Mario Kart Unlockables

So once you start playing you start winning a few Grand Prix tracks and the next thing you know you start getting new characters, new karts and new bikes to race with. Then you start seeing your friends or other people online with more & more characters and vehicles that you don't have and you wonder how get them..... Hmmmm...... Well, here is a map to unlock everything below.

Unlock all the Characters

14 characters in all can be unlocked in Mario Kart Wii, in addition to the 12 characters already available at the start of the game. The following characters can be unlocked by completing certain tasks:

• King Boo - Win the 50cc Star Cup


• Diddy Kong - Win the 50cc Retro Cups


• Mii (Outfit A) - Win the 100cc Special Cup


• Dry Bones - Win the 100cc Leaf Cup


• Daisy - Win the 150cc Special Cup


• Baby Daisy - Get 1 star in all 50cc Wii Cups


• Bowser Jr. - Get 1 star in all 100cc Retro Cups


• Dry Bowser - Get 1 star in all 150cc Wii Cups


• Rosalina - Get 1 star in all Mirror Mode Wii & Retro Cups (or, have a Super Mario Galaxy save file and complete 50 races)


• Birdo - Play 16 Time Trial Mode courses (or, win 250 WiFi matches)


• Toadette - Play 32 Time Trial Mode courses (or, win 1000 WiFi matches)


• Funky Kong - Unlock 4 Expert Staff Times in Time Trial Mode


• Baby Luigi - Unlock 8 Expert Staff Times in Time Trial Mode


• Mii (Outfit B) - Unlock 32 Expert Staff Times in Time Trial Mode

Unlock all the Karts

Nine unlockable karts are also hidden within Mario Kart Wii:

• Piranha Prowler (large kart) - Win 50cc Special Cup


• Turbo Blooper (medium kart) - Win 50cc Leaf Cup


• Royal Racer (medium kart) - Win 150cc Leaf Cup


• Honeycoupe (large kart) - Win 150cc Lightning Cup


• Blue Falcon (small kart) - Win Mirror Mode Lightning Cup


• Cheep Charger (small kart) - Get 1 star in all 50cc Retro Cups


• Jetsetter (large kart) - Get 1 star in all 150cc Retro Cups


• Tiny Titan (small kart) - Unlock 1 Expert Staff Time in Time Trial Mode (or, win 50 WiFi matches)


• Sprinter (medium kart) - Unlock 24 Expert Staff Times in Time Trial Mode

Unlock all the Bikes

Similarly, nine bikes can also be unlocked upon meeting certain requirements in Mario Kart Wii:

• Shooting Star (large bike) - Win 100cc Star Cup


• Zip Zip (medium bike) - Win 100cc Lightning Cup


• Quacker (small bike) - Win 150cc Star Cup


• Dolphin Dasher (medium bike) - Win Mirror Mode Star Cup


• Phantom (large bike) - Win Mirror Mode Special Cup


• Jet Bubble (small bike) - Win Mirror Mode Leaf Cup


• Sneakster (medium bike) - Get 1 star in all 100cc Wii cups


• Magikruiser (small bike) - Play 8 Time Trial Mode courses


• Spear (large bike) - Unlock 12 Expert Staff Times in Time Trial Mode

Unlock Mirror Mode

In addition to unlockable characters, karts and bikes, Nintendo also included an unlockable Grand Prix mode in Mario Kart Wii: Mirror Mode. To unlock Mirror Mode, one must place 1st in all races in the 150cc mode.

There are a few other ways to unlock some of these characters, for instance if just play online enough some of these characters can be unlocked as well. For instance you can unlock Rosaline by winning about 5000 races, or get Diddy Kong for a great value of 450 races. If you get all these done, you have put some serious time into the game. Also, you only unlock them for your license that you are playing.