A bit of Mario Kart Wii info- Snaking returns

Go Nintendo Blog Archive Mario Kart Wii - some new info from NMag- What are you waiting for?

I guarantee that the majority of posters in this thread won't even bother mentioning anything other than the Snaking announcement.

Snaking is that thing when you hold R and repeatly press left and right then release R for a speed buff?

and what exactly is snaking? is that similar do "drafting" ?

We might as well get ready for the millions of cheaters again... *sigh*

They put snaking back in...I am going to flood Nintendo of Japan with snakes; that'll teach them >_>

Sliding and snaking confirmed
Baby Peach, Boo to be drivers
online battle mode
16 new + 16 old courses
different vehicles for every driver
controls can be compared to Excite Truck

I was never able to snake ...

I like the point about the new and old courses !!!

Sounds like it'll be alot like Mario Kart DS

but the point here that says :

"controls can be comparable to Excite Truck" worries me. I thought Excite Truck was a cool game, and I'm glad that the control scheme is being implemented into Mario Kart, but the game needs to have the option of classic control. I don't want to race like you did in Excite Truck all the time. It was fun at first, but at many points it can get annoying, tiring, and hard. My mom loves to play Mario Kart, she can beat even me in Double Dash, and I can tell you right now she's not going to like having to race like that.

It was confirmed a while ago that it would have multiple control styles. I'm reasonably certain that classic was one of them.

Originally Posted by Adventurer

"controls can be comparable to Excite Truck" worries me.

by "comparable" im sure they only mean that it will be tilt control. it will probably be much better than exite truck. i like the course balance they have going. sounds nice.

hmm, cool, btw, snaking is not cheating, NOA said they put it in for more competition or something like that

Originally Posted by Qnez

hmm, cool, btw, snaking is not cheating, NOA said they put it in for more competition or something like that

If it is what I think it is (I will assume it is, since no one responsed me) then I don't see much problem with it...

Snaking was something I was very good at, so I'm glad it is back. Now I want to see Kamek as a racer, with a broomstick car/motorcycle.

Originally Posted by Deception

Snaking was something I was very good at, so I'm glad it is back. Now I want to see Kamek as a racer, with a broomstick car/motorcycle.

that would be crazy cool. the bomb boos should be items. the would spiral around you like a triple shell in MKDS then explode on contact. just like galaxy. speaking of galaxy i bet there will be a cool course based on it.

As long as they actually make it balanced, snaking can definitely be a good thing for the game.

Originally Posted by MrRandom

They put snaking back in...I am going to flood Nintendo of Japan with snakes; that'll teach them >_>

lol

Im only going to accept friend's matches for this game. I can't snake..

Originally Posted by Zora Fisherman

just like galaxy. speaking of galaxy i bet there will be a cool course based on it.

Rainbow Road, anyone?

Yes, snaking is not really cheating, just people thought hey, if i can use this on corners, why not do it on straight-a-ways? Honestly, it does take some skill. Looking back, I was a good snaker, but now i have lost it since the neglect of the game :/.