After having a copy of Wii Mario Kart kicking around the office for the past few months, I’m fairly certain that 4 player Mario Kart on the Nintendo Wii is perhaps one of the greatest achievements of humankind.

The game is fast paced, amazing to control with the Wiimote (I personally enjoy playing with a virgin Wiimote rather than embedding it into the Mario Kart steering wheel), has a great variety of challenging courses (How good is Maple Treeway?), offers some of the best replay value of any game I’ve ever played and actually looks pretty darn good all things considered.

But, my favourite feature, and perhaps the best feature of all previous Mario Karts, is when four player get together and tough it out for a few laps. At the office, it’s an intense smack talk session that doesn’t end until the fourth player crosses the line. There’s no better way to blow 20 minutes in the afternoon or right after work in my opinion.