New details have emerged from the latest issue of the Official Nintendo Magazine in the UK.

The game, like its Nintendo DS counterpart Mario Kart DS, will support Wi-Fi, but intead of four players it will feature a full 16-player online battle mode. Players will also be able to pull off mid-air stunts, but not much details have emerged on that topic as of now. And finally, certain maps that were featured in the Nintendo DS version of Mario Kart will be included in Mario Kart Wii, along with new maps, of course.

Update:

According to CVG, Official Nintendo Magazine has released a statement saying, "The details printed in Official Nintendo Magazine 21 regarding Mario Kart Wii were healthy speculation on our part and are in no way an official announcement from Nintendo. We are sorry if we have mislead anyone. We do not set out to mislead our readers. ONM apologizes profusely for any misunderstandings that this has caused."



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