News: Mario Kart Wii Text Chat Debunked

Well the other day Nintendo of Europe made a strartement regarding Mario Kart Wii's online mode. They sayd you will be able to gointo text chat rooms and do text chat. I would imagin similar to AIM or MSN. YAY! HORRA! TALLEHO! Whatever expression of glee may be, preapir of the DUN-DUN-DUN. Today Nintendo of America made a statement saying that there will be text chat game. But they are phrases that Nintendo has picked out. I would imagine, like "Take that" or " Pizza!" Thanks Nintendo....

Nintendo of Europe originally told IGN: "You can create rooms for friends to join and even text chat while you're waiting for other racers." Good news then. Except they were telling porkies...

Nintendo's American operation quickly contacted the publication to explain that while there will be "text chat" in Mario Kart Wii's online mode, it'll be in the form of pre-determined phrases that can be sent as messages before the match (such as "let's race!" or "No Wario Stadium shortcut!" we presume).

There'll be no proper communication between friends in Mario Kart Wii, then. Thank you Nintendo for once again protecting us from the evils of the internet.

At least the pre-determined text will probably allow us to play with foreign racers, auto translated and all that.

Source: computerandvideogames.com