Amazon has the Nintendo Wii Wheel marked down to $9.99. This is the perfect add-on for your remote to give you the full Mario Kart experience.

I just finished the Lightning race on the 150CC class of Mario Kart Wii. Yes, I know, everyone else has already finished and is laughing because I’m so slow. However, I’m very busy, so my playing time gets drastically cut down. However, in light of this momentous occasion, I am posting some videos of the various shortcuts in the courses that you can use to rocket yourself to “A” scores and gold cups!

Do you for some reason NOT have Mario Kart Wii?

These are just a few of the 40+ videos online about the shortcuts in Mario Kart.  There are some rpetty devious ones out there, as well - we’re still big fans of actually playing the games we buy!

For those of you who haven’t rocked out at least one level’s worth of races on Mario Kart Wii, I wanted to fill you in on what happens when you successfully place and complete a race class…

You get a congratulatory photo taken with your Mii, Mario, and the Princess!  HA!

Amazon has the Wii Wheels for ten bucks!  Check it out!

I gotta throw this out there…

Is anyone else getting their tushies handed to them in the 150CC class of Mario Kart?  I swear it’s all I can do to place 4th in the Special and Leaf Cups.  GAAAA!

Anyone?  Is everyone doing better in the 150CC class than I am right now?  Discuss in the comments!

It looks like Mario Kart Wii and Grand Theft Auto IV rocked the markets in May, according to an article from the folks over at Game Daily.  Mario Kart Wii took second place in May for sales, with a total 787,400 units sold, and Wii Fit right behind it, selling 687,700 units in May.

From the article from Game Daily:

Overall, year-to-date industry sales have now reached $6.58 billion, up 32 percent from last year. NPD analyst Anita Frazier noted that this exceeds total 1997 annual revenues, which shows just how far the industry has come in the last 10 years. “The industry is on pace to achieve revenues in the $21-$23B range for 2008,” she said.

Unsurprisingly, the late April release of GTA IV easily carried its momentum into May, as the title racked up another 871.3K in unit sales on Xbox 360 and 442.9K unit sales on PS3. Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii once again took second place with 787.4K unit sales, followed by the fitness sensation Wii Fit, which sold 687.7K units. It’s worth noting that GTA IV has now generated combined sales of 4.2 million units in the U.S., which has already made it the top selling game of 2008 so far.

Also, the Nintendo line is holding its own against industry competitors Playstation and XBox:

Interestingly, although a number of analysts thought we might finally see the “GTA IV hardware bump” in May, that wasn’t really the case. PS3 sold 208.7K units while Xbox 360 sold just 186.6K units. The Wii easily took top honors again with 675.1K units. The DS put up another 452.6K unit sales, while the PSP sold 182.3K units (down about 10K). This is now the 4th consecutive month that the Wii and NDS have captured the top two spots.

We Love Wii!  Apparently so do a whole bunch of other folks.  Keep it up, Nintendo!

We have two Wii Wheels right now, as your esteemed WeKnowWii editors love playing Ye Olde Mario Kart.  Amazon has the Wii Wheel right now for $9.99, so get over there and pick one up!

Mario Kart has a packaged deal with a wheel as well, in case you don’t have this tremendously awesome game.

Add us in, let’s race!

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We have to apologize up front for our absenteeism…  But we’ve been plastered in front of the Wii!
Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Dance Dance Revolution are keeping us busy!

Look for some reviews, updates, and otherwise info-filled blog posts coming up!