Mario Kart Wii Gets A Price Tag and Month

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Nintendo have sent word to us the official word that Mario Kart has indeed been priced and roughly dated!

Retailing at $99.95, you can expect to get your hands on the next installment of Mario Kart this April!

It's almost pointless to talk about the game any further than that as I think the vast majority of you have been all over every piece of Mario Kart info that has hit the site but here's a quick recap!

Mario Kart will be taking on a new feel of control with the Wii Wheel, a Wii Remote accessory that you can pop your remote into to have a full wheel in your hands. For those that like a challenge, Mario Kart Wii supports four additional control options; Wii Remote turned sideways, Wii Remote and Nunchuk combination, Classic Controller and the Nintendo GameCube® Controller, so there is a control method that fits everyone’s experience and style.

Expect to be burning rubber across 32 tracks in total, 16 from previous Mario Kart games and another 16 of brand new Mario universe themed levels. As well as the new race tracks, Mario Kart Wii includes new characters – including your own Mii, weapons and vehicles. For the first time ever players have the option of racing with karts or motor bikes. Racing with a motor bike will offer different game play possibilities and manoeuvres such as ‘wheelies’, which can be crucial in making it first over the finish line.

And of the that feature we've all been waiting for on console, online multiplayer.Connect your Wii to the internet, and Mario Kart Wii is an online multiplayer game thanks to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Up to 12 players world wide, can race simultaneously in a contest of speed and skill. The Wi-Fi Connection allows you to see if your friends are playing by checking their status, or you can create a room and use the chat option to send friends messages before a race. You can even jump into your friend’s race as a spectator while their race is in progress, and join the race when the next course begins. Multiplayer Mode is also an option, where up to four people can challenge each other in your living room.

A new Wii Channel will launch with Mario Kart Wii – the Mario Kart Channel. Monitor your rankings against Mario Kart Wii players world wide, share Ghost Data, access a host of special features, and join a community of Mario Kart Wii racing fans from around the world.

Stay tuned for more Mario Kart Wii game feature announcements, as Mario Kart Wii races onto shelves across Australia this April.