The fwa - Mario Kart

For another part of our work that David said us was to choose two websites from the fwa website that we found interesting. I chose the mario kart site because I felt that it had all the factors of what a successful site should have.

What does it look like?

As soon as I opened the website I got the impression/atmosphere of the 'Nintendo Wii' with the plain white background giving the website a minimal look.


The designers has mainly stuck to one main colour theme and that is blue and white, the same colour as the Nintendo Wii logo. I felt that this was a conscious idea to make because its colour that people/potential games players recognise. The only main time when the colours change is when the characters are being shown, the colour of the character is shown when they appear on the screen. Overall the site has been kept to a simple theme that users can relate to the game.

How easy is it to use?

I found this site very easy to use, the buttons have been placed along the top left hand corner, its out of the way of the main imagery but easy to see. With the buttons clearly labelled the users know where each link will take them. What I came to notice whilst browsing the site was that some of the buttons have been duplicated into images. As you can see in the image below there are two images of two of the characters from the game but what I didn't realise was that the are actually links to other pages, one to the characters page and one to the game details page, both that are buttons in the top corner, maybe this could be seen quite confusing and give the users the impression that there are more pages then there are but I did not find this.



How relevant is the content of the site?

I feel that the site (like I said above) has stuck to a theme that relates to the game being advertised so when asked the question 'how relevant is the content of the site?' I would have to say that it is relevant. All of the imagery has kept to the theme of the game and even the background music comes from the gaming music itself.



There is no content to this site that doesn't represent the Wii game even down to the small button icons are the replica of the wii remote control.

How clearly is the content organised?

Like I've answered to all the questions above very well, just from the links labels I can get a strong idea about what I am going to find and 9 times out of 10 I am right. I get the impression that the designers had an idea that the main users of this site would be quite a young age because everything is very simple and basic yet the flash inputs and the detail to design is very impressive.