Topic: Mario Sports and Kart games only become great when played in multiplayer!

Mario sports and kart games only become great when played in multiplayer, they are mediocre as singleplayer games!

I personally disagree that they are mediocre as single-player, but I do agree that they are better as multiplayer.

They are better in multiplayer, but some of them are still great fun when playing alone.

For some, perhaps. I love multiplayer, but also love pwning games in single player. By doing so, you then learn all there is to know, and therefore win in multiplayer more often. I often time trial on MKWii, it's one of the most enjoyable aspects of Mario Kart for me, I'm always looking to squeeze that little bit more out of myself.

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In the old Mario karts theres not much unlockables in single player but in Mario kart Wii and Ds there is so its getting better.

I don't think so.

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Depends on the game, really. Mario Golf for Gamecube offered a really great single player mode that, personally, I enjoyed more than the multiplayer. Mario Baseball for Wii had some pretty solid single player as well. Yes, they're better in multiplayer, but even Mario Kart is fun in single player (especially time trials)

No

no, they're also fun as single-player games. i spent quite a long time with Mario Kart 64 and MKDS just playing on my own. good times.

@kid-a I see what you mean. Some games had fun singleplayer and some didn't.

Yeah, but not Mario Kart 64

That game, I was addicted to. I think Mario Kart Wii is very close to it, but it's not a fair game like Kart 64 was. The Wii version tries to get you when you are in the lead, and this leads to frustration when you are playing solo.

Super Mario Kart was also above average in the solo department, for Kart standards.

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Mostly no but some yes, Mario Kart series all of them are both great single- and multiplayer (yes multiplayer is better but single player mode aka time trails and Grand Prix have also great replay value and help you train for online racing) while Sport games some of them like Mario Strikers Charged (Mario Strikers Charged Football PAL) and Mario Super Sluggers i do agree but single player wise it's still not bad just a bid repetitive while both Mario Golf series and Mario tennis series are in my opinion 100% awesome as Mario kart in fact the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance version of both Mario Golf and Mario Tennis is in my opinion the best sports game ever made cause it's both RPG and Sports which is a unlikely match-up but surprisingly deep not story deep but gameplay and a strange way to be excited playing sports plus it had great multiplayer same as it's console counter part however i will admit Mario Hoops 3 on 3 ( Mario Slam Basketball PAL) is a bit mixed reaction but still fun while Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games ( Beijing one and so far it's my least favorite but still fun while i haven't bought the sequel yet but i will in time for Vancouver 2010)

In the sports games, yes. But in the Kart games, sometimes no. Time Trials and online can be really fun.

I agree, which is one of the reasons I love MKWii, cause of the online. Play multiplayer whenever you feel like it. Of course that never beats local, but still.

Mario Tennis (GBC & N64) are amazing alone.

Mario Golf on the portables is also excellent.

Mario Kart DS is also great.

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Mario Kart is a lot better in multiplayer (especially Battle Mode other than the terrible Battle Mode in the Wii version), although single player is pretty fun, as well.

However, Mario Superstar Baseball for GameCube is great in single player. It's so fun, challenging, and long to beat the Story Mode (for lack of a better term) on the higher difficulties, and it's a great challenge beating all of the achievements for the different characters (a lot of which can only be done on the higher difficulties) in order to make them superstar players.

As for Mario Kart, I think they are great is single player. Sure, the multiplayer is where they truly shine but the single player is solid, too.

Like almost everyone else, I have to wholeheartedly disagree with that statement. There is some fun to be had without multiplayer/online in every Mario sport and kart game.