Mario Kart Wii Online

[Rob64]

Just recently I got my wii connected to our wireless router so our wii is online finally. Thanks to that, I've been able to do Mario Kart Wii online and maintain a VR ranking of 8000 plus or minus a couple hundred.

I've had some weird experiences though, I play with a friend so I can confirm everything I'm seeing. Here's a few:

1. I would see an opponent clearly go down a pit, but they would end up still in front of me with no loss of speed. Has anyone else seen it and how does it happen?
2. A similar version would be "warping" forward repeatedly while looking like that character is glitching ahead.
3. I've seen an opponent win races by using infinite bullet bills (I know for a fact that happens by careful observations), I would be in second but I wouldn't finish before the 30 second limit.

The strangest one of all: 4. I started a race with some people on Mushroom Gorge where I started first from the last race and some people joined in the back. During the countdown I got hit with: a bomb, lightning, a thunder cloud, a bullet bill, a blue shell, and got run over with a mega mushroom before the lakitu even said go.... wtf. I was also able to fire multiple green shells during that race, 5 out of a 3 pack to be exact. One we finished I saw the person I passed behind me so I assumed I finished first... nope second. But the guy in first with a 9999 ranking lost 100+ points.


Anyone have experiences like that they want to share or can anyone explain what happened to me at the starting gate?

[Cam3ron@FW]

Hackers.  They use that Twilight princess hack illegally, and they get online cheats.  I heard they mostly use Funky Kong.  the appearing in random spots is just a side effect of all the hacks going on...

[xyzzy32]

I've seen them use a variety of characters. One of their favourite techniques is to use invincibility, find someone, and bomb them repeatedly without either person moving. Also, if I see anyone with VR 35555 or whatever the impossible number is, I leave the race immediately. Of course, sometimes they're stealthy and set it to 7xxx so as not to appear suspicious. As for the opponents falling down a pit and reappearing on the track, that's not hacking; it's a side effect of lag in internet connections and Nintendo servers, and it occurs frequently with highly internationalised races (Japan->USA->Europe, for example).

Hackers usually try to get last place in order to give away VR (which is often 35555 and thus gives a great deal to other players) because they believe they're only making the experience more fun for other players. However, in my case, I've had several times now a VR of ~9500 when some idiot comes in, uses infinite items and pretty much destroys the race, and causes me to get a terrible placing, behind people with 6xxx-8xxx VR but still ahead of the hacker himself, so I lose a few hundred. I most likely would have achieved 9999 by now if not for such catastrophes...

[NintendoNerds]

I played on WFC against "random opponents" for a few weeks until I finally got sick of seeing all of the weird things that started happening. Rob64, I haven't seen any of the things that you have mentioned but I have seen some really weird things happen that made me scratch my head and say "What the ****!" Now, I try and play online with people that I know. Although this doesn't have any impact on VR, I find it much more enjoyable.