Video footage of all 32 Mario Kart Wii tracks

Holy crap, the first 2 races (as far as I am in the video), the player gets completely screwed over by things he can't even stop and doesn't get 1st.

That looks amazingly annoying, and it's a very good thing Grand Theft Auto 4 comes out the next day.

No Waluigi Pinball or Baby Park?

Blasphemy, Blasphemy i say!

This does look leaps and bounds better then the travisty that was double dash. I also like the level designs.

Still doesent look as good as the n64 version but good none the less. Things im not liking are half-pipes, and the go-kart designs. I think they look too long and retarded like the ones from double dash.

woah you guys are strange. MK 64 blew the crap out of MK DD. We played both games quite alot here locally since its an everyone game and the n64 one is prefered by all. We even tried 6 player MK DD over lan, and that was less fun then MK64.

You had me at "no more snaking."

Despite all the bickering over online and roster's and GTAIV for some reason, this actually looks like its a nice compilation of stages. the speed doesnt seem any slower than double dash as far as these videos go from what ive seen, as for the visuals they looks pretty good considering its keeping at a steady framerate with no dropdown. im just really curious as to how its gonna control with the steering wheel, ive never been really good at using sterring wheels in games or in arcades for that matter but id still like to try it on there. as for whos gonna be picking up what whenever this releases, who cares? im gonna end up owning both games so why in the fuck is everyone comparing it with a GTA game, retarded fuckin fanboyism....

Ah, nice to see that cheap AI wins are still in there. I never found them annoying at ALL!

I've been playing this since yesterday. In english as well. Wiikey FTW!

I'm sorry, but Ghost Valley 2 is THE SEX

...need...

I never realized before just how much I prefer snaking. Now the game just plays like a very bland arcade title with frustrating "chance" thrown in for undue aggravation.

They've apparently sucked all the skill and determinism out of the single player game.

I'm really excited for this game. Also; not watching the video. Two hours? Kind of you to offer, but no.

Might I have a moment of silence for the fifty dollars that will be spent on my behalf for this piece of software.

I got really frustrated by how much he faffed at the beginning of the video.

I wonder what's going on. Everytime a topic about this game is posted in 4chan /v/, the general consensus is "shitsux".

Is it really that bad?

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Well, first off this game looks unbelievably annoying. Even before playing the game, the high pitched "SUPER MARIO KART WIIIIIIIIII" would probably persuade me not to play the game at all and definitely make me embarrassed to pitch 50 bucks on a game that makes the Wiggles seem mature. Even Yoshi's voice "acting" in this game makes me sick. To be that annoying, you have to try. Just like SSBB, they cranked up the annoying to 11.
Let me preface the rest by saying that the last Mario Kart I played was 64...and I loved 64. This is Mario Kart 64 with some expansion pack material. This is not a sequel...this is brood wars to starcraft. The sad thing is...unlike a lot of games that you can say the same thing to...this game is an expansion pack to a game that came out over 10 years ago. See the difference between this and other games that come out a year or two after the last iteration? And like Brawl...the additions that make this game different than 64 seem unbalanced and needless and stupid. I watched the first two races this guy recorded and twice he was ripped off of 1st place by cheap new additions to the franchise. A super spike shell that insta-hits? really? REALLY!? Why the hell are the tracks so wide? Is there a secret semi-truck mode we haven't seen yet? Is it so the CPU can speed up for no reason and pass you without any real reason?
Also, for those saying this game's online ISN'T gonna suck, you're either naive or just new to Nintendo or something. There's a 1% chance I'm wrong and I hope I am. But I'm willing to bet this game's gonna lag HARD. It's gonna be unplayable online therefore within a week, nobody's gonna be playing online. Friend codes = nobody bothers. Like SSBB, nobody wants to wait 30 minutes for someone to join them...instead, they'll just play... and if you just play, you can't be joined or notified when someone is online. And for those of you who thought reviewers did mention that online stunk...they didn't bother to detail WHY other than it was "a little laggy"...none of them went into detail to why ssbb was a broken game on release and they will ignore almost all the negatives to MKWii also. The negative whiplash and press for reviewing an over hyped nostalgic game far out weighs the integrity of honesty.
The wheel looks like fun and will add at least some kind of learning curve to the game. I'm sure the game will be fun...as its source material was one of the most enjoyable experiences in game history...but honestly, that's all this game has going for itself.

I still long for the days of SNES Mario Kart. None of the sequels have done it justice.

Are you kidding me? Did they remove Bowser Jr. to add Baby Peach? He was in Galaxy FFS. No Paratrooper either... Are there unlockables??

I just added another 20 minutes showing off online WFC and Battle Mode:

http://wiinintendo.net/2008/04/09/2-hours-of-mario-kart-wii-direct-feed-all-32-courses/

This is all well and good, but I'm gonna need people to play online with tomorrow.

Joystiq, hows about a MKWii friends code list as you did for SSBB? And I mean now, as the game is out now JP and tomorrow EU. Not waiting until US launch.

The blue shells have been around for several MK iterations - MKDD was the first I believe.
The tracks are that wide as the field is 12 racers rather than 8 now.
MKDS had online play that was fine. I'm sure that as I've played on Live since then, the online will seem lacking a bit, but it's a method of playing it against humans rather than CPU AI, which is fine by me.
The only review I've read so far is in Edge, and they gave it a 6. They hated on Double Dash, though, which I loved, so I'm picking this up tomorrow. And playing it tomorrow.