Talk:Mario Kart Wii

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Mario Kart Wii Discussion Archives
Archive 1

Music in Rainbow Road.

I was recently watching a YouTube video where the player was on rainbow road and the music was a remix of the Good Egg Galaxy music from Galaxy. Do you think this deserves a mention?--Kirbychu 21:32, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

Most definately. Good catch. Stumpers! 23:14, 9 April 2008 (EDT)

It rather reminds me of the other Rainbow Road themes (especially MKDS). At some parts I was surprised because the music went on differently... Also, the sound effects (driving through rings, hitting a Boost Pad or fence) are from MKDS, too. PaperStriker

At some place in the track, there is a star cannon. This cannon makes the same sound as a Launch Star. rend (talk) (edits)

I think it's a stylized launch star.--Kirbychu 15:07, 14 April 2008 (EDT)

Bowser Castle and Rainbow Road

I found a youtube video on Bowser Castsle http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=u_oh6Zv6wic&feature=user

Rainbow Road http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=gCcOL1xVDqE

Also another video http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-06cS7LJFM&feature=related

from --Blue Koop 21:54, 8 April 2008 (EDT)Blue Koop

Watch my vids. The look much better exept the last one. N64 Bowsers Castle Bowsers Castle Moonview Highway Dry Dry Ruins Maple Treeway Rainbow Road Rainbow Road with Rosalina And much more. I can't give you all but if you do want to see them, watch in the video list of the User. rend (talk) (edits)

http://lh4.google.com/gohanrice/R_xJazEo-eI/AAAAAAAAANk/McpakxjovN4/DSC08998.JPG&imgmax=640

Final Congradulations screen. MDupont 11:19, 9 April 2008 (EDT)

I've added information about Dry Dry Ruins, Moonview Highway and Bowser Castle. Sorry if it's not written well, I'm not perfect at English. Hope it's good... PaperStriker

here is more proof not sure if it helps you guys.

http://n-europe.com/news.php?nid=11675 .--Lbrun12415 13:26, 9 April 2008 (EDT)

Princess Rosalina a heavy weight part 2

I heard rumors that the Luma that followers her give her weight. And or her bikes or karts. Or maybe the starbit contain tooo much calories.(LOL.joke.) Grapes

Certainly it is a rumor from people... the fact about rosalina is a heavyweight is that she's more powerful than the other princesses (see her page, where it talks about her abilities)

¢oincoll€ctor this time is about power and not size-or-weight.

I wonder whether not Bowser Jr. or Birdo are Heavyweights. Has Rosalina's weight been explicitly confirmed? PaperStriker

I have seen some video's with Rosalina. She is heavyweight because she is very tall (just like Waluigi). The Luma is the whole time flying in the air and don't add any weight. rend (talk) (edits)

Bowser Jr. is also very tall in SMG, but he isn't a heavyweight. Nintendo is confusing sometimes. :/ PaperStriker

If you havn't noticed, the standard kart has for every weight a different name. With light-weigt Standard Kart S (small), with middle Standard Kart M (medium) and heavy Standard Kart L (large). This can mean that there are no difference between weight, but with size of characters. rend (talk) (edits)

How is Diddy and Waluigi is a bigger weight then they need to be anyway? And yes, nintendo is confusing... ~Toad allstar

Uhm, Rosalina has never been confirmed to be stronger than Peach or Daisy, and just because you eat a lot of calories doesn't mean you weigh more without being fat. (lol) She is the same height as Peach and Daisy, also. Luma could be why, other than that it is unconfirmed. Fixitup

Well now that I think of that the Luma only flys around and it not on the bike so it can't add weight. Grapes

It think it's logic why Bowser jr. and Diddy Kong are midweight. Other light weigts are much smaller than those two. Rosalina is in this game as long as Bowser, thats why she's heavy. When I wached those video's I noticed much more people are playing as mid weights and heavy weights, unlike past games. In older Mario Karts every bodey plays with light weights. What would be the reason? rend (talk) (edits)

That is a good reason. with 4 baby characters, Toad and Koopa, they are very small. Diddy is quite a bit more bigger. It does make sense. But why does Nintendo want everything to be so...accurate with the weight sizes? ~Toad allstar

Bowser Jr. was taller than Peach in SMG. So he would be too big for Middleweight, too. PaperStriker

Middleweight seems good for him. ~Toad allstar

Although Bowser Jr. was bigger than certain characters in SMG, he is not in this game. Sometimes characters like Jr. change size depending on appearance, and right now he is the same size he was around Double Dash!!.Fixitup

I think she's a heavyweight to balance it out (eg An equal number of light and heavy characters. Jdrowlands (talk) 09:18, 13 April 2008 (EDT)

where is it

wheres the "this game has just been realesed" meassage, as its been realesed in japan and europe, we did the same for the dr mario wiiware. It doesnt have to be realesed in america to put the meassage on, there are european users here! User:Superluigigalaxy

The template is called {{justreleased}}, I replaced the old one. Time Questions 09:36, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

Karts

Are we going to add the name of the karts on the MKWii page? We should list the stats of each kart for each character once all are unlocked. MDupont 14:20, 11 April 2008 (EDT)

Sure, we are ¢oincoll€ctor you can see the Mario Kart DS article and it shows a table of every kart with the aspects ratio for every one.

Track Chart

Should we make a chart (similar to the one for Super Smash Bros. Brawl's stages) that gives a picture, the name, a description, which cup its on, and so forth? Stumpers! 15:36, 12 April 2008 (EDT)

Sounds like a good idea to me. It makes it look more organized and professional, the page is kind of a mess so that would help. Glitchman (talk · contribs)

Before you guys start that don't you need all the images? Grapes Hope your idea works!

Yes, we should wait 'til the official sites update more. Fixitup

If you could format it after Mario Kart DS's sheet, that would be nice. I'll gather Staff Ghost times eventually if it will not have been done by early May, and since all tracks are online that little section could be removed. Wa _T^C_@^Y 17:08, 12 April 2008 (EDT)

Sounds cool. I'd like to include images, so we'll see if I can still make it look nice and do that. The two columns fix a lot of problems, though. Stumpers! 18:27, 12 April 2008 (EDT)

Yes, including images would be best. I'll help in any way I can after its North American release. Glitchman (talk · contribs)

Trivia

could there be a trivia section, .e.g. "baby peach's artwork shows her driving the cheep cheep car although its not available at the start of the game" or "This is the first mario game in which the european and australian realese date is before the american realese", also should we say HOW to unlock the characters, readers may want to know how. UserSuperluigigalaxy

The first one doesn't seem worthy of being pointed out in the trivia section, the second one could be added imo (if it's true, don't know). Stating how to unlock the characters is also okay, if spoiler tags are used and the article doesn't refer to the reader directly. Time Questions 04:42, 14 April 2008 (EDT)

The trivia about the release isn't true, since the same goes for Mario Strikers Charged, here even each with more than a month of time lag. --Grandy02 04:47, 14 April 2008 (EDT)

Wrong again. Super Mario Strikers was the first Mario game released in Australia and Europe before America, not Mario Strikers Charged. My Bloody Valentine

Actually, this game was released in Australia months after the release in America. Only Europe got it earlier. --Grandy02 05:47, 14 April 2008 (EDT)

Did ya guys know that the game was leaked into the internet. (A lot of people download it.)Princess Grapes Butterfly 06:24, 14 April 2008 (EDT) wikipedia:Mario Kart Wii

But they are sacrificing trying the Wii Wheel first...anyways, PGB brought up a decent trivia fact to put in the article, see, it's unfair for us Americans, making us impatient... :P Wa _T^C_@^Y 06:36, 14 April 2008 (EDT)

I know how you unlock all characters, but I don't know where to put it in the article, so I'll post it here: Baby Daisy: Get at least the "1-star rank" on every new cup on 50cc - Baby Luigi: Unlock 8 expert staff ghosts - Toadette: Race on every course in Time Trials - Dry Bones: Beat the Leaf Cup on 100cc - Daisy: Beat Special Cup 150cc - Birdo: Race on 16 courses in Time Trials OR get 250 wins on Wi-Fi - Diddy Kong: Beat every cup on 50cc - Bowser Jr.: Get at least the "1-star rank" on every old cup on 100cc - Rosalina: Have a SMG save and restart a few times OR if you don't have SMG, get at least the "1-star rank" on every old cup on Mirror Mode - King Boo: Beat the Star Cup on 50cc - Funky Kong: Unlock 4 expert staff ghosts - Dry Bowser: Get at least the "1-star rank" on every new cup on 150cc - Mii (Outfit A): Beat the Special Cup on 100cc - Mii (Outfit B): Unlock all expert staff ghosts. Freekhenstra

Two Player Grand Prix and cc descriptions are wrong

Grand Prix is one player only. The article says 50cc is bikes and karts, 100cc is karts and 150cc is bikes only. This is wrong. 50cc is karts, 100cc is bikes and 150cc is mixed. This doesn't apply to online play where every cc class is mixed. Fredvdp 07:21, 16 April 2008 (EDT)

Most people on this Wiki haven't played Mario Kart Wii yet, so of course the article will look messy and incorrect. My Bloody Valentine

Artwork

Where's the artwork source? Many of it looks like they pasted older artwork on their karts. What gives? Some are from NSMB, MKDS, Even DDR:MM. Groden^{E T C El}

From the European Mario Kart Wii site rend (talk) (edits)

I uploaded them, and Arend is right about where I got them. Also, the standarded characters also have recycled artwork...

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Weight Class?

On every Mario Kart Wii site and even the manual is talking about weight classes of characters. But in the game is a size class system. Karts and bikes are refered as Small, Medium and Large. Not as Light, Medium and Heavy. What shall we do with it? rend (talk) (edits)