Official Mario Kart Wii - The Frequiently Asked Question & Guide to Mario Kart Wii!

[Mikeh]

Mario Kart Wii

Starting characters

Baby Mario
Baby Peach
Toad
Koopa
Mario
Luigi
Yoshi
Peach
Wario
Waluigi
Donkey Kong
Bowser

Unlockable Characters

Baby Daisy: 1 Star in all 50cc Wii-Cups

Baby Luigi: Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

Birdo: Play Time Trials on 16 different courses or win 250 Wi-Fi matches.

Bowser Jr: 1 Star in all 100cc Retro-Cups

Daisy: Win 150cc Special Cup

Diddy Kong: Complete retro 50cc Cups

Dry Bones: Win 100cc Leaf Cup

Dry Bowser: 1 Star in all 150cc Wii-Cups

Funky Kong: Unlock 4 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

King Boo: Win 50cc Star Cup

Mii (Outfit A): Win 100cc Special Cup

Mii (Outfit B): Unlock all 32 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

Rosalina: Have a Super Mario Galaxy savefile and she will be unlocked after
some GPs or get 1 star in all Mirror Mode Retro-Cups

Toadette: Play Time Trials on all 32 different courses or win 1000 Wi-Fi matches.

Bikes

Bubble Bike (small bike): Win Mirror Leaf Cup

Dolphin Dasher (medium bike): Win Mirror Star Cup

Magikruiser (small bike): Play Time Trials on 8 different courses

Nitrocycle (medium bike): Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Wii Grand Prix Cups

Phantom (large bike): Win Mirror Special Cup

Quacker (small bike): Win 150cc Star Cup

Rapide (medium bike): Win 100cc Lightning Cup

Torpedo (large bike): Unlock 12 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

Twinkle Star (large bike): Win 100cc Star Cup

Karts

Aero Glider (large kart): Attain at least 1 Star in all 150cc Retro Cups
B Dasher Mk 2 (Medium Kart): Unlocked 24 Expert Staff Ghosts

Blue Falcon (small kart): Win Mirror Lightning Cup

Cheep Charger (small kart): Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Retro Grand Prix Cups

Dragonetti (large kart): Win 150cc Lightning Cup

Piranha Prowler (large kart): Win 50cc Special Cup

Rally Romper (small kart): Unlock 1 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

Royal Racer (medium kart): Win 150cc Leaf Cup

Tiny Titan (small kart): Beat 50 opponents during Wi-Fi play

Turbo Blooper (medium kart): Win 50cc Leaf Cup

Extra cups

Leaf Cup : Win at least 3rd place in Banana Cup and Shell Cup

Lightning Cup: Win at least 3rd place in Leaf Cup

Special Cup :Win at least 3rd place in Star Cup

Star Cup Win at least 3rd place in Flower Cup and Mushroom Cup

Misc unlockables

Picture option to send to Wii Message Board - Complete all 8 Cups in a class

Karts & Bikes (50cc) - Earn trophies in all 50cc Grand Prix Cups

Karts & Bikes (100cc) - Earn trophies in all 100cc Grand Prix Cups

* To activate these last 2 you need to press + botton on the speed selection screen *

Mirror Class - Win all 150cc Cups

Alternate Title Screen - Win all Cups

Golden wheel: Use the wii wheel extensively in all the modes, when you go online a golden wii wheel will be next to your name.

Have a star by your nickname

One starred nickname: Get a one star rating in every Grand Prix
Double starred nickname: Get a two star rating in every Grand Prix
Triple starred nickname: Get a three star rating in every Grand Prix.

change mii racer weight class

Go into the Mii Channel and change your Mii drivers weight, which will have an in game impact causing you to change weight class and have different cars.

Boost when recovering from a fall

When you fall into something, such as water or any part of a stage, if you hit 2 at the moment you hit the ground, you get a temporary boost.

Quick Start

When the countdown starts wait till the 2 starts to disappear and then press and hold the 2 button. This will give you a boost at the start of the race.

Avoiding pow blocks

When you see the POW block on your screen and its about to hit you, just do the function you would normally use for a trick to create a shockwave for youself to become immune to the spin out the POW block creates (Control panel on GCN controller, Shaking Wii wheel, etc.). This can be done on both bikes and carts. Even though you don't loose speed or spin out, you still will loose the items you were carrying.

More than one person can be the same character.

First, make P1 choose the character you both want to be. Then unselect the character and move off of it. Move P2 over, and select the character. Go back one screen, then go into the character select again. You should both be on the same character. Both of you select the character. Do whatever you want from there on.

Note: In the character select screen and options, whenever one of you does an animation, both of you will. Also, if P2 chooses a different kind of vehicle than P1, P1 will look strange. Don't worry, this won't actually happen in the game.

* After meeting the requirements, some unlockables may require you to back out of your save file and reselect it. Note: In different countries, the karts have different names but the unlocking methods are the same * .

Well i hope this answers all your questions. please don't hesitate if you have any questions, please let me know if i missed or left anything out.

This was made by me: Mikey4life.
Please don't steal this. Thank you. =)

[Mikeh]

Release Dates:

Japan: April 10 (Confirmed)

Europe: April 11 (Confirmed)

Australia: April 24 (Confirmed)

United States: April 27 (Confirmed)


Starting Roster

Light Weight
Toad
Baby Mario
Baby Peach
Koopa Troopa

Middle Weight
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Yoshi

Heavy Weight
Donky Kong
Wario
Waluigi
Bowser

Unlockables

Light Weight
Baby Luigi
Baby Daisy
Dry Bones
Toadette

Middle Weight
Bowser Jr.
Daisy
Birdo
Diddy Kong

Heavy Weight
Dry Bowser
Funky Kong
King Boo
Rosalina

-Any Mii is playable-

Tracks:

Mushroom Cup:
Luigi Circuit
Moo Moo Meadows
Mushroom Gorge
Toad's Factory

Flower Cup:
Mario Circuit
Coconut Mall
DK's Snowboard Cross
Wario's Gold Mine

Star Cup:
Daisy Circuit
Koopa Cape
Maple Treeway
Grumble Volcano

Special Cup:
Dry Dry Ruins
Moonview Highway
Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road

Shell Cup:
Peach Beach (GCN)
Yoshi Falls (DS)
Ghost Valley 2 (SNES)
Mario Raceway (N64)

Banana Cup:
Sherbert Land (N64)
Shy Guy Beach (GBA)
Delfino Square (DS)
Waluigi Stadium (GCN)

Leaf Cup:
Desert Hills (DS)
Bowser Castle 3 (GBA)
DK's Jungle Parkway (N64)
Mario Circuit (GCN)

Lightning Cup:
Mario Circuit 3 (SNES)
Peach Gardens (DS)
DK Mountain (GCN)
Bowser's Castle (N64)

Game Modes:
Grand Prix (1 or 2 players)
Time Trial (1 player)
Versus (1 to 4 players)
Mission (Unlockable)
Battle (1 to 4 players [Team play only])

Race Types:
Kart-Only 50CC - After completing press + for mixed
Bike-Only 100CC- After completing press + for mixed
Mixed 150CC

Confirmed Weapons:
Green Shell
Triple Green Shells
Red Shell
Triple Red Shells
Spiny Shell
Mushroom
Triple Mushrooms
Golden Mushroom
Mega Mushroom *NEW*
Lightning
Lightning Cloud *NEW*
Banana
Triple Bananas
Blooper
Bob-omb
Pow Block *NEW*
Star
Fake Item Box
Boo
Bullet Bill

Random Tid-Bits

-24 Playable characters

-12 player online races

-8 player online battles

-Online leagues, ranking and local ranking

-Most of the online ranking would be done from a whole separate channel (Mario Kart Channel)

-Online spectator option which allows you to view your friends races and join in at the start of the next course

-Text chat feature which allows you to select from a series of predetermined phrases

-Each character starts out with 3 Karts and 3 Bikes

-16 Brand new tracks

-16 remakes of old tracks

-10 Battle stages

-Mario Kart Channel can be downloaded to your Wii. This Channel lets you check up on a host of options without the need of inserting the Mario Kart Wii disc into your system, such as downloading other players' ghost times for the game.

-No Snaking!! Speed boost determined by how long you hold the slide, minimal if any benefit from snaking.

-Stunts will play a big part of the game, allowing the player to gain a boost after a stunt. Speed boost from landing, can be done on any size jump...substitute for snaking?

-5 Control options: Wii remote, Wii remote+nunchuck, Wii Wheel, Classic controller, Gamecube controller

-Improved items! Mushrooms tweaked to give more of a boost, mega mushroom = huge size, allows ploughing through objects. POW block, opponents must jump at the right time to avoid being hit. Lightning Cloud, gives temporary speed boost, but after a variable amount of time delivers electric shock to carrier, bump other karts to pass the cloud. Bullet Bill turns your kart into Bill and puts it on a speedy auto-pilot. Items can be turned off in multiplayer races.

-Steering has a larger 'dead zone' than Excite Truck did, meaning there's a reasonable degree of leeway in how much you can turn the remote before the kart starts turning. This gives you more control, since turning left and right require more deliberate turns in that direction, rather than the way it was in Excite Truck where the slightest rotation of the remote made the truck start to turn leading to all sorts of slippery-slidey shenanigans as you frantically turned the remote left and right just to straighten up.

-If a player is hording an item, you can drive into them and bump it out of their possession. It will spill out on to the track and you can pick it up by driving over it.

-One addition is the ability to see and hear when a player is coming up from behind with a power-up. When a shell or a powered-up racer is approaching your rear, a visual icon will jump up beneath your cart and the Wii Remote speaker will play a warning sound to let you know.


-Mario Kart Wii Japanese intro video

-Mario Kart Wii UK trailer video

Update: This was made a long time ago. And I made this.
Thank you. Mikey4life

[HydroSonic]

Wow wow wow
Really good work Mikey you earn the credit

[Mikeh]

This one was a remake of my old Guide that was also stickied.

[Zacharyz]

WOOOOW! You know a lot about Mario Kart Wii

[GENIUS]

You still fail to answer my most desired answer what is the best kart to snake in.
Could you please include this in a visitor message. Thank you. Otherwise this is a great guide.

[Mikeh]

Originally Posted by GENIUS

You still fail to answer my most desired answer what is the best kart to snake in.
Could you please include this in a visitor message. Thank you. Otherwise this is a great guide.

Mario Kart Wii doesn't allow snaking. It's almost IMPOSSIBLE to do. No one has perfected it. I won't include it until someone will show me a video of Mario Kart Wii, if its possible to snake.