Mario Kart Wii to have 32 tracks, mid-air tricks
Category: Wii, Posted: 02/06/2008 at 06:44PM CST by Eddie Inzauto, Senior Editor
That Famitsu magazine sure is a treasure trove of information today! In addition to our earlier report regarding the cast of Street Fighter IV, the Japanese publication also has quite a few new details regarding Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii.
According to Famitsu, the game will include 32 tracks, 16 of which will be brand new. The rest will be remakes of courses that have appeared in previous Mario Kart games throughout the years. Players will be able to race on them in the game's 12-player online multiplayer mode, as well as in 4-player split-screen match-ups. Nintendo is even including the option to play as your very own custom Mii avatar.
Probably the most interesting news is that Mario Kart Wii will also feature...mid-air stunts!? These will apparently join the good old-fashioned power slide as a new way for players to zip around the track; if a trick is pulled off successfully, players will get a small boost once their wheels touch down.
To be honest, this particular element seems an odd pairing with the Mario Kart franchise, but then again, I guess anything goes in a game where a gorilla can pull turtle shells out of his back pocket and mushrooms can propel go karts to breakneck speeds, huh?
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Can not wait!
Looking foward to it; although the stunts seem kinda odd...
It's going to take some getting used to not having two karters now lol
oh god mario hawk! (i couldnt think of anything clever that combined tony hawk and mario kart :P
Sounds ace.
Needs kart customization and more tracks tbh. The DS version has 32 tracks alone, as well as personal batmobile vehicles (which I'm not even sure I like, I mean, most of them are so ugly and out of place, standard karts>all). All the new features though, sound great. This game will be great.
Also; Track designer would rock. Just store 'em on an SD card and/or USB drive whenever Nintendo makes that feature available.