Mario Kart Wii Hints & Cheats

Mario Kart Wii Unlockables

Star Cup	Win at least 3rd place in Flower Cup and Mushroom Cup
Special Cup	Win at least 3rd place in Star Cup
Leaf Cup	Win at least 3rd place in Banana Cup and Shell Cup
Lightning Cup	Win at least 3rd place in Leaf Cup

Mirror mode

Reach 1st place in all cups at 150cc class.

Characters

Unlockable	How to Unlock
King Boo	Win 50cc Star Cup
Diddy Kong	Complete retro 50cc Cups
Baby Daisy	1 Star in all 50cc Wii-Cups
Dry Bones	Win 100cc Leaf Cup
Mii (Outfit A)	Win 100cc Special Cup
Bowser Jr.	1 Star in all 100cc Retro-Cups
Daisy	Win 150cc Special Cup
Dry Bowser	1 Star in all 150cc Wii-Cups
Rosalina	Have a Super Mario Galaxy savefile and she will be unlocked after 50 races or get 1 star in all 8 Mirror Mode Cups
Funky Kong	Unlock 4 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Baby Luigi	Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Birdo	Play Time Trials on 16 different courses or win 250 Wi-Fi matches.
Toadette	Play Time Trials on all 32 different courses or win 1000 Wi-Fi matches.
Mii (Outfit B)	Unlock all 32 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials

Unlockable Karts

After meeting the requirements, some unlockables may require you to back out of your save file and reselect it. Note: In different countries, the karts have different names but the unlocking methods are the same.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Aero Glider (large kart)	Attain at least 1 Star in all 150cc Retro Cups
Sprinter (Medium Kart)	Unlocked 24 Expert Staff Ghosts
Blue Falcon (small kart)	Win Mirror Lightning Cup
Cheep Charger (small kart)	Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Retro Grand Prix Cups
Honeycoupe (large kart)	Win 150cc Lightning Cup
Piranha Prowler (large kart)	Win 50cc Special Cup
Royal Racer (medium kart)	Win 150cc Leaf Cup
Turbo Blooper (medium kart)	Win 50cc Leaf Cup
Tiny Titan (small kart)	Beat 50 opponents during Wi-Fi play or unlock one expert staff ghost

Alternate Title Screen and Ending Screen

Completing every single cup with a first place unlocks two new alternating Title Screens and one new Ending Photo.

Have a star by your nickname

Playing extraordinarily well in Grand Prix races can produce a Star Ranking upto 3 at the end results instead of the standard "C, B or A."
Collecting these stars in all Grand Prix's adds a Star Icon next to your name in WiFi Races and on the Results Screen for your opponents to see.
(Note: Say, if you get a Three star rating in every Grand Prix except one which you got a One star rating in. You would get a One starred nickname until you manage to upgrade the rank.)

One starred nickname	Get a one star rating in every Grand Prix
Double starred nickname	Get a two star rating in every Grand Prix
Triple starred nickname	Get a three star rating in every Grand Prix.

Mario Kart Wii Secrets

Quick Start
When the countdown starts wait till the 2 starts to disappear and then press and hold the 2 button. So the 2 must still be visible but disappearing.
This will give you a boost at the start of the race.
Boost when recovering from a fall
When you fall into something, such as water or falling from rainbow road, when you land, if you hit 2 at the moment you hit the ground, you get a temporary boost.
POW Block Immunity
When you see the POW block on your screen and its about to hit you, just do the function you would normally use for a trick to create a shockwave for youself to become immune to the spin out the POW block creates (Control panel on GCN controller, Shaking Wii wheel, etc.). This can be done on both bikes and carts. Even though you don't loose speed or spin out, you still will loose the items you were carrying.
Change Mii Racer weight class
Go into the Mii Channel and change your Mii drivers weight, which will have an in game impact causing you to change weight class and have different cars.