Cups:
Unlock the following Cups by beating the corresponding Cups:
CUP – HOW TO UNLOCK
Flower Cup – Complete the Normal Mushroom Cup
Rainbow Cup – Complete the Normal Star Cup
Star Cup – Complete the Normal Flower Cup
Unlockable Stages:
Unlock the following stages by performing the corresponding tasks:
STAGE – HOW TO UNLOCK
Gira Gira Desert stage – Win by 800 points in the Normal Star Cup
Moogle Garden stage – Dunk three times on the Daisy Garden court in the Flower Cup. A panel should appear. Get a blue seed.
Sunset Beach stage – – Play at Noko Noko Beach between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. in Exhibition mode and win by 200 points
Unlockable Characters:
Unlock the following characters by performing the corresponding tasks:
CHARACTER – HOW TO UNLOCK
Birdo – Beat the Hard Mushroom Cup with a “Bronze” rank
Black Mage – Beat the Normal Rainbow Cup with a “Gold” rank
Boo – Beat the Hard Flower Cup with a “Bronze” rank
Bowser – Beat the Normal Star Cup
Cactuar – Play in the Desert stage in Exhibition mode; A cactus should appear in the sand. Get above it and Catuar will jump out the sand and run away. Beat the stage.
Dixie Kong – Beat the Normal Flower Cup with a “Bronze” rank
Flyguy – Beat the Hard Star Cup with a “Bronze” rank
Moogle – Beat the Normal Star Cup with a “Silver” rank
Ninja – Beat the Normal Rainbow Cup
Paratroopa – Beat the Normal Mushroom Cup with a “Bronze” rank
White Mage – Beat the Normal Rainbow Cup with a “Silver” rank
Alternate costumes:
Unlock the following character’s alternate costumes by winning the corresponding cups. To wear the costume, hold Up, Down, Left, or Right while moving the character into the basketball ring. Different costumes may appear depending on the direction used while moving that character:
COSTUME – HOW TO UNLOCK
Black Mage – Win the Hard Rainbow Cup with a “Bronze” rank
Daisy – Win the Normal Flower Cup with a “Silver” rank
Flyguy – Win the Hard Star Cup with a “Silver” rank
Ninja – Win the Hard Rainbow Cup with a “Silver” rank
Peach – Win the Normal Mushroom Cup with a “Silver” rank
White Mage – Win the Hard Rainbow Cup with a “Gold” rank
Yoshi – Win the Hard Flower Cup with a “Silver” rank
Bonus basketballs:
Unlock the following basketballs by performing the corresponding tasks:
BASKETBALL – HOW TO UNLOCK
All Silver – Beat the Dribbling challenges.
Blue and Silver – Beat Training mode.
Blue and Silver – Beat all practice missions.
Cheep-Cheep – Get a “Gold” rank in the Hard Mushroom Cup.
Dice – Get a “Gold” rank in the Hard Flower Cup.
Gold – Collect 5,000 points in your profile
Goomba – Get a “Gold” rank in the Hard Star Cup.
Metal Ball with Gold Spikes – Get a “Gold” rank in the Normal Star Cup.
Orange and Purple – Win the Bowser Castle Exhibition.
Pumpkin – Lose five times in Multiplayer mode.
Rainbow – Win five times in Multiplayer mode.
Red and Black – Win the Rainbow Cruise Exhibition.
Red, White, and Blue – Only three point charged shots tourney (Normal Mushroom Cup recommended).
Soccer – Get a “Silver” rank in the Hard Mushroom Cup.
Star – Get a “Gold” rank in the Star Cup.
Watermelon – Get a “Gold” rank in the Flower Cup.
Yellow and Green – Win the Daisy Garden Exhibition.
Yoshi Egg – Get a “Gold” rank in the Flower Cup.
Hard mode:
To unlock Hard Tournament mode, beat the Normal Rainbow Cup.
Saikyou mode:
To unlock Saikyou mode, beat the Hard Rainbow Cup in Exhibition mode.
Rainbow Road Dribble Race:
To unlock the third Dribble Race, Rainbow Road (1 minute), break the Peach Castle (45 seconds) and Sunshine Road (55 seconds) Dribble Race records.
Bonus Coin Hunters mode levels:
To unlock the Mario Classic 2-2 and Forest Stage levels, win five consecutive Coin Hunter mode games.
Slam dunk on Petey Pirahna:
Run around while staying near Petey and he’ll fall asleep. A bubble will appear on his head, and he will snore with his head tilted. Quickly make a slam dunk or special before he wakes up.
Getting Cactuar:
To get Cactuar, unlock the Star Cup by winning the Mushroom Cup and the Flower Cup. Instead of getting 100 coins and doing a special move six times, go to Jr. Street and get 100 coins. Get a blue coin and do a special move. If done successfully, you will get three Mario heads and get 420 points. Continue to repeat the process in the second have. You should now have at least 840 points. Quit or continue. The message “You unlocked Glare Desert” will appear. Go there and play a game. You should see a small green lump with spikes. Repeatedly chase and dribble on it. You should hear unusual noises if you listen closely. If you do this enough, Cactuar will pop out with an attack and run off the map. Now, simply win and quit. When you quit, the message “You unlocked Cactuar” will appear. His icon is a living cactus with arms, legs, eyes, mouth, and hair. He is a speed type. His special is called “1000 Needles”. Trace a backwards “Z”, starting from the top right, going to the top left, bottom right, and bottom left. Do it twice.
Six Cactaurs glitch:
Win the Rainbow Cup and watch the credits to see six Cactuars on the beach with a melon ball when there are only supposed to be one or no Cactaur on the field.