New Mario Kart and Wii Wheel revealed

by Andrew Yoon { Jul 11th 2007 at 12:47PM }

New. Mario. Kart.

And it's online.

At the Nintendo press conference, Reggie hinted at the possibility of massive online races. "More racers means more fun. How many more? Stay tuned." In addition to online races, Nintendo revealed an official steering wheel accessory, not too different from the ones used by Ubisoft at the system launch. The cleverly named Wii Wheel will come packaged with the upcoming Mario Kart, to be released in the beginning of 2008.

Tags: mario kart, MarioKart, online, wfc, wheel, wii wheel, WiiWheel

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

vidGuy @ Jul 11th 2007 12:54PM

Nintendo just made my day.

Best..keynote..ever!

Chester Cheetah @ Jul 11th 2007 1:04PM

FINALLY!!!

Jackson Pritt @ Jul 11th 2007 1:08PM

Fingers crossed for 8-16 racers.
I'd be totally happy with 8 or any number above that.

The wheel seems kind of silly, but I'm really happy to hear about this game, and happy that they've confirmed online!

TVGenius @ Jul 11th 2007 1:20PM

Best. News. Ever.

Mr Khan @ Jul 11th 2007 1:31PM

Sweet, and they apparently don't need the 2-character-per-kart gimmick that they did with Double Dash

again; sweet...

WiinDover @ Jul 11th 2007 1:36PM

Finally a game that I am totally excited for. Nintendo just made my day!!!!

Spike @ Jul 11th 2007 1:54PM

who cares if its close to ubisoft's one, its free with mario kart

Squashua @ Jul 11th 2007 2:21PM

I'll bet you can use your Mii.

Chris J @ Jul 11th 2007 2:35PM

I dont have enough room on my coffee table for all the different remotes and accessories for my Wii. There is going to be a new controller for every game.

Rob G @ Jul 11th 2007 4:37PM

This is great! I don't understand why people are complaining about Nintendo bundling extra peripherals, I doubt it will affect the price of the game. Donkey Konga was the same price as every other game and it came with the bongos.

However, I hope Nintendo make the game compatible with Wii Remotes as well, because nobody wants to have to buy extra controllers just for Mario Kart.

Tacklebox @ Jul 11th 2007 5:34PM

Wiil.

Ian @ Jul 11th 2007 7:07PM

Here are some early screenshots from the game

SCREENSHOTS:
http://mariokartwii.com/viewtopic.php?p=1337#1337

markham808 @ Jul 11th 2007 8:03PM

Uhh I think this calls for another cleverly named Wii peripheral. And the Wiil is born =D

JSpot @ Jul 11th 2007 8:25PM

I just hope they do something about the snaking in this game. Mario Kart DS was fun for a couple of weeks, then it just became a chore to play. In fact, I'd like to see the whole win-loss record dropped entirely. It makes people too damn eager to cheat or drop out just to maintain their e-penis.

musleem @ Jul 11th 2007 8:35PM

oh man i love mario kart series and mario kart wii looks the best and the wii wheel looks cool. The best of mario kart wii is it will be 8 player online and battle mode online.

Your Name Here @ Jul 12th 2007 4:59AM

I like that the wiil has the B button on the bottom. That way if you want to use another game that uses the B botton you can.

Drew @ Jul 13th 2007 12:21PM

Watched the G4 interview... this wheel's just a cradle for the wiimote like the other 150 wheels out there for the Wii already.

What's the point?

Nintendo! Look around at what other people are doing! There's a better blaster on the market too!

http://videogame.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00461