A rumour has cropped up regarding some projects Nintendo is currently working on for the Wii console, Mario Kart included. Check out the list below:

EAD Software Development Group No.1

Wii Health (2007)

Mario Kart (2008)

EAD Software Development Group No.2

Wii Music (2007)

Animal Crossing Wii (2008)

Wii Motorsports (TBA)

EAD Software Development Group No.3

The Legend of Zelda: Wii (2009)

EAD Software Development Group No.4

Big Brain Academy Wii (2007)

EAD Software Development Group No.5

Super Mario Galaxy (2007)

It needs to be remembered that this is not an extensive list, so there will likely be many other projects underway, but it is pleasing to see the likes of Mario Kart and the already talked about new Zelda iteration, specifically made for Wii. Share your thoughts on this list in the forum below.

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2009, that should be enough time for them to truly make an epic Zelda, hopefully a refreshing one as well.

Interesting to see Wii Motorsports in there.

Where'd this come from? Hasn't GoNintendo just shot down the "new Wii Zelda and Mario Kart" rumour?

Wouldn't Wii Motorsports negate the need for an online sequel to Excite Truck? It still sounds awesome though, I imagine the graphics would be suitably sweet and colourful too. As for "The Legend of Zelda: Wii", well, it cannot come soon enough.

Wii Music. oh so refreshing

= 2011

Well mario kart is pretty much a given as no nintendo console since the snes has been without a mario kart and i can also say with confidence that it will be online aswell due to the ds version being so popular.

If they refine the controls of Excitetruck and use that for Mario Kart. It could very well work.

A new Zelda? 2009? Yeah sure...

Yep, I think that when Mario Kart does finally appear we'll see some big changes this time round.



We'll there was only 2.5 years between Majora's Mask and Wind Waker. Let's hope it's true.

There may have only been 2.5 years between MM and OoT, but they were built on the same game engine. This one will likely be entirely from scratch.

And 2009 is a long development cycle for Zelda Wii, especially considering that the game has already been in development for over a year.

Zelda should be more epic and beautiful than TP since its a proper Wii game.
I'm quite intreged to how Mario Kart will work on Wii.

I have yet to play TP...

Actually, in the Iwata Asks articles (over at Wii.com/co.uk/wherever they were) the basic opinion was that they'll probably never beat the epic scale of TP. TP was as big and beautiful as it was, mostly because they were given a whole extra year to mess about with it.
If a new Zelda appears for the Wii within 2 years, I really won't expect it to be Bigger + Better. More of the same, or maybe a whole new style like WW was.

It's just a rumour, remember that. It's just a rumour...

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ABOUT BLOODY TIME! Four of these games either are on my most wanted list or just shot onto it. MK and AC have been announced, as has a new Zelda. This is all the news some of us need to prove to the rest that our console wasn't a mistake buy. (Even if it might have been a good idea to wait before rushing out and buying the thing...)