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What is Retro Rewind?
Retro Rewind is a Mario Kart Wii custom track distribution that features every retro track from Super Mario Kart to Mario Kart 7, as well as some from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart Tour, totaling 152. Retro Rewind can be played online in public rooms with Dolphin Emulator, a Wii or WiiU.
It also features many enhancements such as:
- Max VR has been increased from 9999 to 30000.
- Thunderclouds are now Mega Clouds, which give Mega Mushrooms, rather than shrinking.
- Added (optional) inside drift to all vehicles, meaning more of them are competitive.
- Outside drift bikes have an extra level of mini turbo, and karts have three levels, similar to MK8DX.
- Vehicles can brake while drifting, making all tracks playable, and more vehicles viable.
- Ability to change or randomize vehicle/character combo between races.
- Significantly faster menu animations and load times between races.
- Unpopular modes like 100cc and mirror have been removed from online.
PC Setup Guide
- Download Mario Kart Wii, or dump your disc.
- Download Dolphin and extract it.
- Open the controller tab, set the gamecube port to your main controller, and the wiimote to your mouse.
- Download WheelWizard, go to settings, set the 3 paths, click save, select home, run the installer.
- Go back to settings, select "Launch Mii channel," create a Mii to use for your license, and that's it, you can now launch and play Retro Rewind via WheelWizard!
Wii / WiiU Setup Guide
Note - This method requires a disc.
- Install the Homebrew Channel using this guide for Wii or this guide for WiiU.
- Download Retro Rewind and drag the files to your SD card.
- Plug your SD card into your Wii and launch Homebrew.
- You can launch Retro Rewind from here, but follow the steps below get get a Wii system channel / updater.
- Launch YAWM Modmii in Homebrew, select your SD card, and install the RetroRewind.wad for the console you're on. Thats it, you now have a Retro Rewind system channel and updater. If the channel updater wont work just download the files manually and replace them in your SD.
Things to Note
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WheelWizard can be slow, especially if you're installing RR for the first time, so it may be worth doing manually instead to speed up the process.
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You need to turn on things like inside drift, fast menus, and finishing times in the Retro Rewind settings.
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Retro Rewind uses a modified version of WiiLink, meaning it does NOT require a NAND to play online with Dolphin.
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If using your mouse as a wiimote isn't working well, try switching to "above tv" in Wii settings.
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To use a real gamecube controller on PC you'll need an adapter.
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Open-Host can be enabled by pressing start or + on the Retro WFC friend menu. This will allow anyone to join your games via friend code, even if you don't have them added yourself.
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If you don't know anything about Mario Kart Wii, or why it has a cult following 16 years after its release, I'd suggest checking out TWD98. Troy plays a lot, so its a good way to learn about the game and improve.
Official Wiki
https://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Retro_Rewind
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