Top Ten Most Obscure Mario Kart Characters

Here are my problems with Pink Gold Peach
1: Making a metallic version of Peach that came out of nowhere was a terrible idea. Even though there are also other metallic characters that appeared in the future Mario Kart games like Metal Mario and Gold Mario, at least they had origins in mainline Mario games which are being power ups in Super Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros 2.
2: The name "Pink Gold" is not an actual word, it's Rose Gold.
3: Even though Metal Mario and Gold Mario also have metallic voices, Pink Gold Peach's voice is strange to hear. And it makes her sound more like a robot.
4: Instead of getting other characters more requested to appear in Mario Kart 8 like King K. Rool, Nabbit, Paper Mario, Kamek (The character that was scrapped for Mario Kart 64 and 8 Deluxe), Dixie Kong, Pauline (Who appeared in Mario Kart Tour), Hammer Bro (Who also appeared from Mario Kart Tour after being scrapped from Wii), it was a stupid rehashed metal version of peach which nobody wanted.
5: She replaced other characters like Diddy Kong, Birdo, Funky Kong, And Petey Piranha in Mario Kart 8, even though Diddy Kong and Birdo returned in Mario Kart Tour. Same can about replacing other characters like Toad and Toadette in Mario Sports Superstars.
6: In Mario Kart 8's remake of Baby Pink Gold Peach statue can be found. Which probably might mean she could have her own baby clone character in the next Mario spinoff game.

And that's all my reasons. And feel free to debunk any reason I got wrong (as long as it makes sense I guess).

For the fact that this character isn't even related to anything in the Mario Kart series' puts R.O.B at #2 on my list of most obscure MK characters. I mean, it's the device that could be used for the NES back when it was released, and now it's playable in MKDS? Well I really love this inclusion. It's so random, but so awesome as well. He's my go-to character in MKDS.

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense but it can be cool to see some nearly forgotten nintendo stuff be carried on in other games *cough cough* smash brothers.

Another kong? Well this guy made his appearence in the first Mario Kart game ever, but quickly in the next game Kamek temporarily replaced him in development, while Donkey Kong himself replaced Kamek in the final game. Overall, he was an obscure choice, but not too obscure as Mario had appeared in games where both of the two made appearences in the past.

Probably could have just started with the og donkey kong. HE existed at this time and was probably just as if not more iconic at the time anyways. Then again, I guess it would be hard to cram a giant ape into a kart.

R.O.B is higher as he isn't even a Mario character, but in terms of actual mario characters, no one saw the queen of bees coming of all characters in a small roster that is in MK7. She was only a minor character in the Super Mario Galaxy games but yet managed to get to Mario Kart 7 along with her own battle course (Honeybee Hive). I love this addition and I frequently play as her because of how unknown she is.

Nintendo could've added other characters yet they chose an irrelevant character from one level of a video game.

This was the Honey Queen of Mario Kart Wii kinda, in that it was completely obscure for him to arrive, plus it came with a battle stage, in this case, Funky Stadium. I put him below Honey Queen though seeing as we've already had three kongs before him in Mario Kart, so yeah. But still, this character is the least mario-esque of the four kongs we've seen, as he only appeared in DK content before this, so yeah. Definitely a contender for the list.

Not the most iconic dk character, Probably could have added someone else. Plus, he is way to op in mkwii!

This is another MK7 character who nobody predicted. I mean he's a caterpillar so how does he drive? Oh that's right they added arms to him. Nevertheless I love this guy. It's so strange to see him but that's what makes him cool. He's lower than Funky or Honey Queen as he's a more relevant thing in the Mario series' though.

This is the same guy who holds the startup sign at the start of each race and who picks you back on track while you fall down a pit. Since Mario Kart 7, a lakitu with a red shell (instead of green) is playable in the series and it's kinda odd seeing Laktu rescuing Lakitu. But it's a pass as Lakitu is a species and it's obvious it's two different lakitus from the shell colour.

Another clone makes it to the list, now it's baby Rosalina. One of my least favourite characters ever as it contradicts Rosalina's backstory (she actually had red hair as a child) and it makes it look like Rosalina is another princess when she isn't even close. She's a god! My god I hate this clone (no pun intended)! Althoughi it was a bit predictable to see her so eh.

I wish we could trade these out-of-the-blue clones for Kamek.

My least favorite baby character. makes no sense and clashes with mario galaxy cannon. Probably weren't paying attention when they made this one. Nonetheless, please delete this character.

He made an appearence in MKDD and was going to be in MKWii but was scrapped. He was one of my favourite MK characters ever due to his originality in a Mario Kart game. It's sad we haven't seen more of him.

Overall Birdo has been one of the more obscure characters in the mario franchise as whole. Not many appearences, originally a villain but was then shoehorned into Yoshi's love interest. The only LGBT character of the bunch as well. It's also my favourite mario character due to all of this. Unfortunately while she's mostly in spin-off's she still is rare in that case as in Mario Kart she only appeared in MKDD and MKWii. We can only hope she makes more appearences.

He needs to appear in more Mario Kart games.