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Mario Kart Wii

Part of the Mario Kart series

(4.4)

130

2008

Mario Kart Wii is a kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series, and was released in April 2008. Like its previous installments, Mario Kart Wii incorporates playable characters from the Mario series, who participate in races on over 30 different race tracks using specialized items to hinder opponents or gain advantages. The game features multiple single-player and multiplayer game modes including two to four person split screen. Online multiplayer was supported until the discontinuation of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in May 2014. Mario Kart Wii uses the Wii Remote's motion-controls to provide intuitive and conventional steering controls. Each copy of the game was bundled with the Wii Wheel accessory to augment this feature and mimic a steering wheel.

mausterchief5691

2025 Automaton

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Mario Kart Wii

It was supposed to be a slam dunk. MOTION CONTROLS WITH THE WII. But instead of adding to the genius of double dash (best in the series before 8) you took that away and just did motion controls and some mid levels. Nothing exciting, nothing new outside of the obvious thing. This turned me off from playing Mario Kart until 8

HighFlyinPenguin

Shuffle

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Mario Kart Wii

The first mario kart to add bikes, motion controls, and added remastered retro tracks!

The game play was finally improved to a point of the handling/vehicle response and drifting being intuitive and not too difficult for the average newcomer to pick up.

The vehicle and character variety improved again with this installment. However, they did not do the best job balancing characters and vehicles to narrow the gap between different options.

SuroMike

S10 Mobile Maniac (2)

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Mario Kart Wii

The only Mario kart I've played but damn it's so good & fun to play. The true definition of what a multiplayer game should be like in my opinion

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aerialapostle

Shuffle

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Mario Kart Wii

This game was a blast, a remember playing battle mode a lot with my siblings, while also doing online races with friends.

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Justin Kennedy

Play Stupid Games, Get Stupid Prizes

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Mario Kart Wii

The online features of this game alone deserves high praise from me. The map selections are admirable, the Kart customization and characters add depth, and the soundtrack slaps as per usual with Kart games. It's just unfortunate that the online races became filled with hackers so quickly.

Ian

Keep Cups Weird!

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Mario Kart Wii

This was a must-have game back when the Wii was popular. It's left such a strong impact on my generation that many of us that are casual fans to this day call it the "original" Mario Kart.

I know a lot of people complain about balancing issues, which I agree with for the most part, but you really couldn't lose if you were Funky Kong on the Flame Runner. I definitely liked the amount of effort it took in both Grand Prix mode and Time Trials to unlock all the characters and vehicles, and I wish that level of requirements would have made its way to the newer games.

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Funk

Hero of Echoes

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Mario Kart Wii

This one with tilt controls was such a fun experience. It was enough to get my girlfriend at the time (now Mrs. Funk) to get a Wii so we could play online together. Lots of crazy blue shells and shouting over speakerphone. I’m certain it’s during one of these nights that she realized I’m wired differently and yet she still bought in.

If I were to criticize the game, I’d say that the rainbow road (remade in MK8DX) is god awful with the longest falls and the tempting ramps over the giant holes in the track.

Dos Andres

Go Birds

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Mario Kart Wii

First time Mario Kart introduced what I see as gimmicky motion controls. I played this a little bit but it was right in the middle of my gaming hiatus so I don't have huge memories of this game. I did have it on the Wii and I abandoned the Wii steering wheel and bought a Classic Wii controller which made the experience much more enjoyable.

RyanMac

Hero of Echoes

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Mario Kart Wii

The Wii edition in this venerable franchise is notable for its use of a steering wheel and the motion controls the Wii so desperately liked to use. While that feels more and more like a gimmick as time goes on, it was pretty innovative for its time. While I typically used the Wii Classic Controller, this was another solid entry that gave us an early glimpse into Nintendo's online play and some fantastic tracks that we'd see again in Kart 8 Deluxe.

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ltsquidly

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Mario Kart Wii

Best mario kart to date

Bammonty

2025 Automaton

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Mario Kart Wii

I remember when I wa showing and had the Wii I had this little rubber wheel I would put my controller in to make me better and being a little kid who wants to drive that was always fun. And the game in general was just such a fun time to spend with my family when I was young. And I would always lose to my dad. I’ll have to do that if I have kids I guess beat them till they quit.

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Brian McGuinness

A little TOO Raph

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Mario Kart Wii

I actually really enjoyed using the steering wheel and equally enjoyed seeing people try to use the steering wheel who couldn't do it properly. Excellent game and a huge graphical improvement IMO over N64 and GameCube versions.

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Joob

2025 Meme of the Week

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Mario Kart Wii

Every Kart game is great. This one introduced motion controls which were more of a novelty to me - I played better without them. The online experience was pretty solid for an era where Nintendo was really struggling online (looking at you, Smash Brawl). It’s not the best Kart but well deserving of 4 stars.

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CodyB

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Mario Kart Wii

Motion controls were interesting at first, but became more of problem. Once I found out you could use a GameCube controller to play it made the game much better.

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thunderpump_

Called It! (6)

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Mario Kart Wii

Best iteration of MK

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White Thunder

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Mario Kart Wii

All Mario karts get blanket 5s from me

Bromigo Bromein

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Mario Kart Wii

Motion controls are cool but sometimes response time isnt what you needed. Still a good time

Hector Reyes

Kong Country

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Mario Kart Wii

I thought the motion controls were cool, until I realized I could play so much better without them.

JediJohann

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Mario Kart Wii

This is the game that got me hooked on Mario Kart. My wife and I would play this together (before kids). What great memories.

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JustSamiScig

Here since Season 1

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Mario Kart Wii

The BEST Mario Kart game out there!

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BitzDad

The Bad Guy (5)

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Mario Kart Wii

It's hard to go wrong with a Mario Kart game - this was a good one

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Conway

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Mario Kart Wii

Favorite Mario kart game hands down! The advanced tech that can be learned at the fast-paced gameplay with bikes makes it all the more fun. The abundance of characters and lots of strategies can be a lot of fun with 4 friends in a room!