Mario Kart Wii snakes into stores April 27 (Joystiq)

[R.O.B.]

Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Driving

Nintendo has announced that its frantic shell-flinging racer, Mario Kart Wii, will see its long-awaited US release on April 27th. The game will include the "intuitive" Wii Wheel, otherwise described as a large hunk of plastic capable of housing your Wii remote. We envision it being less useful for the actual game and better suited to the imaginary car we'll be driving everywhere, complete with lip-powered puttering and unexpected honking to annoy the coworkers at the office.

Once you stick Mario Kart Wii into your console, you'll be able to compete with up to 11 other drivers online across 32 courses (half of them recycled from previous games). You can also expect to encounter Mii integration, 10 battle arenas, alternate controller support and a festering hatred for blue shells.

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[Jogurt the Yogurt]

So 40-50 days between Smash and Kart. That's not too bad. And then a few weeks between Kart and Fit. With Fit's added price tag, I may have to put that one off till the end of the summer.

Very excited about Kart, especially since the online functionality sounds like it's going to be a real highlight.

[hippiecrite]

I'm seriously considering skipping Kart this generation. Everything I've read about it so far seems like it's been so dumbed down for the casual crowd to the point where skill is replaced by pure luck. I'll wait for the reviews before I make a decision on whether I'm picking this up or not.