Miis in Mario Kart Wii
The latest edition of Famitsu magazine has some fresh new details on Mario Kart Wii. First and foremost, the game is said to release in Japan on April 10th, for around 5800 Yen ($54). North America is also expected to get it sometime during the second quarter.
- 16 tracks (8 new, 8 remakes).
- Wi-Fi games for up to 12 players.
- Baby Peach and Boo will be racers.
- Bikes can do tricks like wheelies.
- Leagues and world rankings online.
- New Wii channel specific to the online aspect.
- Upload/Download ghosts and Time Attack scores.
- Play as Miis.
That's right, your Mii can be incorporated into the game. As shown here in this scan.
As for the courses, this is what you can expect:
New tracks
- Luigi Circuit
- Moo Moo Country
- Mushroom Canyon
- Toad Factory
- Mario Circuit (Figure 8 with underpass)
- Coconuts Mall
- DK Snowboard Cross
- Wario Mines
Old tracks
- Peach Beach (GC)
- Yoshi Falls (DS)
- Ghost Swamp 2 (SNES)
- Mario Circuit (64)
- Sherbet Land (64)
- Hey Ho Beach (GBA)
- Monty Town (DS)
- Waluigi Stadium (GC)
Posts
dave
It's actually 32 tracks, 16 old and 16 new. Only half were named though. Anyway, I want this game more than any other game, including Smash.
davyt 0247
Alright! Can't wait to get this.
r2d2
Totally awesome.
w*ll
What happened to the 32 player online Reggie promised at E3?
i need a wiieww
Sweet, a new channel, you reckon this will show leaderboards and stuff for all wifi enabled games?
dave
Just 12 players online.
Nintendo4ever
Oh yeah, first I get smash bros, when they come out, and then Mario Kart (but first I need to buy myself a Wii).
Diddy Kong Lover
Hah, I doubt that's all the tracks. I bet it'll be 32 or 40 tracks, a bit disappointing I was hoping Baby Wario was a driver and can't Wii's World at least get the names of the remakes right I mean honestly HEY HO BEACH?
Wazapoo
32 is too much for a race anyway.
Wii Freak
I knew you could use mii's. That was surprising to hear about that.
Wiipaw
Uh, Reggie didn't promise that.
i need a wiieww
Luigi circuit was in ds version.
Jonny
My grand question is as to why there's a leader board on this and not Brawl. Glad there's one on this though.
wii fan 14263
Boo was already a racer.
Seth
Woah.
Randolph the Grey
Reggie never promised 32 player online at E3. He actually said, and this is a little off, but close: "Mario Kart Wii will support online races. Just how many players? You'll have to wait and see". 12 players online is more than enough, considering previous games had 8 player Grand Prix anyway.
Nova
NICE, sherbet land from n64. That was pretty much my favorite course in that game. I'm wondering if those are going to be reimagined or are going to look like they did in their games.
B Darius
What?! There is no Monty Town on Mario Kart DS.
Wii Freak
If only you could use Mii characters in Brawl.
Nintendoof
Cool. Can't wait. The game is going to be great.
Jskrdude
I hope Dave is right. Because even Super Mario 64 had more than 16 tracks (it had 20: 16 racing, 4 battle).
embra
This sounds like fun. Keep the online games coming. I hope you can race random people and not only your friends.
vroomman
A must get.
Diddy Kong Lover
Why couldn't it have been like this: SNES - Vanilla Lake 2, Donut Plains 3, Mario Circuit 1. N64 - Luigi Raceway (that should have been in DS), DK's Jungle Parkway, Frappe Snowland (the best N64 track). GBA - Beach Circuit, Riverside Park, Cheep Cheep Island. GCN - Waluigi Stadium and DK Mountain were perfect, but where's Mushroom City? DS - Peach Gardens, Desert Hills and Airship Fortress sounds perfect too.
wii fanatic
All I was saying through the whole thing was, "HEY!" in the good, high-pitched way.
wiiboy101
There was no 32 player promise that's so Sony fan. Oh look here comes Mario Kart to skish Gran Turismo's boring gameplay so I'll post on a Wii site and say Reggie lied. No he didn't, you just did. The motion steering will rock, it will be like Excite Truck but much much tighter.
Captain Jamesman
Yay for Mii.
neil
Monty town? On ds? What?
TruBlu
Oh yeah baby! Naruto's comin' to MARIO KART! A Mii of mine that is.
Splintercell4ever
Dang it nintendo4ever, do you have to steal half of my name! Anyway, I wonder what will we see at hey ho beach.
daringdan3721
What? No Rainbow Road? I hope Diddy Kong Lover is right and that there are still unannounced tracks.
rey-rey
We all know how there are third party characters in Brawl, why not Mario Kart Wii? If you can we should make a petition to have pac-man in mario kart, don't you think so.
TruBlu
Uh, no Pacman in Mario Kart please.
Crimson Fang
Don't know if this is old news, but it looks like Bowser Jr., Baby Peach, and Koopa are in, if you zoom in on the new Wii's World pics.
davyt 0247
I'm sure there will be a rainbow road, there always is, it will not be a mario kart game without it. Pacman is not in the game.
MJ
Mario Kart Wii Looks like the best. I hope it comes out on March 15.
ToTaLgAmEr
It would be a terrible thing to come out on the 15 MJ because that's only 6 days after brawl and everyone would play brawl over mario kart.
leanne
How do you use your mii's on mario kart for the Wii?
Ernie
If Nintendo isn't going to put link in, I will with the Mii feature. Look out for Kratos, Zero Suit Samus, Midna, Tingle and much much more.
A Guy
Midna? How can you make Midna with Miis? She's blue.
BG
How can you use your own mii?
sonic fan 1
I'd get it, but I would kill to have Sonic in there (and besides he does not need a car!).
poke kid
Yeah sonic team is like the best.
vagnone
No there is no pacman in the game.