Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart Wii is a video game that consists of 3 releases

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Get online and race in this Wii update of the long-running Mario Kart series. Mario Kart Wii is one of the best-selling Wii games, selling over 6 million copies worldwide.

Overview

The Wii Wheel

The latest installment of the classic Mario racing franchise, Mario Kart Wii, pits players against each other as well as computer opponents in a fast-paced, cartoon-style of kart racing, making judicious use of the Wii's accelerometer-based technology. Players can choose from a total of 26 characters including Peach, Mario, Luigi, Toad, Bowser, and many others. Mario Kart Wii Introduces several new features to the franchise, including motorbikes, support for up to twelve racers at a time, and Internet-based racing over the Wii's Wi-Fi connection. Mario Kart Wii ships with the Wii Wheel, a plastic shell designed to hold the Wii Remote and act as a more-realistic interface for the game, which apparently went through at least 30 different iterations before a final design was decided upon.

Characters
All characters in Mario Kart Wii are separated into 3 weight classes: Light, Medium and Heavy. Light characters have faster acceleration times, but slower maximum driving speeds. Medium characters have average acceleration times and maximum driving speeds. Heavy characters have slow acceleration times but have higher maximum driving speeds. In Mario Kart Wii, you start out with 12 characters and can unlock an additional 14 characters.

Starting Characters

Luigi

Baby Mario (Light)
Baby Peach (Light)
Toad (Light)
Koopa Troopa (Light)

Mario (Medium)
Luigi (Medium)
Peach (Medium)
Yoshi (Medium)
Wario (Heavy)
Waluigi (Heavy)
Donkey Kong (Heavy)
Bowser (Heavy)

Unlockable Characters

Bowser

Baby Luigi (Light)
Baby Daisy (Light)
Toadette (Light)
Dry Bones (Light)
Birdo (Medium)
Diddy Kong (Medium)
Bowser Jr. (Medium)
King Boo (Heavy)
Rosalina (Heavy)
Funky Kong (Heavy)
Dry Bowser (Heavy)
Mii Outfit A (Weight dependent on your Mii)
Mii Outfit B (Weight dependent on your Mii)

List of New Tracks

Mario Kart Wii introduces 16 new tracks broken up into 4 new cups, the final two of which must be unlocked by beating the previous cups in every speed class, 50cc, 100cc, 150cc and Mirror Mode.

Mushroom Cup

Luigi Circuit
Moo Moo Meadows
Mushroom Gorge
Toad's Factory

Flower Cup

Mario Circuit
Coconut Mall
DK Summit
Wario's Gold Mine

Star Cup

Daisy Circuit
Koopa Cape
Maple Treeway
Grumble Volcano

Special Cup

Dry Dry Ruins
Moonview Highway
Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road

List of Retro Tracks

Mario Kart Wii also brings back 16 retro courses from previous Mario Kart entries, broken up into four cups, two of which must be unlocked by beating the previous cups in each speed class, 50cc, 100cc, 150cc and Mirror Mode.

Shell Cup

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

Banana Cup

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

Leaf Cup

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

Lightning Cup

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

General Information Edit

Game Name	Mario Kart Wii
Platform(s)	Wii
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Developer(s)	Nintendo EAD
Genres	Add a new genre Driving/Racing Vehicular Combat
Themes	Add a new theme
Original US Release	April 27, 2008 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
Aliases	MKW
OFLC	OFLC: G
ESRB	ESRB: E
PEGI	PEGI: 3+