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There are 36 total playable characters in ''Mario Kart 8'', consisting of 16 default characters, 14 unlockable characters, and 6 characters obtainable through the game's two downloadable content packs (''[[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8]]'' and [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']]), with each pack having three characters.<ref name="VGVideo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fEa51c-wJ8c</ref> Including DLC characters, there are 13 new playable characters, being the seven [[Koopalings]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], [[Cat Mario|Cat Peach]], [[Link]], [[Villager]], and [[Isabelle]], with the Koopalings, Baby Rosalina, and Pink Gold Peach making their overall playable debuts, and the latter two also making their overall debut in any game. In addition, [[Shy Guy]], [[Metal Mario]], [[Lakitu]], and [[Tanooki Mario]] are playable in a ''Mario Kart'' game for a home console for the first time, after Shy Guy, Metal Mario, and Lakitu were each previously playable in at least one handheld console installment, and Tanooki Mario was previously playable in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''. | There are 36 total playable characters in ''Mario Kart 8'', consisting of 16 default characters, 14 unlockable characters, and 6 characters obtainable through the game's two downloadable content packs (''[[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8|The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8]]'' and [[Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8|''Animal Crossing'' × ''Mario Kart 8'']]), with each pack having three characters.<ref name="VGVideo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fEa51c-wJ8c</ref> Including DLC characters, there are 13 new playable characters, being the seven [[Koopalings]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], [[Cat Mario|Cat Peach]], [[Link]], [[Villager]], and [[Isabelle]], with the Koopalings, Baby Rosalina, and Pink Gold Peach making their overall playable debuts, and the latter two also making their overall debut in any game. In addition, [[Shy Guy]], [[Metal Mario]], [[Lakitu]], and [[Tanooki Mario]] are playable in a ''Mario Kart'' game for a home console for the first time, after Shy Guy, Metal Mario, and Lakitu were each previously playable in at least one handheld console installment, and Tanooki Mario was previously playable in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''. | ||
The add-on packs contain three new characters each (see [[Mario Kart 8#Downloadable characters|here]] for more info), but if both are purchased, the player will gain access to eight new colors for Yoshi and Shy Guy as well. Updates have been released that allowed suits to be unlocked by using [[amiibo]], which allow Miis to resemble characters such as [[Samus Aran]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. | The add-on packs contain three new characters each (see [[Mario Kart 8#Downloadable characters|here]] for more info), but if both are purchased, the player will gain access to eight new colors for Yoshi and Shy Guy as well. Updates have been released that allowed suits to be unlocked by using [[amiibo]], which allow Miis to resemble characters such as [[Samus Aran]] and [[Sonic|Sonic the Hedgehog]]. | ||
Even though there are a total of nine groups of characters sharing the same statistics, the official site divides the initial 30 characters in three weight classes dependent on the weight of the character: light, medium, and heavy.<ref name="MKBweight">[http://mariokart8.nintendo.com/wiiu/drivers/ ''Drivers'' section of the official North American site of ''Mario Kart 8''].</ref> Unlike other ''Mario Kart'' games (barring the use of glitches), multiple players can use the same characters, both in local and online play. | Even though there are a total of nine groups of characters sharing the same statistics, the official site divides the initial 30 characters in three weight classes dependent on the weight of the character: light, medium, and heavy.<ref name="MKBweight">[http://mariokart8.nintendo.com/wiiu/drivers/ ''Drivers'' section of the official North American site of ''Mario Kart 8''].</ref> Unlike other ''Mario Kart'' games (barring the use of glitches), multiple players can use the same characters, both in local and online play. | ||