Alternate Title Screen and True Ending Credits
Complete every single cup with a first place unlocks new alternate Title Screens and unlocks the true ending credits.
Successfully complete the Shell Cup.
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 thirteen 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
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.
Azure Roller (Wheels): 1,200
Blue Standard (Wheels): 150
Bowser Kite (Glider): 2,000
Button (Wheels): 400
Cat Cruiser (Kart): 2,200
Circuit Special (Kart): 750
Cloud Glider (Glider): 450
Comet (Bike): 1,400
Crimson Slim (Wheels): 850
Cushion Wheels (Wheels): 50
Cyber Slick (Wheels): 2,600
Flame Rider (Bike): 950
Flower Glider (Glider): 650
Hot Monster (Wheels): 2,100
Jet Bike (Bike): 1,700
Landship (Kart): 900
MKTV Parafoil (Glider): 2,500
Metal Wheels (Wheels): 1,600
Mr. Scooty (Bike): 100
Off-Road (Wheels): 1,500
Peach Parasol (Glider): 2,400
Pipe Frame (Kart): 200
Plane Glider (Glider): 550
Prancer (Kart): 800
Retro Off-Road (Wheels): 1,000
Slick (Wheels): 300
Sponge (Wheels): 2,300
Sports Coupe (Kart): 2,700
Steel Driver (Kart): 1,100
Teddy Buggy (Kart): 1,800
The Duke (Bike): 700
Tri-Speeder (Three-wheeled Kart): 250
Varmint (Bike): 500
Waddle Wing (Glider): 1,900
Wario Wing (Glider): 1,300
Wild Wiggler (ATV): 350
Yoshi Bike (Bike): 600
Successfully complete the Mushroom Cup.
Collect 10,000 Coins (Multiplayer gives players the total amount of Coins collected by all players during each race).
Use the Wii Handle for 50% of your most recent 100 stages.
Get at least one star (54 points or more) on every 150cc and Mirror Mode race.
Beat all of the Time Trials Staff Ghosts.
Earn the indicated number of points in Grand Prix mode to be rewarded with the corresponding number of stars.
1 star: Earn 54 or 55 points (two 1st and two 2nd place finishes or three 1st and one 3rd place finish)
2 stars: Earn 57 points (three 1st place finishes and one 2nd place finish)
3 stars: Earn 60 points (four 1st place finishes)
Successfully complete the Banana Cup.
Successfully complete the Leaf Cup.
Manually choosing the season on the Animal Crossing DLC Track
If you hold a specific button while selecting the Animal Crossing stage with A, you can actually choose what season you play on. These are: L for Spring R for Summer zL for Autumn zR for Winter.
There are 62 Unlockable Miiverse Stamps in Mario Kart 8: 30 character stamps and 32 track stamps.
| Stamp | How to unlock
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| - Finish 1st in any Grand Prix with that character.
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| - Beat the normal staff ghost time for track.
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Earn a Gold Trophy for every Cup in the 150cc difficulty to unlock Mirror Mode. This mode lets you race in reversed versions of the existing Cups.
In Grand Prix mode, get first place on any Cup at any CCs and it will give one of the 14 Characters at random however you can not repeat the same cup with the same CCs.
When "3" appears during the pre-race countdown, hold [Accelerate].
In Grand Prix mode, get first place on any Cup in any engine class and you will be given one of 13 additional characters at random - however you can not repeat the same cup with the same engine class to earn more characters. The one exception to the above rule is the Mii character, the 14th unlockable character. He will be unlocked when you obtain first place in every Cup of a single engine class.
Press the accelerator button when "2" appears and hold it down for a rocket boost at the start of the race.
Successfully complete the Star Cup.
Successfully complete the Flower Cup.
Normally at Toad Harbor you will get knocked out by the trams when you drive into them by accident. However if you are flying after jumping from a ram or booster it is possible to use the roofs of the trams to your advantage. If you land on the trams roof you will bounce off it undamaged and if you can perform a flip as you are bounced off you can gain some extra boost.
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.
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.
Vehicle parts are unlocked at random every time you get 50 coins. Once you reach 1000 coins total kart parts are unlocked every 100 coins. The only exceptions to this rule are the gold parts.
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