Controller

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	+	+	+	START
Not used	−	− 1 2 D-Pad	− Y ZL R-Stick	Y C-Stick

LE-CODE

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. LE-CODE uses ALT2 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. Only used in combination with ALT1 to avoid conflicts with other buttons.
ALT1+ALT2	−+B	Z+C	Y+ZL	Y+Z	Enter third layer for special input. It is 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

See »LE-CODE/Controllers & Buttons« for more details.