Mario Kart Wii to feature text chat (but no voice chat) UPDATE

It's not ideal, but it's a step in the right direction.

Nintendo of Europe on Tuesday confirmed that Mario Kart Wii will support custom text messaging before and after online races, as reported by IGN. Previously, select Wii games only supported preset text communication.

Additionally, IGN speculates that the game will support USB keyboards, as other Wii Channels already do, for text inputting. The Wii remote pointer is confirmed, however.

Mario Kart Wii arrives this spring (Q2), according to Nintendo, and will feature 12-person online multiplayer, 4-person local multiplayer, and of course, single-player campaign.

UPDATE: Nintendo has offered the following clarification: "gamers will only be able to select from a predetermined number of phrases that can be sent along as rudimentary texts before matches," meaning custom messages are a no go. As if it really matters...

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