Wii Fanboy Weekly: Apr. 17 - Apr. 23

What a week to be a Wii Fanboy. Not only are we giving away 5, count 'em, 5 copies of Mario Kart Wii, but we're also paying homage to the game by contributing a new feature every day up until its release. On Sunday, we spoke about the franchise's history. On Monday, we talked about the alternate kart universe and what the racers could be ripping through turns in. Yesterday, we talked about substitute Wii Wheels. Today, it's all about who else we would like to see make an appearance in a Mario Kart game.

Oh, and did we mention we're giving away 5 copies of Mario Kart Wii?

Features:

• Revolutionary: Wii can has hard drive?
  Columnist Mike Sylvester highlights the Wii and its need for a HDD
• Wii Fanboy Review: Baroque
  It's not as bad as the other reviews say!
• Wii Fanboy hands-on: Deca Sports
  Video walkthrough and write-up of 4 of the game's 10 sports
• VC Monday Madness video wrap-up 4/21/08
  Our direct-feed video walkthrough of the Virtual Console games this week (River City Ransom!)
• Brawl Stage of the Week: Super Mario World
  A recreation of the opening scene from Super Mario World in Smash Bros. Brawl
• Virtually Overlooked: The Three Stooges
  We tell you why it needs to be on the Virtual Console

Videos:

• Gyrostarr for WiiWare announced, no relation to Gyromite
  It's kind of like a blend between Wipeout and Audiosurf
• Nintendo ditches 'Wii would like to play' for Cowboy Jed
  Pretty good advertisement, if we may say so
• Grand Theft Auto NES
  What if the game was on NES?
• Okami got a face lift (comparison video)
  Comparing the graphics of the PS2 and Wii versions

Other Items of Interest:

• This is what a coin-operated NES looks like
  Weird
• Wii Warm Up: Say goodnight to the bad guy
  Clue us in to your favorite boss battles!
• The first (somewhat) decent Wii Wheel clone
  Not too shabby