What is Retro Rewind?

What is Retro Rewind?

What is Retro Rewind?

Retro Rewind is a Mario Kart Wii custom track distribution created by ZPL 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 168. Retro Rewind can be played online in public rooms with Dolphin, a Wii or WiiU. Retro Rewind uses modified WiiLink, meaning it does NOT require a NAND to play online with Dolphin.

It also features several 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 and brake drifting 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.
Ability to change or randomize vehicle/character combo between races.
Significantly faster menu animations and load times between races.
Added multiplayer Time Trials mode, and removed unpopular modes like 100cc and mirror.

PC Setup

Get MKW, or dump your disc.
Download Dolphin and extract it.
Open Dolphins controller tab, set gamecube port to standard, press configure, and select your controller in the drop down menu.
Download Wheel Wizard, go to settings, set the 3 paths, click save, select home, run the installer.
Go back to settings, make sure "Force Disable Wiimote" is ticked, select "Launch Dolphin," go to tools > Launch System Menu 4.3U, create a Mii for your license using the Mii Channel, and that's it, you can now launch and play Retro Rewind via WheelWizard! You may need to hit the update system menu option under tools if yours doesn't say 4.3U.

Console Setup

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.

Video Guide
USB Loader Method

Things to Note

Inside drift, brake drifting, fast menus, and finishing times are off by default, and must be enabled in the settings.
Open-Host can be enabled by pressing start or + on the Retro WFC friend menu. This allows anyone to join you via friend code, even if you don't have them added yourself.
To use a real gamecube controller on PC you'll need an adapter.
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.

Track List

Troubleshooting

External Links

Discord Servers
Main: https://discord.gg/qbr3Y4PJFH
Wheel Wizard: https://discord.gg/vZ7T2wJnsq

Official Wiki
https://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/Retro_Rewind

YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@ZPL__/

Online Rooms
https://status.zplwii.xyz/ / 2
https://kevinvg207.github.io/rr-rooms/

VR Rankings
https://impactcoding.github.io/rr-vr-ranking/

Dolphin User Folder Locations (windows, mac and linux)
https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/controlling-global-user-directory

Useful Info
Stats: https://i.imgur.com/5zRvWWB.png / legend
Items: https://i.imgur.com/zFkn59v.png
Tricks: https://youtu.be/QRFbD8A1bOE