Hello again, my friends! Looking for some Mario Kart Wii cheats? Don't worry, I got'em right here! Released in April, Mario Kart Wii sold 300,000 copies on the launch day in Japan alone, and by mid-July, it reached over 1,5 million copies sold there, but its success wasn't only a Japanese business, because it sold 1.1 million copies in the US in April 2008 alone, putting it right behind the Xbox 360 version of GTA 4!

If we're talking about Mario Kart Wii cheats, then you should go grab a beer, maybe even two or three beers(just be sure you have the legal drinking age, lol!), and continue reading...or maybe even print this, because this is more than just Mario Kart Wii cheats - we have unlockable characters, karts, bikes, and more. Ready or not, here we go...

Unlockable Characters(and requirements for each of them)

Baby Daisy - Earn at least a one star ranking in each 50cc Wii Grand Prix cup races
Baby Luigi - Unlock eight Expert Staff ghost data in Time Trial mode<-336x280 Large Rectangle - right->
Birdo - Defeat 250 people in online racing, or play Time Trial mode on sixteen different courses
Bowser Jr. - Earn at least a one star ranking in each 100cc Retro Grand Prix cup races
Daisy - Win the 150cc Special Cup
Diddy Kong - Win the 50cc Lightning Cup
Dry Bones - Win the 100cc Leaf Cup
Dry Bowser - Earn at least a one star ranking in each 150cc Wii Grand Prix cups
Funky Kong - Unlock four Expert Staff ghost data in Time Trial mode
King Boo - Win the 50cc Star Cup
Mii (Outfit A) - To play as the Mii associated with your profile, win the 100cc Special Cup
Mii (Outfit B) - To play as the Mii associated with your profile in a different outfit, play through and complete all thirty-two time trials
Rosalina - Have a Super Mario Galaxy save on your Wii
Toadette - Play Time Trial Mode on all thirty-two courses


Unlockable Large Karts

Aero Glider - Earn at least a one star ranking in each 150cc Retro Grand Prix races
Dragonetti - Win the 150cc Lightning Cup
Piranha Prowler - Win the 50cc Special Cup


Unlockable Large Bikes

Phantom - Win the Mirror Cup
Torpedo - Unlock twelve Expert Staff ghost data in Time Trial mode
Twinkle Star - Win the 100cc Star Cup


Unlockable Cups

Leaf Cup - Earn trophies in the Shell Cup and Banana Cup
Lightning Cup - Earn a trophy in Leaf Cup
Special Cup - Earn a trophy in Star Cup
Star Cup - Earn trophies in the Mushroom Cup and Flower Cup


Unlockable Small Bikes

Bubble Bike - Win the Mirror Leaf Cup
Magikruiser - Play Time Trial Mode on any eight courses
Quacker - Win the 150cc Star Cup


Unlockable Medium Bikes

Dolphin Dasher - Win the Mirror Star Cup
Nitrocycle - Attain at least a one star ranking in all 100cc Wii Grand Prix cup races
Rapide - Win the 100cc Lightning Cup


I know I may have forgotten something, but this should be most of it. Also, I know that "Mario Kart Wii cheats" is not the best way to describe the above, but I would rather find unlocks when looking for cheats, and those cheats are not available, than the other way around. Mario Kart Wii cheats or not, I hope you enjoyed today's tips and tricks for Mario Kart!

Back in 1999, it all started with Codename Eagle, a PC game that laid the foundation for the Battlefield series, started by Battlefield 1942, released in September 2002 for the Mac and PC. Battlefield 1942 got two expansion packs, namely The Road To Rome and Secret Weapons of World War II. In March, 2004, Battlefield Vietnam arrived for US-based PC players, followed by Battlefield 2 and its three additional packs - Special Forces, Euro Force and Armored Fury. This game, revealed in June 2005, was also only available in the US, and was a PC-exclusive release. After that, we got Battlefield 2142 for the PC and Mac, together with a few console releases, like Battlefield: Bad Company. Now, Battlefield Heroes, currently under development, is expected to become "a phenomenon!"

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Acclaim Inc founder and development veteran David Perry said the upcoming title in the Battlefield series will be "a huge hit," expressing his "incredible faith that EA is going to pull this off."

While a number of companies tried the free-to-play model before, EA's try shouldn't be underestimated, said Perry, adding that "EA is a retail-based company and that means they're dealing with retailers everyday, they have constant retail issues that they're dealing with, and the last thing in the world they want to do is announce that they're going to go free-to-play... that's not a good relationship builder with your retail sales teams."

The basic idea behind the free-to-play model is that, in average, gamers spend more than <-336x280 Large Rectangle - right->the price of a retail single player release, or a multiplayer without any additional fees.

"I've made so many games and we never, ever had the idea that people would pay more than the price of the game for the game, no one would pay over USD 60 if it's a USD 60 game. On our 2Moons game you've got people that spend USD 3000 happily, and if we had more stuff for them to buy they would buy it.

Could you imagine if you were to take Halo and offer it free-to-play? How much money do you think some people would spend on Halo if they had a huge array of items that they could buy? I recon there's a cap out at about USD 10,000. When you think about it, the most we ask for is USD 60 and when you get those people spending a lot of money it brings the average up. On Acclaim Games right now we average USD 75 per person."

Really impressive, if you ask me. Not quite unexpected, since even I spent a few bucks on such games, and I am not crazy at all about MMOs, as you probably know already.

At last, here's what David Perry said about the future of Battlefield Heroes - "I think Battlefield Heroes is going to be a huge hit, it's going to be a bit of a phenomenon... I have incredible faith that EA is going to pull this off." If he's right or not, that remains to be seen, but I hardly wait to get my hands on this piece of "cartoonish world war!"

If you ask me about Lineage II, all I can say is that I like its looks, and my wife was crazy about it a few months ago. Other than that, as you already know, probably, I am trying to stay away from games that may cause addiction, and since this proves to be true with most MMORPGs, I try to stay away from Lineage II, just as I managed to avoid WoW or Eve Online so far. Anyway, it's always a pleasure to talk about such games, and browse through some of the latest screenshots, because they always look great!

Obviously, we're not only going to talk about screenshots. After all, there's much more to MMORPGs than screenshots. Yes, I am talking about those regular updates that keep such games alive. After all, no virtual world is large enough yet to be self-sufficient from the release of a massive multiplayer online title, and today the time has come for Lineage II to receive a new update, called "Gracia."<-125x125 Button - right->

NCsoft Europe just announced the release of the Gracia - Part 1 update, and the promises that come with it sound pretty well, and I am thinking about leveling up at almost twice the speed previously possible here. After all, we all know that time is money, right?

According to Tim Tan, NCsoft’s North American producer, "Gracia represents a huge change to Lineage II. The increase in levelling speed allows players to create new characters and advance nearly twice as fast as before. This will allow players to experience the meat of Lineage II quickly, giving them the ability to visit new and exciting areas and cool high-level content much quicker than before."

Apart from the great idea of speeding up leveling, Gracia - Part 1 also comes with a selection of "new and improved skills, many new items, and improvements to the Cruma Tower, as well as other hunting zones," so now you have a few more reasons to give this game a try, if you're not into it already!