GDC: Mario Kart Wii Trailer
Recently given a European release date of April 11th, Mario Kart Wii is still scheduled for the nebulous Spring 2008 in the Americas. The game will feature a few firsts for the series: motorcycles, motion controls, combo/trick system, and online multiplayer supporting up to 12 players. The game will also come packaged with a new “accessory,” the Wii Wheel, which will hopefully be more useful than the Wii Zapper.
But let’s drop all pretense for a moment: this game will be worth it for the online battle mode alone. Any announced league, ranking, persistent menu channel, or Mii integration features are just icing on the already diabetes inducing Kart cake.
- Rob O’Reilly
