Mario Kart Wii (Mario Kāto Uī?) is a racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Wii on April 10, 2008 in Japan, April 11, 2008 in Europe, and April 24, 2008 in Australia and North America. It is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series and the first in which the player can use motorcycles in addition to karts. Like the other games in the series, Mario Kart Wii features the main characters from the Mario universe and pits them against each other in 12-player races on circuits located in different places in the Mario world.
