How to Unlock All Characters in Mario Kart Wii

Last Updated: November 22, 2022

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

1
Get at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Wii Grand Prix Cups or play 1,950 games.^{[1]
X
Research source} This will unlock Baby Daisy.
2
Win the 150cc Special Cup or play 2,850 games.^{[2]
X
Research source} This will unlock Daisy.

Part 2

Part 2 of 11:

Baby Luigi

1
Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghosts in Time Trials, win 100 Wi-Fi Ghost Races, or play 3,150 games.^{[3]
X
Research source} This will unlock Baby Luigi.

Part 3

Part 3 of 11:

Birdo

1
Play Time Trials on 16 different courses, win 250 Wi-Fi races, or play 1,350 games.^{[4]
X
Research source} This will unlock Birdo.

Part 4

Part 4 of 11:

Bowser Jr and Dry Bowser

1
Get at least 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Retro Grand Prix Cups or play 3,450 games.^{[5]
X
Research source} This will unlock Bowser Jr.
2
Get at least 1 Star Rank for all 150cc Wii Grand Prix Cups or play 4,350 games.^{[6]
X
Research source} This will unlock Dry Bowser.

Part 5

Part 5 of 11:

Diddy Kong

1
Win the 50cc Lightning Cup or play 450 games.^{[7]
X
Research source} This will unlock Diddy Kong.

Part 6

Part 6 of 11:

Dry Bones

1
Win the 100cc Leaf Cup or play 1,050 games.^{[8]
X
Research source} This will unlock Dry Bones.

Part 7

Part 7 of 11:

King Boo

1
Win the 50cc Star Cup or play 750 games.^{[9]
X
Research source} This will unlock King Boo.

Part 8

Part 8 of 11:

Rosalina

1
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]
X
Research source} This will unlock Rosalina.
2
Get at least 1 Star Rank for all 150cc Wii Grand Prix cups and beat 18 Staff Ghosts.^{[11]
X
Research source} This will also unlock Rosalina.

Part 9

Part 9 of 11:

Toadette

1
Play Time Trials on all 32 different courses, win 1,000 Wi-Fi races, or play 2,550 games.^{[12]
X
Research source} This will unlock Toadette.

Part 10

Part 10 of 11:

Mii

1
Win the 100cc Special Cup or play 1,650 games.^{[13]
X
Research source} This will unlock Mii (Outfit A).
2
Unlock all (32) Expert Staff Ghosts in Time Trials, win 5,000 Wi-Fi Ghost Races or play 5,100 games.^{[14]
X
Research source} This will unlock Mii (Outfit B).

Part 11

Part 11 of 11:

Funky Kong

1
Unlock 4 Expert Staff Ghosts in Time Trials, win 25 Wi-Fi races, or play 2,250 games.^{[15]
X
Research source} This will unlock Funky Kong.

Community Q&A

Question

What are the "retro stages" for Bowser Jr.?

Community Answer

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

How do you avoid the pow block?

Community Answer

You shake the wifi remote as the pow goes off. If it doesn't work the first time, keep trying, because it does work.
Question

How do I check how many races I've been in?

Community Answer

Go to you Mii profile. It will say how many races, battles, hits delivered, etc.

Warnings

Toadette may not be unlockable on certain consoles because of Nintendo server glitches.

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All unlockables must be completed on Single Player only.

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It can take a long time to unlock all characters.

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