Mario Kart Wii U

Mario Kart Wii U is a Mario Kart game for Wii U. It was a launch title.

Default

 * Mario (Medium)


 * Luigi (Medium)


 * Peach (Medium)


 * Toad (Light)


 * Yoshi (Light)


 * Wario (Heavy)


 * DK (Heavy)


 * Bowser (Heavy)

Unlockable

 * Daisy (Medium)


 * Baby Mario (Light)


 * Baby Luigi (Light)


 * Baby Peach (Light)


 * Baby Daisy (Light)


 * Birdo (Medium)


 * Toadette (Light)


 * Waluigi (Heavy)


 * Dry Bones (Light)


 * Koopa (Light)


 * Paratroopa (Light)


 * Diddy Kong (Medium)


 * Dixie Kong (Medium)


 * Funky Kong (Heavy)


 * Rosalina (Medium)


 * Dry Bowser (Light)


 * Shy Guy (Light)


 * Bowser Jr. (Medium)


 * Goomba (Light)


 * Para-Goomba (Light)

Guests

 * Link (Medium)
 * Zelda (Medium)
 * Ganon (Heavy)
 * Pikachu (Light)
 * Kirby (Light)
 * Samus Aran (Medium)
 * Sonic (Medium)

Default

 * Red Jet (Mario)
 * Poltergust 5000 (Luigi)
 * Heart Racer (Peach)
 * Shroom Dasher (Toad)
 * Egg Runner (Yoshi)
 * Wario Car (Obvious)
 * Barrel Racer (DK)
 * Flame Rocket (Bowser)
 * Flowers Deluxe (Daisy)
 * Stroller Racer (All babies)
 * Vaccum Runner (Birdo)
 * Shroom Zoomer (Toadette)
 * Cheater-Mobile (Waluigi)
 * Dry Bomber (Dry Bones; Retro Kart)
 * Shell Shocker (Koopa)
 * Flying Shell (Paratroopa)
 * Barrel Scotsman (Diddy Kong; Homage to Barrel Train & Flying Scotsman)
 * Bayou Racer (Dixie Kong)
 * Wave Ripper (Funky Kong)
 * Elite Spacer (Rosalina)
 * Bone Rocket (Dry Bowser)
 * No Face (Shy Guy)
 * Painted Kart (Bowser Jr.)
 * Stomp Booster (Goomba)
 * Stomp Flyer (Para-Goomba)
 * Hyrule Racer (Link & Zelda)
 * Doom Racer (Ganon)
 * Shocker (Pikachu)
 * Super Puff (Kirby)
 * Samus Suit Racer (Samus Aran)
 * Sonic doesn't need a kart for obvious reasons
 * Standard Kart (All racers)

Unlockable (All retro karts)

 * B Dasher (Mario)
 * Poltergust 4000 (Luigi)
 * Royale (Peach)
 * Shroom (Toad)
 * Egg 1 (Yoshi)
 * Brute (Wario)
 * Rambi Rider (DK)
 * Tyrant (Bowser)
 * Flower Power (Daisy)
 * Zipper (Waluigi)

Double-Racer (Retro karts; Select Mario Characters only)

 * Red Fire (Mario & Luigi)
 * Heart Coach (Peach & Daisy)
 * Turbo Yoshi (Yoshi & Birdo)
 * Goo Goo Buggy (Baby Mario & Baby Luigy)
 * Heart Buggy (Baby Peach & Baby Daisy)
 * Koopa Dasher (Koopa & Paratroopa)
 * Wario Car (Wario & Waluigi)
 * DK Jumbo (DK & Diddy Kong)
 * Koopa King (Bowser & Bowser Jr.)

Mushroom Cup

 * Mario Curcuit
 * Yoshi Forest
 * Goomba Beach
 * Hyrule

Flower Cup

 * Cactus Desert
 * Delfino Beach
 * Daisy Highway
 * Route 1

Star Cup

 * Sarassaland
 * Ice Cream Volcano
 * Luigi Circuit
 * Lilac System

Special Cup

 * Wario Stadium
 * Mushtona International Speedway
 * Bowser's Castle
 * Rainbow Road

Shell Cup

 * N64 Luigi Raceway
 * DS Waluigi Pinball
 * WII Koopa Cape
 * SNES Mario Circuit 2

Banana Cup

 * GCN Daisy Cruiser
 * DS Shroom Ridge
 * GBA Ribbon Road
 * N64 Kalamari Desert

Leaf Cup

 * DS Tick Tock Clock
 * GCN Mushroom City
 * WII Toad Factory
 * N64 Yoshi Valley

Lightning Cup

 * N64 Royal Raceway
 * DS Luigi's Mansion
 * GCN Wario Colosseum
 * GBA Lakeside Park

Standard

 * Green Shell
 * Red Shell
 * Banana
 * Fake Item Box
 * Mushroom
 * Golden Mushroom
 * Boo
 * Triple Banana
 * Triple Green Shell
 * Triple Red Shell
 * Bomb-omb
 * Blue Shell
 * Bullet Bill
 * Blooper
 * POW Block
 * Cloud
 * Star
 * Thunderbolt

Racer-Exclusive (Most are new)

 * Fireball - Burns whoever it hits (Mario)
 * Thunderhand - EMP Effect (Luigi)
 * Heart Shield - Deflects items (Peach)
 * Poison Mushroom - Slows whoever hits it (Toad)
 * Egg - Same as Red Shell, spews items when it hits (Yoshi & Birdo)
 * Metal Shard - Briefly shuts down engine (Wario)
 * Barrel - Squishes anyone unlucky to be hit (DK)
 * Firebreath - Incinerates target (Bowser)
 * Bottle - Same as Green Shell (All babies)
 * Flower Nuke - Just a Bomb-omb with a wider blast radius (Daisy)
 * Flash-Bang Mushroom - Briefly disorients racers (Toadette)
 * Eggplant Carpet Bomb - Calls an airstrike that knocks players into the air (Waluigi)
 * Black Shell - Explodes when it hits racer (Koopa & Para-Troopa)
 * Hat Trick - Causes Diddy to swap places with the leader (Diddy Kong)
 * Beret Throw - Same as standard shells (Dixie Kong)
 * Boogie Board - Causes racers to flip (Funky Kong)
 * Luma Power - Longer version of Star (Rosalina)
 * Bone Rush - Similar to Pokemon move (Dry Bones)
 * Bone Shell - Same as Bowser Shell (Dry Bowser)
 * Majore's Mask - Makes Shy Guy invisible (Shy Guy)
 * Paintbrush - More effective version of Blooper (Bowser Jr.)
 * Shoe Throw - Causes racers to get very angry & very slow (Goomba & Para-Goomba)
 * Sword Beam - Same as standard shells (Link)
 * Shiek - Makes Zelda turn into Shiek & increases speed for a short time (Zelda)
 * Dark Portal - Sends target to the Mirror Cersion of the track (Ganon)
 * Thunderbolt - Pikachu makes the target "blast off" (Obvious)
 * Suck - Steals item (Kirby)
 * Cannon Blast - All racers ahead of Samus sky-high (Samus Aran)
 * Super Dash - Makes Sonic go Super FAST! (Obvious)

New Items

 * 1-Up Mushroom - Makes kart go faster & for longer than Mushrooms
 * Yellow Shell - Causes racer to look like George Clooney, which in turn slows them down greatly
 * Pokeball - Any Pokemon (except Pikachu) to attack the racer
 * Monster Call - Calls a random Toho monster (ie Godzilla) to attack a random racer
 * Duck Walk - Turns racer into a slow & ugly duck
 * Falcon Punch - Summons Captain Falcon to Falcon Punch the leader
 * Yellow Flag - Mushtona International Speedway-exclusive item. Slows down other racers.
 * Red Signal - Exclusive to Kalamari Desert. Stops the trains for a brief amount of time.