Mario Kart Wii

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Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii Coverart
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Distributor(s)	Nintendo
Released	Japan - April 10, 2008 Europe - April 11, 2008 Australia - April 24, 2008 USA - April 27, 2008
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single Player, Multiplayer, Online
Ratings	E - ESRB
Platform(s)	Wii

Mario Kart Wii is a kart racing video game by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released on April 10th in Japan, April 11th in England, 24 April in Australia and 27 April in USA. The game will be packaged with the Wii Wheel accessory. It is designed to house the Wii Remote to allow more intuitive and conventional steering. However, it does support the Wii Classic Controller and the Nintendo GameCube controller as well.

Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Racers 2.1 Default Characters 2.1.1 Small 2.1.2 Medium 2.1.3 Large 2.2 Unlockable Characters 2.2.1 Small 2.2.2 Medium 2.2.3 Large 2.3 Miis 3 Tournaments on Wi-Fi 4 Cups 4.1 Wii cups 4.1.1 Mushroom Cup 4.1.2 Flower Cup 4.1.3 Star Cup 4.1.4 Special Cup 4.2 Retro Cups 4.2.1 Shell Cup 4.2.2 Banana Cup 4.2.3 Leaf Cup 4.2.4 Lightning Cup 5 Battle Stages 5.1 Wii Stages 5.2 Retro Stages 6 Items 7 External Links

[edit] Gameplay

Mario Kart Wii returns the franchise to single driver gameplay, moving away from the approach of its predecessor, Mario Kart Double Dash!! on the Nintendo GameCube. Like Mario Kart DS, the game contains sixteen new tracks while also including sixteen classic tracks.

Also, aerial tricks can be done for a speed boost. The Spin Turn technique has also returned from Mario Kart 64.

[edit] Racers

Like the previous games, the characters are established in different weight classes. Instead of "lightweight", "middleweight", and "heavyweight" the classes are dubbed "Small", "Medium", and "Large". The reason for this change is to simply balance out the roster and the characters evenly.

Small characters have great handling but generally horrible speed; Medium characters are all-around; and Large characters have top speeds but mediocre handling and drift. This leaves a steady balance between each character.

[edit] Default Characters

[edit] Small

Baby Mario

Baby Peach

Toad

Koopa Troopa

[edit] Medium

Peach

Yoshi

Luigi

Mario

[edit] Large

Waluigi

Bowser

Donkey Kong

Wario

[edit] Unlockable Characters

[edit] Small

Baby Luigi

Baby Daisy

Toadette

Dry Bones

[edit] Medium

Birdo

Diddy Kong

Bowser Jr.

Daisy

[edit] Large

King Boo

Rosalina

Funky Kong

Dry Bowser

[edit] Miis

Miis are unlockable once all of the cups on 100cc are beaten (Outfit A only). Their weight varies depending on their height and weight. A second outfit (Outfit B) is unlockable once all 32 Expert Staff Ghosts are unlocked.

[edit] Tournaments on Wi-Fi

Main Article Mario Kart Wii Competitions

[edit] Cups

[edit] Wii cups

[edit] Mushroom Cup

• Luigi Circuit
• Moo Moo Meadows
• Mushroom Gorge
• Toad's Factory

[edit] Flower Cup

• Mario Circuit
• Coconut Mall
• DK Summit
• Wario's Gold Mine

[edit] Star Cup

• Daisy Circuit
• Koopa Cape
• Maple Treeway
• Grumble Volcano

[edit] Special Cup

• Dry Dry Ruins
• Moonview Highway
• Bowser's Castle
• Rainbow Road

[edit] Retro Cups

[edit] Shell Cup

• GCN Peach Beach
• DS Yoshi Falls
• SNES Ghost Valley 2
• N64 Mario Raceway

[edit] Banana Cup

• N64 Sherbet Land
• GBA Shy Guy Beach
• DS Delfino Square
• GCN Waluigi Stadium

[edit] Leaf Cup

• DS Desert Hills
• GBA Bowser Castle 3
• N64 DK's Jungle Parkway
• GCN Mario Circuit

[edit] Lightning Cup

• SNES Mario Circuit 3
• DS Peach Gardens
• GCN DK Mountain
• N64 Bowser's Castle

[edit] Battle Stages

[edit] Wii Stages

• Block Plaza
• Delfino Pier
• Funky Stadium
• Chain Chomp Wheel
• Thwomp Desert

[edit] Retro Stages

• SNES Battle Course 4
• GBA Battle Course 3
• N64 Skyscrapper
• GCN Cookie Land
• DS Twilight House 

[edit] Items

Classic items from previous installments return as well as three new items.

• Banana Peel
• Bullet Bill
• Bob-omb
• Fake Item Box
• Green Shell
• Golden Mushroom
• Thunderbolt
• Mushroom
• Red Shell
• Spiny Shell
• Star
• Mega Mushroom (New)
• Triple Green Shell
• Triple Mushroom
• Triple Red Shell
• Blooper
• Triple Banana
• Thundercloud(New)
• POW Block(New)

[edit] External Links

• The Official Mario Kart Wii Website