Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii is a multiplayer-oriented racing game for the Wii, and the sixth main installment in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart Wii retains the traditional item-based weaponry familiar with the…
Mario Kart Wii is a racing developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.1, released 10 April 2008 on Wii.
What Mario Kart Wii is
Mario Kart Wii is a racing game developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.1 and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mario Kart Wii is a 2008 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series, and was released worldwide in April 2008. In Mario Kart Wii, the player takes control of one of 24 Mario series characters, who participate in races on 32 race tracks based on locations from the series while using specialized items to hinder their opponents or to gain advantages.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and party. It supports multiplayer for up to 12 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series
Mario Kart Wii is the 52nd of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Wario Land: Shake It! in 2008. Its critic score of 71 is 3 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario Kart Wii holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 605 votes.
What it launched against
Mario Kart Wii launched on 10 April 2008, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition and Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto IV, Valkyria Chronicles, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario Kart Wii yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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