Tag: mario kart
Opinion: Do you still care about the Nintendo Wii?
It was once the king of the gaming pile, so sought after that you'd have to give a kidney on the black market to get one in your home. But recent months have seen the Wii fall from grace, with profits down as much as half over the same period a year earlier. Has the bubble burst for the Nintendo Wii? If so, what has caused it? Here's Tech Digest's five reasons why the Wii's star is falling.
YouTube Hits: Mr. T navigating Mario Kart on the Wii
Navtones is a company that offers celebrity voices for your sat-nav, with Mr. T being an obvious favourite. Any GPS product that can swear at you by saying “I said turn right, not left, you damn fool!” gets two hearty thumbs up.
They’ve now put a video up on YouTube of Mr. T navigating Mario on Mario Kart, providing instant giggles to your day. Enjoy…
Shiny Video Review: Mario Kart on the Wii
Wii Fit may be on sale from today, but if you ask me, you should save all your pennies for Mario Kart on the Wii – if you can track one down, that is. I spent three hours last Saturday on Oxford Street, but to no avail.
Still, Simon has got his lucky mitts on a review copy, check out his thoughts on it in the video above, and if you’d like one, pick…
E3: Nintendo shows Wii Mario Kart… with online multiplayer!
Nintendo took its time bringing God’s Own Racing Game (sorry Gran Turismo fans) to Wii, but at E3 today, the company finally showed off Mario Kart Wii. It’s due out early next year, and will include proper online play – just like the last DS version.
Nintendo Wii gets Mario Kart, Starfox, Super Metroid…
But unfortunately not as fully-fledged Wii games. Not yet, anyway. Instead, those three games will all be downloadable in their N64 incarnations via Wii's Virtual Console service, which lets Wii owners play retro games. A bunch of other new Virtual…
