Unlockables - Mario Kart Wii Guide - IGN (2024)

Courses & Cups

Drive Bikes in 50cc Cups

Earn trophies in all 50cc cups.

Drive KARTs in 100cc Cups

Earn trophies in all 100cc cups.

Note: Press + on the Wii-mote when selecting race class to toggle bikes and karts on or off.

Characters

Note: This only allows you to play as the Mii currently associated with your profile, however, you can easily switch the Mii associated with your profile any time you choose via accessing the license settings in the game's main menu, ultimately letting you play as any Mii stored on your system.

Note: This is not total races won, but the actual number of players you've beaten, meaning you can potentially net 11 per race. After your 250th victory, you will need to restart the game for it to kick in). Alternatively, play Time Trial on 16 different courses.

Rosalina

There is some speculation that the means to unlock Rosalina are either random or enigmatic. This simply isn't the case, as she is actually both the easiest and hardest character to unlock in the entire game. To unlock her the hard way, you must complete all 150cc mirror Wii Grand Prix cups with a one star rank or higher. To unlock her the easy way, you must have saved data on Super Mario Galaxy.

Vehicles & Misc.

Victory Photo 1

Earn a trophy in every cup for any one class. After the credits you'll be greeted by a victory photo of your Mii hanging out track-side with Mario and Peach which you can then save to your Wii's Message Board and send to your friends.

Victory Photo 2

Win every single Grand Prix cup and you'll be greeted by another neat group shot of your Mii, this time hanging out with all 24 fellow characters in the game.

Expert Staff Ghosts

On Time Trial mode, if you set a certain time on the course, you will unlock a special staff ghost that has a really good course time. If you think you're up to beat it, go ahead.

Below are the times for the normal staff ghost and expert staff ghost. The left time is the normal staff ghost time - the right time is the expert staff ghost time.

• Luigi Circuit: (01:29.670 - 01:19.419)
• Moo Moo Meadows (01:37.856 - 01:25.909)
• Mushroom Gorge (02:16.110 - 02:01.011)
• Toad's Factory (02:22.480 - 02:05.593)
• Mario Circuit (01:44.777 - 01:32.702)
• Coconut Mall (02:30.764 - 02:13.333)
• DK Summit (02:34.693 - 02:17.546)
• Wario's Gold Mine (02:19.585 - 02:04.800)
• Daisy Circuit (01:56.822 - 01:41.362)
• Koopa Cape (03:03.022 - 02:41.370)
• Maple Treeway (02:58.633 - 02:37.812)
• Grumble Volcano (02:28.237 - 02:11.852)
• Dry Dry Ruins (02:30.949 - 02:14.286)
• Moonview Highway (02:16.802 - 02:04.163)
• Bowser's Castle (03:04.836 - 02:42.098)
• Rainbow Road (03:05.895 - 02:44.734)
• GCN Peach Beach (01:34.233 - 01:23.140)
• DS Yoshi Falls (01:16.461 - 01:09.175)
• SNES Ghost Valley 2 (01:06.595 - 00:58.907)
• N64 Mario Raceway (02:14.799 - 01:59.053)
• N64 Sherbet Land (02:48.651 - 02:28.356)
• GBA Shy Guy Beach (01:45.568 - 01:32.867)
• DS Delfino Square (02:41.807 - 02:24.169)
• GCN Waluigi Stadium (02:32.882 - 02:12.367)
• DS Desert Hills (02:10.233 - 01:52.686)
• GBA Bowser Castle 3 (02:58.304 - 02:39.391)
• N64 DK's Jungle Parkway (02:58.264 - 02:37.782)
• GCN Mario Circuit (01:59.771 - 01:49.939)
• SNES Mario Circuit 3 (01:38.880 - 01:26.659)
• DS Peach Gardens (02:34.894 - 02:16.777)
• GCN DK Mountain (02:57.744 - 02:38.130)
• N64 Bowser's Castle (03:19.323 - 02:55.933)

World Records

If you have Wi-Fi on your Wii, then you can download the current world records of every course in the game. Below is the list time - the course, the time, the player who set it, and their nation.

• Luigi Circuit (01:09.254) (Cole, Canada)
• Moo Moo Meadows (01:15.886) (Hizumi, Japan)
• Mushroom Gorge (00:27.979) (Sam, UK)
• Toad's Factory (01:50.710) (suiryu, Japan)
• Mario Circuit (01:02.857) (Horseface, Japan)
• Coconut Mall (00:35.479) (Takemi, Japan)
• DK Summit (01:47.666) (MadSun, Japan)
• Wario's Gold Mine (00:32.818) (MrBean, UK)
• Daisy Circuit (01:29.428) (Lu-G, Venezuela)
• Koopa Cape (02:20.361) (Totom, France)
• Maple Treeway (02:01.977) (Totom, France)
• Grumble Volcano (00:19.300) (Niyake, Japan)
• Dry Dry Ruins (01:48.008) (LeeD93, UK)
• Moonview Highway (01:43.666) (Brett, US)
• Bowser's Castle (02:10.917) (Axel, Japan)
• Rainbow Road (02:25.372) (A.Wesker, Japan)
• GCN Peach Beach (01:07.342) (Totom, France)
• DS Yoshi Falls (00:59.000) (Omega, Japan)
• SNES Ghost Valley 2 (00:51.984) (Axel, Japan)
• N64 Mario Raceway (01:41.671) (ZRoyal, US)
• N64 Sherbet Land (02:04.292) (Ken, Japan)
• GBA Shy Guy Beach (01:21.924) (Sword, UK)
• DS Delfino Square (02:05.070) (Jak, US)
• GCN Waluigi Stadium (01:49.353) (Totom, France)
• DS Desert Hills (01:35.114) (Doom, US)
• GBA Bowser Castle 3 (01:58.805) (Chouy, US)
• N64 DK's Jungle Parkway (02:11.121) (Jascha, Canada)
• GCN Mario Circuit (01:31.421) (NMeade, US)
• SNES Mario Circuit 3 (01:18.192) (Lu-G, Venezuela)
• DS Peach Gardens (01:59.592) (Jascha, Canada)
• GCN DK Mountain (02:02.532) (Troy, US)
• N64 Bowser's Castle (02:31.621) (Nagisa, Japan)