Shigeru Miyamoto has told Entertainment Weekly that his favourite character in Mario Kart is the one and only Mario, purely because he believes he’s the most balanced character. Miyamoto was also asked by the publication who his least favourite character is in the Mario Kart series and was surprisingly quick to say Toad. Who is your favourite character in Mario Kart?
FINALLY FIRST maybe…
yup! good for you. My favorite character is Rosalina.
Alriiight congrats. My fav was Dry Bowser, now its either Yoshi or Lakitu on MK7
Dry Bowser was my my favorite too! I guess you can tell that by my avatar XD Now I use regular Bowser.
*XD.* Forgot the period, lol.
“My” not “my my”, lol.
Yeah I was bummed when Dry Bowser didn’t make it to MK7. I wish they would use the 64 Yoshi voice instead of the current one though
What’s the difference?
I was surprised when Dry Bowser didn’t make it to MK7, especially since he was featured recently in Super Mario 3D Land and the Mario & Sonic Winter and London games. I thought he had a guaranteed spot in the game ;(
dude spoiler :(
Yoshi now has a more Alvin and the chipmunk style voice whereas on the 64 he had these weird little noise haha idk.
Dry Bones Bowser for the win!
probably because you just learned to masterbate and u enjoy her fapping material.
Hey, who hasn’t looked under Peach’s dress in Smash Bros. Am I right?
I think we have all looked up her dress…
My favourite one is waluigi! He did’t make it MK7 I was very disappointed. But I play MK7 with koopa-troopa or with my Mii.
Mine is Wario. Wario time, oh yeah!
Same here, I love Rosalina. But it’s hard because I have always liked Koopa Troopa, but since he has not been on Mario Kart 64, I missed out and had to favorite Yoshi [who then became my favorite character].
The Yoshi of course.
you should be called mushroomheads because you play with girlish video games
You should be called The Guy with No Penis.
srry i had to do that! lol
BOWSER >:C
of course the best is mii character
fucking Toad piece of shit.
lol hes like “fuck toad! mario ftw” xD
No explanation on why Toad is the least favourite? Although, now that I think of it, I dont know why I hat Toad.
has to be the annoying voice.
6 words: “Your princess is in another castle.”
Six very simple words, but they hold a large degree of mocking apathy, and rank up in the “annoying video game phrases” list near classics like “Fox, get this guy off me!” and “Hey, listen!”
Originally: Toad.
Right now: Dry Bones.
Surely wiggler is the worst!?
WHY? It’s funny because he gets mad just as I do HAHAHAHA.
There are no better or worst characters, they depend on players balance and gameplay style ;)
I actually love wiggler for some reason. Call me a hipster but it’s probably because he isn’t often featured in other games and his angry animations are hilarious. Plus, his stats suit my style
haha
Toad :)
lol, poor Toad
In mariokart 64 and mariokart Wii, (my two mariokart games) toad is actually my favorite character. I feel that if you give up one skill for another you can greatly benefit from an unbalanced character. It all depends on your playstyle.
MKW Baby peach + Bit bike!
Yoshi. A little quicker than Mario, handles nicely, and he’s green. What’s not to love?
i love toad.he is my favorite character!!!!!!!!
Same here, specially getting the golden mushrooms, and the shroom combo.
Mario and LEGO!?!
Yeah, they sell Mario Kart LEGO’s at the Nintendo World store in New York, I saw them when I went last month.
Toad forever !
I’ve never liked Toad either.
Shyguy since the beggining
I roll Daisy like a real man.
Yoshi all the way.
Toad is my favorite in every Mario Kart game! I used him until i unlocked Wiggler and Rosalina now I mainly use Rosalina but still Toad is amazing.
Yoshi! And he’s one of my favorite Nintendo character. :)
Of the portable games it’s Yoshi, of the console games Baby Mario :)
In all honesty I like Mario, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, DK, the babies. How can you not like Toad, I mean c’mon he’s only trying to be be a “funguy”.
>.>
Dry Bones in any Mario spinoff, Luigi is my all-time favourite though.
Wario is awesome character. Always loved play as him. But I started with Luigi.
Metal Mario!
He was such a random character though :/
Same with Dry Bowser and the Baby Mario characters. Not only were they all a waste a space but also mess with the Mario continuity thus creating a time paradox (The baby Mario characters now have no way to go to the future, and Metal Mario and Mario and Bowser and Dry Bowser are canonically the same character). It’s why I’m against Dr. Mario’s return as a separate character for SSB.
There’s no continuity to mess up since it’s just a spin-off game, not the main series.
It is possible to implant a spin-off game to the main series continuity. Just look at Metroid Prime Hunters for example.
Good point, never played Prime Hunters but I did play the other Prime games.
MKWii: Funky Kong & Daisy
MK7: Wario maybe ~~
let me guess, Funky with flamerunner and Daisy with Mach bike? (if so we got a statwh- here
Yoshi is my favorite by a long shot (but i like metal mario for battle mode) my least favorite would have to be wario he’s so annoying!
I used to love Toad and Toadette in double dash and MK Wii, shame she isn’t in MK7, but from Mario Kart Wii I like Funky Kong and Rosalina too, and mostly Daisy and Rosalina in MK7. Even though I never use him, I still miss Waluigi on MK7!!
mario baby and luigi baby
Yoshi is my favorite by a long shot (but i like metal mario for battle mode) my least favorite would have to be wario he’s so annoying!
sorry about posting twice. i changed my name awhile back for somthing and forgot to change it just now. FAIL!
Ohhh C’mon!!!! Nobody likes Luigi? I freakin love Luigi AND Baby Luigi! They’re ALWAYS a first pick for me. Poor Luigi gets no love :(. And of course for my female characters I love Daisy and Baby Daisy. And I have to admit I do not like toad at all. He’s the most overrated and overused charcter in the series, next to yoshi and the highly annoyin “funky” kong.
I like Luigi, but mostly just in the main platform games.
I guess I’m just a die-hard Luigi fan haha. I even have him as my second most-used character in smash bros. beatin my once all-time favorite character, Ness.
I use Yoshi all the time, not my fault everybody copied me. I’ve used him in EVERY Mariokart game in existence.
Finally, a Luigi fan! I love Luigi, in MK Wii and MK7 he’s my most used character! In SMG 1 and 2, once I earn Luigi, Mario’s gone. I kind of think his Final Smash is… less than it should be, though (I wanted his Final Smash to have the vacuum in Luigi’s Mansion so he could suck up the enemies/opponents souls but that’s not very Nintendo-like). I also agree that Toad and “Funky Dong” (as my friend and I call him) are way too overrated.
I think Luigi’s final smash is actually pretty overpowered. The fact that it can KO anyone at 0% is glorious for someone of his stature. Alas, I do not use Final Smashes when playin serious one-on-one bouts with friends
I know it’s powerful (real men dance is what I always say), I just don’t expect from a character who’s afraid of his own shadow to be dancing so creepily. Also, the only times I use Final Smashes are in stages that I make where nothing can come out after going in… dun dun dunnn… 0.0
Luigi also always my favorite since Mario kart 64
Toad is the greatest character in Mario Kart!
he’s a fun guy! (haha get it fungi = fun guy?)
LOLOL!!!
Donkey Kong! :)
Yoshiiiiiiii!!!!!!
YOSHI SUKS U NINTY FAGS! ROFLCOPTER!
u suck
you mad bro?
toad is actually one of my favorites
At first it was DK, then I changed to Shy Guy, and now it’s Metal Mario. I still enjoy racing as Shy Guy though
I like Baby Mario, Mario, and Mii.
Dry Bones owns !
I’m not a fan of Toad either. Always liked Yoshi honestly.
R.O.B. the Robot from MKDS (and my Mii for every other game after that).
I miss R.O.B. They need to bring him back
Sadly, he’s a one-time character like Petey Piranha, Funky Kong, and the Honey Queen.
LUIGI
Toad sounds like an Angry Bird in MK7, lol. I really enjoy playing as a Mii and Luigi… the only ones I don’t like in MK7 are Wiggler, Honey Queen, and Lakitu. (Oh, and Daisy is annoying XD)
So you basically hate the new characters (except for Metal Mario, my third most used character)? :D lol
But I agree with you, the new characters are annoying, I would trade in the Honey Queen, the Wiggler, AND the Lakitu just to see Waluigi and/or R.O.B. again :(. IMO, Daisy sounds a bit manly.
I want to beat the shit out of toad so bad >:P
Damn, Toad was my favorite on Mario Kart 64 because of that awesomely strange scream he used to do everytime I used a mushroom, loved using golden mushroom for infinite screams =)
Depends.
SMK: Toad
MK64: Yoshi
SC: Luigi
DD: Petey Piranha + King Boo
DS: Haven’t played DS
Wii: Daisy w/ Mach Bike
7: Yoshi
My favourite is Toad. I like Mario too.
YOSHI FTW!!! and bowser is a dick so yea.
Wario for all the games.
Wario wasn’t in the first MK game…
I agree with Miyamoto simply because everything about Toad is just so fucking annoying
This is so true, which is a paradox because mushrooms are awesome…but toad is a peppermint dildo.
Peprrermint dildo? LOL! Wow, that was a good one. I’ve never heard that one before. Now that I think about it, that’s got to burn like hell, but taste so good.
my friends had mario kart ds and i did a ds download play and i played as shy guy and he is awesome!
toas is usfull character especially at double dash if u know that
toad*
My favourite character is Luigi :), and Daisy became a favourite later on. Luigi forever!! :D
I generally like green clad game characters ;)
You, sir, deserve a star. *star*
As you all can see from my avatar, I am a Die-hard Luigi fan. And of course I’m a fan of his hardcore woman, daisy XD
mario yoshi and toad are all my favorites i think its a tie for me
Used to be ParaTrooper, but now, after playing him in 7 and seeing his fustration is now Wiggler. xD
Strange in every Mario Kart game Toad is my number one character. I mostly pick light weight characters for Acceleration.
I am more of acceleration than speed.
It was Waluigi until they took him out!
But now it’s either Toad or Yoshi.
I’ve always been a sucker for Mario.
MKDD: Bowser Donkey Kong Diddy Kong Toadette Luigi Petery Phiania King Boo and the Wario’s brothers
MKW: Luigi Diddy Kong Toadette and Dry Bowser
My least favorite is toad too, my fav is Yoshi :D
Least favorite: Definitely Waluigi. Favorite, Toadette! How dare he hate Toad, Grrr…
Bahh! i love toad! my favorites are Mii, Toad, Toadette, Dry Bones, Rosalina & Yoshi
Shy guy!!!
wiggler dont suck, you know who sucks? the fucking queen bee xD
I don’t care much for toad either
LEGO MARIO!! O_o Make it happen Nintendo!
Mii!!!!!!!!
My favorites will always be Luigi & Mii.
My favourite has always been DK (although I haven’t played MK on SNES, so that doesn’t count), up until MKW when I found, Rosalina. She’s the first “Princess” not to be a dainty fair wight, but she’s rockin the large category, so, respect. Plus she’s blue, which is my favourite colour. So, I can’t decide who’s my favourite, I’m just going to have to say DK and Rosalina :)
Actually my personal favorite is Toad
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Meh it sucks compared to sega version
Luigi. I played him mostly on Mario Kart Wii and 7.
I think he was joking about Toad, giving that the publication that he was talking to said that Toad was their favourite character. The fact that he said it quickly suggests this.
The general consensus was that he was joking, apparently.
And I’ve always liked Luigi and Shy Guy.
my faves have changed from game to game, in the 1st mk it was koopa, in mk advance wario, mk64 bowser, mk double dash petey piranha and king boo, mk ds dry bones, mk wii king boo, mk 3ds mario
My favourite character is Crash Bandicoot.
A winner is you.
my favs are toad and yoshi (mainly toad though)
oh but sometimes i’m mario or luigi