The latest ONM sheds some light on what we can expect from the latest entry of the series, including the online side of things...

The latest edition of ONM reveals some information concerning the latest Mario Kart title, which is heading to the Wii early next year. When it was first announced, it was also claimed that the game would feature online Wi-Fi play, like it's predecessor - which launched Wi-Fi for the DS, including those friend codes...

ONM have stated that the popular battle section of the game would in fact feature 16 online player battles so people can duke it out to see who is number one. Players will also be able to pull stunts in mid-air, though it is not yet known if it will help game-play in a specific way, for instance avoiding those pesky blue shells.

And if you thought that wasn't enough, all the tracks that are available on the DS version of the title will also be available in the game, as well as brand new tracks. Gamers will be spoilt for choice. Not much else is known about the online mode at the moment, though we're clinging on to the hope that the friend codes might somehow be alleviated...

Update: ONM recently released an announcement that would surely anger fans. ONM stated that even though they didn't say it was speculation or they were making it up misleading many readers and it looked like a fact, the details they gave is what they wanted to see in the game.The statement they gave is below

"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 apologises profusely for any misunderstandings that this has caused." - ONM

Though was the information they printed under an NDA and wasn't supposed to get published?

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