Playing since 2011 but never was serious about playing competitively. I still learned a bunch from this video. 1: I swore shock cooldown was 25 seconds for the longest time for whatever reason. Thanks for correcting me. 2: I'll consider playing on Wii U via wired connection now. 3 and 4: I was already doing these things, but reminders never hurt. 5: Best tip in the video. Awesome vid.
I'm watching this in preparation to play Mario Kart Wii again! I haven't played in like 8 years since my grandma got rid of our Wii so I'm really rusty- but I'm super excited to play it again!
I immediately got first in a world wide first try at 5k vr because I haven't played World wides before. I knew this stuff already, and I use my competitive knowledge with my world wides. I'm at high 6k so I hope to get to 7k which will be fun getting to 8k after. I knew luigi circuit was a luck track so i just chained shock and gotten an easy first place. This is actually good for new mkwii players that haven't played the game much before.
Never played mario kart wii back when it came out but I got the rom for it on my hacked wii now, and I'm trying to unlock all the stuff. Thanks for the tips
@@SmasherLex My life's taken a different direction lately, so I don't think I could ever come back to competitive gaming, heh. But someday I think it'd be cool to reconnect with the gaming folks!
Tysm this rly helped I still play Mario cart wii it's fun to play with friends, all the unlockable things, everything and this helped me beat a guy massivpy better than me
You can hold your power items to dodge the shock if you’re expecting it. That is the main reason. There are also other things like using all your mushrooms, jumping off the track to get a good respawn, slowing down or waiting at an item set. There are plenty of other reasons but they are mainly for competitive play. I don’t imagine many casual players would try to use the shock strategically or hold it for very long unlike competitive.
How to get first place in every race (Grand Prix non-internet). First, race in the 150cc cups so you get used to having the computer beat the snot out of you especially right before the finish line. By then you'll have mastered or at least gotten very good at each track. Next, race the 50cc races and it'll be easy as the computer isn't as aggressive. You're welcome. I never understood why it mattered about the shocks, you can't defend against them anyway. I wouldn't sit in front of a box waiting for the right time to get one yourself, so frankly it doesn't matter. You could get zapped just once in each race, or 4 times, just depends. But again, I'm talking solo play and not internet. But sure is frustrating trying to get a 3 star ranking though.
Slight correction the graphics quality of the Wii u in wii mode is still a maximum of 480p, I would agree to get a Wii u if your connection is dropping out. Unfortunately the only way to get better than 480p Wii games is using dolphin
vehicles are more important than characters. best vehicles from best to worst are: flame runner (heavy) mach bike (midweight) bullet bike (light) as for good characters to use for each flame runner: funky, rosalina, bowser mach bike: daisy, mii, luigi bullet: baby daisy, baby luigi, baby peach
hey mate so i was struggling with my net (being austrailian) so i took your advice and switched to a wii u and im using the official switch ethernet adapter and my lag has gotten worse! Are there any settings that i do that could possibly make it better?
Lounge is an online community run ranked ladder system for competitve MKWii matches. mkwlounge.gg/ is the site and you can find the discord on there. You can then get ranked and start queueing into matches
The first time I played was 10 years ago I used to play a lot in the past but still didn’t know about the WiFi lag? Mario kart wii is mostly offline so I am just confused
you forgot to mention that for even faster wifi for the wii u you can change the dns settings to 008.008.008.008 and secondary to 008.008.004.004 which helped alot
Definitely possible to play at a high level with Wii Wheel, it's just much easier to get to that level with either a GCN Controller, Nunchuck, or Classic controller
Man I’ve been playing this game casually for thirteen years and I didn’t know half of this stuff. Great video, pretty useful information!
Glad I could help! :)
Playing since 2011 but never was serious about playing competitively. I still learned a bunch from this video.
1: I swore shock cooldown was 25 seconds for the longest time for whatever reason. Thanks for correcting me.
2: I'll consider playing on Wii U via wired connection now.
3 and 4: I was already doing these things, but reminders never hurt.
5: Best tip in the video.
Awesome vid.
Thank you and good luck!
I'm watching this in preparation to play Mario Kart Wii again! I haven't played in like 8 years since my grandma got rid of our Wii so I'm really rusty- but I'm super excited to play it again!
Good luck! Check out Mario Kart Wii Lounge to play some competitive matches!
3:25 Oml the amount of funky Kongs
really well made video, I can see this being genuinely useful for a lot of mogi beginners
just recovered my 14 y/o wii and played mk for the first time since I was a kid. Very helpful vid, thanks
I immediately got first in a world wide first try at 5k vr because I haven't played World wides before. I knew this stuff already, and I use my competitive knowledge with my world wides. I'm at high 6k so I hope to get to 7k which will be fun getting to 8k after. I knew luigi circuit was a luck track so i just chained shock and gotten an easy first place. This is actually good for new mkwii players that haven't played the game much before.
good video keep up the good work I'm going to be showing this to new players!
Much appreciated!
Too cold fam
tewwwww cold
Never played mario kart wii back when it came out but I got the rom for it on my hacked wii now, and I'm trying to unlock all the stuff. Thanks for the tips
MKWii online is just Funky Kong hell
thanks just gatted my wii u modded and will get into some MKwii cant wait. thanks for the tips i did not know them in this way.
Great video! I remember applying most of these tips back when I was into competitive Mario Kart Wii!
(Heyy, former Charged Brigade teammate over here)
Thank you man! cB for life. Try coming back sometime. The community is still very active.
@@SmasherLex My life's taken a different direction lately, so I don't think I could ever come back to competitive gaming, heh.
But someday I think it'd be cool to reconnect with the gaming folks!
How do you play online
4:35 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks, this opened more opportunities for me to improve
Thank you for the tips ! I started playing the game yesterday and it’s amazing
Ain’t no way bro was trying to sell us a Wiiu in 2023
Its fire wdym😂
@@Saltiestpekkaikr
Wii U could never top the Wii
It’s 2025 now man
Why is everyone using that donkey kong guy how do you get him
Its funky kong, you unlock him by getting 4 fast staff ghosts trials, you unlock fast staff ghosts by beating normal staff ghosts first
Every character has a different stat buff, daisy and funky are meta because they have the best speed buffs
Yes you get 4 fast staff ghosts and go back to main menu and then
Tysm this rly helped I still play Mario cart wii it's fun to play with friends, all the unlockable things, everything and this helped me beat a guy massivpy better than me
I don't even know why it would be important to predict shock 😂
You can hold your power items to dodge the shock if you’re expecting it. That is the main reason. There are also other things like using all your mushrooms, jumping off the track to get a good respawn, slowing down or waiting at an item set. There are plenty of other reasons but they are mainly for competitive play. I don’t imagine many casual players would try to use the shock strategically or hold it for very long unlike competitive.
How to get first place in every race (Grand Prix non-internet). First, race in the 150cc cups so you get used to having the computer beat the snot out of you especially right before the finish line. By then you'll have mastered or at least gotten very good at each track. Next, race the 50cc races and it'll be easy as the computer isn't as aggressive. You're welcome. I never understood why it mattered about the shocks, you can't defend against them anyway. I wouldn't sit in front of a box waiting for the right time to get one yourself, so frankly it doesn't matter. You could get zapped just once in each race, or 4 times, just depends. But again, I'm talking solo play and not internet. But sure is frustrating trying to get a 3 star ranking though.
I didn’t even know there was a 3 star rating. And i was so happy with my 2 stars fuuugg
Interesting video this will help me out
3:34 true
Good video Smash!
very good video, i tried to make this type of video but my video making skills are pretty lacking so this is quite the step up
Good video. Very helpful
Slight correction the graphics quality of the Wii u in wii mode is still a maximum of 480p, I would agree to get a Wii u if your connection is dropping out.
Unfortunately the only way to get better than 480p Wii games is using dolphin
Okay. But when you DON'T have Funky Kong available yet, which is the best character to choose & on which vehicle?
vehicles are more important than characters.
best vehicles from best to worst are:
flame runner (heavy)
mach bike (midweight)
bullet bike (light)
as for good characters to use for each
flame runner: funky, rosalina, bowser
mach bike: daisy, mii, luigi
bullet: baby daisy, baby luigi, baby peach
@@nimatalebi1912 - thank you! This information will help me.
How do you get the speed in the bottom right of your screen? Is it a mod of some sort?
hey mate so i was struggling with my net (being austrailian) so i took your advice and switched to a wii u and im using the official switch ethernet adapter and my lag has gotten worse! Are there any settings that i do that could possibly make it better?
I'm just gonna let this game rip I have great memories with it but It's not the same in todays years now
Thank you this helped alot!😀😀😀
If you can't beat it I used dk summit and dry dry ruins I forgot the others lol sry.
Good vid dude
I’m just trying to beat 100cc 😭 keep getting hit with blue shells and an immediate red shell putting me in a near unrecoverable state
Ty for the information though I will try my best to apply this
if you know there is a shock what do you do about it though
I am a noob. This was an awesome video. Where can I find mario kart matches? What is this lounge you speak of lol
Lounge is an online community run ranked ladder system for competitve MKWii matches. mkwlounge.gg/ is the site and you can find the discord on there. You can then get ranked and start queueing into matches
Niko
@@Liamdk223 oof
@@Niko-yl7eq no, thats copyrighted now
Nice vr chat music
The first time I played was 10 years ago I used to play a lot in the past but still didn’t know about the WiFi lag? Mario kart wii is mostly offline so I am just confused
You can play online on the custom servers. Look up CTGP, it’s free and you can begin playing with thousands of other people
@@SmasherLex Thanks for answering but is it actually legal?
@@xx_rz yes, it is completely legal. Nintendo doesn't care unless you're using emulated hardware.
you forgot to mention that for even faster wifi for the wii u you can change the dns settings to 008.008.008.008 and secondary to 008.008.004.004 which helped alot
do you play ctgp?
I literally get like -1000% chance of improving as a player cuz I don't main Funky
Then... play as Funky?
@@willallnutt4612 fr
Character doesn’t matter. Just use flame runner or Mach bike.
this was so helpful!!!!!!!
What about if the only controller I have is the shitty Wii wheel. Am I screwed
Definitely possible to play at a high level with Wii Wheel, it's just much easier to get to that level with either a GCN Controller, Nunchuck, or Classic controller
what about drift speed and be faster like bro
How do you play online
Me trying to learn mk8d dpad:
Heres the only tips u need, dont run daisy mach bike or funky kong flame runner, end of discussion
Im playing mkw with a wii remote and a wheel
I can’t believe people still play Mario Kart Wii.
nice
Get a classic controller pro
Better to play on dolphin
hard
Not useful at all