I finished off the 100cc class in Mario Kart Wii fairly quickly tonight, and then went back and redid a few cups where I hadn’t gotten at least a one star rating, which was fairly easy with the new characters I’d unlocked so far. In the end, I wound up unlocking Dry Bones, Bowser Jr., Baby Daisy, and one more kart and bike.

I think I’ll work on time trials for a bit now that I know the secrets to it (use a ‘big’ driver with a fast kart or bike, ignoring acceleration rating), and did a few tonight and unlocked Baby Luigi. I also tried the coin battle game for a bit, but it’s rather confusing, since it’s not a race and a whole bunch of AI drivers are zipping all over the place and attacks are coming out of nowhere and it’s not clear where the coins even are…

I played a bit more Mario Kart Wii tonight and finished off the first tier of 100cc races and the first retro 100cc cup. I actually had to restart one of the cups for the first time, due to a really bad showing in the first two races. Getting nailed by that GODDAMN blue shell just feet away from the finish line can knock you from first all the way down to 6th in the blink of an eye…

But, in the end I managed to finish them off, unlocked the ability to use a Mii as a driver, and even starred them all, so I won’t have to redo some of the more annoying ones again. Rainbow Road, I’m looking at you…