Mario Kart Wii allows for 12-player online racing

by Scott Jon Siegel { Oct 11th 2007 at 7:29PM }

Amidst all the Sonic celebration and delay debacle, we seemed to have a missed a crucial bit of info regarding Nintendo's other multiplayer prodigy. As 1UP graciously points out, Satoru Iwata made the formal announcement at Nintendo's Japanese press conference that Mario Kart Wii will support up to 12 players in an online race, making it the largest Mario Kart yet, and the biggest multiplayer effort on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection so far.

According to 1UP, Iwata also stated that Nintendo would attempt to streamline the matchmaking process in Mario Kart Wii. We'll go ahead and put in a "second" for that "no friend codes" request, futile though it may seem.

Tags: BreakingNews, mario-kart, mario-kart-wii, mariokart, nintendo, wii

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mark @ Oct 11th 2007 7:31PM

FIRST

Lemmiwinks @ Oct 11th 2007 7:51PM

Feels empty, doesn't it?

Fatass of Kickassness @ Oct 11th 2007 7:58PM

Let me be the first to say, "Fuck off, kiddie". The site doesn't need any of you dumbass 'firsties'... really, no site needs them, and I don't understand the logic behind posting 'FIRST' anyway.

BPM (FDF - Hypno-Toad) @ Oct 12th 2007 2:04AM

Dick.
Asshole.
Douchebag.

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 11th 2007 7:32PM

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!

IT'S ON ROCKER!!!

Fatass of Kickassness @ Oct 11th 2007 7:39PM

Don't leave me out of this, I'mma have this game day one.

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 11th 2007 7:44PM

LOL I didn't even read the story, I just saw the title and hit the comments link...

Yeah all of us Wii owners (holders?) will have to trade friend codes (= teh suk) with Smash Bros and Mario Kart.

Mr Khan @ Oct 11th 2007 7:56PM

Well, at least we've got USB Keyboard support, that'll streamline the sending process

But when Brawl gets out, we've got to exchange some system codes, so we'll have 'em for Kart

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 11th 2007 8:25PM

I'm in too. I call dibs on all the cool cars and characters!

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 11th 2007 8:30PM

NOOOOOOO that's not fair!

I call Waluigi... sukas...

Or Solid Snake if he is in it... O Yeah like you knew he was gonna be in Smash Bros... you never know... LOL

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 11th 2007 8:40PM

I'm sorry. Nobody gets to pick any cool characters until I'm done with all of them. And if I happen to like all the characters, you'll have to let me do the first race solo to test out a track. I got dibs man. And I can SENSE if you play without me.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 11th 2007 7:33PM

YES! Other than Burnout paradise this is the only Racing game os kart game I'm looking foward too.

I hope SSB:B online rules apply as well seriously I had it with those damn teenagers calling everyone a f*g or a N***er.

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 11th 2007 7:47PM

Those words are totally mapped to my up^ and right> on the D-Pad... along with the words "Dirty" and "Jew".

I'm all set!!!

Let's trade friend codes :D

Joshua @ Oct 11th 2007 7:38PM

I feel like I already knew this. But still, I'm really looking forward to this game, too. The Wii is finally getting some big games.

Fatass of Kickassness @ Oct 11th 2007 7:39PM

Glad to know that there's actually an attempt on Nintendo's part to make the online experience a bit better. I hope Voice Chat is included, because I'm speculating that thats one of the things Brawl was delayed for... boy, I hope I'm right.

Lemmiwinks @ Oct 11th 2007 7:54PM

"I hope Voice Chat is included"

Me to. Just so I can have the joy of disabling it.

GoldenS1104 @ Oct 11th 2007 8:05PM

I only find voice chat useful when I'm playing with people I Know. Otherwise, **** it.

Sitv @ Oct 11th 2007 7:48PM

Nintendo is effing up with their internet stategy... but this seems like a step in the right direction... and especially on a huge game like mario Kart

Check out my [si]profile

Matthew Hilario @ Oct 11th 2007 7:45PM

get ready to get your butt hurt with my wiisnaking!

Lemmiwinks @ Oct 11th 2007 7:57PM

Snaking is the one feature of the Mario Kart franchise that I desperately hope gets left back with the pit crew.

Joshua @ Oct 11th 2007 8:01PM

I honestly don't see what's wrong with it.

Why does no one else complain about all the similar moves in Melee?

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Oct 11th 2007 8:02PM

I stopped playing Mario Kart DS because of snaking. I used to race under the name Snake=D/C

I know that I could have snaked as well, but it just wasn't fun to me.

3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Oct 11th 2007 7:45PM

Hell yeah. this is tight.
The only thing that sucks is that my retarded internet connection usually can't handle racing games online. They lag like hell. Maybe its time to upgrade.

Agent4187 @ Oct 11th 2007 7:48PM

Oh, YES! Online Mario Kart just became more awesome. However, there is a bigger online Multiplayer on NWC than this: Metal of Honor: Heroes 2.

Lemmiwinks @ Oct 11th 2007 7:53PM

Yeah, doesn't MoH:H2 have 24 simultaneous online players?

Agent4187 @ Oct 11th 2007 7:54PM

Actually, I believe it was 32 players.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 11th 2007 7:55PM

32 I believe,the PSP version handle 32 players it was awesome too bad the campaign was so short.

Mr Khan @ Oct 11th 2007 7:57PM

Not on Nintendo WFC though, its a seperate EA-run network

mian @ Oct 11th 2007 9:45PM

32x player on EA Nation. I wish we could get first party titles on EA Nation. Or anywhere other than NWC.

Death to friend codes.

Lemmiwinks @ Oct 11th 2007 7:55PM

I *knew* it was some multiple of eight.

Gamerdad @ Oct 11th 2007 7:57PM

I wonder if the frames per second drop to 30 while online like they did on the cube while in LAN mode. That really slowed the pace of the gameplay.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 11th 2007 8:21PM

You left out...

FIRST MARIO KART TO HAVE:

ONLINE BATTLE MODE!

It's sooooo on.

badarsemother3k @ Oct 11th 2007 8:56PM

I am happy they didn't make it 16 players as that sounded a little chaotic and confusing. I cant wait for this game and the battle modes. It sure has been a good week with all the announcements.

Mr. P @ Oct 11th 2007 9:06PM

I always forget that you can play online with the Wii.

Jonny @ Oct 12th 2007 12:00AM

I always forget that you're smart enough to figure out how to connect to the internet.

GregZ @ Oct 11th 2007 9:15PM

"Largest Mario Kart effort" yet? 16 Player Double Dash with the LAN adapter was pretty large, and it was a very good time.

Pastiness @ Oct 12th 2007 1:24AM

You beat me to it. That night of 16 player double dash was one of the pinnacles of my life so far.

bm @ Oct 12th 2007 9:32AM

I thought of the same thing, but then remembered that DD is only 8 karts with two people per vehicle. 12 players, each on their own, should be different.

syco @ Oct 11th 2007 9:19PM

Still don't understand what exactly is wrong with friend codes. You can add a nickname when you enter it in, it's not like you need to memorize the code or anything. I just don't see the issue here.

iofthestorm @ Oct 12th 2007 12:27AM

Seriously, and it's not like you NEED friend codes to play online, just to find your friends. And since you've probably added your friends' system codes already, even if just for the Mii sharing features, for most people this won't be an issue. I'm pretty sure there are no per-game friend codes except for that Pokemon game, and that was only so it would be compatible with the DS versions.