In a new edition of the contrived Iwata Asks, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and product development guy, Kenichiro Ashida, sit down with president Satoru Iwata to talk about the Wii Wheel shipping with Mario Kart Wii.
Ashida regales that in early 2007 the product development team got the first build of Mario Kart Wii and started messing around with developing a steering wheel. Some 30 prototypes laters the team had a design that was about the size of a real go-kart steering wheel and added a B button to the underside of the wheel for a child's fingers to reach. Mario Kart Wii drives into stores April 27... coincidentally, two days before that other driving game.
Reader Comments (18)
Posted: Apr 4th 2008 9:34PM (Unverified) said
I'm far more hyped for Mario Kart than SSBB or GTAIV.
=p
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=p
Posted: Apr 4th 2008 9:47PM (Unverified) said
Kart in a few weeks, Brawl on the 6th o' June. Summer is party game season.
Can't wait for either them 2 games. Hoping Kart controls as well as Excite Truck.
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Can't wait for either them 2 games. Hoping Kart controls as well as Excite Truck.
Posted: Apr 4th 2008 9:57PM (Unverified) said
I'm kinda expert in Mario Kart... and I will definitely going to try and master motion controls... I want the Wii Wheel icon next to my profile. =)
By the way... interesting article... a Super Mario Galaxy character will be on Mario Kart Wii.
=p
http://wii.ign.com/articles/864/864572p1.html
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By the way... interesting article... a Super Mario Galaxy character will be on Mario Kart Wii.
=p
http://wii.ign.com/articles/864/864572p1.html
Posted: Apr 4th 2008 10:16PM (Unverified) said
Mario Galaxy character in Mario Kart? I bet it's Mario!
/jk (I had to do it)
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/jk (I had to do it)
Posted: Apr 5th 2008 8:01AM mrmobius said
It's pretty obvious that Rosalina/Rosetta will be the new character.
I wonder will there be a Galaxy track, or could the Rainbow Road (always in a Mario Kart so its expected to have a RR) be the Galaxy track?
After the amount of effort they put into SSBB, there should be an awful load of options.
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I wonder will there be a Galaxy track, or could the Rainbow Road (always in a Mario Kart so its expected to have a RR) be the Galaxy track?
After the amount of effort they put into SSBB, there should be an awful load of options.
Posted: Apr 4th 2008 9:57PM (Unverified) said
that one guy in the picture looks terrified of Miyamoto
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Posted: Apr 4th 2008 9:59PM (Unverified) said
As far as purchases go, I'll probably get Kart after I get GTAIV. I've got so many games yet to beat. It never ends does it?
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Posted: Apr 5th 2008 12:55AM (Unverified) said
with the giant hype machine that is brawl....mario kart just snuck up on me.
Between the 2....I won't be going outside all summer.
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Between the 2....I won't be going outside all summer.
Posted: Apr 5th 2008 5:39AM ThornedVenom said
It's just the normal process of any design, whether it be character, object, scenery or industrial design.
Thumbnail loads, prototype quite a few, end up with one: the first product is always the most expensive, but manufacturing a lot of copies is extremely cheap.
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Thumbnail loads, prototype quite a few, end up with one: the first product is always the most expensive, but manufacturing a lot of copies is extremely cheap.
Posted: Apr 5th 2008 3:36PM (Unverified) said
The only game I'm looking forward to on the Wii is Okami , SSBB, Mario Kart Wii both look recycled. I want something newer and fresher. Yes I know Okami was on BS2 but I don't buy Sony shit.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2008 12:37PM (Unverified) said
Wow! 30 prototypes for a worthless piece of plastic! That was a very good use of resources!
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