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==Characters==
==Characters==
[[File:Mario Kart 7 Character Select Screen.png|thumb|250px|The character select screen, with all characters unlocked.]]
[[File:Mario Kart 7 Character Select Screen.png|thumb|250px|The character select screen, with all characters unlocked.]]
''Mario Kart 7'' includes 17 total drivers (eight starting drivers and nine unlockable drivers). New playable characters to the ''Mario Kart'' series in this game include [[Metal Mario]], [[Wiggler]], [[Honey Queen]], and [[Lakitu]] (with a red shell as opposed to the [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu referee]] which wears a green shell), with Lakitu and Honey Queen also making their overall playable debuts. Additionally, this marks the first ''Mario Kart'' game where [[Shy Guy]] is a normal selectable driver, after only being available in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' to players who were playing in Download Play without a game card. Also, this is the first installment in the series for a handheld console where [[Koopa Troopa]], [[Rosalina]], and [[Mii]] are playable, after previously being playable in at least one home console installment. Each driver is categorized into any of five weight classes: '''Feather''' being the lightest, followed by '''Light''', '''Medium''', '''Cruiser''', and finally '''Heavy'''. The player's Mii never appears as a CPU driver, but Miis the player has obtained via StreetPass for this game's Mario Kart Channel can occasionally appear as a CPU driver during the standard Grand Prix mode.
''Mario Kart 7'' includes 17 total drivers (eight starting drivers and nine unlockable drivers). New playable characters to the ''Mario Kart'' series in this game include [[Metal Mario]], [[Wiggler]], [[Honey Queen]], and [[Lakitu]] (with a red shell as opposed to the [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu referee]] which wears a green shell), with Honey Queen and Lakitu also making their overall playable debuts. Additionally, this marks the first ''Mario Kart'' game where [[Shy Guy]] is a normal selectable driver, after only being available in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' to players who were playing in Download Play without a game card. Also, this is the first installment in the series for a handheld console where [[Koopa Troopa]], [[Rosalina]], and [[Mii]] are playable, after previously being playable in at least one home console installment. Each driver is categorized into any of five weight classes: '''Feather''' being the lightest, followed by '''Light''', '''Medium''', '''Cruiser''', and finally '''Heavy'''. The player's Mii never appears as a CPU driver, but Miis the player has obtained via StreetPass for this game's Mario Kart Channel can occasionally appear as a CPU driver during the standard Grand Prix mode.


All of the starting characters are the same as in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', but with [[Donkey Kong]] in place of [[Donkey Kong Jr.]].
All of the starting characters are the same as in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', but with [[Donkey Kong]] in place of [[Donkey Kong Jr.]].


===Drivers===
===Starting drivers===
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{|class="wikitable sortable"style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
!class=unsortable style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white;"|Artwork
!class=unsortable style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white;"|Artwork
!style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Name
!style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Name
!style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Weight
!style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Weight
!class=unsortable style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Unlocking criteria
|-
|-
|[[File:Mario MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Mario MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Mario|red}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Mario_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Mario|red}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Mario_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="3"|'''<span style="color:green">Medium</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="3"|'''<span style="color:green">Medium</span>'''
|Starting driver
|-
|-
|[[File:Luigi MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Luigi MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Luigi|green}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Luigi_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Luigi|green}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Luigi_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="3"|'''<span style="color:green">Medium</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="3"|'''<span style="color:green">Medium</span>'''
|Starting driver
|-
|-
|[[File:Peach MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Peach MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Peach|hotpink}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Peach_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Peach|hotpink}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Peach_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="2"|'''<span style="color:dodgerblue">Light</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="2"|'''<span style="color:dodgerblue">Light</span>'''
|Starting driver
|-
|-
|[[File:Yoshi MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Yoshi MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Yoshi|lawngreen}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Yoshi_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Yoshi|lawngreen}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Yoshi_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="2"|'''<span style="color:dodgerblue">Light</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="2"|'''<span style="color:dodgerblue">Light</span>'''
|Starting driver
|-
|-
|[[File:Bowser MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Bowser MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Bowser|#FF8000}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Bowser_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Bowser|#FF8000}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Bowser_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="5"|'''<span style="color:red">Heavy</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="5"|'''<span style="color:red">Heavy</span>'''
|Starting driver
|-
|-
|[[File:Donkey MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Donkey MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Donkey Kong|gold}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_DK_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Donkey Kong|gold}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_DK_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="4"|'''<span style="color:purple">Cruiser</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="4"|'''<span style="color:purple">Cruiser</span>'''
|Starting driver
|-
|-
|[[File:Toad MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Toad MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''[[Toad]]'''<br>[[File:MK7_Toad_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''[[Toad]]'''<br>[[File:MK7_Toad_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="1"|'''<span style="color:gold">Feather</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="1"|'''<span style="color:gold">Feather</span>'''
|Starting driver
|-
|-
|[[File:Koopa MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Koopa MK7.png|150px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Koopa Troopa|#c0db00}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Koopa_Troopa_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''{{color-link|Koopa Troopa|#c0db00}}'''<br>[[File:MK7_Koopa_Troopa_Emblem.png]]
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="1"|'''<span style="color:gold">Feather</span>'''
|style="text-align:center" data-sort-value="1"|'''<span style="color:gold">Feather</span>'''
|Starting driver
|}
 
===Unlockable drivers===
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|-
!class=unsortable style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white;"|Artwork
!style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Name
!style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Weight
!class=unsortable style="background-color:#FF0000;color:white"|Unlocking criteria
|-
|-
|[[File:Daisy MK7.png|150px]]
|[[File:Daisy MK7.png|150px]]
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