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Apollo: An Introduction

What is Apollo?

Apollo is a fresh take on Mario Kart Wii modding, with features such as:

  • A modern and feature-rich launcher
  • A robust extension system, which allows for certain features and mods to be enabled and disabled at the user's choice.
  • Much more in the works.

Why Apollo?

My vision of Apollo came about upon discovering this open letter from CLF78 and others. I also stumbled across the (now abandoned) MKW-SP project which really opened my eyes to the true expandability of Mario Kart Wii. Having used CTGP-R for many years now, it seems like there really could be more done for this community.

This being said, I don't intend for Apollo to become a new modding standard, or to cause a divide in the community, rather I'm looking to make a personal project that I can make available (and fully open-source!) to anyone.

When Will Apollo be Available?

Short-term, I don't know. I may start publishing alpha/beta builds on GitHub which won't have built releases which you'll be able to compile and run yourself, however.

Long-term, I'd like to see a foundation built in the next couple of months (I'm writing this in July 2024!) and hopefully a usable, documented product not too long afterwards.