How many people can play MK on one Wii at one time? Just two, or up to 4, or what?

12? I think I read that somewhere...

Cool! We'll have to have a Wii party!

Say *hypothetically* that someone finally got a teevee made in this century and *hypothetically* was considering getting one of these wiimarkable gaming systems. How much should one *hypothetically* expect to pay if one were purchasing said system from a reasonable vendor?

The Wii is $249 retail. It comes with the system, one controller, one nunchuck, and Wii Sports (game).

FOR SURE things you should purchase for the system when you buy it are: extra contoller for about $40, (one comes with the game Wii Play, which is $50, so it's worth the extra ten bucks to purchase Wii Play) and one extra nunchuck for $20. Optional to buy at the time of purchase is a Classic Controller for $20 -- if you're going to download older Nintendo games via the Wii Store (online).

If you have a television with component hookup (i.e. any HDTV, or any television where there's a component video input) then for sure get a component cable for the Wii, which greatly increases the resolution. It retails for $30, but you can get one off of monoprice.com for like $5. http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

OK, so I'm done (kind of) being stupid about my Wii.

My Wii # is 1033-4876-9284-4611

Mario Kart Wii:

erica: 5370-0893-3586

Jay: 1032-1724-0400

Pru- get a recharger as well- you'll save a fortune on batteries.

Know how to get the MK number....how do we find our Wii number?

How do we set up friends?

We don't have MK yet- I'll get that this weekend. I also don't know my Wii #, so I'll figure that out as well. Tori is looking forward to kicking ya'lls asses.:D

To be "friends" with someone, either on the Wii messages itself or inside a video game like Mario Kart, both of you have to enter each other's friend codes.

To get your Wii number, from the main menu choose the messages (the envelope in the lower right corner), then choose create message (second from the left circle at the bottom), then choose "Address Book". It will then display your Wii number (it's a 16-digit number) and let you enter other people's numbers.

To get your Mario Kart number from inside the game, you load your game and choose your license, etc. Then you choose "Wifi" connection (the lower left box -- 1 player means you have one player at your house, and 2 player means you have 2 players at your house). Then you choose "Friends" -- it will display your Mario Kart number (a 12-digit number). Then choose "Register a Friend" and enter your friends number. Once both of you have entered each others numbers you can play with each other.

With your friends, you can either create your own room, have your friends join you (up to 12 people) and then play a game of all of your friends only.

Or you can play other people around the world as well as your friends. You can view what your friends are doing, and join up with them unless they're already in a race.