Top 10 Worst Mario Kart 8 Characters

The Top Ten
1 Pink Gold Peach Pink Gold Peach is a character who debuts in Mario Kart 8, where she appears as an unlockable playable character.

Mario Kart 8 was a great game, but we didn't need a character that has no history or a right to exist. Waluigi was made to be a partner for Wario in Mario Tennis, and it worked. Toadette was a partner for Toad in Mario Kart: Double Dash, and again, it worked. But with Baby Daisy, Baby Rosalina and Pink Gold Peach, it doesn't work here. They had no right to exist and had no history in any games other than Mario Kart, the former being in two Mario Kart games. Could have had good characters like Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Bowser Jr., Dry Bones, Birdo and King Boo, but unfortunately, Pink Gold Peach is the final nail in the coffin. Only played as her twice. Once to get the stamp and the 2nd time as a joke.

How is Bone-Dry Dunes a new track in Mario Kart 8 without Dry Bones? Pink Gold Peach was a pathetic character to add on to Mario Kart 8's roster. Fire the Mario Kart 8 director for coming up with her, Nintendo. Nobody likes her, picks her, and knows who she is. I don't have a favorite character because the Mario Kart 8 boss disposed normal characters like Bowser Jr. , Dixie Kong, Wiggler, Dry Bones, Funky Kong, Dry Bones, Birdo, Honey Queen, Tiny Kong, Petey Piranha, and Paratroopa with rubbish individuals like the 5 babies, metal characters, and animal clones of Mario and Peach. King Boo is better than the 9 clones. Dry Bones should replace Pink Gold Peach. Pink Gold Peach is the reason why Mario Kart 8's roster is totally garbage!

2 Baby Rosalina Baby Rosalina is an infant version of the major character from the Mario Bros . Franchise, Rosalina . She first appeared in Mario Kart 8 as a playable character and is now one of 5 baby characters in the roster, alongside infant versions of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Princess Daisy .

Baby rosalina and baby daisy are absolutely pointless characters. They weren't in partners in time so they make absolutely no sense at where they come from. Baby daisy wasnt even created in a Mario tennis game as a doubles partner for peach which would have made sense as well. No. They just made these to expand the roster. They could have included characters like diddy or dixie kong, king boo, or even Bowser jr for this game. Heck they could have even included baby wario or baby Bowser from partners in time instead of these senseless characters. Next in Mario kart 9, metal luigi and baby waluigi!

What bothers me most about this character is probably the fact that she shares no resemblance with the actual Young Rosalina of SMG. Rosalina as a child was stuck in space most of her life, so she doesn't seem like the person who'd be wearing jewelry and that stuff as a child. Also, Rosalina has only been around since like 2008...? I think it's too early for a baby counterpart. If they wanted more female characters they could've used Pauline, Birdo, or even Honey Queen, and if they needed a lightweight character, they could've used pre-established characters such as Baby Wario or Baby DK.

3 Cat Peach

The most unoriginal character ever. Rest in peace Dry Bones, Diddy Kong, and Bowser Jr, we love you. Knowing my nasty luck and Nintendo, Cat Peach will return with Tanooki Mario. Let's just hope this moron never opens the door for Fox Luigi, Cat Rosalina, or any Super Mario 3D video game powerup along the lines of that. Pointless character excuse that is just a clone of Peach. She's just Larry or Lemmy with two or more weight points that IS IT. I want to see Honey Queen make a return and have Kamek in the game. Kamek was meant to be a character in Mario Kart 8's roster, but was disqualified due to time constraints. It is approximately time Kamek gets a slot in the roster.

We already have enough versions of Mario and Peach, Nintendo. We didn't want baby versions, metal versions, and heck, the power-ups were just dumb! In the next Mario Kart season, give us some crossover characters like Sonic, Pikachu, or Pokemon. If not, give us something like Nabbit, Kamek, Dixie/Funky/Diddy/Tiny Kong, Honey Queen, Dry Bones, King Boo, Boom Boom, Petey Piranha, Wiggler, Professor E Gadd, something we want! Not just clone versions of Mario and Peach! We don't want Green Bronze Luigi, either!

4 Baby Daisy Baby Daisy is the infant version of the major character in the Mario Bros . franchise, Princess Daisy . She is known for her appearances as a playable character in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 8 . She is also found as a playable character in Super Mario Sluggers for the Wii .

She can't race Daisy! She is Daisy! Plus, she is worse than Honey Queen. I rather Kamek as a character. Nobody likes Baby Daisy! Terrible Shy Guy replacement in Mario Kart Wii! Terrible clone of Daisy! If you play as her with any combination, you are typically gonna lose kart or bike control in hard courses like Sweet Sweet Canyon or Dolphin Shoals.

Oh she is just not terrible, we just don't need so many separate alternate versions of characters that deserve to be loved. I know ever since I knew Rosalina, I liked her, but Baby Rosalina? Such pointless idea to only create her for a spin-off that we are starting to hate. Whatever I just said about Baby whatever her name is also goes to Baby Daisy.

I don't like Daisy. She irks me in such a way with her annoying voice, that my anger levels rise rapidly. Now she has a baby version and that's even WORSE! This takes out a light weight spot that could've went to Bowser Jr or Diddy Kong! This is the only game where we can play as every koopaling, and Bowser Jr isn't here? Come on!

5 Metal Mario Metal Mario is a character that appears in both the Mario series and the Super Smash Bros, where he made his first appearance in the Nintendo 64 version. He's pretty similar to Mario when using a Metal Cap, but instead of being a transformation, Metal Mario is his own character.

First of all I thought that everyone hated the honey queen because she was too fat... I liked her but I never said anything because I knew that everyone would rage at me... Secondly I do hate how King Boo and Waluigi was cancelled but they would have appeared in the game if the release date was delayed... and thirdly I miss dry bones and diddy kong and they should replace metal Mario and pink gold peach because they are just rushed characters... and it would also be good if they had only 4 koopa characters and no baby rosalina... (With birdo and king boo replacing them as well as new characters) With those changes the rooster would have been one of the best. and Mario kart 8 would have been much greater... I think that Mario kart 8 is still the best though due to the course design...

This slob got in, but not the bee. Yes, I'm severely angry at the fact that they dropped quirky ones like Honey Queen and awesome ones like Dry Bones and Diddy Kong to make room for 2 lazy metal re skins nobody cares about. Shame on you, Nintendo. Whoever said that they want the clones to be in this game is a total moron because it ruins the background whenever you race against variations of the same character. Clone character fanboys are idiots! I would love to see female Kongs like Dixie Kong and New Super Mario Bros you generic enemies like Nabbit, Kamek, and Boom Boom over lazy metal skin characters like Metal Mario and temperamental baby princesses like Baby Peach. End of rant!

6 Tankooni Mario

The most unoriginal character ever. Rest in tranquil Dry Bones, Diddy Kong, and Bowser Jr, we love you. Knowing my nasty luck and Nintendo, Tanooki Mario will return with Cat Peach. Let's just hope this idiot never opens the door for Fox Luigi, Cat Rosalina, or any Super Mario 3D video game powerup along the lines of that. Pointless character excuse that is just a clone of Mario. He's just Larry or Lemmy with two or more weight points that IS IT. I want to see Honey Queen make a return and have Kamek in the game. Kamek was meant to be a character in Mario Kart 8's roster, but was disqualified due to time constraints. It is approximately time Kamek gets a slot in the roster. Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach are dumb.

Seeing him and Cat Peach aggravates my soul. There are LITERALLY 4 versions of Mario and Peach in this game. 4. If only they were color change options I wouldn't mind, but they take up room that could have been used on more original characters such as Birdo, Honey Queen, Diddy/Dixie/Tiny Kong, Spike, anything other than a clone.. Etc

7 Ludwig

Crappy character whose boss battles always suck. He's way worse than Pink Gold Peach. At least PGP isn't tied to a gang of seven $#itheads. Ludwig voice is also really stupid, too. Absolutely awful. What a waste of a good slot. This blue haired bafoon should shell spin his way out of the Mario series forever.

The most overhated Mario character on this site is Ludwig. Way more hated than Peach and Rosalina combined. At least Peach and Rosalina have defenders and lots of positive comments unlike him that only has negative comments that are all flooded with likes. I love Ludwig and I seriously don't know why he is so hated here. He gets more hate than any of the other Koopalings even though he has the best boss battles out if all of them.

Koopalings suck. They're the go to characters for crappy filler and give a tremendous excuse for Nintendo to be lazy. "Unique bosses which correspond with their lands? No! We'll toss in the koopalings and have them do the same retro trash of rehash the boss battle with projectile flinging and shell spinning. Embrace the suck.

8 Rosalina Rosalina, known as Rosetta in Japan, is a major character in the Mario Franchise created by Nintendo. She first appeared in the 2007 Mario Game, Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii and later returned for the game's sequel in 2010. Since then, she has been featured in many main-series Mario Games and many spinoffs. She has appeared as a playable character in Super Mario 3D World for the Nintendo... read more

Rosalina isn't bad, her fan base is. They just need to grow up and stop attacking other fan bases, mainly Peach, Daisy, Toadette and Birdo.

Message to Rosalina fans: If you want people to like her, then stop being so babyish about her, like she's the best Mario character. The more you make fun of other characters just to promote Rosalina, the more people will hate her

I agree 100% because ever since I played Mario Party 10 Rosalina has had this old lady voice which makes her suck. That's why I stop playing with her after Mario Kart Wii because the old lady voice just completely ruins her image. I mean who would want to play with somebody that sound like an old person other than old people themselves?

Rosalina is one of my favorite characters. She is one of the only characters with a backstory. I mean, what can you tell me about Mario? He's a plumber, he's always happy, and...he wears shoes. Wow. Rosalina, however, has a very deep and tragic backstory, something Nintendo hasn't done for a Mario game to my recollection. I really do like Peach and Toadette too, but I love Rosalina the most.

9 Baby Peach Baby Peach is the infant version of the major character from the Mario Series, Princess Peach. She is mostly known for her appearances in the Mario Kart Franchise in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 8 as a playable character, but she also appears in other Mario games, including Yoshi's Island DS, in which she is not a playable character.

They should've stopped with the baby princess nonsense at Baby Peach and Daisy in Mario Kart Wii and replaced them with Shy Guy and Lakitu. Yes, I'm severely pissed at the fact they tossed out Nabbit, Bowser Jr, Dixie Kong, Kamek, King Boo, Dry Bones, Honey Queen, Funky Kong, Birdo, and Diddy Kong for 7 insignificant clone characters that nobody cares about like Pink Gold Peach, Metal Mario, and the 5 babies.

Makes no sense if the same character can race themselves on the same track and this roster sucks. This and rest of the babies, Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, and the metal characters should be swapped with Bowser Jr, Nabbit, Honey Queen, Dry Bones, Funky Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Kamek, King Boo, Birdo, and Candy Kong and that would be a brilliant roster. It would definitely solve this lame redundancy problem.

She is annoying and I'm glad she's not real. If she was she would stink bad. When she says Whao Whoa when you select her I would stab her, and if she shakes hear head when she wins. I could celebrate if she was burnt or lost a race. She rude and gests a crown and pacifier. The workers of baby Mario and Luigi should get that. Not this ugly foul wretch.

10 Baby Luigi Baby Luigi is the infant version of the major character in the Super Mario franchise, Luigi. He is known for his appearances as a playable character in various Mario games.

He actually is relevant in Yoshi games and in partners in time. He's better than some OTHER babies *cough cough* baby Daisy *cough cough* baby Rosalina *cough cough*

If you hate Baby Luigi, that pretty much means that you hate Luigi as well. I wouldn't recommend saying you hate him if you like Luigi.

I hate all the babies in this game, they're irrelevant..

The Contenders
11 Larry

I wonder if you can have a pikmin: Bowser edition where the pikmin are just koopalings... that would be strange... but it's a good idea for an April Fools joke

Dumbass clone filler garbage. I forgot he's even in this game.

Larry is a lame excuse for a koopaling. His boss fights are so lame and there's nothing special at all about him!

12 Gold Mario

He is a clone of a clone! I think Nintendo is on drugs.

A palette swap of a palette swap...

13 Iggy

Iggy needs to go choke on some hard fertilizer and die in an empty corner. I'm done seeing his ugly face. Thank Zeus he was removed from The Origami King.

He is so underrated that it hurts. The clone characters are more popular than him. No one ever plays as him online. Iggy needs more love. He is my favorite character and he is way too overhated.

Iggy isn't even interesting as a boss, let alone a racer. He just sucks.

14 Princess Peach Princess Peach is a major character in the Mario Bros. Franchise. She is the lead female of the The Mario franchise. She is usually the character who needs saved in most Mario Games, but also has appeared as a playable character in the Main-Series Mario Games, including Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Run, and even starred in her own game, Super Princess Peach for the Nintendo... read more

Princess Peach is the main female character in the Mario franchise so she is not going to be replaced. She is not even that bad as a racer. She deserves to be in Mario Kart and dumb characters like Baby Rosalina and Metal Mario don't.

Peach doesn't do well in sports & doesn't have an Olympian personality! Also, she is too overrated by getting so much praise! Peach is dumb, spoiled, classless, horrid, pervert, careless, weak, creepy, overrated, cowardly & a rip-off!

I don't feel like I have a right to saying that this character sucks. I actually think she's much more fair than Daisy. She's one of the main characters, like Mario, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, Wario, DK, and Bowser. They will always be in the game so yeah.

15 Lemmy

Worthless Boom Boom clone baby went from stealing boss rooms to stealing a slot in Mario Kart. I hate everything about him, from his girl voice to how he looks like a ugly, mutant duck. Trash like this belongs in the dump...or an incinerator.

He is too overhated. He gets tons of hate just because he cries, acts childish or has no personality. So many of the other characters cry too but they get a pass. Being childish and not really evil gives him a personality.

Lemmy: Oh master how should I kill that fat, Italian plumber?

Bowser: ROAAAR! (I don't know? )

Lemmy: Ooh! I could grab my giant beach ball and a bunch of normal size ones and show him I'm not a dumb midget!

Bowser: ROAR! (HOW UNCREATIVE IS THAT LITTLE TWERP? )

You see people, this little rascal is boring and should have been taken out and all of the koopalings would move to the world below them (eg: in NSMB Wii Roy would move to world 1). Also Kamek would rule world 7 while Ludwig is busy defending world 6 from Mario high up in the mountains.

16 Link Link refers to several different incarnations of the same protagonist of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series.

They should have added Zelda items in item boxes with the Link dlc such as the hookshot (pulls you to other players), whip (steal the item of another racer), and the mirror shield (item that is held behind you. reflects attacks from other racers back at them automatically, disappears after a certain amount of time.

Link doesn't fit into Mario Kart. He is not related. Most of us wanted a good roster without him and animal crossing, but stupid Nintendo didn't listen and added splatoon to make matters worse. They better go retro for Mario Kart 10.

HACKER! Don't open the door for any more non-Mario characters. Damn you, Link! In Mario kart 9, you should be replaced with Dixie Kong or Kamek.

17 Lakitu Lakitu, known in Japan as Jugem, is a fictional flying character in the Mario franchise. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, it first appeared in the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario Bros., where it dropped enemies called Spinies on the stage.

I don't hate Lakitu, but he's simply forgettable. Why do you have a character who starts and ends the race, and have the same character be a playable character? I know that there is more than one Lakitu, but I just don't feel comfortable with her being playable.

Why does everyone say he can be a racer because he is the guy that hosts the races? Lakitus are a species and the one that drives has a red shell. If you think he can't be a racer than Dry Bowser, Metal Mario and the baby characters also can't be racers since they are clones.

I know the Lakitu with which we can race has a red shell while the one who's the referee of the race has a green shell, but it just seems pretty weird to see him racing and saving racers from falling at the exact same time.

18 Mii

I approve of getting to play as yourself in the game, but why must my Nintendo game counterpart sound so stupid? That's my only problem. They should have been mute like in the latest Smash Bros installments.

The Miis look so stupid. I look like an angry bald dude. The least they could've done was remove the helmets or let you see hair under the helmets. But I do like they added helmets. But I'm still salty.

Yes, it IS great to play as yourself, but why did Nintendo give us bad voices?

19 Wendy O. Koopa Wendy O. Koopa is a female villain in the Super Mario Bros. franchise. She is the only female member of the Koopalings and is usually found assisting Bowser on his wicked plans with the rest of the Koopalings. She first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1988 and since then has been a reappearing foe in the Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. series. She has also appeared as a villain in the... read more

If you don't like the koopalings, then that's 7 characters who you do not care for, and in a small roster of 29, it's completely asinine how these 7 bastards represent almost 1/4 of the roster.

And people dare complain about Rosalina being shoved into everything. Rosalina doesn't represent seven samey bosses. Rosalina doesn't take up seven slots in MK8. Rosalina doesn't represent seven deformed skins in smash. The koopalings suck.

While I like that the koopalings were finally playable characters, I don't want to see them again unless they do them as being under Bowser Jr. Just like in super smash bros wiiu and like what they did with the yoshis and shy guys.

20 Morton

He's an angry, disgusting slob who belches everywhere on his skin yelling, "Daddy, cause Mario some danger, Daddy, cause any other hero some danger! " right at Bowser's face. I almost went into a coma, he's a cranky jerk.

Oh, koopalings. How much I hate you. Your crappy, repetitive boss battles made me hate you seven for years. I didn't think it was possible, but MK8 made me hate you even more. Worthless, uninspired filler every time they appear.

Way overused and totally rank and lackadaisical. Kick the sinister koopalings and replace them with Fly Guy, Diddy Kong, Honey Queen, Dry bones, funky kong, king boo, and petey piranha.

21 Dry Bowser Dry Bowser is the fossilized version of the main antagonist of the Mario Bros. Franchise, Bowser. He first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS after Bowser had been dumped into the lava and was left with his skeleton. Since then, Dry Bowser has appeared as a villain in games like Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros games, and similar titles. He also appears in some Mario Spinoff... read more

Of course he is number 23 because everyone loves him. He needs to be way higher. Why does everyone like this dumb clone of Bowser while original characters like Wario, Rosalina, Iggy, Ludwig, and Peach are flooded with hate? He is more popular than Bowser yes Bowser's skeleton is more popular than him. The other clone characters get tons of hate while he is the greatest character ever just because he looks cool. He deserves hate not Rosalina.

Don't get me wrong by what I say here. I love Dry Bowser. He's a very cool character. It would just be nice if I could see the Mario game where Bowser creates a half dead version of himself and they are somehow in the same universe. Hey at least he's better than Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach.

I don't understand why Metal Mario, PGP, and the babies get hate but not Dry Bowser. Dry Bowser is a clone of Bowser that is practically TRICKING YOU ALL into loving his design so they can be lazy and stuff him into more games.

22 Roy

Mouser rocked sunglasses before you, you piece of garbage.

This Roy ain't our boy.

Lousy character and boss

23 Princess Daisy Princess Daisy is a fictional character in the Mario series of video games, in which she is the princess of the fictional region of Sarasaland.

Daisy debuted in Super Mario Land in 1989, after few other appearances she disappeared for nine years until she was brought back in Mario Tennis (2000).

Daisy is known for being a tomboy especially compared to Princess Peach and Rosalina and... read more

"HI I'M DAISY! " "Sigh". I really despise Daisy. She's ugly, that dress looks ridiculous, and she needs to get into a mainstream Mario game. But I don't want her to not be in the games. I know she won't stop appearing, similar to Waluigi. If she wasn't in the game I know that would upset people and I wouldn't be very happy either. If Pink Gold Peach was gone, I don't care.

Of course she's on this list, and of course she's number nine, because they always need stupid reason for haye a character like the voice: Daisy is a tomboy, Luigi's princess, the ruler of a weird kingdom, one of the fastest characters and we need to hate her because her voice or her fanbase... because this alone is a good reason right? Or we need to make stupid lies for hate her like she's not a tomboy, or she's just a Peach clone who is here as a filler right?

Daisy haters are so delusional and repetitive... their immature comments aren't even better. I wonder how many dislikes I will get for this comment because these hoes will come here and say: "DAISY IS JUST A PEACH CLUNEEE! NOT A TOMBUY! " Give dislikes to comments that are telling the truth will not change anything, oh well too bad, too sad.

24 Shy Guy Shy Guys are an enemy from the Mario and Yoshi series that have been seen in many games, and they are masked because of their shyness.

I like this character because you have different colors, which gives you variety, similar to Yoshi. You know who doesn't have this? TOAD!

I hate Shy Guy when he is against me in online because he is very good. He is a good character though and fun when I use him.

Actually, I don't get how he's cute... And proof that Shy Guy is overrated: This comment will get downvotes.

25 Inkling

The worst thing about link and Isabelle and the villagers is that THEY ARE NOT FROM A MARIO GAME! We could have got other characters that were from the Mario series like diddy Kong or birdo or maybe newcomers like nabbit or boom boom but no, Nintendo didn't listen and added SPLATOON instead. I like splatoon, but why, WHY did they have to be in Mario kart! It makes no sense why inklings can drive in the water and in the real game they would die if they swam in water. These not Mario characters make no sense and are horrendous! Don't even THINK about adding something like fire emblem or pokemon, those ideas are SO stupid!

The only new characters people will play as in Deluxe are these bad characters from an equally bad game. We could have gotten Captain Falcon instead.

Terrible Mario kart characters. Also hideous

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