Super Mario Odyssey's Pauline Makes Her Mario Kart Debut Tomorrow

Nice to see Nintendo use Pauline more in Mario games.

It's about time.

Never forget her encore as damsel in distress in the Mario Vs DK series either...

Would be cool if she had her mayor close.

Pauline for Smash!

I would imagine a double dash mode where characters would have certian interactions if they were picked together. Like mario and luigi are bros, wario is annoyed of the babies, and Pauline and DK act awkward around each other

When she was announced to appear in Odyssey, and I saw the name New Donk City, I had high hopes that Donkey Kong would appear to steal Pauline away as part of the story. That would have been such an awesome throwback. I'd like some kind of Mario vs. Donkey Kong in a 3D platformer someday.

I thought she was in Donkey Kong?

needs to be added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Smash

Here she goes, off the rails.
Don't you know it's time to raise their sales...

@JTTS me too, but it doesn't make this a bad news

....why the stupid MOBILE game though?! I really don't care about the mobile game but I still very much love Mario Kart 8, add her THERE!

Disappointing news is disappointing. Eh well, at least this'll increase her chances for the next proper Mario Kart outing....

So, will she also be introduced in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

And she's not in 8deluxe??

@Mr_Muscle She was. The article mentions that too.

@TheLightSpirit Or at least MK8DX DLC!

It’s a mobile game, so it doesn’t count. The fact that MK8 hasn’t received any decent DLC for years is a total joke. Give us a new cup, or Pauline, or whatever.

Also, stop with the click-bait style headlines NLife.

I forgot about the mobile game, so I got mildly excited there for a moment about more potential MK8D DLC before going "oh...".

I knew it, and she'll be next in Smash, not Waluigi or Toad.

Nice. Will be a blast

Yea why not put Pauline in super Mario 3d world

Why not Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

Really excited to try this game out. Yes it has micro transactions but we know nothing about the pricing or the need to use them. The video explicitly says you can get characters and kart pieces from these world tour events, so we’ll have to see how the game actually plays out.

Cute, but she's only in the saddest version of them all.

I just realized, how has Pauline stayed so young over the years while cranky long got so old?

Yeah, MK 8 DX DLC would be interested but not this.

@MasterJay That just shows what negativity does to you. Cranky is cranky and negative, which really dampered his health and made him age more.

I'm so glad to see I was not the only one to read the headline and click on the article excited to hear about new content for MK8D only to understand what a wet fish slapped across the face feels like, oh the disappointment, I can smell it in the air still ;-(

Please Nintendolife put "Mario Kart Tour" in the title. Now I am disappointed that it's not about Mario Kart 8D dlc..

The WORST kind of clickbait EVER.

Pauline is my least favorite Mario addition... she’s just...boring.

It's just a matter of time until we see her in Mario Kart and Mario Party.

I am honestly surprised to see so many people clamor for her in more Mario games. I personally don't care about her all that much (prefer every other Mario heroine), but she at least beats out the plethora of Baby and Metal versions of the regular cast so I'm all for this.

Too bad it's in a mobile game. Hard pass.

Soon enough, Pauline will be in the Mario Kart series, presumably as a playable character, just like others above me have commented.

Honestly, I have for a long time thought about Nintendo eventually reintroducing Pauline into the Super Mario Bros. Universe. I particularly mean the mainstream games, and the popular non-main series, like Kart, and probably Party.

Because technically, Pauline has been in at least 1 game per decade, since her debut, in the original DK 1981. DK in '94 for Super Gameboy, Mario Vs. DK for Gameboy Advance in the early 2000's, I think 2004? The MVD series continuing in this, the 2010 decade.

Just like Daisy's 2nd appearance (Mario Tennis N64) being 10yrs after Super Mario Land.

Characters who need their Mario Kart debut:

• Professor E. Gadd
• Dixie Kong
• Cranky Kong
• King K. Rool
• Ashley
• Mona
• Jimmy T.
• 9-Volt
• Captain Syrup
• Geno
• Mallow
• Fawful
• Wart
• Tatanga
• Toadsworth
• Chargin' Chuck

Let's be honest here, if MK8 Deluxe was getting DLC soon we would've heard about it in the September Direct. Any kind of Mario Kart articles about new stuff was bound to be about Mario Kart Tour.

Dang, Pauline’s swole, look at that one-handed lift!

From what I've heard about this new mobile Mario Kart, I'm kind of glad I don't have a smart phone.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah, I could already tell this is for Tour right off the bat. If you ask me, they would've had DLC for 8 Deluxe shortly after it came out on Switch, had they actually announced plans for it. But I don't think it will happen at all, honestly.

@TheFox I have a smartphone myself, but I very rarely play games on it. I much prefer playing games on consoles and PC so I'm not even sure when I'd give MKT a shot. Still waiting for the next console Mario Kart game, but you can bet that Pauline would be playable in that too.

Now I wonder if they will use her for a new DK game as well.

i shall finally make a comment on this site -after so long of being lazy, but i shall say this; WHY THE FREAK DIDN'T YOU UPDATE MARIO KART 8 AND ADD HER ONTO THAT GAME?! People will play 8 more than the mobile one since it's filled with endless micro transaction -oh jeez, i cannot wait for the end of that crud. Although a mario kart 9 would be good too :3

She should have been a staple, even before Rosalina came into the picture.

So, is the mobile version officially 10 now?