Get a gold trophy in all 150cc and Mirror mode races to alternate the credits sequence and title screens for Multiplayer and Single Player modes.
Bonus characters
Get a gold trophy by finishing first place in any cup and engine class in Grand Prix mode to unlock one of the following characters 13 characters at random. Note: Once a character has been unlocked on a particular track and CC class, you will not be able to unlock another new character the exact same way.
Baby Rosalina
Gold Peach
Iggy
Lakitu
Larry
Lemmy
Ludwig
Metal Mario
Morton
Rosalina
Roy
Toadette
Wendy
Bonus cups
Complete the indicated circuits in first place to unlock the corresponding cup.
Flower Cup: Successfully complete the Mushroom Cup.
Star Cup: Successfully complete the Flower Cup.
Special Cup: Successfully complete the Star Cup.
Banana Cup: Successfully complete the Shell Cup.
Leaf Cup: Successfully complete the Banana Cup.
Lightning Cup: Successfully complete the Leaf Cup.
Bonus parts
Collect the indicated number of coins to unlock body, glider, and wheel parts to customize your vehicles. You will unlock a new part for every 50 coins earned; after earning 1,000 coins, the intervals increase to 100 coins for each unlockable part. Coins can be earned in Grand Prix, VS mode, and online races.
When starting a race on the Animal Crossing track while playing offline in any mode other than time trials, hold one of the four shoulder buttons (L for Spring, R for Summer, ZL for Fall, or ZR for Winter) to choose the season the track appears as.
Fast Coin Farming
1: You need two Joy-Cons, two single ones are ok, you get two if you buy the Switch.
2: Select Multiplayer mode, then select 2 players.
3: Select VS Race
4: It doesnt matter which Character or Vehicle you choose, one that got Speed AND Accelerationwould be good (like Mario)
5: While setting up your Vehicles, press the + or - on each controller and make sure the settings are like this:
-- Auto Steering: ON
-- Control: Joystick (motion control will NOT work)
-- Auto Accelerate: ON
6: After setting up the Karts, the next screen takes you to race settings. Select 200cc Race at the very top, and then copy the setting below:
-- Teams: No Teams
-- Items: No Items
-- COM: No COM
-- COM Vehicles: All Vehicles
-- Courses: Choose
-- Race Count: 48 Races (this number can change, however, 48 is ideal if you will be coin farming for an hour or two)
7: After this, it is time to pick the track. Select either Mute City (last track in the Egg Cup) or Big Blue (last track in the Bell Cup) and start the race.
8: At this point, you can set both controllers down and let the game do the rest.
Each race takes about 2 minutes & 30 seconds so you can complete a cup about every 10 minutes. I hope you enjoy this and go get yourself that Gold Glider!
Gold parts
Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding gold part.
Gold Glider
Collect 10,000 coins.
Gold Handle
Use the Wii Handle for at least 50% of your most recent 100 stages.
Gold Standard Kart
Get at least one star (score at least 54 points) on every 150cc and Mirror mode race.
Gold Tires
Break all of the Time Trials Staff Ghosts records. Alternately, collect 15,000 total coins.
Golden Mario
Place first in all 12 200cc cups. Gold Mario will then be available as an alternate color for Metal Mario.
How to use LAN play
To use LAN play, on the opening screen where it says Press "L" and "R" to play, hold down "L" and "R". While holding "L" and "R", press down on the Left Stick. At this point you may let go of those three buttons. LAN play will now be an option instead of Wireless play.
Miiverse stamps
There are a total of 62 unlockable Miiverse stamps; 30 character stamps and 32 track stamps. Finish first place in any Grand Prix to unlock that character's stamp. Beat the normal staff ghost time for a track to unlock the track stamp for the particular track.
Mirror mode
Get a gold trophy on all eight Grand Prix tracks to unlock Mirror mode.
Play as Mii
Finish first place in every cup of a single engine class to unlock Mii.
Quick start
When "3" appears during the pre-race countdown, hold [Accelerate].
Totaka's secret song
Lower the music volume, and go to a race that features Yoshi spectators in the crowd. They can be found at Donut Plains 3, Sweet Sweet Island, and the Yoshi Circuit in DLC 1. Eventually one of them will hum Totaka's secret eight note song instead of their normal random grunt. Kazumi Totaka's is Nintendo sound designer and has placed the same secret song in other games, such as Mario Paint and Animal Crossing.
Turbo Boost at Start of Race
To get a turbo boost at the start of a race, simply wait until the number 2 in the countdown appears, then hold A until the race begins. If done right, you will receive a turbo boost as soon as the race starts.
Using trams as a speed boost in Toad Harbor
The trams in Toad Harbor usually knock you out when you drive into them by accident, but if you are flying after jumping from a ramp or booster, you can actually use the roofs of the trams to your advantage. While in the air, land on a tram's roof to bounce off it undamaged. For an extra boost, perform a flip.
