Wow, I am a little surprised that no one has yet to make a topic about this game. So, what is the biggest game release of April? That's right, Grand Theft Auto IV! Mario Kart Wii!

Well, what do I know about this game? Not a ton, really. I do know that you can use your miis in a race, and it will also have online multiplayer, plus you can use motorcycles this time around. As most of you may know, motorcycles are new to the series. I don't see much as far as many new characters that we haven't seen before. Oh yeah, and snaking is out of the mix, too, since you hold the stick until the boost charges up. The game also ships with a steering wheel, which honestly, I could sort of care less for.

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Delfino Square?

Roller Coaster? No, it's Warios gold mine!

Motorcycles this time around.

Wow, look at that castle!

Brrrrrr, cold...

I am pumped for this game alongside GTA IV. I really liked the 64 version, and Mario Kart DS was my favorite. The rest were pretty good, too. What does everyone think about this game? What do you like/don't like about this? Discuss!

I've had my eye on this ever since I first heard about it. Mario Kart is one of the series my girlfriend loves to play so I'd be getting it even if I didn't want to. The game looks pretty amazing for a Mario Kart game. I just hope they add more cool vs. modes.

I'm glad to hear it's coming out in a few days. I know where part of my tax refund is going.

I think people haven't made a topic about this game because (hopefully) they are not that interested in Mario Kart anymore. It's by far the most stale series I have ever seen as it has been recycling same levels, characters, weapons and ideas since the first game. I actually have to admit that level design does seem a bit better than before this time around but seriously, I have almost completely lost interest in Mario Kart and I doubt I'll get this.

The gayest thing about Mario Kart is how the players behind you always get a handicap and there's no way to turn it off.

It's pretty stupid that they removed snaking but kept rubber banding in. They should have done it the other way around, least snaking needed some modicum of skills to pull off and it's not really hard to balance out.

Probably gonna be shite anyway like Double Dash was.

I spent way to many hours playing mario kart 64, and I got it virtual consople and still play it. I never played DD so I am pumped about this. I wanna see how the level desigh compares to the older games like the 64 one.

What exactly is snaking, I've only played the 64 one and if it was in that I probably dont remember.

Snaking is where you drift left and right down a straight stretch of road in order to get a speed boost without having to wait for a corner.
You can't do it in MK64 because the drifting mechanism is pretty dodge if I can recall.

They got rid of the blue sparks, which are the foundation on which Mario Kart is based.  I'm still going to get it, though.

Let's see, snaking. I did do it in Mario Kart DS, because it was there so I thought I would take advantage of it. I thought it was fun to do, but it made some karts and characters useless in the longer run. It also put one at a big advantage, but then again you had to know how to do it properly. I never noticed rubber banding, ever. Was it even in Super Mario Kart for the SNES?