Mario Kart World discussion thread

[LiveStudioAudience]

It's a pity that there's so many little frustrating elements that add up this just being questionable to buy at a higher prce even though the package is fairly strong. Having stuff like the Kongs, some new cool form of battle mode, an actual Adventure mode, it would make the whole thing seem worth it.

It's sad that Mario Kart World's only real crime is not feeling like it's worth $80 but that's where we're at.

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

I really do hope we hear something regarding the post-launch content or any content at all, as this game's kinda being a hard buy for me in spite of all the good due the pretty mixed (lost content and customizability) or underwhelming other half (Free Roam Mode's "content" and unlockables being stickers), being really notable dampeners on my excitement. If it managed to build up on itself in character packs and more features, I'd definitely get it like I had done with Mario Tennis Aces. Paid DLC would reel heads bad at this one though.

On that end, Knockout Tours not be customizable despite so many routes being avalaible and the practically million possibilities on connecting them for such, is making me fear that it's gonna run stale pretty quick after few months.

 

[Kirbeh]

Direct was about what I expected. The Switch 2 direct could have been 5 minutes longer and included the little extra information and explanations we got here.

No new characters is unsurprising. The base roster is quite big with all the unlockable costumes likely being what's meant to hold people over.

Yes we're missing Diddy again but when are we not?

Whatever the reason may be, it's pretty clear they don't view the other Kongs as "proper" Mario characters. Same applies to Wario characters and the RPGs. If EAD/EPD didn't make it, then it's a longshot that they'll be acknowledged. Unless you're E. Gadd, in which case they just don't like you.

While that is disappointing and a bit frustrating, a 50 character roster is still a strong start. Even if most of those characters are mooks, a lot of people do like them and many more will at least find the idea novel and come to like them.

I'm a fan of all the "extras," glad that they're here, I just wish they weren't the only new additions.

As for the rest of the game, I can't say I have any complaints, I think it looks great. Content wise I do think they're delivering from what we've seen.

It's the price that brings that excitement down though. If they want to another 20 dollars I do feel like there should have been even more content there.

Didn't even need to be that much either. One more cup worth of courses, another Battle mode like Shine Thief for variety and a few more actual fan requested characters could have gone a long way.

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

Yes we're missing Diddy again but when are we not?

Whatever the reason may be, it's pretty clear they don't view the other Kongs as "proper" Mario characters. Same applies to Wario characters and the RPGs. If EAD/EPD didn't make it, then it's a longshot that they'll be acknowledged. Unless you're E. Gadd, in which case they just don't like you.

I've been more than understanding on the general omission of Mario RPG + Warioware-chars from Mario Kart due them being from more specialized subseries each - but I find it almost bone-headed if veteran Kongs (Diddy, Dixie and Funky) were considered to be on the same boat despite Nintendo still marketing them in merch, Super Nintendo World, and having a good chance of showing in Bananza, an EPD-developed game.
I'm hoping we get more Kongs as a cross-promotion to that, at least maybe...

Then there's Pauline who made it from Tour as her popularity got to explode from the same game that had Cappy - who's been criminally underutilized ever since Odyssey and apparently got glossed over again. Plessie could have been nice too due showing in 3D World + Bowser's Fury lately. Not even Prince Florian or Talking Flower?

I think Nintendo's just kinda shot themselves too much in the foot with all this pigeonholing on new racer additions being solely pulled from the game's assets with "lower-than-average" effort put to them to next to frankly phenomenally animated main racers that also receive ton of costumes each. Did they really had to end up omitting any plans regarding designing even a single wholly new character outright, least in same par of presentation and costume choices as the mainstay racers?

I mean, maybe this really is just Nintendo realizing how they could just make mooks and species-based npcs the only source of new racers of Mario Kart from here on out, with how it's easier yet highly rewarding to create rosters out of them due being recognizable for casual demographics of families or players knowing Mario by surface-level... but...

 

[Mamboo07]

The outfits for characters should've been like what Mario Kart 8 did with Yoshi and Shy Guy

Having them as their own slots feels like a cluttered mess

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I recently looked back at today's Direct, and I noticed that Bowser's stats for the Rally Kart did not match up with the data that I gathered. The stats ended up being as follows...

Bowser + Rally Kart

Speed: 2.6/4
Acceleration: 1.4/4
Weight: 2.6/4
Handling: 1.4/4

This basically means that Bowser has the same speed and handling as Donkey Kong, but sacrifices acceleration for higher weight.

 

[Oracle Link]

I think they should do crossover Dlc with new karts, track and a new openworld island to go along with it!

Donkey kong:
Diddy,
Cranky,
Dixie,
K.rool

Wario:
Wario (ware)
Ashley
Mona
Captain Syrup

Rpgs:
Paper Mario,
Geno,
Vivian,
Fawful

Zelda (smol):
Link,
Zelda,
Ganon,
Octorok
All eow based

Kirby:
Kirby,
Dedede,
Meta knight,
Bandana dee

Yoshi:
Kamek,
Poochy,
Baby Mario (diaper)
Baby bowser

Metroid:
Samus,
Ridley,
Metroid Larva
Mother brain (in the jar)

Zelda (Totk):
Link,
Ganondorf,
Impa (aoc)
Korok with back pack

Animal Crossing (new horizons):
Villager,
Villager Girl,
Tom nook,
Isabele

Just have all these island circle the main landmass! And sell each Dlc for arround 10 bucks which based on how much ypu get is a fair price and nintendo gets rich!

(Or make a season pass for 60-80 bucks)

 

[Ze Diglett]

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but please, no crossover DLC this time around. I was already tired of seeing Link every race after a few weeks, and that was a decade ago. If we see the likes of Kirby and Captain Falcon in this game while Nintendo continues to pretend the RPGs never existed, I'm GOING to complain the whole time. Keep those guys to the amiibo Costumes, if anything. (Which I know the Miis aren't back either and I'm kinda glad for that, but I know that one's unpopular.)

 

[fogbadge]

I gotta say I’m kinda surprised no one’s mentioned the boshi themed costume yoshi has in all the time we’ve known about it

 

[Thegameandwatch]

if veteran Kongs (Diddy, Dixie and Funky) were considered to be on the same boat despite Nintendo still marketing them in merch, Super Nintendo World

Diddy Kong is also listed in the official Mario website although that list only has Boo as a generic enemy.

I gotta say I’m kinda surprised no one’s mentioned the boshi themed costume yoshi has in all the time we’ve known about it

It was probably not identical since it’s not even known if Nintendo owns the character despite being based on Yoshi.

 

[NintenRob]

I wasn't a fan of the direct but I'm a bit surprised how much doom and gloom I'm seeing here. I highly doubt we've seen every costume or even characters, with all the free roam missions, grand prix and knockout tours, you've got to have something to unlock and we know they're keeping something for unlockables. We already see them keeping Rainbow Road secret, they're probably doing the same with other stuff.

 

[fogbadge]

I wasn't a fan of the direct but I'm a bit surprised how much doom and gloom I'm seeing here. I highly doubt we've seen every costume or even characters, with all the free roam missions, grand prix and knockout tours, you've got to have something to unlock and we know they're keeping something for unlockables. We already see them keeping Rainbow Road secret, they're probably doing the same with other stuff.

yeah there probably is one or two hidden things here and there

 

[Thegameandwatch]

I wasn't a fan of the direct but I'm a bit surprised how much doom and gloom I'm seeing here. I highly doubt we've seen every costume or even characters, with all the free roam missions, grand prix and knockout tours, you've got to have something to unlock and we know they're keeping something for unlockables. We already see them keeping Rainbow Road secret, they're probably doing the same with other stuff.

I also think it’s not the final roster since I don’t think Nintendo say it is. Especially since the Miis are missing despite being in every mainline game since Wii. They were so in Tour.

It’s also weird that Ninji is absent despite Nintendo promoting the character such as in Mario Party.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Most of my personal favorite characters like King Boo, Birdo and Waluigi are still here, so I can't honestly complain too much about the roster compared to Mario Kart 8's initial roster, but the lack of Diddy Kong and more Kong characters in general is jarring, and the fact that we still haven't gotten a lot of side characters like E. Gadd and spin-off characters, while far less is surprising, is still disappointing.

I'm in the crowd that's hoping for some DLC and post-release updates so that the missing veteran characters and at least a few characters who've never been playable in a Mario Kart game before can still have a shot at joining the roster.

 

[NintenRob]

So based on menus, there are minimum 151-156 characters/costumes

By my count, we seem to be at 150 confirmed characters/costumes

I'm not sure what to do with that

 

[Swamp Sensei]

So based on menus, there are minimum 151-156 characters/costumes

By my count, we seem to be at 150 confirmed characters/costumes

I'm not sure what to do with that

They're all Petey and his costumes.

 

[NintenRob]

In truth, while I'm pretty negative about that Direct, it doesn't translate into my feelings for the game. Even if we've seen basically everything the game has to offer (which I still doubt), I'm still incredibly excited for the game. With all the in-between routes, there's gonna be more tracks to play on then ever before. The new gameplay mechanics look fresh and exciting, as do the 'new' items. Free Roam is something I think I'm gonna sink so many hours into, I just know I'm going to look for every little secret hidden in it.

And although some of the missing characters are characters are sad, I'm still excited for these whacky new faces. They're not all whacky either. Nabbit is here from Tour and Pianta and arguably Goomba too are just long overdue. Also I love that we have a playable Cataquack. And we do have a lot of great returning faces too. Baby Mario and Rosalina are my faves and go to characters. Birdo finally feeling part of the main cast again, Pauline is a welcome part of the main cast. Glaring omissions are honestly pretty minimal, and that's Diddy Kong (maybe Kamek). No Petey and Funky is sad, but I wouldn't call their absence a glaring omission.


I still think back to Mario Kart 8 on Wii U. You thought no Diddy was bad? That game didn't have Bowser Jr, now that's bad. Also didn't have King Boo, Birdo, Dry Bones or even Dry Bowser at first. And it's newcomers were 7 Koopalings, Baby Rosalina and PINK GOLD PEACH!

 

[Thegameandwatch]

I still think back to Mario Kart 8 on Wii U. You thought no Diddy was bad? That game didn't have Bowser Jr, now that's bad. Also didn't have King Boo, Birdo, Dry Bones or even Dry Bowser at first. And it's newcomers were 7 Koopalings, Baby Rosalina and PINK GOLD PEACH!

7’s roster was also controversial like how Waluigi wasn’t in the game. Apparently they didn’t have time to add him which could be why Metal Mario was in the game.

 

[Perkilator]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

 

[Otoad64]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

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So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Metal Mario​	Dry Bowser​
Captain Toad​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

There are about a million characters I could add but

1. Goomba
2. Dry Bones
3. Wiggler
4. Spike
5. Moo Moo
6. Penguin
7. Pianta
8. Cataquack
9. Grrrol
10. Petey Piranha
11. King Bob-Omb
12. Gooper Blooper
13. Diddy Kong
14. Dixie Kong
15. Funky Kong
16. King K. Rool
17. Ashley
18. Captain Syrup
19. Kamek
20. Poochy
21. Vivian
22. Tatanga
23. E. Gadd
24. Bill Board
25. Mii

 

[Ruler of Subspace]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

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So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

1. Goomba
2. Pianta
3. Noki
4. Dry Bones
5. Ninji
6. Funky Kong
7. Diddy Kong
8. Kamek
9. E. Gadd
10. Foreman Spike
11. Luma
12. Star Bunny
13. King Bob-omb
14. Swoop
15. Cataquack
16. Whittle
17. Geno
18. Vivian
19. Jimmy T.
20. Whomp
21. Thwomp
22. Brighton
23. Twila
24. Tippi
25. Prince Florian

Honestly, as much as I love Miis, I do not care if they're playable in World or not. I would rather see a unique character with real personality than a recreation of a character or myself based on a limited number of assets be playable in World. We're just gonna see the back of the head most of the time anyways.

 

[Ze Diglett]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

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So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

Sure, why not? This sounds fun. I'll roll with:

1. Blooper
2. Dry Bones
3. Ninji
4. Hammer Bro
5. Pianta
6. Petey Piranha
7. Kamek
8. Poochy
9. Toadsworth (who I assume is dead until Nintendo proves otherwise)
10. Foreman Spike
11. E. Gadd
12. M.C. Ballyhoo
13. Prince Peasley
14. Shroob
15. Fawful
16. Doopliss
17. Dimentio
18. Diddy Kong
19. Dixie Kong
20. Funky Kong
21. King K. Rool
22. Jimmy T.
23. Mona
24. Captain Syrup
25. R.O.B.

This lineup achieves a pretty solid variety between Mario's spinoffs and sister series while still including enough mainline mooks to satisfy Little Timmy and his mom who watched him play Galaxy 2. I restrained myself a little by not including any of the SQEnix-owned Mario RPG characters; if not for the budgetary constraints they'd realistically put on the roster, Geno, Mallow, and probably Booster would 100% be locks. I also decided against including Cranky Kong as much as I wanted to I wanted to since someone out there would probably get upset over too many Kongs or whatever. I made the difficult choice to not include Cataquack since I wouldn't have had the idea if not for World and we already have our token Sunshine rep anyway. R.O.B.'s a bit of personal bias where although I don't dig non-Mario characters showing up, he's sort of the exception as Nintendo's catch-all retro mascot and can show up wherever he wants.

 

[Mamboo07]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

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So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

Challenge Accepted!

Here I go:

1. Petey Piranha
2. King Bob-omb
3. Goomboss
4. Wart
5. Kamek
6. Hammer Bro
7. Monty Mole
8. Larry
9. Morton
10. Wendy
11. Iggy
12. Roy
13. Lemmy
14. Ludwig
15. Cappy
16. Poochy
17. Wiggler
18. Diddy Kong
19. Dixie Kong
20. King K. Rool
21. Mona
22. Ashley
23. Toadsworth
24. E. Gadd
25. Mii

17 returning and 8 newcomers in Bold

 

[WeirdAlFan101]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

View attachment 401568

So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

Sounds like a fun time, I'm in.

MISSING VETERANS
1. Diddy Kong
2. Dixie Kong
3. Dry Bones.
4. Petey Piranha
5. King Bob-omb
6. Kamek
7. Poochy
CURRENT NEWCOMERS
8. Goomba
9. Pianta
10. Spike
11. Moo Moo
12. Penguin
AND THE REST
13. Luma
14. Toadsworth
15. Cappy
16. Prince Florian
17. King K. Rool
18. Professor E. Gadd
19. Captain Syrup
20. Ashley
21. Geno
22. Fawful
23. Vivian
24. Madame Grape
25. Wart

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

View attachment 401568

So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

Sure:

Diddy Kong Petey Piranha Dry Bones Wiggler Kamek Funky Kong Larry Morton Wendy Iggy Roy Lemmy Ludwig Goomba Hammer Bro Piranha Plant Spike or Chargin Chuck Dixie Kong Poochy King Bob-Omb Penguin E.Gadd or Ninji Plessie Cappy Madame Brood or Prince Florian

Sticking to general principle of what Mario Kart often would try or has even added before enough in adjancence to subseries explored in previous entries - so no Wario-characters and RPG-characters.

Wonder not getting much representation has me feel it wasn't in the cards too much for it when MKWorld was being developed, but you could maybe swap Madame Brood for Prince Florian. E.Gadd has long been known for not having general track record of being playable in hardly any Mario-spinoffs - in that case, Ninji. Cranky Kong would be nice, but I don't think Nintendo really wants to use him to present DK '80 at all in Mario-spinoffs over current DK.

... Man, I really do hope there is plans for for post-launch and DLC content.

 

[Laniv]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

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So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

My challenge is that you can add any 25 characters you’d like to the right column…but you cannot remove any of the characters in the left column. My additions are:

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	Mii​

Let's do it

1. Diddy Kong
2. Funky Kong
3. Dixie Kong
4. Petey Piranha
5. Hammer Bro
6. Dry Bones
7. Wiggler
8. King Bob-Omb
9. Kamek
10. Honey Queen
11. Goomba
12. Poochy
13. Boom Boom
14. Pom Pom
15. E. Gadd
16. Cappy
17. Madame Broode
18. Tostarenan
19. Plessie
20. Prince Florian
21. Whittle
22. Foreman Spike
23. Lubba
24. Il Piantissimo
25. Mii

If there's anyone I've advocates for in the past that isn't on here, feel free to swap out Plessie for them

 

[Kirbeh]

Okay, so…per a user on the Source Gaming Discord server I’m part of, this seems to be the roster of 50 characters (spoiler tagged just in case):

Spoiler

View attachment 401568

So I decided to propose a bit of a challenge. I’m going to put 25 of the canon roster’s characters in one column and leave 25 blank spaces in the other.

Mario Luigi Peach Daisy Rosalina Pauline Baby Mario Baby Luigi Baby Peach Baby Daisy Baby Rosalina Yoshi Birdo Toad Toadette Wario Waluigi Donkey Kong Bowser Bowser Jr. King Boo Koopa Troopa Shy Guy Lakitu Nabbit

Diddy Kong​	Petey Piranha​	Paratroopa​	Dry Bones​	Wiggler​
Honey Queen​	Hammer Bro​	Monty Mole​	Dixie Kong​	King Bob-omb​
Kamek​	Chargin’ Chuck​	Poochy​	Blooper​	Luma​
Ninji​	Funky Kong​	Vivian​	Foreman Spike​	King K. Rool​
E. Gadd​	Mona​	Cappy​	Prince Florian​	​

Sure, why not.

Spoiler

1. Weird Mario (Achieved by putting Mario's head on Waluigi's body.)
2. Mini Marios (3 toy Mini Marios from the Mario vs DK games working together)
3. Diddy Kong
4. Dixie Kong
5. Tiny Kong
6. Funky Kong
7. Cranky Kong
8. King K. Rool
9. Petey Piranha
10. Captain Syrup
11. 5-Volt
12. 9-Volt
13. Mona
14. Ashley
15. Jimmy T.
16. Dribble & Spitz
17. E. Gadd
18. Kamek
19. Poochy
20. Fawful
21. Midbus
22. Tostarenan
23. New Donker
24. Mary O.
25. R.O.B.

 

[chocolatejr9]

With some of the characters being suggested, I'm starting to get curious... would it be a good idea to do something similar to the Smash Ballot, where we can give suggestions for who to add to the game?

 

[Thegameandwatch]

With some of the characters being suggested, I'm starting to get curious... would it be a good idea to do something similar to the Smash Ballot, where we can give suggestions for who to add to the game?

I feel like it could also work with courses or even new features. I feel like majority of the character votes would be for the ones missing and non-Mario characters.

 

[NintenRob]

I'm not sure I would swap out any of the confirmed characters. I really like having this wildly weird roster. Would I still like to see Petey, King Bobomb and Kamek? Yes, of course. Do I want this to become the standard going forward? Not really. Maybe I would swap Rocky Wrench, Coin Coffer and Sidestepper for the previous three mentioned characters. But for this game, I'm cool with it.

Also not convinced we've seen every character

 

[Thegameandwatch]

Also not convinced we've seen every character

Especially since the Miis are missing.

If had to guess the remaining characters, Either Petey Piranha, King Bob-omb, Diddy Kong, Miis or Ninji.

Not sure about Kamek because of the new item. I feel like they would have called the item Magikoopa in the American direct if it wasn't the specific character.

I'm not sure I would swap out any of the confirmed characters. I really like having this wildly weird roster. Would I still like to see Petey, King Bobomb and Kamek? Yes, of course. Do I want this to become the standard going forward? Not really. Maybe I would swap Rocky Wrench, Coin Coffer and Sidestepper for the previous three mentioned characters. But for this game, I'm cool with it.

Rocky Wrench are kinda redundant but at least they are currently a distant enemy from the Monty Mole. Nintendo basically merged the two before the Booster Pass where the Rocky Wrench got their original design back.

 

[Gorgonzales]

I wasn't a fan of the direct but I'm a bit surprised how much doom and gloom I'm seeing here. I highly doubt we've seen every costume or even characters, with all the free roam missions, grand prix and knockout tours, you've got to have something to unlock and we know they're keeping something for unlockables. We already see them keeping Rainbow Road secret, they're probably doing the same with other stuff.

I'm sorry but given the past trends with Mario spinoffs I really think we've seen the whole roster.

I used to be a "there could be hidden characters!!" coper myself but sadly that just isn't how Nintendo functions anymore. They usually show everyone off before release. Every Mario sports game on the Switch did this, every Mario Party on the Switch did this, etc. You'd think that they'd pull out all the stops in the direct to convince people this is worth 80 dollars, so if anything wasn't shown, it probably doesn't exist.

We've seen everyone. The Kongs, Kamek, and King Bob-Omb aren't in.

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

With some of the characters being suggested, I'm starting to get curious... would it be a good idea to do something similar to the Smash Ballot, where we can give suggestions for who to add to the game?

I feel like it could also work with courses or even new features. I feel like majority of the character votes would be for the ones missing and non-Mario characters.

I'd definitely like to see a ballot for this if it ever happened. Could be really intriguing way for fandom to come together (even if possibly it'd bring good bit of... "competitive" strive.)

We've seen everyone. The Kongs, Kamek, and King Bob-Omb aren't in.

I do wonder if Nintendo's truly gonna go with not giving any post-launch content or DLC for this game? Feels like they'd be nipping World's overall potential for growth way too quickly in the bud.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I'm sorry but given the past trends with Mario spinoffs I really think we've seen the whole roster.

I used to be a "there could be hidden characters!!" coper myself but sadly that just isn't how Nintendo functions anymore. They usually show everyone off before release. Every Mario sports game on the Switch did this, every Mario Party on the Switch did this, etc. You'd think that they'd pull out all the stops in the direct to convince people this is worth 80 dollars, so if anything wasn't shown, it probably doesn't exist.

We've seen everyone. The Kongs, Kamek, and King Bob-Omb aren't in.

If this is the road that Nintendo is going, then it's absolutely scandalous. You're giving people so much hype with an upcoming big game, only to end up fumbling the ball near the goal line with the execution, AND giving the cold shoulder to the likes of the Koopalings, Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Dry Bowser, and even Petey Piranha?

It's no wonder that we're seeing YouTube videos telling people to NOT get the Nintendo Switch 2.

 

[Ze Diglett]

For me, it's gonna come down entirely to how empty the game feels. The tracks look a bit overscaled (though we'll see how that translates to double the racers in practice), and Free Roam seems like it has basically nothing to do except drive across fields to grab coins. It's a problem I tend to have with "open" Nintendo games in general, and if World really is more of the same in that regard, I'll probably hold off a bit.

 

[Opossum]

I'll be honest, a lot of the cut-and-replace rosters here just make me even happier with the roster we got. I can get replacing like, four of them, but ten? Twenty?

 

[Ze Diglett]

I'll be honest, a lot of the cut-and-replace rosters here just make me even happier with the roster we got. I can get replacing like, four of them, but ten? Twenty?

Can't even begin to relate. I get it, some of these mook picks are funny, but I also think including the likes of Sidestepper, Para-Biddybud, and Snowman from a franchise as expansive and diverse as Mario is a tad wasteful. I'll admit I'm particularly biased in favor of the RPGs, but like... can you blame me? Those are character-driven by nature in a way other Mario series aren't, so of course a lot of solid picks are gonna come from there. I dunno what to say other than we don't need over half the roster to be mooks when this franchise can and has done better.

 

[fogbadge]

Can't even begin to relate. I get it, some of these mook picks are funny, but I also think including the likes of Sidestepper, Para-Biddybud, and Snowman from a franchise as expansive and diverse as Mario is a tad wasteful. I'll admit I'm particularly biased in favor of the RPGs, but like... can you blame me? Those are character-driven by nature in a way other Mario series aren't, so of course a lot of solid picks are gonna come from there. I dunno what to say other than we don't need over half the roster to be mooks when this franchise can and has done better.

racing as a snowman is gonna be awesome

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

I'll be honest, a lot of the cut-and-replace rosters here just make me even happier with the roster we got. I can get replacing like, four of them, but ten? Twenty?

I don't trust anyone that gets rid of the best new addition of the game.

 

[Oracle Link]

Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but please, no crossover DLC this time around. I was already tired of seeing Link every race after a few weeks, and that was a decade ago. If we see the likes of Kirby and Captain Falcon in this game while Nintendo continues to pretend the RPGs never existed, I'm GOING to complain the whole time. Keep those guys to the amiibo Costumes, if anything. (Which I know the Miis aren't back either and I'm kinda glad for that, but I know that one's unpopular.)

But i did feature dedicated Rpg, yoshi, wario and Dk Dlcs tho!
Also other then kirby no nintendo character gets their own racing games so why not throw them in mario kart!