What you didn't know about Mario Kart Wii

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Plus 170 new screens!

Also, Nintendo is promising some 'never-before seen characters' for the series. While we highly doubt that means Solid Snake and Sonic will be lining up on the grid a la Super Smash Bros Brawl, maybe we'll see Samus make her Kart debut? Wario and Waluigi are in and you can see them in the screenshots.


Above: Four-player split-screen is in. Always a party favourite

The game will have 16 new tracks and another 16 returning circuits and there are 10 battle arenas too. Did we mention 12-player online racing? Just imaginethat for a minute. 12 human players in seamless racing action. This could be the start of great things for online Wii gaming.

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Check out the screens- which may take some time as there are 170 of them - then get saving up for the game. After seeing how much love has been lavished on Super Smash Bros Brawl, there's surely no way Mario Kart Wii is going to disappoint.


Above: Nice and SNESy does it. Don't worry there are plenty of new tracks too!

Justin Towell
Justin Towell
Freelance Writer

Justin was a GamesRadar+ staffer for 10 years but is now a freelance writer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.