Overview
- Number of Players
- 4
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii
27th Apr 2008
11th Apr 2008
10th Apr 2008
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Reviews
The most difficult game we’ll ever have to review
Why? Simply because there are a number of angles and routes we could take to determine the final verdict. Those different routes would end up giving extremely different verdicts and so it is from this point of the review that we have to pick our destination carefully. To get straight to the point:...
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Mario Kart Wii Guides
Guide Best Mario Kart Games Of All Time
Every Mario Kart, as ranked by you
Mario Kart Wii is now 15 years old, so we're republishing this list of the Best MKs (that's Mario Karts, not Mortal Kombats, natch) as a reminder of where the first online home console entry ranks in the Kart-ing canon. Remember, this dynamic ranking is governed by every entry's User Rating on our database and is...
Mario Kart Wii News
Poll Did You Use Motion Controls In Mario Kart Wii?
Wii Wheel, Wii Wheel rock you!
Picture the scene: the year is 2008 and you, a massive Nintendo fan, are gearing up for the next instalment in the Mario Kart series after the incredible online experience of Mario Kart DS and having poured many, many hours into the former home console endeavours on Mario Kart: Double Dash!! But something is different...
Poll What's The Best Mario Kart Game?
Rate them Rainbow Roads
Some of us here at Nintendo Life Towers are convinced that your favourite Mario Kart game is simply the one you played first with three other players in the same room — or just one other player if you were there at the very beginning with Super Mario Kart on Super NES. We tend to think this because while we can all agree...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 11th)
Bask in the warm glow of not-E3
Well folks, it's been another jam-packed week at Nintendo Life, with plenty of highlights to mention! First up, the excellent Mario Strikers: Battle League launched on Friday and we thought it was a great sports game for the Switch in our review. Similarly, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords...
Video This Game Made One Video Producer's Childhood
The lovely Felix on one of his favourites
We've all got that video game that we played over and over again while growing up that we just absolutely adore. It might be the first game you ever played. It might be a Christmas or birthday gift. Or it might just be something you spent a lot of time playing with your best friend while sitting on your...
News Nvidia Shield Shutting Down Nintendo Wii Game Downloads In China
Fortunately the Switch has found success
In 2017, rumours became real when it was confirmed Nintendo would release select Wii ports running at 1080p HD, 60 FPS on the Nvidia Shield in mainland China. It began with the release of Super Mario Galaxy and was followed by other titles like Donkey Kong Country Returns, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight...
News After 13 Years, Mario Kart Wii's Rainbow Road Finally Gives Up Its "Impossible" Ultra Shortcut
Fancy a 22-second lap?
Mario Kart Tour and Home Circuit might be Nintendo's focus these days (We still love you too, Deluxe), but there remains a dedicated player base out there for Mario Kart Wii. Despite being almost 13 years old, it was still pulling in
Random Fan Makes Amazing Mario Kart Mod Where Waluigi Races By Running On Foot
And he's incredibly fast, too
There's something special about Waluigi. Something that makes fans have particularly strong feelings either for or against him, something that saw him win an official Valentine's Day poll, and something that makes people want to see him run around a Mario Kart circuit without being in a car apparently. Mod developer...
Random Three New Ultra Shortcut Glitches Discovered In Mario Kart Wii
More than a decade after its release
Whether you like it or not, Mario Kart Wii is still the best-selling entry in the series to date. As a result, it's got a huge following – even after the more recent success of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. With this in mind, three new "ultra shortcuts" were recently discovered in the Wii title within...
News Mario Kart Wii Sold Five Times As Many Copies As Mario Kart 8 Over The Last Financial Year
Despite being 11 years old
If you need any further proof that Nintendo's evergreen classics are of incredible importance to the company, this little statistic should do very nicely indeed. Towards the end of last month, Nintendo shared its latest financial report. Thanks to this, we were able to share lists of the all-time best-selling games across...
Video Mario Kart Wii Mod Doubles The Number Of Characters In Every Race
More racers, more fun
If 12 racers in Mario Kart wasn't already infuriating enough, how would you feel about 24? A video game modder named MrBean35000vr has been able to get 24 karts up and running in Mario Kart Wii. As he explains in the above video, his mod can handle between 24-29 racers, but the game crashes when 30 or more karts are added...
About The Game
Mario Kart Wii comes bundled with a new and intuitive accessory - the Wii Wheel, which makes it one of the most accessible Mario Kart games to date and allows complete novices to compete with ease and comfort, ensuring no one is left in the dust.
For those more familiar to Mario Kart and who are now afraid of getting smoked by their newcomer grandparents using the Wii Wheel, rest assured, Nintendo has you covered! Mario Kart Wii supports five different control options: Wii Wheel, Wii Remote turned on its side, Wii Remote and Nunchuk combination, Classic Controller and even Nintendo GameCube controller. So there’s bound to be a configuration that fits everyone’s experience, level and style.
Combining all the much-loved features from the series, Mario Kart Wii also sees a whole host of stunning new tracks, characters, weapons and vehicles. Those however looking for world ranking domination can take on up to 11 players simultaneously worldwide using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service which will offer them the chance to race other players across the globe in a nail-biting contest of speed and skill!
Prefer to keep the rivalry a little closer to home? Try the Multiplayer Mode, in which up to four people will be able to challenge each other in the comfort of their own living room, bringing the on screen excitement into a whole new dimension.
Mario and all his much loved pals are planning to make a spectacular return in this definitive version of Mario Kart, providing the most action-packed, adrenaline-filled racing fun ever seen in the series.
Players will have to master a host of 16 exciting new tracks in addition to 16 classic tracks from previous Mario Kart games.
For the first time ever players will have the option of racing with karts or a brand new mode of transport – Bikes. Using bikes as your chosen method will offer up some interesting and different gameplay possibilities such as carrying out a “wheelie”, which in turn will give you a small boost that could be crucial and make that all important difference at the finishing line.
Players will also be able to hit the road as their own personalized Mii caricatures in addition to many classic and even some never-before seen characters in Mario Kart games. True to the series, Mario Kart Wii will feature adrenaline pumping racing action, a plethora of power-ups and masses of objects for players to use to slow down their rivals. Also with 10 battle arenas, players are sure to be kept busy between trips around the circuit.
In addition to all this a new Wii Channel, the Mario Kart Channel, will also be launched with Mario Kart Wii. Players will be able to monitor their ranking against others with data compiled from races completed online as well as also access and share Ghost Data to download. Why not see if your friends are playing by checking their status or even better still set up a room in which you can chat to them before a race starts?
Players even have the possibility to join in on their friends races in progress as a spectator and jump into the race when the next course launches. Through this channel, users will be exposed to a host of new online features allowing them to join a community of racing fans from all over the world as well as participate in special worldwide events organised by Nintendo.
Comments 32
merci
the best mario kart ever!
do any of u guy's have friend codes?
It's better than Mario Kart DS.
Great Game love I like the Online play feature too
Wah Hoo
Great Mario Kart game. My sister, brother and my mother played this for over 700 hours!
here is my mario kart wii freind code
marshall: 5457 0482 1931
now i need some one to put their freind code here now
i mostly play as yoshi with mach bike
The game it's not bad. It looks like a good game for wi-fi connection but the annoying part is the flying explosive blue shells.
8;10 not the best mario kart but not the worst mario kart.
My next Mario Kart Wish List. Lightweight: Koopa Troopa, Toad, Toadette, Para Troopa, Dry Bones. Middleweight: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Daisy Heavyweight: Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wario, Waluigi, Shy Guy. Also i hope nintendo read this next bit i think you should be able to download extra characters with nintendo points. 500 points a pack 4 characters per pack or 200 points per character it could feature characters like: Hammer Bro, Birdo, Diddy Kong, Pety Prihanna (sorry if mispelt) ect... The packs could be like called like jungle pack and in that pack it would have dk characters and and Villian Pack could feature Bowser J.R., Hammer Bro, Gomba and Boo. I really think this is a cool idea because if you where missing your favourite character you can buy them. So i really hope people read this and please coment.
3610-6895-8675
really amazing game i`ve got it iv`e unlocked rosalina and over 30 charecters. better than Mario Kart 2 which is in red dragon centre
unlock Toadette by playing all 38 courses on Time Trials but you have to unlock star cup special cup leaf cup and lighting cup
what is your friend code?mines is 4470-2145-1096.i have mario kart wii.
2838-5853-9764 add me everyone
@patches2234 mine is 142045210168
@obeymarkel mine is 142045210168 pleaseee add me
@mstar224 mine is 142045210168
my fc on mario kart wii is 511516097689
@joe0619 mine is 2924 1357 3560 add mee
@mstar224 mine is 2932 1357 3560 add mee
@nemo I'll add you only if you add me.read my forum on online gaming called Mario Kart wii friend code
i still play mkwii
my code is : 2066-3542-4457 add me and Thanks so much ^^
I feel like they really dumbed down this Mario Kart. I mean, the Gamecube one had 2 characters per kart and each character had a specialty weapon.
My Second favourite game.
The game was a BLAST to play and the first time it introduced the Wii wheel to get a good feel on the game.
The character section is nice and the tracks are amazing and they look wonderful.
Only downsides is that the game can be to random and people mostly pick Funky Kong or Daisy and the CPUS have a silght of Rubberbanding making players goal of first Harder!
Overall, Its a great game and I recommend it for family and friends and the game gets a 9/10
@sohail Actually its 36 tracks plus Toadette can also be unlocked by doing online races.
WHOO BOY i love this game..................
Ahh... memories.
I think the best mario kart ever!
why the hell did i scratch this game by accident
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