That's right, footage of the final ever played Worldwide race on Mario Kart Wii exists, and I bring it here for you today. Credit to Lxpu (aka Nin Guig, [ Ссылка ]) for the video!
Several people witnessed this final race. 1 day after the Nintendo WFC shutdown, some people were still playing in Worldwide. There was 1 Worldwide race with four players in it. One of those players was streaming, and me, SwordofSeals, Tock, and multiple others had gathered to watch the races, and monitor the last few people on Nintendo WFC (there were less than 100 online at that point, and only these 4 were in a game).
Suddenly, the matchmaking server, which we had been polling to check the player count, went dead. The matchmaking server is very important; aside from allowing us to monitor how many people were on, it serves a more critical task: Letting players meet each other in Worldwide. The room became unjoinable, and no new rooms could be made.
Thus, the death of the one remaining room was the death of Worldwide on Nintendo WFC. The final race of the room is featured here, along a very strange disconnect at the end when the final opponent quits. No rooms could possibly have formed afterwards, so we can say with confidence that this was the last Worldwide race on Nintendo WFC.
What I think is brilliant about this race is that it wasn't played between two tryhards. There were no Funkies lurking around. A Yoshi on a Mach Bike takes on a Toadette in a Concerto, around Luigi Circuit. A shoutout to very classic racing like in the very beginning, almost.
Now, this is just the final Worldwide race. It's possible other racers stayed online for longer, not playing games, possibly playing in private rooms if those still worked. But without the statistics, there was no way to know who was the last man standing.
So, what became of Lxpu, and Andrew after this race? Lxpu still plays Mario Kart Wii to this day on Wiimmfi! And we recently found out that Andrew is gudnaimsartaekn on YouTube, and has uploaded his own perspective of this race! You can see that here: [ Ссылка ]
Hope you enjoy this video, and more stuff to come soon!
