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Classic Game, Next-Gen Console Equal Dumb-Fun Geeking

4/25/08 at 3:30 PM

Ever since Nintendo concocted the elusive perfect combination of cartoonish go-kart simulation and turtle-shell combat in 1996's classic Mario Kart 64, subsequent iterations have merely offered improvements. Mario Kart Wii takes erratic driving to the next level: In addition to the usual aesthetic upgrades — along with a twelve-player online mode and a host of added characters and racetracks — MKW makes use of the Wii’s motion-sensing controller and even comes packaged with the all-new Wii Wheel. It’s literally revolutionary!

Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo
$49.99
Out April 27

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