The game that started the Mario Kart series will be available on Japan’s Virtual Console next month. Since Nintendo plans to release Super Mario Kart in Japan it will probably come to North America too.

A neat feature Nintendo just announced for Mario Kart Wii is rotating online tournaments on the Mario Kart Channel every few weeks. Players can match their tournament time against the world, which should add a decent amount of replay value…

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned at all, but Mario Kart Wii takes note of your Grand Prix victory. When you complete all of the cups with at least a third place finish the credits roll and a…

Online play in Mario Kart Wii is smooth. Only a tiny bit of lag effects twelve player races. However, the world ranking system has issues. A glitch allows players to drive a single lap then wait by the finish line…

I was thinking what to initially write about Mario Kart Wii because the game is explained in a single sentence: Mario Kart with motion control and Nintendo Wi-Fi play. I’m fairly certain people who read Siliconera are familiar with Mario…

I picked up Mario Kart Wii and when I unpackaged it I noticed the Wii Wheel has a little sticker explaining you need to remove the plastic wrap sent by Nintendo before inserting the remote. Guitar Hero III’s shell and…

Mario Kart Wii supports four kinds of control schemes: tilt control with the remote, nunchuck/remote combination, Classic Controller and the Gamecube controller for purists. Before you dust off a Wavebird, Nintendo’s updated Mario Kart Wii fact sheet explains “some maneuvers…

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…

If you need additional Nintendo branded Mario Kart Wii steering wheels you won’t have to buy shell out for another copy of Mario Kart Wii. Nintendo plans on selling extra Wii Wheels on April 11, the same day Mario Kart…

It’s the announcement everyone saw coming, Mario Kart Wii in 2008, bundled with a steering wheel. Like Mario Kart DS, you will be able to race online in Mario Kart Wii through Nintendo Wi-Fi. On top of races Nintendo is…