Controller

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MKW Usage

Mario Kart Wii supports 4 different controllers. The following tables shows the button usage of each of them:

Button usage of the controllers

	Controller
	Wheel	Nunchuk	Classic	GameCube
Drive forward	2	A	A	A
Drive backward Brake Drift	B 1	B	B R	B R
Steer to the left	rotate Wheel left	Joystick left	L-Stick left	Joystick left
Steer to the right	rotate Wheel right	Joystick right	L-Stick right	Joystick right
Backward camera	A	C	ZR X	Z X
Activate item Throw item forward	D-Pad Up	Z	L	L
Throw item backward	D-Pad Down	Z+Joystick down	L+L-Stick down	L+Joystick down
Activate and hold item	D-Pad left D-Pad right	Z	L	L
Wheelie	Move Wheel upward	Move Wiimote upward	D-Pad up	D-Pad up
Stunt	Shake Wheel	Shake Wiimote	D-Pad left D-Pad right D-Pad down	D-Pad left D-Pad right D-Pad down
break race	+	+	+	—
Not used	−	− 1 2 D-Pad	− Y ZL R-Stick	Y C-Stick

LE-CODE

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LE-CODE uses different buttons for additional input. They can be divided into 2 groups:

• Special alternative buttons (ALT*) enter a new a new layer for other buttons to enabled special modes and activities. ALT1 is a not otherwise used, and ALT2 is usually used only in combination with ALT1. So there are no conflicts with other button combinations. Both ALT buttons are used in combination with the D-Pad. If ALT1 is pressed, the item cheat buttons are deactivated.
• 2 buttons are reserved for the second and third layer of the Item Cheat. The base Wii Wheel is still not supported due to a lack of available buttons to use.

Definitions of buttons to enter alternative layers

	Controller				Description
	Wii Wheel	Nunchuk	Classic	GameCube
ALT1	−	Z	Y	Y	Enter first layer for special input. Usually used together with D-Pad. One usage is to switch debug display and options.
ALT2	B	C	ZL	Z	Enter second layer for special input. Usually used together with D-Pad.
ALT1+ALT2	−+B	Z+C	Y+ZL	Y+Z	Enter third layer for special input. It will used together with D-Pad to enable or disable features.
ITEM2	—	C	D-Pad left	Z	Switch to layer 2 for item selection
ITEM3	—	B	D-Pad right	B	Switch to layer 3 for item selection