Despite the fact that it has been out forever I only got the chance to play Mario Kart Wii quite recently.  Over the past few weeks i have played it to death, learned most of the ins and outs and gotten to over 9000 for my online ranking.  While i think it's an awesome game and was critically under rated, it's not perfect.

So my question is what would you change about Mario Kart Wii, what specifically bugs you about the game or rather, what would you like to see changed or added to the inevitable sequel?

Battle Mode. As in, fix it.

Nintendo will not listen to us so what does it matter? =P

I don't expect Nintendo to listen but that's hardly the point;)

@Maj: i've barely even touched the Battle Mode yet due to it's broken-ness but found the racing sufficiently good that i haven't actually missed it that much.

The main changes I would want are some improvements to the online. If anyone uses more than 5 blue shells in one online race the game assumes they are cheating, scratches their disk, which then ejects and decapitates them.

Also add the ability to not vote for a course, instead of voting for a random course, and the limitation that no course can be played twice consecutively unless the vote for that course is unanimous. Also add more customisation for online, such as making up the numbers with CPUs, and the same level of choice of items and speed/mirror mode as in local multiplayer.

Also, fix battle mode. The new team options are fun, but they should have been in addition to the modes from the GC version.

Also, bring back 2 people per kart as an option perhaps, and each character having their own special weapon also as an option

Frame rate in 4 player isn't great.

Yeah, same here, but I find myself reminiscing and imagining how awesome the game could have been with the best of both worlds.

I like this idea.  It bugs me when people keep choosing the same tracks over and over again.

I'd also get rid of some of the classic tracks, some of them are great while others do not to deserve to be in the game, Shy Guy Beach for example.

I'd also like if they did a better job of matching you with players of similar skill.

For all intents and purposes the battle mode is far superior to the terrible battle modes in MK64 and MK:DD..... except for 1 thing, teams.... seriously wtf.... I mean if you could have either a free for all, or the ability to choose up to 4 teams rather than just red and blue it would be fixed.... or if you could do both then it would be great.

Better than the MK64 battle mode, i can't concur.

I haven't looked into this much (so i might be wrong) but it seemed to me that in the battle mode, loss of your three balloons doesn't mean game over, the game just keeps score of hits taken and received.  If there isn't some way to change this then that is just a terrible design choice.  That was the core of the battle mode previously, survival.  I mean this doesn't have to be the only mode, but it should be included as an option.

And yes, teams sucks.

Mario Kart wishlist...hm....

1. more Toad colours
2. more cars and bikes for Toad
3. more Toad stages
4. grandpa Toad as a character
5. Toad to be heavier, so he doesn't fall off when colliding with Bowser

LoL, I think Mario Kart is amazing, i don't know how it can be improved, like the "luck" factor, where you can use a rocket to go from last to first place or throw a blue shell so someone goes from first to last place

maybe i would like to make a "double dash" choice