Mario Kart Wii

Mario Kart Wii is a video game for the Wii home console and the eight installment in the Mario Kart series (which also includes both arcade titles). The game comes packaged with a plastic steering wheel which the Wii remote can be inserted into, arguably making the gameplay seem familiar to Mario Kart Arcade GP. However, if the player wishes, he can also use the Wii remote with the nunchuck, with the Virtual Console controller, with the GameCube controller, or just on it's side without the shell at all, resembling the control options of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii.

Gameplay
Few dramatic changes have occurred in Mario Kart Wii, though there are some. For example, instead of just eight racers on a track at one time, there will now be twelve. The players will also be able to ride motorcycles.

The game is the second in the series to include Nintendo Wifi Connection, with the first being Mario Kart DS. However, more options will be included, such as the ability to play battle mode online, plus allowing two people in the same room to play with others around the world using the same console. You're also allowed to send and recieve Ghost Data via this service as well.

A number of the items from the previous games are returning, though two new ones have been revealed. These items include a POW Box from Mario Bros. and a simple Cloud. The POW Box will cause your opponent to spin out of control if they don't manage to jump three times under it in a specific order to match the rythm. The Cloud will give your player a boost, though if you hold onto it for too long, it'll cause your kart to shrink. But if you hit someone, they get the cloud and will shrink.

Characters
During the press conference, Reggie (NoA president) confirmed that there would be more than just 8 characters on the stage at once, and during the video 12 were shown. Below are the characters that were shown during the video. Note that some of them may or may not (probably the latter) be taken out of the game at any time -


 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Yoshi
 * Daisy []
 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong []
 * Toad
 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Bowser
 * Baby Mario
 * Baby Luigi
 * Boo - Not to be confused with King Boo. This will be Boo's first Mario Kart game as a playable character.
 * Baby Peach - This is Baby Peach's first time in the Mario Kart series.
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Toadette
 * Princess Rosalina - Discovered on http://brawlcentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=14859.

Possible Characters
These characters have a likely chance of being in the game.


 * Birdo - appeared in Double Dash
 * Bowser Jr - he appeared in Double Dash.
 * Dry Bones - appeared in Mario Kart DS.
 * R.O.B - he appeared in Mario Kart DS