

It was mentioned after the Wii was finished, in the planning stages of the Wii Zapper. The Wii Wheel is also compatible with Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U system, where it serves the same function as it did in the preceding Wii game though it has since taken a backseat, with the succeeding console's GamePad taking the limelight.ĭevelopment on the Wii Wheel started sometime in 2006 when game designer Hideki Konno decided to develop a wheel, presumably for the next installment of Mario Kart. The blue circle featured on the boxart references early prototypes of the Wii Wheel which featured a circle on the back Nintendo decided to ditch it due to its costlty development. The packaging of the Mario Kart Wii box is larger than usual so that it can hold the wheel, while an image of it can be seen behind Mario and Luigi whom are both holding the accessory. The Wii Wheel gained high profile publicity due to its heavy involvement in Mario Kart Wii, which subliminally encourages players to use the wheel during gameplay. It is shown in the introducing cutscene where Mario, Luigi and Peach control invisible vehicles using the Wii Wheel.ĭuring online matches, a mark of the Wii Wheel symbol is placed next to the players' and staff ghosts' name if they're using one, and it can turn gold when used extensively. The stats page even keeps a track of the percentage of the player's game time spent using the Wii Wheel. The blue circle references an early wheel prototype. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Box art for Mario Kart Wii. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.


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