Nintendo has confirmed the release date for Mario Kart Wii for the US as two weeks after us European folks will see the game.
April 27th is when American gamers will be able to send shells flying as they gun their engines in karts and (for the first time) on bikes. That's 16 days after the recently confirmed European release date of April 11th.
Call us smug, but it's nice to see a high profile title hitting Europe before it reaches our friends on the other side of the Atlantic for once. Alas, we can't extend our smugness to the Japanese release, given that Mario Kart Wii will launch on April 10th in the land of the rising sun.
"Mario Kart Wii transforms one of our most popular franchises into a race that every member of the family can join", uttered Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive VP of Sales and Marketing. "Driving with the Wii Wheel could not be more natural, and this is one place where speeding is encouraged."
You can find more details and oodles of screens over on SPOnG's dedicated game page.
April 27th is when American gamers will be able to send shells flying as they gun their engines in karts and (for the first time) on bikes. That's 16 days after the recently confirmed European release date of April 11th.
Call us smug, but it's nice to see a high profile title hitting Europe before it reaches our friends on the other side of the Atlantic for once. Alas, we can't extend our smugness to the Japanese release, given that Mario Kart Wii will launch on April 10th in the land of the rising sun.
"Mario Kart Wii transforms one of our most popular franchises into a race that every member of the family can join", uttered Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive VP of Sales and Marketing. "Driving with the Wii Wheel could not be more natural, and this is one place where speeding is encouraged."
You can find more details and oodles of screens over on SPOnG's dedicated game page.
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Daz 12 Mar 2008 17:14
1/3
I wouldn't call mario high profile, but that's just me
Chris2z 12 Mar 2008 23:15
2/3
sweet! i never knew you could use bikes as anyone! i knew peach had one but not the others... thanks for the info! looking forward to getting this
ozfunghi 13 Mar 2008 19:53
3/3
You wouldn't call Mario high profile...?
The biggest selling franchise in the videogame world isn't high profile... The only videogame character that was and still is better known than Mickey Mouse... ok.
The biggest selling franchise in the videogame world isn't high profile... The only videogame character that was and still is better known than Mickey Mouse... ok.