NO EMULATOR, ALL DRIFT: MARIO KART WII GOES NATIVE ON 3DS WITH GRAND PRIX AND BATTLE
Mario Kart Wii runs natively on Nintendo 3DS: v0.5.2 adds Grand Prix and Battle
MiniBandit's MKW-3DS continues dudewhat's original Mario Kart Wii port for Nintendo 3DS. It isn't an emulator: the game runs natively on the handheld, with kart physics from Kinoko (a recreation of Mario Kart Wii's physics) and rendering, audio and menus written for 3DS hardware. A builder converts your own disc's courses, characters, vehicles, menus, movies and sound into 3DS formats and outputs an installable CIA. On top of dudewhat's Solo VS release, the continuation adds Grand Prix at 50cc, 100cc and 150cc, Time Trials, all 12 vehicles per driver, Balloon Battle on all ten arenas with CPU opponents, a speedometer, MK7-style ramp tricks and drift smoke. v0.5.2 landed Oct 13 after the repo opened Oct 10. Coin Runners and Team VS are still in progress; Mirror and online play aren't in yet.
You need: Your own Mario Kart Wii (USA, RMCE01) disc dumped as .iso or .wbfs, about 15 GB free, devkitPro with 3DS tools, Python 3.11–3.14, Node.js LTS and Git. No Nintendo files included; installing CIAs needs a 3DS with homebrew.
How to play
- Install devkitPro (3ds-dev), Python, Node.js and Git, then grab the latest release or clone the repo.
- Run the Build MKW CIA script and drag in your own disc image.
- Install the resulting CIA on your 3DS.
▶ v0.5.2 releaseSource & README
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