Mario Kart Wii has some new content for gamers everywhere, featuring a new arena and a new enemy, albeit playable in tournament mode only. Ghost time trial cars are available as well.

Hopefully this paves the way for DLC on the Wii in the future, as Nintendo has hinted at, let's just hope it's nearer rather than farther away.

Taking a cue from Mario Kart DS’s Mission mode, the new Galaxy Arena tasks the player to bash around several of the Spiky Topmen who were last seen knocking Mario into space in Super Mario Galaxy. The aim of this mission being, to knock four of the baddies off the side of the stage in as short a time as possible.

Admittedly the downside of this news is that this mode and arena are only available when competing in the online Tournament mode and not in offline multiplayer, but it’s still nice to see that Nintendo has bothered to create some new content for Mario Kart Wii.

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