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Mario Kart is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of adventure-style video games. The series debuted in 1992. The Nintendo Wii version of Mario Kart was released in April 2008 and is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series and the second Mario Kart title to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Mario Kart Wii was first announced at E3 2007 in Los Angeles. Each copy of the game is packaged with a Wii Wheel, designed to house the Wii Remote in a way that allows more intuitive and conventional steering.

Starting Characters

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

How to Unlock Stuff Through Game Play

Unlockable Characters

• King Boo – Win 50cc Star Cup
• Diddy Kong – Win all 50cc Cups
• Baby Daisy – Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
• Mii (Outfit A) – Win 100cc Special Cup
• Mii (Outfit B) – Unlock 32 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
• Mii (Outfit C) - Get 15,000 points in VS mode – *unconfirmed & probably fake
• Dry Bones – Win 100cc Leaf Cup
• Bowser Jr. – Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Retro Grand Prix Cups
• Daisy – Win 150cc Special Cup
• Dry Bowser – Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 150cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
• Funky Kong – Unlock 4 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
• Baby Luigi – Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
• Birdo – Play Time Trials on 16 different courses/Get 250 wins online
• Toadette – Play Time Trials on all 32 different courses
• Rosalina - With a Super Mario Galaxy save, win a series of Grand Prix cups/Without Galaxy save, Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all Mirror Grand Prix Cup

Unlockable Karts

• Cheep Charger (small kart) – Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Retro Grand Prix Cups
• Blue Falcon (small kart) – Win Mirror Lightning Cup
• Rally Romper (small kart) – Unlock 1 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

• Turbo Blooper (medium kart) – Win 50cc Leaf Cup
• Royal Racer (medium kart) – Win 150cc Leaf Cup
• B-Dasher (medium kart) – Unlock 24 Expert Staff Ghost data

• Piranha Prowler (large kart) – Win 50cc Special Cup
• Dragonetti (large kart) – Win 150cc Lightning Cup
• Aero Glider (large kart) – Win all 150cc Retro Grand Prix Cups with 1 star or better

Unlockable Bikes

• Quacker (small bike) – Win 150cc Star Cup
• Bubble Bike (small bike) – Win Mirror Leaf Cup
• Magikruiser (small bike) – Play Time Trials on 8 different courses

• Rapide (medium bike) – Win 100cc Lightning Cup
• Nitrocycle (medium bike) – Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
• Dolphin Dasher (medium bike) – Win Mirror Star Cup

• Twinkle Star (large bike) – Win 100cc Star Cup
• Phantom (large bike) – Win Mirror Special Cup
• Torpedo (large bike) – Unlock 12 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

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
• Mirror Class – Win all 150cc Cups
• Alternate Title Screen – Win all Cups

Glitches and Cheats

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.

I haven't tested this with P3 or P4 yet, but in theory, it should work.

REF: BTAxBTA

Homebrew Cheats

With the Homebrew Channel (also known as HomebreWare) installed on your Nintendo Wii, cheats can be ran through Ocarina. The cheats will be automatically loaded. Examples of cheats would be infinite star power, increased speed or size of characters, modifying VR or BR, and more.

You must have the Homebrew Channel installed on your Wii before attempting to install and use Gecko OS with the Ocarina Code Manager.

From the Wii Brew web site you can download "Gecko OS" to your computer. Create a folder called "Apps" on the root of your SD card. Extract Gecko OS to the Apps folder. Download and save "Ocarina Code Manager" to your computer. Double click and install it on your computer.

In the Ocarina Code Manager program goto Wiird code database and choose Wii. Click on the letter "M" and find the version of Mario Kart Wii. Click on the Mario Kart game and click "Export to TXT." Open the code file in Ocarina Code Manager and toggle on and off the cheats you would like. Cheats available include growing shells, infinite bullet time, infinite super mushroom, big shells, and many more. Click "Export to GCT" to export the code file to your computer when finished. Transfer the Wiird code file of Mario Kart Wii to a folder named "codes" on your SD card and insert into your Wii. Gecko OS will read the codes out of this folder when you launch Mario Kart Wii from Gecko OS.

Launch the Homebrew Channel and select Gecko OS. Select Mario Kart Wii to run and the hacked cheats will be loaded along with your game. You will now have the cheats in game play.