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12-player Mario Kart?

We dissect Nintendo's E3 trailer for 11 revealing clues

Words: NGamer UK
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Wait - what? 12 players?

Yes - it's online. Properly. Race anyone you have a Friend Code for - or, if Mario Kart DS is the template, random worldwiders. Unlike on DS, Battle mode will also be online. And while Reggie told us to "wait and see" how many karters will be racing, the video screen behind him showed a dozen karts on the track! You'll understand if we don't get round to updating the website anymore.

Those little touches

Do the characters' heads actually turn to look at the vehicles they've just sent flying bonnet-over-exhaust with a perfectly-timed red shell? Looks that way, judging by Luigi's air-punching and a smug glance at Bowser. Perhaps there'll be Mario Strikers-style "highlights" bits at the end of the race to really rub it in, too.

Pesky "pedestrians"

Don't blame the Goomba - it is a zebra crossing after all. But do get ready to curse more pesky kart-clattering obstacles than ever: happily bouncing cows at Moo Moo Farm, roving barrels of gold in Wario Mines, and inconveniently-placed treehouses at Yoshi Falls.

 
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Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii

Genre: Racing
Release date: Apr 27, 2008
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Nintendo
Franchise: Mario
Multiplayer Modes:
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4 player VS
Online
12 player VS
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