The next time we fired it up we did the same – 32 back-to-back races to see who would come out on top. This time, Graham won again by an even bigger margin, but in doing so he started to become a target for the rest of us. All red shells seemed to have his name on them, and tricks like slowing down and then blue-shelling him would become common. We were the same characters, and Graham’s Diddy Kong was getting all the heat.
The fact that three of us owned the game, with Keith being the exception (although he owned Mario Kart 64, so he was far from a novice), meant we all thought we should be winning. This only intensified as the battle became a regular thing every time we met up. Loads of food, a few skirmishes on some other games, and then the real serious stuff would begin as soon as the Nintendo logo flashed up on the screen.
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The ribbing, banter and general sledging would step up a notch and total concentration would be etched on all of our faces as we raced through each of Mario Kart Wii’s circuits. There would be laughter from one as they launched a red shell to win in the final moments, while the next race would cause someone else to turn the air as blue as the shell that had cost them victory right at the finish line. The noise we sometimes made must have been heard halfway down my street! The scores had become very important now, written down on the same crumpled piece of A4 paper I’d scrambled to find a few years before. It would then be tucked back into the box for safe keeping – and gloating, of course!
Over time, and even now, certain tracks have become favoured, or loathed, by different people in our group. Tim hates Bowser’s Castle – a passion that stands to this day. I didn’t like Coconut Mall for a long time, but luckily, it’s grown on me over time – though Mushroom Gorge remains a struggle. The collective groans are, without a doubt, reserved for Rainbow Road and Moonview Highway.
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