It’s just been announced that Mario Kart Wii, coming in 2008, will feature motorcycles. This is the first time the popular game will include two wheelers. It’s unclear whether the bikes will use different physics than the existing karts, but the news has gotten us all worked up, imagining ourselves using the controller to countersteer and lean through corners on our couch. I was pretty sweet at Mario Kart 64, so I’d like to take this opportunity to challenge all comers to a race on Rainbow Road.