Online mode on MKDS was not as much fun as people though it would be due to all the snaking and if that's the case this time around then this game will not be as fun as Nintendo claims it to be.

At the Nintendo E3 2007 Conference, Reggie said that a beginner kart racer will be able to keep up with a kart veteran or something like that. That maybe true if the veteran doesn't snake. Beginners aren't gonna know what snaking is and if they do then they'll know what to expect and that the game will be no fun at all. At least the online portion anyways. Heck, most people that played MKDS didn't even know what snaking was. I didn't and I played MK since the 64 days and played the SNES version a few times at my friends house.

Now if the online mode didn't have the online stats (Wins/Loses, etc.) similar to how Smash is doing it maybe snaking will be a thing of the past and we all could just play for fun. Although that takes the competitiveness out of the game, at least EVERYONE will be able to enjoy it.

All I'm saying is that snaking makes that game boring (like several people in this thread has already mentioned) and that the game won't be as fun to those who are new to the game. Hopefully the motion-sensing that'll be used in the game will ease this technique for everyone.

I thought Nintendo said (at one point in time) that Snaking was an intended gameplay mechanic but they thought that they made it too easy in Mario Kart DS ... If they made it difficult enough and added a level of 'risk' for attempting it and failing it wouldn't be too bad.

Nintendo dismisses Mario Kart rumours.
Nintendo has told Eurogamer the latest rumours to emerge about Mario Kart Wii are nothing more than speculation.

Link: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=91606

Opinion: Good old Nintendo creating hype through anti-hype:) 

So they made it all up?

GRR! Fuck that Goddamn lying Nmag, for causing all this drama, imo!!!!

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!

I wanna go kill myself with a bomb strapped to me at NMag HQ. 

I'm sure it will be fine.

I figure if they wanted to fix it, why not have it so that drifting keeps your straight line speed in a corner (thus driving a straight line is as fast as snaking) but if you go round a corner without drifting you slow down more.

Guess they got a good tip from an insider or something but not directly from Nintendo.

Nintendo is not dening it so could be true.  

Personally, I think the whole series went downhill as soon as they introduced different karts. It got even worse when it became impossible for the person in first place to get anything besides bananas and trap boxes. I like DS because it's a portable version that at least FEELS like the N64 version, but the item occurrences are still way too rough on the first place people. I've actually won a few races simply by deliberately staying in second place so I got better item choices to harass the first place driver with.

Maybe instead of making it less likely to get good items, it just becomes less effective to use them when you're in first place. Like mushrooms don't boost you for as long, and the lightning doesn't shrink everyone else for as long as it would if you were in last place. The items would still be effective if used carefully, but it would also make it easier for people in last place to catch up.

Maybe I'll just become a griefer, I'll let the first place driver lap me and then beat on him with red shells and stuff all over the place when he comes around the next time. especially if he's snaking.

Indeed. The game lacks the "party" atmosphere that it is supposed to have when snaking. I mean, it is about as boring as Need for Speed when I think about it. The fun, for me, is taken out of the game with snaking. This is why my online sessions with Mario Kart DS were limited.

I do know how to snake, honestly; I really do, but doing so takes away from the things that I find make the game special.

Indeed. The game lacks the "party" atmosphere that it is supposed to have when snaking. I mean, it is about as boring as Need for Speed when I think about it. The fun, for me, is taken out of the game with snaking. This is why my online sessions with Mario Kart DS were limited.

I do know how to snake, honestly; I really do, but doing so takes away from the things that I find make the game special.