controller. And one more thing. You can choose a motor bike in stead of a kart. I tried to do and I remembered a good old game ‘excite bike’.

I won some gradprix or cups, competing with CPU but it is most interesting to play with Wi-Fi. You can play randomly with people all over the world. I chased with some German and French players yesterday night. It’s a pity that I couldn’t talk to them about the race in the game like other on-line games.

There is a rating system in the Wi-Fi VS mode like chess. You start with 5000 points. Now my rating become lower than it…

Anyway, I am not a good racer or rider but enjoy Mario Kart Wii. I like Mario and Yosshi. And now I wonder which is better, a kart or a bike.

Sayonara Famicom

Nintendo stopped supporting Famicom(NES). When I heard news about that yesterday, I felt that it marked an end of an era.

Itmedia is reporting that Nintendo of Japan is finally ceasing hardware support for the Famicom system (the Japanese equivalent of the NES) as of October 31st. (ARCADE RENAISSANCE)

In fact, Famicom history has already ended since Nintendo launched Super Famicom in 1990.

Famicom was released in 1983. I bought Famicom and Mario Brothers when I was in the second grade at primarily school in 1984. Famicom era was really our age. I played a lot of games with my friends. Playing with friends was more exciting than playing alone.

I still have Famicom and its softwares in my parents’ home, although I have never played for a long time. Now you can play Famicom game with Wii but it is a bit difference from playing with the traditional controller of Famicom.

=From Wikipedia Commons.