Announcing Mario Kart Wiicompiled!
The first static recompilation of a Wii game: Mario Kart Wii, rebuilt for PC.
Releasing in beta this August, with online play and optional Retro Rewind support, bringing over 200 tracks!
Here’s your first look:
Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé recently talked on the Wii U’s challenges during a fireside chat at New York University.
He described it as Nintendo’s second-worst performing platform, after the Virtual Boy.
“We did well in our first year, but as players looked to Sony and Microsoft’s next generation, sales stalled,” Reggie said.
“The new products we planned didn’t arrive on schedule. The team worked on a new Smash Bros., Mario Kart, and Splatoon which became a fantastic franchise but the games didn’t launch fast enough.”
Reggie admitted that even before launch, while playing Nintendo Land, he had “a little itch in the back of [his] neck,” sensing it lacked Wii Sports’ immediate broad appeal.
Bank of America analyst is recommending that GTA VI launch at $80 to help set a new industry price standard.
Speaking at the iicon convention in Las Vegas, he stated,
“We think it’s in Take-Two’s self-interest, as a publisher and partner to many developers, to raise the price point for the entire industry.”
He noted that pricing GTA VI at $70 could limit other publishers from successfully charging $80.
Recent $80 titles like Mario Kart World and several Microsoft first-party games have already tested the waters, but most gamers don’t want to spend so much money in a videogame