Mario Kart Wii slides into a spring release

by David Hinkle { Mar 12th 2008 at 9:45AM }

Nintendo's press site has the information we've all been waiting for: a concrete release date for Mario Kart Wii. The magical date is April 27th, so mark down your calendars and add your favorite pizza delivery joint into your speed dial. You're not going to want to leave the couch once that day.

The press release mentions nothing else new, sadly. Just how the game will feature Mii integration and a variety of new and old tracks (16 each, as previously confirmed). Oh, and let's not forget the 12-player online racing (8 for battles) that we'll all enjoy and the other online goodies.

Gallery: Mario Kart Wii

Tags: mario-kart, mario-kart-wii, racing, wheel

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr Khan @ Mar 12th 2008 10:47AM

Damn it, that leaves me only two weeks (technically less) with which to enjoy Okami

In fact, at this point, I'll just scrap buying Okami, and play a round of my newly returned, fixed Radiant Dawn to fill the small gap between "finishing" Brawl and starting Mario Kart Wii

Crazy dumpload of good titles, preventin' me from buying things

Reaver @ Mar 12th 2008 10:50AM

yeah, damn nintendo for (finally) releasing decent games for the wii!!!

SoshiKitai @ Mar 12th 2008 11:18AM

Nooooooo~!!! Okami has lost again!!!!

*runs away into the hills*

TWOO DEE @ Mar 12th 2008 12:00PM

fixed radiant dawn disc? what issue were you having?

Matt B @ Mar 12th 2008 10:59AM

Sweet, only 5 days after my birthday. Guess what I'm getting!

Billston @ Mar 12th 2008 11:03AM

This displeases me. Europe has to wait god knows how long to get Brawl, but when WE get a game first, North America only has to wait a couple of weeks?!

BDR @ Mar 13th 2008 3:37AM

Hear hear! Our release schedule is a joke.

RowdyReptile @ Mar 12th 2008 11:21AM

Sweet. But I can tell you this.. I won't be pre-ordering it from Circuit City. I'm still waiting for SSBB to be delivered.

iMeh @ Mar 12th 2008 1:00PM

I pre-ordered SSBB from Circuit City also and still waiting. Toys R Us has good deals on new games, usually. Just don't pre-order.

David Nguyen @ Mar 12th 2008 3:14PM

Same here. Circuit City ftl!

TheOverlord#2 @ Mar 12th 2008 4:57PM

This is why you should preorder in-store...I got Brawl and my $10 gift card :D

guttertalk @ Mar 12th 2008 12:03PM

Another dismal online experience to look forward to.

I have both a 360 and a Wii, and I'm floored by how poorly Brawl has performed online. In fact, I often can't find others to play a game with. The connectivity makes the game nearly unplayable. Yet, I never have such problems with the 360.

Nintendo needs to address a problem that is clearly on their end. I'm no longer surprised that they don't offer voice chat with their games: they can't really handle the game data as it is.

Skippy @ Mar 12th 2008 1:46PM

Let's hope that whatever they do to fix the situation with SSBB will result in a much smoother experience with Mark Kart right from the start.

KidSqueek @ Mar 12th 2008 12:15PM

this shall be my first mario kart game. ever.

Joe Cart @ Mar 12th 2008 5:01PM

Wow... congrats.. well you still have time to catch up on the old ones. U can download snes kart and GBA kart.

Joe H @ Mar 12th 2008 12:45PM

Wow, this is much sooner than I expected (even after the inevitable delay) ;)

kansanpoker @ Mar 12th 2008 3:32PM

wow , umm i cant believe it comes out the day before the new GTA , man its going to be a good week

omar @ Mar 12th 2008 4:39PM

april 27... i'm not getting ti then. gta comes out two days later and i wanted that more. i might pick it up later if my cousin doesnt get it

ArmorForVictor @ Mar 12th 2008 7:16PM

same here pre-ordered GTA4 for my ps3 when i bought brawl at target so my money is going to that. may ask for mario kart as a birtday gift in august though since i don't really feel the need to get this on launch day. i'll stick with mario kart ds for now.