Poll: What Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Wave 6 DLC Racer Are You Most Excited About?

I need Funky Kong.

Diddy for sure. But even His Excellency will only be a minor break from my usual Link domination.

Pauline and who trough a tranformation would be a good idea to put as a character on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe final DLC, so many good characters they could add, but no here Peachette, this feel like when Nintendo gave us Peach Gold and Silver Mario

It has got to be Diddy Kong for me. If anyone can replace Luigi, as my favorite driver, it'll be Diddy Kong.

Definitely Pauline. It's nice to see her in a console Mario Kart.

Sorry, Pauline. I love you, but... Diddy and I go way back to the days of Double Dash, and I've missed him.

I'm learning how to use inside drift in 8DX now for the full MKWii Funky experience. I'm still finding myself flick back my wheel to wheelie on straightaways.

Funky Kong was my dude back in the Wii. Can not wait to get him again. Hey, ma-aaan!

Diddy without a doubt. He was my guy the moment he showed up.

Really wish all the Mario and Peach costumes were just skins though.

Diddy, but Funky and Pauline are close.

I need my boi funky Kong! How I missed you!

I’ll go for Peachette, I like that they gave her a unique voice in MK Tour and I assume it’ll be used in MK8D, rather than using Peach’s voice like in NSMBUD.

Not Peachette. A wasted slot that could have been used for great characters.

Diddy and Funky felt almost guaranteed. Peachette didnt really feel that deserving since she was literally just a one-off mechanic that's really just a re-skin in a port of a decade old game (Captain Falcon would've been the perfect closer, IMO).

I feel like Pauline is most exciting, given her history, but at the same time the surprise is diminishing because they also did this with Aces, Super Rush, and Strikers. I get that it cant be helped with MK8D's spontaneous roadmap, but I hope she's part of initial rosters going forward.

Diddy Kong racing remaster confirmed

Never been a big fan of the Kongs (though I'm happy for their fans and know that they absolutely belong here!), and Peachette is... whatever. Pauline all the way out of these.

Correct me if I’m wrong but we’re ther not only 2 question slots on the character select screen? So why did we get 4, unless they plan to reveal even more?

@Sequel But seriously, how amazing would it be if, after MK8D's development is wrapped up, we actually did get a DKR Remake?

None of them set my world on fire. I was hoping for a bold new addition, like Samus or Bayonetta.

@arabiansanchez Or one of the 500 Fire Emblem characters

@Diowine Is it really a wasted slot though when they actually added more characters than promised? I mean we got 4 instead of 2 new characters after all

Also I'm sure if they only gave us three new characters, Diddy, Funky and Pauline no one would have complained that there isn't an additional forth character

Seeing Funky Kong there just makes me...so happy.
@CaleBoi25 One way they could do it (although it would be a bit odd) is have Funky and Peachette be alts for Donkey Kong and Toadette respectively.

I'm honestly shocked to see Diddy winning. Thought for sure it would come down to Funky and Pauline.

@Nintoz That is possible! However, then there would be the whole issue of, y’know, Cat Peach, Pink Gold Peach, Tanooki Mario, Metal Mario not being alts. I am positive somebody out there would go on a rant about it, so I think it would be odd for them to be announced how they were, and not as “new alts” or something.

Sorry for the essay response! Your idea is valid, I just am not convinced either way.

@Giancarlothomaz Metal Mario has been around since ‘96, and has been playable in other spin-offs such as Golf and Dr. Mario, so he at least has some connection to the actual main series. I’m assuming PG Peach, Peachette, etc are part of a push to include more playable female characters in the franchise, such as Toadette and Daisy in SMB Wonder. Even Smash has had its percentage of playable female fighters shoot up in recent years.

Diddy Kong, because this bad boy should've been there from the start.

Diddy Kong. Bro even had his OWN RACING GAME no less. He's long overdue for a return.

Voted peachett. Happy to be with the few

I voted Pauline, just 'cos I don't want Nintendo to forget her again. But I'm also happy that Diddy and Funky came back. Diddy at least should be a mainstay in Mario Kart, seeing as Diddy Kong Racing is unlikely.

Peachette is a weird choice, I was hoping for something else like E. Gadd or maybe King Bob-omb, or even a Goomba would've been funny

@DTFaux Would be pretty sweet

Funky Kong love

@CaleBoi25 interesting question, they could add some together though.. like e.g. villager has two versions on one spot, but splatguy/girl have seperates..

It seems I'm in the minority here, I'm happy that I get to play Peachette lol. I like Peach in general so that might have something to do with it. Honestly, all the characters we're getting are great so it's a win all around.

@romanista

Just what I came to specluate about. Peachette might be able to share a spot with Toadette, since that makes some degree of sense. Maybe Funky and Donkey Kongs could also share a spot?

Or maybe they'll rearrange the layout a bit more.

I still wish we got a Zelda and Link from TOTK. Especially a Zelda.

That peachette character is horrible, and i love all Mario world characters. So lazy and such a waste of a slot!
who even IS it? a teenage Peach? Toadette in cosplay? Crazy! I'd have even rathered another costume or something but that one.

ps Diddy obv is the best new racer!!!

What is Peachette??? I've not played Tour and I'd never even heard of that character before yesterday!

That's provably my only disappointment out of all the DLC characters. Especially as we already have Peach, Baby Peach and Gold-Rose Peach!

Funky Kong was my Go To on the Wii so excited to play as him again!

New Funky Mode!

@mariomaster96 gamers will always complain, we got 4 instead of 2 and it still is not good enough for some people. Damned if nintendo does it, damned if they don’t.

Most entitled people on the planet.

@Shinnos New super mario bros deluxe toadette is able to pick a super-pink-mushroom with a crown on it. When she picks it up she turns into peachette. See it as the “funky” mode of super mario because picking her up wil make the game easier.

I was hoping they’d surprise us with diddy kong racing on the n64 as well after revealing him for Mario kart . Lol.

@BrintaPap Oooh! I think I preferred it when I didn't know! 😅 That's an odd choice for a DLC character.

My profile picture tells you all you need to know.

EDIT: My profile pic used to be funky kong.

Also didn't notice this until now, but I love how Luigi is giving one of his death glares on the thumbnail.

Voted for Funky Kong but I think I should have voted for Diddy Kong.

They are really bringing a physical version of the DLC. Big thank you. May the physical expansion packs return, preferably with the latest patches for the main game on the disc/ cartridge, to make physical games more attractive.

@Not_Soos I’m not. There have been cries for him to be back in Mario Kart for a long time.

Diddy. Now only if Nintendo could get the rights to Diddy Kong Racing and do a proper, full-on remake, that'd surely be the best. Imagine that as a Switch 2 launch title while they work on MK9.

Easy! Diddy Kong is my pick, with Funky being a close second. I can honestly do without Peachette. I didn't even know what that was about until Croctopus posted about it above. I'm impartial about Pauline.

None of them really but I am glad for people who like them! I was hoping for Mallow or Geno since Mario RPG is almost here.

I can't believe that they chose Peachette and not Dixie Kong, Diddy's girlfriend.

@mariomaster96 you are absolutely right. Just not a fan of all these different Marios and Peaches, but yes, they delivered more than expected here.

@mariomaster96 is Peachette that much different than Peach? I get they might want another female character, but this is pretty lazy….

Funky Kong and Pauline!

Seeing Diddy Kong in Mario Kart is causing my brain to double take. It's saying that Diddy Kong should be on Donkey Kong's back throwing banana peels rather than driving.

They almost had the perfect pack just replace the Peach clone (AGAIN) with Dixie and they could've called it the Kong pack.

Pauline for me. She was the reason I initially downloaded Tour (she couldn't keep me from dropping it though lol).

Hopefully they give her a snazzy biker outfit like the princesses have.

The comments on here really do make me question Nintendo Fans sometimes.
They literally did not need to add more characters, when we paid for the booster course pass we expected courses and nothing else. Not only did they give all that we paid for but we also got 8 new characters!
But nah, screw that, let's just complain that the last character is another Peach. I admit I would have preferred someone else too but I'm still very grateful for even getting more characters to begin especially since they didn't need to do it.

None of them appeal to me. Daisy has not been dethroned.

I'm happy about Pauline.I would like for Nintendo to bring in Foreman Spike and Stanley as well, but it's good to see them normalize their strange past human characters at all.

Funky and Diddy are cool too, should have been in the original Wii U version honestly. I was hoping to see them include costumes, but they can build a better system with those in the next game (where they're not treated as separate characters).

Happy to see Pauline!

I do not think that more characters were needed, but among those, I choose Peachette .

Diddy, Funky then Pauline. Diddy is my main in any past MK that he has fratured in. If they replaced Peachette with Poochy, that would have been perfect

Why do we keep getting Pauline? Who cares about her? She doesn't play any importance in the series. Heck, Mario's my main man. I know he seems basic,and a lot of people love Waluigi and Funky Kong, but Mario's just the best.

Like Baby Mario/Luigi, I don't see the point of Peachette...

@NCChris I think you got it wrong. The complaints are more like why more clone slots instead of other Nintendo characters? It makes no sense. Next is Pink Gold Baby Peach!

I was crushed when 8 didn't have Diddy, my main from Wii, so I'm glad they've finally fixed that.

Opinions on if people think this bring the last update fuels the Switch 2 rumours?

Like, are they moving on from this to focus on a new Mario Kart for a new console

Pink Gold Peachette

Where's queen Bee?

I'm not a middleweight driver, but I am glad to see Pauline get more exposure. But Diddy will likely be a lightweight character and I'm looking forward to using him.

Poochy. Where is Poochy.

@SabreLevant Oh, I played Diddy Kong Racing back in the N64 era, I just wanted to stay on-topic with Mario Kart!

...I want Poochy.

none. they should have put the snes sprite dkjr. dont they care about beginings??????

For me it's funky Kong because I used to main him in Mario kart Wii

@Banjo- Yeah see, that would be a good argument if we were actually paying for the characters but these are literally bonus additions that they didn't even need to do. It's called the Booster COURSE pack, they had no reason to add characters but they did it anyway.
And on top of that, they actually did put in a lot of characters people wanted. People have been asking for characters like Birdo, Diddy, Funky, Kamek, and Petey for ages and they added them! But nah, let's just focus on the 1 clone and complain about that.
This is the same thing that happened with Smash Bros 4 when Dark Pit and Lucina were added.