Mario Kart Wii - April 27th in the US

[Kraig]

Mario Kart Wii Hitting US on April 27

Mario Kart Wii will be racing into US stores for an April 27 release, Nintendo has announced.



The game will come bundled with the Wii Wheel, which Nintendo says “makes it easy for novices to compete against veterans”, and will support five different control schemes in total: Wii Wheel, Wii Remote turned on its side, Wii Remote and Nunchuk combination, Classic Controller and Nintendo GameCube controller.

Mario Kart Wii will feature 32 tracks, 16 new and 16 classic, ten battle arenas and a host of new characters, weapons and vehicles, including bikes for the first time in the series. Players can also take to the track as their own personalized Mii characters.

Multiplayer mode will support four-player local racing and twelve-player online games via Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service. Basic text support between online players will be possible, but voice chat will not.

A Mario Kart Wii Channel will launch alongside the game. Accessible from the main menu, it will let players compete in tournaments, check worldwide rankings, see when their friends are playing and download ghost data.

Mario Kart Wii will be hitting European stores on April 11.

Gametrailers.com - Mario Kart Wii - GDC 2008: Show Floor Cam Trailer

[crookedking]

when that hits canada i won't be bored with my wii anymore!

[NinjaBoy]

Ah, the annual, "finally something to use the wii for thread".

[rawb]

yeah guys you're right, finally we will have a wii version of a classic popular nintendo party franchise. i mean its been 3 whole days since the last one.

[NinjaBoy]

I love Mario games, especially Mario Cart. I would have probably pre-ordered this if I had a Wii, but it's hard to justify a system for one franchise of games.

[mapleleaf4ever]

w00p! This should be good.

[rawb]

okay guys i'm talking about brawl which is amazing and released on sunday

[tiedye]

Stoked for Mario Kart, but almost more stoked to try Brawl. Mario Kart is great and all, but I think Smash Bros is the better concept for a system like the Wii.

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by rawb

okay guys i'm talking about brawl which is amazing and released on sunday

wooot, played it last night. so AWESOME.

[Silverwinged]

stoked.

[sNyx]

this will makeup for my GTA4 completion nicely.
anyone interested in a lightly used PS3 as of May 1st?

[rawb]

maybe

[SEAN!]

yeah and grand theft auto 4 is coming out april 29, i think ive already failed the cfa exam

[sNyx]

Originally Posted by SEAN!

yeah and grand theft auto 4 is coming out april 29, i think ive already failed the cfa exam

thats bullshit, release date was for the end of march not a month ago!!

[veN]

i can't wait to play MK for wii until i baaaaaarf!

[Goat]

Wii needs more games that aren't targeted at 8 year olds and people who are hammered.

[rawb]

you can buy a 360 or a ps3 for that

[decypher]

and then get vegas 2.

[rawb]

i am going to fuck the shit out of that game

[decypher]

I'll cya there. COD is gonna get retired for awhile i think.

[NinjaBoy]

I'm moving in with my Rainbow Six partner just in time for Vegas 2's new multiplayer options.

This is indeed a blessing from god(s).

[Goat]

Originally Posted by rawb

you can buy a 360 or a ps3 for that

got one
wii is a great thing to drink around, it just needs leisure suit larry.

[stabmyhead]

Picked up a wii today. I'm giggly like a school girl for mario kart.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Goat

got one
wii is a great thing to drink around, it just needs leisure suit larry.

You're no longer 15, you can actually buy porn now!!!

[galaxie]

NICE!!!!!! three days before Tim's birthday, wahoo!