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Wii Wheel Mount Plays Mario Kart in Stereo(types)

For those who don't like the floating steering wheel of Mario Kart Wii (because it lacks the realism of driving around a banana-spewing bulletmobile), this wheel mount by JTT isn't a bad solution. Using a suction cup to attach the wheel to any flat surface, the top tilts 120-degrees so you can compete old-lady or bus-driver-style. But for $28, we really wish it had the famous Chinese-girl-driving-wrong-on-one-way setting. Oh well. I guess good old fashioned psychotic "don't-cut-me-off"-motherfucker-Caucasian will still serve me as well as it always has. [JTT via GoNintendo]

9:00 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,795 views, 17 comments

Latest by ArtooBE: @ryusen: no, you can't plug your Logitech in :p for me the "flooting" wheel is good enough :) more »

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Wii Wheel and Wii Fit Board Combined to Make Racing Simulator

If you've already got a Wii Wheel and a Wii fit but are too cheap to buy an actual racing wheel with pedals, Nintendo Wii Fanboy has a good way to combine the two to accomplish kinda the same thing. All you need is a PC, a couple apps and the ability to follow written instructions, and you too can be the proud owner of that thing you see in the video above. The only thing we suggest is that there's some short of wheel block type things to prop up the balance board so it doesn't feel like you're flooring it all the time. [Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

12:00 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Jason Chen
3,632 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: @Gujustud: Yea, I've been using Windows all my life. Hell, if I was a total Mac fanboy, I wouldn't choose to run XP via bootcamp. Well, it's nice to know you're a MS fanboy more »

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Video: Hands-on With the Nintendo Wii Wheel

I got up close and personal with the Wii Wheel at last week's Nintendo Media Summit, where I (literally) played hours of Mario Kart Wii. I tried playing with the wheel attached and without, trying different configurations of play. And after spending a day with the peripheral, I can't exactly call it great, but it's not horrible either. More »

6:00 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Adrian Covert
5,347 views, 19 comments

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DIY Wii Wheel Leaves Little to be Desired

Why fork over more money to Nintendo for a second Mario Kart Wii Wheel when you can just make one yourself? Sound difficult? It's not, as long as you know how to tape a controller to a sauce pot lid. For some reason we didn't spot a similar prototype among Nintendo's 30 original designs. Which just goes to show you, multitudes of white plastic don't always make something better. (But it sure helps to put a price tag on the thing.) [mod via kotaku]

10:43 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Mark Wilson
10,461 views, 20 comments

Latest by jdhuck: This is pretty cool. Simple, elegant and can be used for simmering. more »

Nintendo Power Contest: Wii Wheel Cost Driven Down to $9.99 Your friends still aren't worth the cost of admission to your place for a game with Nintendo's Wii Wheel, but they're getting closer now that a Nintendo Power contest rules page lists the peripheral at $9.99. [GoNintendo]

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Wii Wheel Gets $14.99 Price Tag; Your Friends Aren't Worth it

Looks like the fellows at Gamestop let the pricing for Nintendo's Wii Wheel slip, and $14.99 is the price you'll be paying for each friend you have over on Mario Kart Wii day, (April 27th.) The game will retail at $49.99, which includes one Wii Wheel to boot, but for multiplayer mayhem, you're going to have to fork out that little bit more. Friends suck...not in a good way. Jump to see a blown up shot of the flier with the figures. [Gamestop; Thanks, David W]

10:30 PM on Sat Mar 29 2008
By Haroon Malik
6,682 views, 14 comments

Latest by iaintgoingthere: @dufus: Are they selling Lead tested stuff? more »

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First Hands-On Video of Wii Wheel with Mario Kart Wii


My buddy Stephen T over at MTV's Multiplayer blog scored the first video demo of the Wii Wheel in Mario Kart Wii game play. Melvin at Nintendo shows him how to insert a Wiimote into the Wheel, then head to the races. Watch T manage to execute a wheelie and a powerslide, then—in the second video in the link below—try the same maneuvering sans Wheel, with far less enthusiasm. He doesn't say whether or not it's a true winner or a waste of plastic, but my guess is, he likes it better than this guy. His biggest gripe? No horn to honk, Maggie Simpson style. FYI: If you live in Canada, UK or Japan, MTV hates your guts. [MTV Multiplayer]

9:00 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Wilson Rothman
7,637 views, 19 comments

Latest by twilight-arc: @Joseph: Looks like this is for you then: [technology.newscientist.com] more »