Today, the Mario Kart Wii volcano has erupted,spewing forth screenshotsand details like there's no tomorrow. With the game's European April 11 release date looming, we were looking anxiously at our watches. But the panic isover - it's looking great.
Theplethora of screensshow a lot of in-game racing and there are some familiar tracks in there, including Ghost Valley and Mario Circuit from the SNES version, a glimpse of Peach's castle, plus a welcome return for the penguins of Super Mario 64.
Above: Amazing how a 3D version of a 2D track can be so faithful, eh?
The screens also show off the Mii integration and, if our limited knowledge of
Japanese is correct, a 'Champion Ghost' mode too (pictured here).This is a time attack mode on the new Mario Kart channel which will launch alongside the game and sit on your Wii Menu screen, offering access to rankings and online races.
As promised, the game will come packaged with the Wii Wheel - a plastic peripheral for your Wii-mote to slot into, but you'll also be able to use a Classic Controller, GameCube pad, standalone Wii-mote or Wii-mote/Nunchuk combination to control the game. That's everyone catered for, then.
Above: Moo Moo Ranch returns. Are we overdosing on cute here?
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