NINTENDO Mario Kart Wii User Manual [fr]

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Contents

Controls 3
Getting Started 5
Driving Techniques 7
Items 8

Game Modes 10
Nintendo WFC 14
Mario Kart Channel 19

Wii Remote & Nunchuk

Look Backward

Steer

• Select

Use Items

Accelerate

• Conrm

Drift

• Brake/Reverse/Hop

• Cancel

Display Pause Menu

Display HOME Menu

Controls

This game uses the Wii Remote™ (either alone, with the Wii Wheel™, or the
Nunchuk™), Classic Controller (sold separately), or the Nintendo GameCube™
Controller (sold separately).

* In this manual, the pr imary control scheme will be the Wii Remote and Wii Wheel
(Wii Wheel style).

* Please see Dr iving Techniques (page 7) for detailed control information.

Wii Remote in Wii Wheel

The orange text represents control during menu-screen navigation.

Drift

• Brake/Reverse/Hop

• Cancel

Use Items

• Select

Look Backward

• Conrm

Steer

Turn the Wii Wheel
left or right.

Perform Wheelies

When riding a bike, lift the Wii Wheel up. To
end the wheelie, push the Wii Wheel down.

Display HOME Menu

Display Pause Menu

Accelerate

• Conrm

Drift

• Brake/Reverse/Hop

• Cancel

Perform Tricks

Shake the Wii Wheel
when jumping.

Perform a Wheelie

When riding a bike, lift the Wii
Remote up. To end the wheelie,
push the Wii Remote down.

Classic Controller

Display Pause Menu

Use Items

Steer

• Select

Perform Tricks

Press when jumping.

Perform/End Wheelies

Press up or down when
riding a bike.

Nintendo GameCube Controller

Use Items

Steer

• Select

Display Pause Menu

Select Cancel

Perform/End Wheelies

Press up or down on
when riding a bike.

Perform Tricks

Shake the Wii Remote
when jumping.

Look Backward

Accelerate

• Conrm

Drift

• Brake/Reverse/Hop

• Cancel

Display HOME Menu

Drift

• Brake/Reverse/Hop

Look Backward

Accelerate

• Conrm

Perform Tricks

Press when jumping.

Refer to the Wii Operations Manual and manual for each controller on how to
connect the controller.

To prevent damage to your console or Game Disc, don’t pull on the Nintendo
GameCube controller dur ing play or eject the Game Disc while changing the
GameCube Controller.

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Getting Started

Insert the Mario Kart Wii Game Disc in the disc
slot. The Wii will turn on, and the screen on the
right will appear. Read the contents and press

to conrm.

* The screen on the right will appear even if
you insert a Game Disc when the Wii is on.

When the Wii Menu appears, point the cursor
at the Disc Channel and press .

When the Channel Preview screen appears,
point the cursor at Start and press .

A screen will appear that shows you how to
attach the wrist strap. When you are nished
reading the instructions, press to continue.

Next, the title screen will appear. Press to
go to the Select License screen (page 6).

SYSTEM MENU UPDATE

Please note that when rst loading the Game Disc into the Wii
console, the Wii will check if you have the latest system menu,
and if necessary a Wii system update screen will appear. Press
OK to proceed.

Select License

When playing for the rst time, place the cursor
over a new license and press to conrm. If
you want to use an existing license, choose it
and press to continue.

You can register up to four licenses.

Back

Go back one screen.

Create a License

If you choose a new license in the Select License
screen, you will go to the Choose a Mii screen. In
addition to the six preset Miis, you will be able to
choose any of the Miis in the Mii Channel. After
you choose a Mii, your license will be ready and
you will go to the Main Menu (page 10).

* You can change the registered Mii in
License Settings.

* For information on how to add Miis to your Mii Channel, please check the
features section (Mii Channel) of your Wii Operations Manual.

Settings

Change var ious settings here.

If you want to change the controller, please do so at the
title screen. If you change it on a menu screen, the screen
on the right will appear, and you should press to
move forward.

* You cannot change a controller in the middle of a race. Also, if you’re using
a Nintendo GameCube Controller, you can only change it at the title screen.

About Save Data

This game saves automatically, and you need 23 blocks of empty space in
your Wii system memory. When you end a race, your progress to that point will
automatically be saved in your license.

* For information on how to delete save data in your Wii system memory,
please check the features section (Wii Options) of your Wii Operations Manual.

* Do not turn the power off or press RESET while sav ing.
* The save data cannot be copied to an SD Card.

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Driving Techniques

Items

Here are some tips to help you improve your dr iving skills! There are two types
of vehicles that you can choose from, karts and bikes, and each has its own
driving techniques.

The explanations for these techniques use the Wii Wheel control scheme.
When using the Wii Wheel, is the acceleration button. If using any
other control scheme, please refer to the control layouts on page 4 for the
corresponding button.

Rocket Start

Press and hold at just the right time
during the countdown to rev up your
engine and give yourself a burst of
speed off the starting line.

Drifting

Drifting lets you take sharp corners
without slowing down. To drift, press
while holding when turning to slide
sideways. Also, while drifting, you can
change your direction by turning .

* If you select Automatic Drift, you can
drift by using just .

Mini-Turbo

After drifting for a bit, sparks will y
from your tires. Release when blue
ames start shooting out to get a boost
of speed, also called a Mini-Turbo.

* Mini-Turbos are only possible when
your dr ift mode is set to Manual.

Super Mini-Turbo

Continue to drift after the blue
ames appear, and they will turn
orange. Release at this point to
activate a bigger boost of speed, also
called a Super Mini-Turbo.

* Super Mini-Turbos are only possible
when your drift mode is set to
Manual and you are driving a kart.

Trick

Shake the Wii Wheel up, down, left,
or right as you leave a platform
to perform a tr ick in the air.
Successful tricks give you a short
speed boost when you land.

Wheelie

Tilt the Wii Wheel up when riding a
bike to perform a wheelie and get
a speed boost. Be careful, though,
because it’s more difcult to turn
when doing a wheelie, and if another
vehicle hits you dur ing your wheelie,
you’ll slow down and lose control. To
exit the wheelie, simply push your
Wii Wheel back down.

* You can only perform wheelies
when driv ing a bike.

Pick up items in a race to perform various actions.
* During team battles (page 13), your items won’t affect your teammates.

Getting Items

Pass through item blocks to pick them up.
The item you get is randomly determined.

If you already have an item, you can’t pick up another
one. However, if you equip an item, you can pick up
another one.

Using Items

Use items by pressing .

Equipping Items

You can equip certain items. When an item is
equipped, it acts like a shield. Items like Triple
Bananas can be equipped by pressing once, while
others, like the Banana, will only stay equipped for
as long as you hold .

Throwing Items

You can throw some items backward or forward. To throw an item forward, press

. To throw it behind you, press .

* When using controllers other than the Wii Wheel, throw items forward by
pressing the button to use items while pressing the Control Stick forward.

You might drop an item if you ip or spin out. If
you drive over a dropped item, you w ill feel its
effects immediately.

Game Modes

Item List

Items with can be dragged behind you.

Vehicles that roll over bananas will spin

Banana/Triple Bananas

out. Press to equip Triple Bananas.
Press again to drop them.

Green shells move in straight lines

Green Shell/Triple Green Shells

when thrown. If you hit a vehicle, it will
ip over. Press to equip Triple Green Shells. Press again to throw them.

Red Shells home in on the closest

Red Shell/Triple Red Shells

vehicle in front of you. If you hit it, the vehicle
will flip over. Press to equip Triple Red Shells. Press again to throw them.

When thrown, they will explode after a certain

Bob-omb

amount of time or when a vehicle runs into them.
Vehicles that hit the explosion will roll or spin out.

Spiny Shell

Spiny Shells nd the vehicle in rst place and explode on
impact. Any vehicle caught in the blast will ip or spin out.

Though they look like regular Item Boxes, if a vehicle

Fake Item Box

hits one, the vehicle will ip over.

Mushrooms provide a short speed

Mushroom/Triple Mushrooms

boost. Triple Mushrooms give three
speed boosts.

For a temporary speed boost, press

Golden Mushroom

times as you like for a short period of time.

Bullet Bill

Bullet Bills let you y automatically through the track,
knocking over any vehicle you hit on your way.

Blooper

Bloopers spray ink on all vehicles ahead of you and reduce
their visibility.

as many

Mario Kar t Wii features four sections, each with different game modes.

Main Menu

Point the cursor over the section you want to enter and press .

License Settings

Single Player Choose from four game modes to play alone.
Multiplayer Choose from four game modes to play in groups of

two to four people.

Nintendo WFC Play people from around the world. Each match can

hold up to 12 people, with up to two people playing on
the same Wii.

(page 14)

Mario Kart Channel Check ranking, tournament, and friend information.

(page 19)

Lightning

Lightning zaps your opponents, causing them to spin out,
drop their items, shrink, and drive more slowly for a while.

Star

Stars turn you invincible for awhile. While invincible, your top
speed increases and you’ll knock over any vehicle you hit.

Mega Mushroom

Mega Mushrooms turn you into a giant for a short
time and give you a short speed boost. While huge,
you’ll atten any vehicles that get in your way.

POW Block

POW Blocks shake the ground, causing opponents to spin
out and drop their items.

Lightning Cloud

Lightning clouds oat above you, and after a set
amount of time, zap you with lightning. If you hit an
opponent before the time runs out, however, you can pass the cloud off.

* During a team race (page 13), some of the items won’t affect your teammates.

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Game Modes

You can access different modes depending on whether you’re in the Single Player
or Multiplayer section.

Single Player Multiplayer

Grand Prix (page 11) Playable —
Time Trial (page 12) Playable —
VS (page 13) Playable Playable
Battle (page 13) Playable Playable

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Grand Prix

There are eight cups, with each cup featuring four different tracks. Race against
11 other opponents on each track for the best overall standings.

Starting a Race

Game Screen

Current Item

Total Time

Current Lap/
Total Laps

* As you progress through the game, more characters and vehicles become available.

Class

Only karts can race in 50cc matches, only bikes can race
in 100cc matches, and both bikes and karts can race in
150cc matches.

Characters

* As you progress through the game, more characters will
become available.

Vehicles

* The type of vehicles available to you depends on the size
of your character. Only selectable vehicles will appear.

* As you progress through the game, more vehicles will
become available.

Drift

Automatic lets you drift automatically, with no Mini­Turbos. Manual lets you control the drift and gives you the
option of Mini-Turbos.

Choose from three classes.

Choose your driver.

Choose your vehicle.

Choose your drift mode.

Current Position

Course Map

Results

You earn points based on your placement in a race. After you complete all four
courses, your points are added together to determine your overall ranking. Gold,
silver, and bronze trophies are awarded for rst, second, and third place overall.
Your driving technique will also be ranked.

Points Earned

Ranking

Best Worst

Time Trial

Race through a course by yourself to break the existing time record.

Ghosts

When you earn a new Time Trial record, you create a
ghost that records your exact path.
After selecting a course, if you choose Race a Ghost,
it will appear with you.

Ghost

Cups

More cups become available as you progress through the game.

Choose a cup to compete in.

Start the race.

Saving a Ghost

If you beat your fastest time, your race data will automatically be saved as a ghost.
You can view your saved ghosts in the Rankings section (page 21).

* You can save a single ghost per course for each license. When you succeed in
uploading your ghost data for a course, your old ghost is overwritten and can no
longer be loaded.

Nintendo WFC

VS

In Single-Player mode, you will race against
CPU players. In Multiplayer mode, two to four
players will race.

Race Select

Solo Race Race alone against others for the
most total points.

Team Race Split into two teams and compete
for the most total points.

VS Rules

Choose Rules and press to set the engine
class, CPU difculty, vehicle types, and
much more.

Battle

In Single Player mode, you will battle against
CPU players. In Multiplayer mode, two to four
players will battle.

* Battles are played in teams. The rst team to
reach the number set in the win count wins.

Battle Select

Balloons Popped

Balloon Battle

Pop the other team’s balloons. The team with the most
points at the end wins.

Coins Collected

Coin Runners

The team that collects the most coins wins.

Rules

To protect your privacy, do not give out personal information such as last name, phone
number, birth date, age, school, e-mail, or home address when communicating with others.

The End User License Agreement that governs Wii online game play and sets forth
the Wii Privacy Policy is available in the Wii console’s System Settings and online at
support.nintendo.com/wiiprivacy.jsp.

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

By choosing Nintendo WFC 1 Player, one

1

player with one Wii can connect to Nintendo WFC.
By choosing Nintendo WFC 2 Player, two players with one
Wii can connect to Nintendo WFC. Choose the mode you
want to play and press .

*During 2 Player matches, the screen will split into two sections. Player 2 will
also register a controller and choose a Mii.

The Nintendo WFC screen will appear and you

2

will start to connect to Nintendo WFC.

When you are successfully connected, the

3

mode-selection screen will appear. Choose a
mode to play and press .

* If you have friends connected to Nintendo WFC while
you’re connected, the Friends icon will change and the
Mii for your friends will change to

Worldwide

Play an opponent
from somewhere
around the world.

Your rating changes depending on the result
of your match.

* Your rating is a number that represents
how strong a player you are. It starts
at 5000 and goes up if you win a match
and down if you lose. You can choose
to play against others who have the same
approximate rating as you.

Continue to page 15.

Regional

Play an opponent
in your region.

or .

Friends

Compete with people
registered to your friend roster.
The results of friend matches
don’t affect your rating.

* In order to play with friends,
you need to register them to
your fr iend roster (

Continue to page 16.

page 18).

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Worldwide

Regional

Friends

Choose from VS or Battle modes (page 13).
* In VS races and battles, your ratings are calculated independently. In VS races,

you earn a VR (VS Rating), and in battles, you earn a BR (Battle Rating).

Choose Game Mode

1

2

Choose Characters, Vehicles, Drift Mode

Choose your character, vehicle, and drift mode.

3

Find Opponents

4

Vote on a Course or Stage

5

View Results

When a race ends, players’ ratings will
change depending on where they place.

* When a race ends, players return to the check members screen.

Choose between race and battle modes.

Once opponents have been found, you will
vote on which course to play. If the person
you want to play is in the middle of a race,
you will watch the race and then vote on a
course after it ends.

Vote on a course from the 32 available.
After every player has voted, a course will
be selected and the race will start.

* In Battle mode, you can choose from
10 stages.

You can compete with faraway friends in a VS
race (page 13) or battle (page 13). Also, you can
join a friend who is currently playing online when
you’re online as well.

* You can choose between playing in teams or by
yourself when participating in a VS race.

Hosting a Race

Create a Room

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To host a race, create a room
by selecting Create a Room
and pressing .

Wait for Friends

2

Wait until your friends join
your room.

* When you want to shut the
room down, choose Back
and press .

* If you shut the room down,
friends that have joined
you will either return to the
title screen or Friends menu.

Continue to page 17. Continue to page 15.

Joining a Friend

Find a Friend

You can join a friend who is already
connected to Nintendo WFC. Choose that
friend’s Mii and press to conrm.

The Mii’s face
changes to
reect your
friend’s status.

Check Your Friends’

2

Status and Join a Match

Choose Meet Up and press .
Note: Depending on their status, you

may be unable to join some friends.

Join a friend’s
room and play.

Join a race that your
friend is playing
(Worldwide or Regional).

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Send a Message

3

While waiting in a room for a match to start, you can send messages to friends
to discuss simple strategies.

* If there are players in the room who are not registered to your friend roster,
the Register icon will appear. Select it and press to ask them to
register you as a friend. If the other player accepts, you can register each
other without exchanging friend codes.

Select a Mode

4 4

Choose Close and press to
choose the game mode and rules.

Wait to Start

You can send messages to your
friends while waiting for the
game mode and rules to be
selected.

Find a Friend (Friend Roster)

Your friend roster will display your friends’ Miis.
By choosing your friends’ Miis, you can check their
connection status (open room/playing a game, see
page 16) or check their registration information. You
can also delete them from your friend roster.

* You can register up to 30 friends for each license.
Choose a Mii that is online and you can join a
Nintendo WFC match.

Choose a Mii to start a
Nintendo WFC match.

Register a Friend

If you and another person both register each other’s friend codes, you will
become Mario Kart Wii friends and be able to play together via Nintendo WFC.

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Exchange fr iend codes with another player.

If you choose Register a Friend, a screen will appear where you will
enter a friend code. After entering it, choose OK and press .

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Choose Characters, Vehicles, Drift Mode

Choose the character, vehicle, and drift mode that you will use during the race.

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Check the Participants

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Vote on a Course or Stage

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End the Race

Conrm the match’s par ticipants.

See 4 on page 15.

Until you complete three races, you will
return to
Once you’ve completed four races, you will
return to 4 Wait to Start.

Vote on a Course or Stage.

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* If both players connect to Nintendo WFC at the same time, they will be
registered to one another’s fr iend rosters.

* If one player (P1) connects and disconnects and then the other player
(P2) connects later, P1 will be registered to P2’s friend roster. For P2 to
be registered to P1’s friend roster, P1 must connect a second time after P2
has connected. In this case, the hand-keyed friend code will appear on the
unregistered player ’s friend roster.

In order to register each other’s friend codes to your friend rosters,
you must both connect to Nintendo WFC.

Unregistered Friend Codes

If the display does not change even after both players have connected, the friend
code entered may be incorrect. Please delete the entry and enter it again.

Your Friend’s Mii and Nickname

Friends who aren’t completely registered will appear only as friend codes. Once
registration is complete, their Miis and nicknames will appear.

MARIO KART Wii

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MARIO KART Wii

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Mario Kart Channel

Using WiiConnect24, you can download ghosts and send your ghost to friends.
Also, you can get information about tournaments run through the Mario Kart
Channel, as well as information about events.

* If you install the Mario Kart Channel in your Wii Menu (page 5), you can access
each of the channel’s features without hav ing the Game Disc inserted. However,
if you want to race, you will need to insert the Game Disc into the Wii.

In order to use the features of the Mario Kart Channel, you must rst dene
your Internet connection settings and turn WiiConnect24 on.

Cautions Regarding WiiConnect24

* If you connect to WiiConnect24, there is a possibility that your license name
and Mii will be seen by many people. See page 14 for privacy protection
recommendations.

What is WiiConnect24?

WiiConnect24 allows you to stay connected to the
Internet, receive data, and exchange messages with
friends and family even if your Wii is off.

How to Use the Mario Kart Channel

Choose the Mario Kart Channel from either the Main
Menu or the Wii Menu and press .

If you selected the Mario Kar t Channel
from the Wii Menu, you will be taken
to the Select License screen (page 6).
Select a license and press to conrm.

The Mario Kart Channel menu will appear.

Notices

Event information and other notices will
be displayed.

* When the “Receive Mario Kart updates”
message displays, select it and press to get
the latest Mario Kar t Channel updates.

* When special notices such as “A tournament is under way” appear, select the
notice and press to move to a new screen with information regarding the
posted notice.

When you receive a notice regarding tournaments or ghost challenges, the
following notices will appear in the Mario Kart Channel.

You’ve received an invitation.

You haven’t played a ghost
race in a while.

A tournament is underway.

A special ghost is available.

Friends Access your friend roster and register friend codes.

(page 18)

Ghosts Race against ghosts from all over the world and check

(page 21)

ghosts sent from your friends.

Rankings Check your rankings and tournament scores and download

(page 21)

the ghosts of the worldwide and regional champions.

Tournament Participate in tournaments for a limited time.

(page 22)

Wii Menu

Return to the Wii Menu.

Overall Settings

Friends

Choose Find a Friend to view your friend roster
and join friends connected to Nintendo WFC
(page 18). Choose Register a Friend to enter new
friend codes.

* If you access the Mario Kart Channel through
the Wii Menu, you can check your friends’ status
even if a Game Disc isn’t inserted into your Wii.