How to Drift on Mario Kart Wii

Drifting on Mario Kart Wii is quite easy. The more tricky part is drifting at the right time.

Steps

1
Find out what controller you're using. The buttons you press to drift depend on this.
2
Play with your controller for a while to get used to it. Start off using Automatic drift to help acquire you to your controller further.

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3
Learn about your vehicle. Are you going to be using a kart? Are you going to be using a bike? In addition to using either a kart or bike, you have inner-drift bikes and outer-drift bikes.
- Inner-drift bikes are those bikes who drift inward upon drifting.
- Outer-drift bikes are those bikes who drift outward upon drifting (as shown in the video below).
4
Once you have gotten familiar with your vehicle, you're ready to select manual. Drifting on each controller is different with different buttons to press.
- On the Wii wheel and Wii remote and nunchuk, you're going to want to hold down the B button (located on the back of the Wii remote) to drift.
- On the classic controller, classic controller pro, and GameCube controller, you're going to want to hold down either the B or R button.
5
Continue to practice. You're not going to master it off of one try. Continue to practice until you feel you have a good grasp on it.
6
Drift using other characters or vehicles. Once you have a good grasp on drifting, select other characters or vehicles and see if you can drift just as well as you did before.