How to Unlock All Characters in Mario Kart Wii

Last Updated: October 21, 2024

This guide will show you exactly how to unlock every unlockable character within Mario Kart Wii. The Mario Kart Wii characters are divided into light, medium, and heavy; this determines which type of kart or bike the character can use. The characters also have slight differences among them (you may note slight statistic changes while trying different characters in the same vehicle). For instance, Baby Mario has a stat bonus to weight and handling over the similar light character Toad. The differences are very slight and shouldn’t deter you from choosing your favorites. You can check these by testing different characters inside the same vehicles.

Part 1

Part 1 of 11:

Baby Daisy and Daisy

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Research source} This will unlock Baby Daisy.
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Research source} This will unlock Daisy.

Part 2

Part 2 of 11:

Baby Luigi

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Research source} This will unlock Baby Luigi.

Part 3

Part 3 of 11:

Birdo

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Research source} This will unlock Birdo.

Part 4

Part 4 of 11:

Bowser Jr and Dry Bowser

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Research source} This will unlock Bowser Jr.
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Research source} This will unlock Dry Bowser.

Part 5

Part 5 of 11:

Diddy Kong

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Research source} This will unlock Diddy Kong.

Part 6

Part 6 of 11:

Dry Bones

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Research source} This will unlock Dry Bones.

Part 7

Part 7 of 11:

King Boo

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Research source} This will unlock King Boo.

Part 8

Part 8 of 11:

Rosalina

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Have Super Mario Galaxy game files saved to your Wii, make sure you have saved the file of the Mii you have in Mario Kart Wii and play 50 games, get at least 1 Star Rank for all Mirror Grand Prix Cups, or play 4,950 games. ^{[10]
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Research source} This will unlock Rosalina.
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Research source} This will also unlock Rosalina.

Part 9

Part 9 of 11:

Toadette

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Research source} This will unlock Toadette.

Part 10

Part 10 of 11:

Mii

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Win the 100cc Special Cup or play 1,650 games. ^{[13]
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Research source} This will unlock Mii (Outfit A).
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Research source} This will unlock Mii (Outfit B).

Part 11

Part 11 of 11:

Funky Kong

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Research source} This will unlock Funky Kong.

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The bottom four cups like the Shell Cup, Lightning Cup, Banana Cup, and Leaf Cup.

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Right when the POW block gets the 3rd hit, do a wheelie (or shake your Wii remote frantically) then keep going.

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If you have a mushroom in first place and a blue spiny shell is coming for you, you can try to time your mushroom boost to narrowly dodge the blue shell's explosion (this also works with a golden mushroom).

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Race 8 Staff Ghosts on Mario Kart Channel to unlock Baby Luigi.

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For better chances, before you try to unlock a character, go to time trials and see which character works best for the cup you want to complete. For example, you might see that Luigi works best for Mushroom Cup.
If you raced every time trial and can't seem to unlock Toadette, restart the game and then go back into your license. It won't inform you otherwise.
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How to Unlock All Characters in Mario Kart Wii

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Baby Daisy and Daisy

Baby Luigi

Birdo

Bowser Jr and Dry Bowser

Diddy Kong

Dry Bones

King Boo

Rosalina

Toadette

Mii

Funky Kong

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