Faster and lighter than Yoshi, but heavier and slower than Toad, Koopa may not be as easily pushed around by heavyweights as Toad, but he is certainly in as much danger to heavyweights as Yoshi and Peach. His stats lie in the middle of Peach/Yoshi's and Toad/Goomba's stats. Bowser may be very slow, but due to being such a large size, Bowser can very easily push aside lightweights and even middle weights may be in trouble against Bowser. He possesses the same stats as Donkey Kong.īowser, along with King Bob-Omb, are the heaviest characters in the game. He may be slow, but he is a heavyweight character, allowing him to easily push aside any lightweights in his path.
He has the exact same stats as Peach.ĭonkey Kong is the main protagonist of the Donkey Kong Country series. Toad, along with Goomba, are the fastest characters in the game, although they're extremely vulnerable to heavyweights and even medium weights may give him a hard time. She is really fast, but large characters can easily push her aside due to her light weight. Princess Peach is often the damsel in distress in the Mario series. He, along with Luigi and Kamek, are the most balanced characters. The hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario is the main protagonist of the Mario series. None of the new courses are based on any of the Mario games that were released after 1997. This rule is the same for the new courses. Nintendo purposely did not include any characters that first appeared after the year 1997 (The year Mario Kart 64 was released) in order to create an old, classic Mario feel. The middle weights have balanced speed and acceleration, they can still push the lightweights a little, but not as much as the heavyweights can. These classes are the lightweights, which have high speed and acceleration, but are easily pushed aside by heavyweights, which have low speed and acceleration. There are three weight classes in the game, all of which have 5 characters per class. This game includes the original 8 characters from Mario Kart 64 as well as 7 new ones, all of which are unlockables.
When playing online, the game will always have 12 players per race unless less than 12 racers can be found online. After you unlock a certain amount of characters, you'll be granted the option to change the setting to 10 racers or 12 racers as well. You can choose the options of: 2, 3, 4, 5, or 8 racers. Unlike the original game, you can decide how many racers will be in a race. Luigi, Wario, Toad, and Peach have an extra option to change to their Japanese voice clips. The characters from the original games also have updated voice clips, although you can go to the options menu and change the characters' voice clips to their original ones. The graphics are much more updated compared to the original and the characters use models instead of 2D sprites. The racers must simply race in a Grand Prix of four courses with four default cups (the ones from the original) as well as two new unlockable cups, The 1-Up Cup and the Bowser Cup. Being a remake of Mario Kart 64, the gameplay is nearly identical.