Mario Kart Wii zooms into North America in April

By Spencer . March 12, 2008 . 7:08am

Mario Kart Wii zooms into North America in April

There are only seventeen days between the worldwide debut of Mario Kart Wii in Japan and its corresponding launch in North America. We get Mario Kart Wii on April 27. On the same day Nintendo will also release the Mario Kart Wii Channel, which lets players join tournaments, see when their friends are online, browse the worldwide rakings and (most importantly for me) grab ghost data.

 

Similar to the product launch in Japan, Nintendo will sell extra Wii Wheels in North America for an undisclosed price. But why bother with a plastic shell? Mario Kart Wii is compatible with the remote/nunchuck combination, the Classic Controller and the trusty Gamecube controller.


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  • Chris

    What I want to know is whether Mario Kart Wii has an All-Circuit mode like Double Dash did.

    To me that’s the best feature. I never liked how there’s only four tracks, so if, say, you’re in first place, and right before crossing the finish line you get hit by a blue shell, knocking you off a bridge, and down to 6th place, it makes it impossible to get a gold. All-circuit is more fun because it takes you through all the tracks instead of just four in the same order, and because if you have one or two bad results you still have time to catch up.

  • Chris

    What I want to know is whether Mario Kart Wii has an All-Circuit mode like Double Dash did.

    To me that’s the best feature. I never liked how there’s only four tracks, so if, say, you’re in first place, and right before crossing the finish line you get hit by a blue shell, knocking you off a bridge, and down to 6th place, it makes it impossible to get a gold. All-circuit is more fun because it takes you through all the tracks instead of just four in the same order, and because if you have one or two bad results you still have time to catch up.

  • Chris

    What I want to know is whether Mario Kart Wii has an All-Circuit mode like Double Dash did.

    To me that’s the best feature. I never liked how there’s only four tracks, so if, say, you’re in first place, and right before crossing the finish line you get hit by a blue shell, knocking you off a bridge, and down to 6th place, it makes it impossible to get a gold. All-circuit is more fun because it takes you through all the tracks instead of just four in the same order, and because if you have one or two bad results you still have time to catch up.

  • Gringo 2K8

    @ Chris:

    Very good point, dude.

  • Gringo 2K8

    @ Chris:

    Very good point, dude.

  • Gringo 2K8

    @ Chris:

    Very good point, dude.

  • Nonoko

    Wow if I ever get my Wii’s internet to work again, I’ll have to save up. I just bought Brawl and I’m out of money D:

  • Nonoko

    Wow if I ever get my Wii’s internet to work again, I’ll have to save up. I just bought Brawl and I’m out of money D:

  • Nonoko

    Wow if I ever get my Wii’s internet to work again, I’ll have to save up. I just bought Brawl and I’m out of money D:

  • robert

    it is never impossible in kart to get a gold, infact its beyond easy!! even on extra!! mkdoubledash was the worst mariokart ever, 64 was the best so far and original is behind that!! But, on the contrary you are right about 1 thing, it gets old playing the same four stages over and over again with it not being any harder, it makes the game pointless unless you have a couple friends, or at least 1. cant wait to play it online and get the #1 world rank HAHA

  • robert

    it is never impossible in kart to get a gold, infact its beyond easy!! even on extra!! mkdoubledash was the worst mariokart ever, 64 was the best so far and original is behind that!! But, on the contrary you are right about 1 thing, it gets old playing the same four stages over and over again with it not being any harder, it makes the game pointless unless you have a couple friends, or at least 1. cant wait to play it online and get the #1 world rank HAHA

  • robert

    it is never impossible in kart to get a gold, infact its beyond easy!! even on extra!! mkdoubledash was the worst mariokart ever, 64 was the best so far and original is behind that!! But, on the contrary you are right about 1 thing, it gets old playing the same four stages over and over again with it not being any harder, it makes the game pointless unless you have a couple friends, or at least 1. cant wait to play it online and get the #1 world rank HAHA

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