Mario Kart Month: Mario Kart 8 Character Profiles: Mo' Babies, Mo' Problems

Toadette needs more representation in Mario games.

Ok. I'm sorry but I'm falling to see how the article is linked the headline "Mo'babies, Mo'problems."

Out of these, I have to say Lakitu is my favourite, closely followed by Shy Guy.

You can tell boredom struck when you got to the Mii xD It's almost all one liners after that!

I hope that comunities allow to make one where you race with babies only

WE NEED BABY WALUIGI!!!

This reminds me when Bayonetta says that she hates crying babies and cockroaches, so the worst thing for her is a crying baby cockroach.

So I hate Waluigi and the Mario babies, and the worst thing in the world would then be baby Waluigi. I hope Nintendo never sinks that low.

@Galenmereth: Yeah, interesting about the notes on the Shy Guy's or lack thereof. Hello Yoshi's Island??? No wonder Nintendo made Shy Guy Beach, they like to hang out on islands and kidnap kids!

@sinalefa That is precisely the point. Would a baby Toad be better?

No Baby Rosalina or Pink Gold Peach - are they being reserved for newcomers, or a 'worst characters ever' article?
...Even though Baby Rosalina is totally gonna be my lightweight character.

Also, Waluigi is the main baddie in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. How DARE you suggest that isn't canon!

@Maelstrom

Slightly better. Baby Waluigi would be like the byproduct of a byproduct. Not even his mom would love him. And that would explain many things.

@Waluigi: What about Mario Party 3's story mode?

I would love to see Waluigi get his own casino themed game for 3DS/Wii U (perhaps as a cross-platform eShop title).

@sinalefa You and I, sir, are going to come to blows if you do not lay off Waluigi! He is awesome! X(

I think apart from his ugly name, Waluigi is a great character who complements Wario/Luigi just as well as Wario complemented Mario. While it seems truly unlikely that he will make it into a main series Mario game (as even Wario almost never turns up), I hope he will make it into future Wario games. Given the fact that Nintendo didn't drop him after his initial appearance in Mario Tennis, but has since included him in most spin offs, it's pretty weird that he never made it into any Wario title, especially as they introduce a range of (certainly non-Mushroom kingdom inhabiting) characters of their own.

Oh btw, I find pink gold peach great. But again, the name is weird. As she is made of gold, why didn't they call her rose gold peach?

Daisy is one of my favorite Mario characters! Although, I never really got into the Mario spin off games, I recently picked up Mario Golf World Tour and... Man, her voice is annoying. I see what people were talking about. Lol. XD But she's still cool.

Lakitu's ovbious biggest role was in Super Mario 64 as the camera man : /

Lakitu is in MK8? Did they show some footage of him in any of the trailers?

Does Waluigi appear in 5? Thought he was unlockable in Mario Kart Super Circuit GBA.

Why wasn't Waluigi in MK7? WHY?

Daisy... the most forgotten princess in the franchise and still one you could never forget the name.

Hard to find someone who never shouted at the screen at least once"Yeah, I got it, your name is Daisy >o<###".
Still Her annoyingness is my favourite of all the (few) girls in the franchise XP

@C-Olimar

You know something? Actually this month I will be buying not one, but TWO games with Waluigi in them. This and Mario Golf. Just don't get the idea that I am buying them because he is in them

Waluigi is the man. He was my main on Double Dash. Those bombs for the win. LOL I wish that he did appear in a canon Mario game....OR a Luigi game.

You forgot Baby Rosalina. (lol)

Other than Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and maybe Baby Peach, every single Baby character is a complete waste of a spot. Same goes for the Metal characters.

Seriously, all the work they had to do to put Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach into the game is put a metallic skin over the model, change the character's stats and then distort their voices slightly. Terribly lazy.

I really want Waluigi to appear in a main-series Mario game - imagine what he could do! Nintendo's thought of practically nothing for him, so he's basically a clean slate! Either that, or there could be a Wario & Waluigi RPG...
Also, am I weird for always playing as my Mii in Mario Kart?

Good Read, Out Of This List Of Characters, I'm Most Likely To Play As Either Rosalina Or Lakitu.

I love the Baby Bros!!! I loved Yoshi's Island and Partners in Time, too! That said, all other baby characters are pretty useless...

I don't understand why they didn't add Pauline if they needed more female characters? She appears in most of the Mario vs DK series games and she is even on the Nintendo Starlets puzzle swap for 3DS.

Other Kong characters would be welcome too! Although, I suppose that only DK and Cranky Kong have ever truly been in a Mario game...

I'm not a fan of all the Baby characters

@Bulbousaur My thoughts exactly.

@Dark-Luigi @Bulbousaur https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7222249728/hCF263ABD/

Actually, Nintendo acknowledged Waluigi's existence in Paper Mario TTYD by giving Mario the chance to dress like him.

So that would be his highlight in his Mario-career.

Metal Mario is usually the best character for me (All I ever used in Mario Tennis Open because it was the best counter to maximum spin).

Mario games have canon?!

Ehhhh... Actually, Mii has TWO home tracks, Wuhu Island and Maka Wuhu.

@Meaty-cheeky Same here. If it were up to me, Nintendo could replace the babies with other characters. How about a Goomba? Where's King Boo? Bowser Jr.? Finally, how about a Magikoopa?

@vamkar Poor Sakurai-sama if he had to do that.

Not seeing the reason for all the baby character hate. Can't honestly tell me that you don't find them adorable, and the fact that babies driving go-karts and bikes super adorable. And the fact they nail their older versions and grown-ups in general with items hilarious. Kinda like if your kids/little brother,sisters,nieces,nephews,and grandkids could do this.

Everyone is lame except Shy Guy, who is a BAMF

Here was your Super Mario Sunshine representative. It takes care of Luigi's Mansion, too!

Anyway, the next game needs a baby for every character. Why leave anyone out at this point? Of course, then they'd have to exclude Dry Bones and Dry Bowser, because nobody who's happy wants to play as a dead baby. 😖

@JakeShapiro
"It’s a bummer that every single female-identified character in Mario Kart 8 is a princess, aside from Toadette and Wendy Koopa."
Technically, Rosalina's never been called a princess, or even stated as one.
If anything, she might as well be called the Queen of the Cosmos.

I love Shy Guy!

@JakeShapiro
"It’s a bummer that every single female-identified character in Mario Kart 8 is a princess, aside from Toadette and Wendy Koopa."

If you watch the Mario Kart Direct (at least the US one)... when they announce Wendy Koopa, they label her the "Princess of Destruction", haha.

That said, I hardly think the message is "If you’re a boy, you can be whatever you want to be, and if you’re a girl… you can be a princess...."

The boys are either plumbers, villains, dinosaurs, or gorillas...haha

@dkxcalibur

I thought about Goombas and Boos before. Here's the problem... NO HANDS. Without any hands, they can't steer the carts. Furthermore, they wouldn't be able to hold items in their hand like everyone else. It just wouldn't work now that graphics have advanced to where they are. 15 years ago, sure they probably could have done it.

"It’s a bummer that every single female-identified character in Mario Kart 8 is a princess, aside from Toadette and Wendy Koopa."

@JakeShapiro The irony is that when Wendy was considered to be Bowser's daughter, she was technically the princess of the Koopa Kingdom.

@JaxonH Yeah, no hands is the main problem, but also, I wouldn't like to have Mario Kart filled with generic Mario enemies. Characters such as Koopa and Dry Bones are exceptions. I don't know, thinking about them in Mario Kart doesn't give me a very good feeling in my stomach.

By the way, I replied to the Wind Waker HD comment you gave me in the other article. Just wanna say I'm a hardcore gamer, and I didn't like the easy switch between normal and hard because I wanted to choose hard mode locked. Sorry if you already read it, but I don't want hard core gamers thinking I'm a casual gamer.

They have all these baby characters playable in Mario Kart but not the kidnapper (Kamek)?

Also Kamek would have gotten a great character specific power-up for his kart too had he become playable in any future Mario Kart game.

Nintendo where is baby wario and baby waluigi?

@Damo "You being serious?" You call yourself an editor? Is it really that hard to type three characters more and the space bar to add "Are" to your sentence? (Does this answer your question? LoL!)

Look, the way the headline is written, "Mario Kart Month: Mario Kart 8 Character Profiles: Mo' Babies, Mo' Problems", gives the reader (or at least me) the impression that since they are "more babies, there are more problems." (Provided, of course, that "Mo'" is a slang term for "More").

So when I went to read the article to see why there was "Mo' problems" with "Mo' babies", there wasn't anything in the body off the article that built upon the statement expressed in the headline. Pardon me for I don't have a degree on journalism, but last time I checked, a headline served as an preview statement, a "taste" if you will, of what the article is about.

It's like The Legends of Zelda titles. They all have "LoZ:..." And the a brief sentence on which the story focuses. Since this article is party of a series, it is explained in the part "Mario Kart Month: Mario Kart 8 Character Profiles:..." and "Mo' Babies, Mo' Problems" is supposed to be the emphasis of this article, correct? The article talks about the babie's bios nicely, but fails to explain what is the "problem" with them. Thus generating confusion.

Waluigi's highlights? How about the intros to the Mario Golf and Tennis games on the GCN? Definitely some of my favorite Waluigi moments right there.

@Dark-Link73 damn are you serious with your comment there is so much anger in it , For something so little.

@Bulbousaur So im guessing you would not like the nintendo's new announced character named red gold shy guy.

I want to try Gold Peach

Yeah to @all, rid the game of babies (except Peach, bias included, as for some reason I'd use her every once in a while) and have D-Bones, Para-troop, Koopatroop (or is he in the game.?), Hammer Bro, Boomer Bro, Bowser Jr., Funky Kong, Petey Piranha, King Boo, and all the other characters from (all) past Kart's that have been ditched or forgotten. Like the Star Wars article of weeks ago, I feel like they cheapen the Kart "canon" (if there even is one...) by adding certain people and then ditching them; case in point, Waluigi absent in MK7: what the F and why the F?! I demand consistency!

@Dark-Link73 FYI, the article's title is a reference to the Notorious B.I.G. song "Mo Money Mo Problems"

Rosalina definitely owns Rainbow Road. Sadistic <censored>!

(And yes, she'll be my go-to character for 8, much like she is for 3D World currently.)

@GloverMist Personally I think Waluigi would be perfect as a recurring boss in the next Mario and Luigi game, similar to Popple. That would be a great introduction for him into the Mario canon. And no, you're not weird for using your Mii.

Shy Guy FTW!

@brewsky

I love Toadette since Double Dash. She appeared in a lot of GameCube games, but you're right. She needs more attention.

I love Waluigi Pinball. Definitely one of my favourite all-time tracks.

You forgot Baby Rosalina mang.

@JaxonH Hasn't stopped Goomba from playing baseball. Apparently they can use telekinesis.

@midnafanboy If you're referring to my opening statement of Damo's incomplete sentence then yeah, I did think after I posted it that my comment was rather harsh. So @Damo I apologize for that; however, as a editor, I do think you need to be careful about your grammar.

You guys don't realize that, unless there's another Nintendo Life out there, NoA is starting to use your valuable input on their website. Over the weekend I was on Nintendo.com Wii U games page, and on a game (I don't remember which) it said "Nintendo Life says:...." And then a positive comment about the game.

So it is important for the writers and editors to show professionalism when writing articles and comments. Doesn't mater if you are getting paid or simply an unpaid intern. Your opinion and input is valued not only by us, the writer, but also by Nintendo.

Toadette was my favourite in Double Dash!

@JakeShapiro I see. Again, nothing to do with the body of the article.

This is the problem, when making a pop culture reference, unless is completely related by being of the same medium as the topic at hand (gaming) OR it is known world wide (Star Wars, Beatles, Spongebob, etc.), it has the inherit issue with being lost or misunderstood by any audience who doesn't have knowledge of such reference.

That's why, when using puns or references on the title of an article, is better to make such pop culture references in the sub heading of the article and in between quotation marks. This implies that the sentence might be a reference ora pun, and not an original thought.

So... technically Shy Guy first appearance was Doki Doki, right? At least I count it as a different game that Super Mario Bros. 2.