Mario Kart Wii PreRelease Overview

Release Date: April 10, 2008 in Japan, April 11, 2008 in Europe, April 24, 2008 in Australia and April 27, 2008 in North America.

Mario Kart Wii will come with the Wii Wheel which can house a Wii Remote and the Gamecube Controller, the Classic Wii Controller and the Nunchuk Controller can be used as well.

Basic Info:

Unlike Double Dash, Mario Kart Wii will use only one driver. There will be 16 new tracks and 16 redone Classic tracks and some items will be reused from the past games and some new ones will be introduced. There will be 12 player online racing and battle modes that will use the Nintendo Wii’s Wifi capabilities.

One of the more exciting features is the introduction of Motorcycles that can be used in place of and alongside Karts. Characters will each have 3 Karts and 3 MotorCycles that are unique to them. Each of the circuits will be more unique that in past games because 50cc will be Karts only, 100cc will be MotorCycles only and 150cc will be both Karts and MotorCycles.

New Features:

In addition to MotorCycles, New Tracks and New Items there are also a couple of important new features in Mario Kart Wii that were not in the older Mario Kart Games. The first is online chat and ghost data sending that will be included using the Wifi of the Nintendo Wii although the chat is limited to set phases. The second is the addition of “Stunts” which can be done in the air and will give players a boost in speed after the execute them.

Overall the Mario Kart Wii looks to be a large improvement on an already great game and be sure to pick it up or look out for the DailyNintendo.com review of it after April 27.

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