Mario Kart 8 characters - Who will you play as?

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Once you've unlocked all of the characters in Mario Kart 8, you're met with a gigantic wall of Nintendo nostalgia. From Mario to Wario to all seven Koopalings, the game features a huge number of racers. 30, in fact--which makes it the roster the largest in any of Nintendo's racers to date.

But who should you take on the road first? We've put together a roster showing you what each looks like in-game. Want to know who comes unlocked, and who doesn't? Want to decide now who you want to play as, based on their weight class? Well, why didn't you say so! We have all that info here.

Mario

Weight Class: Medium

Luigi

Weight Class: Medium

Iggy

Weight Class: Medium

Needs to be unlocked.

Ludwig

Weight Class: Medium

Needs to be unlocked.

Princess Peach

Weight Class: Light

Daisy

Weight Class: Light

Yoshi

Weight Class: Light

Toad

Weight Class: Light

Koopa Troopa

Weight Class: Super Light

Shy Guy

Weight Class: Super Light

Weight Class: Super Light

Needs to be unlocked.

Toadette

Weight Class: Super Light

Needs to be unlocked.

Larry

Weight Class: Super Light

Needs to be unlocked.

Wendy

Weight Class: Super Light

Needs to be unlocked.

Baby Mario

Weight Class: Feather

Baby Luigi

Weight Class: Feather

Baby Daisy

Weight Class: Feather

Baby Peach

Weight Class: Feather

Baby Rosalina

Weight Class: Feather

Needs to be unlocked.

Lemmy

Weight Class: Feather

Needs to be unlocked.

Metal Mario

Weight Class: Heavy

Needs to be unlocked.

Pink Gold Peach

Weight Class: Heavy

Needs to be unlocked.

Bowser

Weight Class: Super Heavy

Wario

Weight Class: Super Heavy

Morton

Weight Class: Super Heavy

Needs to be unlocked.

Donkey Kong

Weight Class: Super Heavy

Rosalina

Weight Class: Cruiser

Needs to be unlocked.

Waluigi

Weight Class: Cruiser

Roy

Weight Class: Cruiser

Needs to be unlocked.

Mii

Weight Class: Any

Needs to be unlocked.