E3: Mario Kart Wii - Announcement

Published 13 July, 2007 Duration 1:42

Reggie Fils-Aime announces the arrival of the Wii's very own Mario Kart, along with a suspiciously tiny looking Wii-wheel peripheral.

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  • Tiiti #1 5 years ago

    me want :)

  • souljacker2000 #2 5 years ago

    looked a bit too N64 like for me

  • aldo_14 #3 5 years ago

    I find the announcement (as with most PR things) hair-raisingly cheesy.

    And that is a shockingly small wheel, unless ole reggie-boy has giant hands.
    Edited by aldo_14 at 13/07/07 @ 11:57

  • Triggerhappytel #4 5 years ago

    Anyone else have quite an intense dislike of Reggie?

    I loved Super Mario Kart, but thought MK64 was just okay, and Double Dash was useless. Stopped caring about this franchise a long time ago.

  • PapaSmurf630 #5 5 years ago

    Looks pants. The wheel also looks very tacky...infact it's not a wheel, it's a bit of plastic with a wiimote stuck in it...even I could make one of them.

    And online multiplayer? Welcome to the 21st century Nintendo.

  • Moz #6 5 years ago

    Looks cool to me. Have loved ever mario kart. Even re-bought double dash when I got my Wii.

    And yes Ninty is behind the times with the online stuff but they are getting there, being able to play battle mode online is going to Rock!!

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #7 5 years ago

    Jesus, what a bunch of moaning bitches you all are!

    So what if Nintendo are only embracing online now, surely it's better to MK online than not?! Or do you perversely want it not to be online?

    And it looks like freaking Mario Kart. What did you expect? Resident Evil Kart?

    Finally, play the DS Mario Kart if you want a brilliant version of the game,. Arguably it's the best version ever.

  • TonyCocaCola #8 5 years ago

    Good call

  • Caimbeul #9 5 years ago

    1: The game itself im sure will be great.

    2: that wheel looks like a toddlers toy.

    3: lol @ at Reggies emphasis of on-line in "REAL TIME"...like there is any other way!

  • PapaSmurf630 #10 5 years ago

    I didn't once moan about the game. Anything Mario will surely turn out okay. I'm a big fan of MK64 too....

    I purely stated that the amazing 'wheel' this guy is parading around looks like something I could make from a cereal packet and that Nintendo are behind the times when it comes to online play :)

  • Ryltar #11 5 years ago

    @Pac-man ate my wife
    "So what if Nintendo are only embracing online now, surely it's better to MK online than not?! Or do you perversely want it not to be online? "

    I think the issue is that Reggie was making it into a big deal when really it shouldn't have to be in this day and age. No one is saying it shouldn't be online, but that doesn't mean Nintendo should be all high and mighty about it, as if they are setting a brand new trend by making an online racing game...

    I don't see the big deal about it being online anyway... MK has already been online on the DS: which was absolutely great fun btw(without a doubt my fave MK game as well).

    Also, that "peripheral" if you can call it that, seems like a joke, surely I could just hold the Wiimote horizontally and it will have the EXACT same effect :S
    However, it seems as if it will be shipping with the game, so I guess it doesn't matter too much.

  • jack_klugman #12 5 years ago

    And to think until now I had only been enjoying my online Mario Kart turn-based!

  • Avaloner #13 5 years ago

    That wheel looks small. Made with the Japanese in mind?

  • zuljin #14 5 years ago

    @jack_klugman
    The reason he keeps mentioning "realtime" is because you were always able to share ghosts with other people, which I guess is kind of a turn based Mario Kart!

  • Shanucore #15 5 years ago

    I'm more than willing to give this the benefit of the doubt. Mario Kart is love!

    Most amused by Reggie's delivery of the online multiplayer announcement. I think it's only shocking news if, like Ninty, you've had your fingers in your ears about online multiplayer for the best part of a decade. ;)
    Edited by Shanucore at 17/07/07 @ 19:01

  • famous_roy #16 5 years ago

    Can't wait for this, looks excellent. Probably won't bother with that litle fisher price wheel though.

    Gameplay and graphics look great judging by that little clip, some excite truck style stunt-age going on there with wario?

  • RicTheNinja #17 5 years ago

    Ahhhh it will never stop being funny.
    He holds up the 'wheel' and waits for a response!
    almost as good as the Halo360 :D

  • ShiroBen #18 5 years ago

    Damn it, I wanted turn-based online Mario Kart. This real time stuff is for kids.

    I think Nintendo's Western PR is way too serious. Games are fun! Especially Nintendo games. They should have fun music and someone enthusiastic talking about the games, not these melodramatic pauses and uptight serious PR guys. And the tiny wheel ... "Also, you get this tiny wheel! Look how small it is! So that's fun. You can clip it to your wiimote or just use it as a frisbee!"